CN211747398U - Novel automatic pull head threading machine - Google Patents
Novel automatic pull head threading machine Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- CN211747398U CN211747398U CN202020270276.2U CN202020270276U CN211747398U CN 211747398 U CN211747398 U CN 211747398U CN 202020270276 U CN202020270276 U CN 202020270276U CN 211747398 U CN211747398 U CN 211747398U
- Authority
- CN
- China
- Prior art keywords
- zipper
- clamping
- movable
- zipper head
- head
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Active
Links
Images
Landscapes
- Slide Fasteners (AREA)
Abstract
The utility model discloses a novel automatic zipper head threading machine, which belongs to the technical field of zipper production equipment and comprises a frame, a cloth guide frame and a zipper head automatic feeding device, wherein the frame is provided with a cutting device which is aligned and distributed with the cloth guide frame, one side of the cutting device is provided with a zipper strip feeding device, the other side is provided with a zipper head clamping and threading device, the zipper head automatic feeding device comprises a vibrating disc, a material guide plate and a zipper head transverse feeding mechanism, one end of the material guide plate, which is close to the zipper head transverse feeding mechanism, is provided with a material discharging device, the zipper head transverse feeding mechanism is positioned at the material outlet of the material guide plate and is aligned with the zipper head clamping and threading device, one side of the zipper head clamping and threading device, which is far away from the cutting device, is provided with a zipper strip clamping and conveying device, the utility model can realize the automatic zipper, meanwhile, the condition that the zipper head is lost on the zipper tape does not exist, rework is effectively avoided, and the production efficiency is high.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model discloses a novel automatic pull head machine of wearing belongs to zip fastener production facility technical field.
Background
The existing clothes and bags are provided with zippers, so that the clothes and bags are widely used. However, the assembly of the zipper head and the zipper cloth of the zipper is still manually carried out, and the specific operations are as follows: the workman punches a breach on the zip fastener cloth with the drift, then will draw zipper head to penetrate from the breach, then tailor into regular length according to the length of the zip fastener cloth of tailorring as required, the manual work is made mistakes easily in the assembling process, draw zipper head and draw zipper cloth the dislocation assembly then to hardly draw zipper head and draw zipper cloth separation, therefore manual assembly not only assembly efficiency is low, and the rejection rate is higher, production cost has been increased, and current pull head machine of wearing can improve the assembly efficiency of zipper strip and draw zipper head, but the structure is complicated relatively, and also there is the phenomenon that the pull head is not in the same direction as well as the disappearance draws zipper head on the zipper strip.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing a novel automatic pull head threading machine in order to solve the problems in the prior art.
The utility model discloses a following technical scheme realizes above-mentioned purpose, a novel automatic pull head machine of wearing, including frame, cloth guide frame, draw zipper head autoloading device, its characterized in that, be provided with in the frame with the cloth guide frame align the cutting device who distributes, one side of cutting device is provided with zipper strip material feeding unit, and the opposite side is provided with and draws zipper head to press from both sides tight chain device of wearing, draw zipper head autoloading device to include vibration dish, stock guide and draw zipper head horizontal feeding mechanism, the stock guide is close to the one end of drawing zipper head horizontal feeding mechanism and is provided with the blowing device, draw zipper head horizontal feeding mechanism to be located the discharge gate department of stock guide to press from both sides tight chain device of wearing with drawing zipper head and align the setting, draw zipper head to press from both sides tight chain device of wearing and keep away from one side.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize cloth guide frame and zipper strip material feeding unit can realize the zip fastener strip auto-feed pay-off, and draw zipper head can get into the stock guide according to the order under the effect of vibration dish, and send into under blowing device's promotion and draw zipper head horizontal feeding mechanism in, thereby change the direction of feed of drawing zipper head, press from both sides tight chain threading device and zipper strip through drawing zipper head afterwards and press from both sides tight conveyor and will draw zipper head to wear on the zipper strip, and stretch it to appointed length, decide the zipper strip through cutting device again, then the automatic pull head action of wearing of zipper strip can be realized in the circulation that comes and goes, high production efficiency, thereby the manufacturing cost of zip fastener has been reduced.
Preferably, the discharging device comprises at least one rotating material clamping rod and a first power mechanism for driving the rotating material clamping rod to rotate, and the rotating material clamping rod can rotate forward or backward and slide into the material guide groove of the material guide plate under the driving of the first power mechanism.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize first power unit can drive rotatory card material pole and slide in the baffle box from one end, can push out the baffle box with one of them zipper head to accomplish and impel the pay-off process, reverse drive rotatory card material pole slides in the baffle box from the other end afterwards, in order to accomplish the spacing blowing process of zipper head.
Preferably, the zipper puller transverse feeding mechanism comprises a movable clamping device and a second power mechanism for driving the movable clamping device to horizontally move, the movable clamping device comprises a fixed clamping plate, a movable clamping plate and a third power mechanism for driving the movable clamping plate to swing, and a clamping groove is formed between the fixed clamping plate and the movable clamping plate.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, slide out and fall into fixed cardboard in following the baffle box when drawing the zipper head, utilize third power unit to drive the swing of activity cardboard to draw the zipper head and press from both sides tightly in the draw-in groove, and carry out horizontal transport under second power unit's effect.
Preferably, the zipper puller clamping and threading device comprises a movable cutting mechanism for opening the two zipper strips, a fixed die and a movable die for clamping the zipper puller, wherein the movable die comprises a movable chuck and a driving mechanism which can move up and down.
By adopting the technical scheme, the movable material cutting mechanism firstly struts the left part and the right part of the zipper strip from the middle zipper teeth, at the moment, the movable die clamping one of the zipper heads moves upwards to abut against the fixed die, and when the zipper strip is horizontally transmitted, the zipper teeth can slide into the zipper heads.
Preferably, the zipper strip clamping and conveying device comprises a longitudinal stretching mechanism and a transverse conveying mechanism, the longitudinal stretching mechanism comprises a movable clamp and a fourth power mechanism, the movable clamp comprises two groups of movable opening clamps and driving elements, the movable opening clamps clamp the left part and the right part of the zipper strip, teeth are arranged on the movable opening clamps, and the transverse conveying mechanism comprises a conveying belt.
By adopting the technical scheme, the longitudinal stretching mechanism and the transverse conveying mechanism are arranged, the driving element drives the two groups of movable opening clamps to clamp the left part and the right part of the zipper tape firstly, and the zipper tape is stretched under the action of the fourth power mechanism, so that the zipper head is threaded on the zipper tape, and the teeth can provide enough clamping force for the movable opening clamps, and the phenomenon of slipping when the zipper head is threaded is avoided.
Preferably, an auxiliary transmission mechanism is further arranged between the zipper head clamping and chain penetrating device and the zipper belt clamping and conveying device, the auxiliary transmission mechanism comprises two groups of pulleys distributed vertically, the two groups of pulleys are tightly attached to the left portion and the right portion of the zipper belt, and a motor is connected to one group of pulleys.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize the motor to drive one of them group pulley and roll, utilize its mutual rotation to drive the zipper strip and continue steady transport, make simultaneously that follow-up pull head process of wearing makes ready work.
Preferably, the zipper strip feeding device comprises a pushing cylinder, a pushing plate, a pressing plate and a pressing cylinder, wherein a piston of the pushing cylinder is connected with the pushing plate, and a piston of the pressing cylinder is connected with the pushing plate.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize and press the material cylinder to drive and press the flitch with the zipper strip and press on the scraping wings, the scraping wings motion is driven to the pushing cylinders this moment, utilizes frictional force to drive the zipper strip and carries to supplementary transport mechanism in.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
one of the two mechanisms is characterized in that the first power mechanism is utilized to drive the rotary clamping rod to rotate, so that the single feeding and feeding action of the zipper puller is realized, the smooth feeding of the zipper puller is effectively guaranteed, if the next zipper puller is to be conveyed, the rotary clamping rod only needs to be driven by the first power mechanism to rotate back and forth once, the phenomenon that the zipper puller is lost on a zipper tape due to light weight and unsmooth sliding, the puller cannot be automatically penetrated, and the reworking phenomenon is caused can be avoided.
And secondly, a transverse feeding mechanism of the zipper puller is arranged, the movable clamping plate is driven to swing by a third power mechanism, so that the zipper puller is clamped in the clamping groove, the clamping action structure is simple, the zipper puller can be smoothly clamped on the movable die, and preparation work is prepared in the process of pulling the zipper puller.
Thirdly, the zipper head after clamping is pressed on the fixed die by utilizing the movable die, then the driving element drives the two groups of movable opening clamps to clamp the left part and the right part of the zipper belt firstly, and the zipper belt is elongated under the action of the fourth power mechanism, so that the zipper head is worn on the zipper belt, and the teeth can provide enough clamping force for the movable opening clamps, the phenomenon of slipping when the zipper head is worn is avoided, and the procedure of wearing the zipper head is ensured to be carried out smoothly.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural view of a novel automatic slider threading machine of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view II of a novel automatic slider threading machine of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of the external structure of the discharging device of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the discharging device of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the middle moving die and the zipper head transverse feeding mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the middle zipper belt clamping and conveying device of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a partial view of the movable split clamp of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 1.
Reference numerals: 1. a zipper tape; 2. a cloth guide frame; 3. a slider of a zipper fastener; 4. a vibrating pan; 5. a cutting device; 6. a zipper tape clamping and conveying device; 7. the zipper head clamps the zipper penetrating device; 8. a zipper strip feeding device; 9. a frame; 10. an automatic feeding device for zipper heads; 11. a material guide plate; 12. a discharging device; 13. a zipper head transverse feeding mechanism; 14. a material guide chute; 15. a first power mechanism; 16. fixing the clamping plate; 17. a second power mechanism; 18. a third power mechanism; 19. a movable clamping plate; 20. a card slot; 21. rotating the material clamping rod; 22. a movable cutting mechanism; 23. moving the mold; 24. a drive mechanism; 25. an auxiliary transport mechanism; 26. a movable clamp holder; 27. a drive element; 28. a fourth power mechanism; 29. a conveyor belt; 30. a movable split clamp; 31. teeth; 32. fixing a mold; 33. a pulley; 34. a movable chuck.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1-8, a new automatic pull head threading machine comprises a frame 9, a cloth guide frame 2, and an automatic zipper head feeding device 10, wherein the cloth guide frame 2 is mounted on the frame 9, one side of the cloth guide frame is provided with a cutting device 5 and a zipper strip feeding device 8, the zipper strip feeding device 8 is positioned at one side of the cutting device 5 close to the cloth guide frame 2, and mainly comprises a material pushing cylinder, a material pushing plate, a material pressing plate and a material pressing cylinder, a piston of the material pushing cylinder is connected with the material pushing plate, a piston of the material pressing cylinder is connected with the material pushing plate, the material pressing plate is driven by the material pressing cylinder to press the zipper strip 1 on the material pushing plate, the material pushing cylinder drives the material pushing plate to move at the moment, the zipper strip 1 is conveyed to the other side of the cutting device 5 by virtue of friction force, the zipper head 3 realizes automatic feeding at the automatic zipper head feeding device 10, and the specific structure comprises a vibration, wherein the material guiding plate 11 is provided with a material placing device 12, the material placing device 12 is close to the transverse feeding mechanism of the zipper head 3, when the zipper head 3 is sequentially conveyed to the material guiding groove 14 of the material guiding plate 11 through the vibrating disk 4, and then slides to the position of the material guiding plate 11 of the horizontal section by self gravity, the material placing device 12 comprises a rotary material clamping rod 21 and a first power mechanism 15, the first power mechanism 15 can drive the rotary material clamping rod 21 to rotate forwards or backwards, the rotary material clamping rod 21 is an arc-shaped rod with a section of opening, the opening position of the rotary material clamping rod can support two ends of one of the zipper heads 3, when the first power mechanism 15 drives the rotary material clamping rod 21 to rotate, thereby realizing the material placing and feeding actions of a single zipper head 3, effectively ensuring the smooth feeding of the zipper head 3, if the next zipper head 3 is conveyed, only the rotary material clamping rod 21 needs to rotate back and forth once through the first power mechanism 15, can avoid drawing zipper head 3 because of light in weight, the slip is not in order to lead to the disappearance to draw zipper head 3 on zipper strip 1, can't accomplish automatic pull head work of wearing, thereby the phenomenon of doing over again appears, and draw zipper head transverse feeding mechanism 13 mainly comprises activity cardboard 19 and second power unit 17, wherein the activity cardboard includes fixed cardboard 16, activity cardboard 19 and drive the third power unit 18 of activity cardboard 19 wobbling, be provided with draw-in groove 20 between fixed cardboard 16 and the activity cardboard 19, slide out and fall into on the fixed cardboard 16 from the baffle box 14 when drawing zipper head 3, utilize third power unit 18 to drive activity cardboard 19 swing, thereby will draw zipper head 3 to press from both sides tightly in draw-in groove 20, and carry out horizontal transport under second power unit 17's effect.
And a zipper head clamping and threading device 7 is arranged on one side of the cutting device 5 far away from the zipper tape feeding device 8 and is used for clamping the zipper head 3 conveyed in the zipper head transverse feeding mechanism 13 and preparing for a subsequent zipper head threading process, the zipper head clamping and threading device 7 comprises a movable cutting mechanism 22, a fixed die 32 and a movable die 23 used for clamping the zipper head 3, the movable cutting mechanism 22 can prop open the left part and the right part of the zipper tape 1 to leave a gap for the zipper head 3 to penetrate, the movable cutting mechanism 22 comprises a conical head capable of moving up and down, so that the zipper tape 1 penetrating through the cutting device 5 is smoothly propped open, the movable die 23 comprises a movable chuck 34, one end of the movable chuck 34 is provided with a driving mechanism 24, the movable chuck 34 can clamp the zipper head 3 conveyed in the zipper head transverse feeding mechanism 13 and can move up under the action of the driving mechanism 24, and presses it against the fixed mold 32, ready for the pull-through process, to allow the fastener elements to slide into the slider 3 while the fastener tape 1 is conveyed horizontally.
In order to continuously convey the zipper tape 1 after passing through the cutting device 5 to realize the process of threading the zipper tape 1 of the next section, a zipper tape clamping and conveying device 6 is added on the machine frame 9, and comprises a longitudinal stretching mechanism and a transverse conveying mechanism, the longitudinal stretching mechanism comprises a movable clamper 26 and a fourth power mechanism 28, the movable clamper 26 comprises two groups of movable opening clamps 30 for clamping the left and right parts of the zipper tape 1 and a driving element 27, teeth 31 are arranged on the movable opening clamps 30, the transverse conveying mechanism comprises a conveying belt 29, wherein the driving element 27 drives the two groups of movable opening clamps 30 to clamp the left and right parts of the zipper tape 1 firstly, and the zipper tape 1 is stretched under the action of the fourth power mechanism 28, so that the zipper head 3 is threaded on the zipper tape 1, and the teeth 31 can provide enough clamping force for the movable opening clamps 30 to avoid the phenomenon of slipping during threading the zipper tape 1, meanwhile, an auxiliary transmission mechanism 25 is also arranged between the zipper puller clamping and threading device 7 and the zipper strip clamping and conveying device 6, the auxiliary transmission mechanism 25 comprises two groups of pulleys 33 which are distributed up and down, the two groups of pulleys 33 are tightly attached to the left part and the right part of the zipper strip 1, a motor is connected on one group of pulleys 33, the motor drives one group of pulleys 33 to roll, the zipper strip 1 is driven to continue to be stably conveyed by utilizing the mutual rotation of the pulleys, the subsequent zipper puller threading process is smoothly carried out, after the zipper strip 1 is stretched to a specified length, the zipper strip is cut by the cutting device 5 and falls onto the conveyor belt 29, so that the automatic conveying of the zipper strip 1 is realized, the conveying direction is changed, the occupied space is saved, meanwhile, the zipper strip 1 is continuously conveyed into the auxiliary transmission mechanism 25 under the action of the zipper strip feeding device 8, and the reciprocating is realized, the production efficiency is high, the labor intensity of workers is effectively reduced, and the production cost is saved.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
Claims (7)
1. The utility model provides a novel automatic pull head threading machine, includes frame (9), cloth guide frame (2), draws zipper head autoloading device (10), its characterized in that, be provided with in frame (9) and align cutting device (5) that distribute with cloth guide frame (2), one side of cutting device (5) is provided with zipper strip material feeding unit (8), and the opposite side is provided with draws zipper head to press from both sides tight chain threading device (7), draw zipper head autoloading device (10) including vibration dish (4), stock guide (11) and draw zipper head horizontal feeding mechanism (13), the one end that stock guide (11) are close to zipper head horizontal feeding mechanism (13) is provided with blowing device (12), draw zipper head horizontal feeding mechanism (13) to be located the discharge gate department of stock guide (11) to press from both sides tight chain threading device (7) alignment setting with the zipper head, draw zipper head to press from both sides tight chain threading device (7) and keep away from one side of cutting device (5) and be provided with zipper strip clamping conveyor (6 ).
2. The novel automatic pull head threading machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the discharging device (12) comprises at least one rotating material clamping rod (21) and a first power mechanism (15) for driving the rotating material clamping rod (21) to rotate, and the rotating material clamping rod (21) can rotate forward or backward and slide into the material guide groove (14) of the material guide plate (11) under the driving of the first power mechanism (15).
3. The novel automatic zipper head threading machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the zipper head transverse feeding mechanism (13) comprises a movable clamping device and a second power mechanism (17) for driving the movable clamping device to move horizontally, the movable clamping device comprises a fixed clamping plate (16), a movable clamping plate (19) and a third power mechanism (18) for driving the movable clamping plate (19) to swing, and a clamping groove (20) is arranged between the fixed clamping plate (16) and the movable clamping plate (19).
4. The novel automatic zipper puller penetrating machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the zipper puller clamping and threading device (7) comprises a movable cutting mechanism (22) for spreading the two zipper strips (1), a fixed die (32) and a movable die (23) for clamping the zipper puller (3), and the movable die (23) comprises a movable chuck (34) and a driving mechanism (24) which can move up and down.
5. The novel automatic zipper puller threading machine according to claim 4, wherein the zipper tape clamping and conveying device (6) comprises a longitudinal stretching mechanism and a transverse conveying mechanism, the longitudinal stretching mechanism comprises a movable clamper (26) and a fourth power mechanism (28), the movable clamper (26) comprises two groups of movable open clamps (30) and driving elements (27) for clamping the left and right parts of the zipper tape (1), the movable open clamps (30) are provided with teeth (31), and the transverse conveying mechanism comprises a conveyor belt (29).
6. The novel automatic zipper puller penetrating machine is characterized in that an auxiliary transmission mechanism (25) is further arranged between the zipper puller clamping and penetrating device (7) and the zipper tape clamping and conveying device (6), the auxiliary transmission mechanism (25) comprises two groups of pulleys (33) distributed up and down, the two groups of pulleys (33) are tightly attached to the left part and the right part of the zipper tape (1), and a motor is connected to one group of pulleys (33).
7. The novel automatic zipper head threading machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein the zipper strip feeding device (8) comprises a pushing cylinder, a pushing plate, a pressing plate and a pressing cylinder, wherein a piston of the pushing cylinder is connected with the pushing plate, and a piston of the pressing cylinder is connected with the pushing plate.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
CN202020270276.2U CN211747398U (en) | 2020-03-07 | 2020-03-07 | Novel automatic pull head threading machine |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
CN202020270276.2U CN211747398U (en) | 2020-03-07 | 2020-03-07 | Novel automatic pull head threading machine |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
CN211747398U true CN211747398U (en) | 2020-10-27 |
Family
ID=72938274
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
CN202020270276.2U Active CN211747398U (en) | 2020-03-07 | 2020-03-07 | Novel automatic pull head threading machine |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
CN (1) | CN211747398U (en) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN112353063A (en) * | 2020-12-01 | 2021-02-12 | 东莞沐龙机器人科技有限公司 | Automatic zipper-threading machine |
-
2020
- 2020-03-07 CN CN202020270276.2U patent/CN211747398U/en active Active
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN112353063A (en) * | 2020-12-01 | 2021-02-12 | 东莞沐龙机器人科技有限公司 | Automatic zipper-threading machine |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
CN107495549B (en) | Reverse slider penetrating machine for zipper with slider penetrating zipper belt along direction | |
CN205999573U (en) | Automatic yarn is gaited equipment | |
CN211747398U (en) | Novel automatic pull head threading machine | |
CN104209420A (en) | Intermittent and automatic feeding mechanism of punching machine | |
CN210414755U (en) | Zipper cutting device | |
CN211660978U (en) | Automatic cutting device for steel strand | |
CN205999572U (en) | The quick Yarn-feeding mechanism of machine of gaiting | |
CN106048866A (en) | Automatic harness wire separation mechanism | |
CN206692939U (en) | Label cuts off folding conveyer structure | |
CN211917093U (en) | Convenient drilling equipment of wooden pearl | |
CN210438167U (en) | Feeding mechanism of adhesive tape sticking machine | |
CN114403558B (en) | Slider threading device and zipper manufacturing integrated machine applying same | |
CN110485068B (en) | Shopping bag bracelet sewing machine | |
CN204148402U (en) | Punch press interval-automatic feed mechanism | |
CN215189704U (en) | Double-pull-head three-in-one machine | |
CN106012253B (en) | The quick Yarn-feeding mechanism of machine of gaiting | |
CN104308022A (en) | Automatic intermittent feeding mechanism of punching machine | |
CN212445611U (en) | Three-in-one device for invisible cutting, piercing and upper stopping | |
CN214023833U (en) | High-efficient intelligent band sawing machine | |
CN209846287U (en) | Metal zipper reverse head penetrating machine | |
CN210353104U (en) | Stringing machine | |
CN211747400U (en) | Zipper head clamping and threading device in zipper head threading machine | |
CN208962263U (en) | A kind of zipper positioning cutting apparatus | |
CN210121977U (en) | Automatic threading equipment for hand bag | |
CN211747399U (en) | Zipper strip clamping and conveying device in slider penetrating machine |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
GR01 | Patent grant | ||
GR01 | Patent grant |