DK160196B - DRAWING OR CUTTING MACHINE OF THE PLOTTER TYPE AND WITH A PREPARATION DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING PATH MATERIAL FROM A STOCK ROLL - Google Patents

DRAWING OR CUTTING MACHINE OF THE PLOTTER TYPE AND WITH A PREPARATION DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING PATH MATERIAL FROM A STOCK ROLL Download PDF

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DK160196B
DK160196B DK243688A DK243688A DK160196B DK 160196 B DK160196 B DK 160196B DK 243688 A DK243688 A DK 243688A DK 243688 A DK243688 A DK 243688A DK 160196 B DK160196 B DK 160196B
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26FPERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F1/00Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F1/38Cutting-out; Stamping-out
    • B26F1/3806Cutting-out; Stamping-out wherein relative movements of tool head and work during cutting have a component tangential to the work surface
    • B26F1/3813Cutting-out; Stamping-out wherein relative movements of tool head and work during cutting have a component tangential to the work surface wherein the tool head is moved in a plane parallel to the work in a coordinate system fixed with respect to the work
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/02Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs transversely
    • B65H23/032Controlling transverse register of web
    • B65H23/038Controlling transverse register of web by rollers
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01DMEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D15/00Component parts of recorders for measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable
    • G01D15/28Holding means for recording surfaces; Guiding means for recording surfaces; Exchanging means for recording surfaces

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Den foreliggende opfindelse angår en tegne- eller skæremaskine af den art, der er angivet i indledningen til krav 1.The present invention relates to a drawing or cutting machine of the kind set forth in the preamble of claim 1.

Sådanne maskiner er anvendelige til automatiseret 5 udskæring af skiltetekster og symboler i selvklæbende plastfolie, som på en bærefolie kan afrulles i baneform fra en forrådsrulle, idet man efter tildannelsen af de relevante skærestreger kan efterlade de pågældende bogstaver eller symboldetailler på bærefolien og aftrække ^q resten af plastfolien derfra. Det er væsentligt, at der til de forskellige opgaver kan benyttes foliebaner med forskellige bredder, nemlig således at der ikke går unødigt meget foliemateriale til spilde, og fremdriv-ningsmekanismen bør derfor kunne fremtrække både brede 15 og smalle foliebaner. Det er desuden af flere grunde væsentligt, at der arbejdes med en fast referencebeliggenhed af den ene kant af foliebanerne, uanset deres bredde, dvs. foliebanerne bør altid oplægges og fremføres med deres ene kant beliggende på veldefineret måde 20 tæt ved den ene side af bordpladen.Such machines are useful for automated cutting of sign texts and symbols in self-adhesive plastic film, which can be rolled onto a carrier film in a web form from a stock roll, leaving the appropriate letters or symbol details on the carrier film after deduction and deducting the remainder. of the plastic film therefrom. It is essential that foil webs with different widths can be used for the different tasks, so that not much unnecessary film material is wasted, and the propulsion mechanism should therefore be able to project both wide and narrow foil webs. In addition, for a number of reasons, it is essential to work with a fixed reference position of one edge of the film webs, regardless of their width, ie. the foil webs should always be laid up and conveyed with their one edge located in well defined manner 20 close to one side of the countertop.

Det er velkendt, at man på forskellige måder kan styre fremtrækningen af en stof- eller foliebane på en sådan måde, at den ene kant holdes indstyret til en referencelinie, nemlig ved brug af de nævnte føleorganer 25 for banekantens beliggenhed i operativ forbindelse med forskellige former for midler til styret sideforskydning af banen under dennes fremtrækning.It is well known that the projection of a fabric or foil web can be controlled in various ways in such a way that one edge is held guided to a reference line, namely by using said sensing means 25 for positioning the web edge in operative communication with various shapes for means of controlled lateral displacement of the web during its projection.

Opfindelsen har til formål at angive en fordelagtig kombination af fremdrivnings- og sidestyringsmidler, 30 hvilket opnås ved de kombinationstræk, som er angivet i den kendetegnende del af krav 1.The invention has for its object to provide an advantageous combination of propulsion and side steering means, which is obtained by the combination features specified in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Opfindelsen gør herved brug af en fremdrivningsme-kanisme, som er velkendt netop ved maskiner af den omhandlede art, og som i en simpel udførelse netop mulig-35 gør en fremdrivning af både smalle og brede baner, når disse skal fremføres langs en og samme referencekant.The invention hereby makes use of a propulsion mechanism, which is well known precisely by machines of the kind in question and which in a simple embodiment precisely enables a propulsion of both narrow and wide webs when they are to be advanced along one and the same reference edge. .

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Det er herved tilstrækkeligt, at der gøres brug af en ganske kort driwalse, som er anbragt umiddelbart ved referencelinien for fremdrivning af ganske smalle baner, idet det har vist sig, at samme korte driwalse så yder-5 ligere er udmærket egnet til fremdrivning også af betydeligt bredere banemateriale, når dette er passende formstabilt i banens eget plan.It is thus sufficient that a very short drive roller is used, which is located immediately at the reference line for propulsion of very narrow lanes, since it has been found that the same short drive roller is also very suitable for propulsion also by significantly wider web material when appropriately stable in shape of the web itself.

Desuden gør opfindelsen brug af sidestyringsmidler, der er kendt i anden sammenhæng, nemlig det nævnte rul-Ί g lelegeme, som ligeledes med kort længde strækker sig ind over et kantområde af en tilsvarende smal eller betydeligt bredere materialebane, og som ved styring fra kant-føleorganerne kan udsvinges fra en neutral tværstående stilling til en derfra let uddrejet skråstilling, hvori •j5 rullelegemet ved friktionsindgreb med banematerialet påvirker banen til at forskydes sideværts indtil den ligger korrekt langs referencelinien, idet rullelegemet derved påvirkes til at svinge tilbage til neutral stilling.In addition, the invention makes use of side guiding means known in other contexts, namely, the said roller body, which also extends for a short length over an edge region of a correspondingly narrow or considerably wider material web, and the sensing means can be pivoted from a neutral transverse position to a slightly extended sloping position, whereby the roller body, by frictional engagement with the web material, causes the web to be laterally displaced until it is correctly aligned along the reference line, thereby causing the roller body to swing back to neutral position.

20 En sa<^an s idestyrings indretning er kendt fra USA- patentskrift nr. 4,303,189, hvor rullelegemet udgøres af en serie af frit drejelige, skiveformede ruller, som muliggør en problemfri drejning af hele rullelegemet, idet de enkelte skiver herved kan rotere uafhængigt af 25 hverandre; den ved banefremføringen givne rotation af skiverne nær den lodrette svingakse for rullelegemet vil ikke påvirkes mærkbart af en svingning af rullelegemet, medens skiverne længere ude frit kan rotere hurtigere eller langsommere under selve svingningsbevægelsen med 30 eller imod banens fremføringsretning; resultatet heraf er, at rullelegemet kan svinges uden at give anledning til lokale spændingsopbygninger i banematerialet.One such side control device is known from US Patent No. 4,303,189, wherein the roller body is a series of freely rotatable disc-shaped rollers, which enable a smooth rotation of the entire roller body, the individual discs being able to rotate independently of the 25 each other; the rotation of the disks given by the web conveyor near the vertical pivot axis of the roller body will not be appreciably affected by a pivot of the roller body, while the disks can freely rotate freely or more slowly during the pivotal movement itself by 30 or against the direction of conveyance of the web; the result is that the roller body can be swiveled without giving rise to local tension build-up in the web material.

Ved opfindelsen er det indset, at en sådan skiveopdeling af det relativt korte rullelegeme reelt er unød-35 vendig, når det drejer sig om styring af et relativt formfast foliemateriale. Ved en svingning af rullelege-It has been recognized by the invention that such a disc breakdown of the relatively short roller body is in fact unnecessary when it comes to controlling a relatively mold-resistant film material. By a swing of the roller

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3 met vil der så ganske vist forekomme visse skridninger mellem foliebanen og rulleoverfladen på strækningen mellem rullelegemets svingakse og den eller de frie ender af rullelegemet, men da folien er rimeligt form-5 fast i sit eget plan og rullelegemet er af ringe længde, så vil disse skridninger være acceptable, idet de i praksis netop vil ytre sig som rene skridninger, der ikke giver anledning til rynkedannelser i foliebanen.3, there will certainly be some slippage between the film web and the roller surface on the stretch between the pivot axis of the roller body and the free end (s) of the roller body, but since the film is reasonably shaped in its own plane and the roller body is of small length, these skids are acceptable, as they will in practice just appear as clean skids that do not give rise to wrinkle formation in the foil web.

Herefter gås der ved opfindelsen det skridt videre, 10 at det således "fuldformede" rullelegeme til fremkaldelse af den ønskede sidestyring af foliebanen gøres identisk med den korte fremdrivningsvalse for banen, således at der opereres med én enkelt, kort valse, som er både driv- og sidestyringsvalse for foliebanerne, uanset dis-15 ses bredde. Det vil umiddelbart forstås, at der herved opnås et kraftigt forenklet og billiggjort drivsystem for opnåelse af både fremdrivningen og sidestyringen af foliebanerne.Next, the invention goes the step further that the thus "fully formed" roller body for inducing the desired lateral control of the film web is made identical to the short propulsion roller for the web, so that a single, short roller which is both driven and operated is operated. and side guide rollers for the film webs, regardless of their width. It will be immediately understood that this results in a greatly simplified and inexpensive drive system for achieving both the propulsion and the lateral control of the foil webs.

Opfindelsen forklares i det følgende nærmere under henvisning 20 til tegningen, på hvilken fig. 1 er et perspektivbillede af en tegne- eller skæremaskine ifølge opfindelsen, fig. 2 et tilsvarende udsnitsbillede deraf.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawing, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drawing or cutting machine according to the invention; FIG. 2 is a similar sectional view thereof.

Den i fig. 1 viste tegne- eller skæremaskine er opbygget som 25 et bord med en langstrakt bordplade 2, som ved sidekanterne har føringer 4 for blokhoveder 6, der mellem sig bærer en travers 8, på hvilken der er længdebevægeligt anbragt et holdehoved 10 for et tegne- eller skæreredskab 12. Ved en bageste ende af bordet 2 er anbragt en vandret bæreaksel 14 30 for en forrådsrulle 16 af et baneformet papir- eller foliemateriale 18, der fra denne rulle kan udlægges over bordpladen 2 neden under traversen 8 og tegne- eller skæreredskabet 12. Herved kan banen 18 fremføres til den modsatte ende af bordpladen 2, ud for hvilken der er anbragt dels en overskæThe FIG. 1, a drawing or cutting machine 1 is constructed as a table with an elongated table top 2, which at the side edges has guides 4 for block heads 6 carrying between them a traverse 8, on which there is a longitudinally arranged holding head 10 for a drawing or cutting tool 12. At a rear end of the table 2 is arranged a horizontal support shaft 14 30 for a stock roll 16 of a web-shaped paper or foil material 18 which can be laid from this roll over the table plate 2 below the traverse 8 and the drawing or cutting tool 12. Hereby the web 18 can be advanced to the opposite end of the countertop 2, to which is arranged partly a cutting edge

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4 ringsindretning 20 og dels en fremtrækningsindretning 22, som med et indbygget drivyalsepar samvirker med et referencekant-område af foliebanen 18 nær den ene side af bordpladen 2.4 ring device 20 and partly a protrusion device 22 which cooperates with a built-in drive oil pair with a reference edge area of the film web 18 near one side of the countertop 2.

Det er i fig. 2 vist, at indretningen 22 omfatter et par 5 samvirkende drivvalser 24, 26, der er lejret på en fælles bæresøjle 28, som desuden bærer en drivmotor 30, der inde i søjlen er drivforbundet med mindst den ene af valserne 24, 26.It is shown in FIG. 2, the device 22 comprises a pair of 5 cooperating drive rollers 24, 26 mounted on a common support column 28, which further carries a drive motor 30 which is driven within the column with at least one of the rollers 24, 26.

Søjlen 28 er selv drejeligt lejret omkring en lodret akse ved hjælp af en drejetap 32 i en fast sokkeldel 34. På en 10 i forhold til den lodrette akse radial arm, som her udgøres af motoren 30, er anbragt et møtrikhus 36, der samvirker med en skruespindel 38 drevet af en gearmotor 40, som derved er i stand til at dreje søjlen 28 et stykke i begge retninger omkring tappen 32, hvorved det fra søjlen udragende valse-15 par 24,26 kan svinges i vandret plan som vist med en pil a.The column 28 itself is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis by means of a pivot 32 in a fixed base member 34. On a 10 relative to the vertical axis radial arm, which is constituted by the motor 30, is provided a nut housing 36 which cooperates with a spindle 38 driven by a gear motor 40 which is thereby able to rotate the column 28 a bit in both directions about the pin 32, whereby the roller pairs projecting from the column can be pivoted horizontally as shown by an arrow a.

Foran valseparret 24, 26 er der i bordpladen 2 anbragt et par sensorer 42 og 44, som ligger henholdsvis lige uden for og lige inden for den ønskede beliggenhed af den pågældende referencekant af banematerialet 18. Disse sensorer er forbun-20 det med motoren 30 gennem en ikke vist styreenhed på en sådan måde, at gearmotoren 40 vil svinge valseparret 24, 26 i den med I betegnede retning, hvis banekanten forskyder sig udad til dækning af sensoren 42, hvorved valseparret under frem-trækningen af banen vil meddele denne en tværgående bevægelses-25 komposant for indtrækning af banekanten indtil sensoren 42 igen er afdækket, hvilket udløser en tilbagesvingning af valseparret. Omvendt svinges valseparret i retning II, hvis den indre sensor 44 afdækkes, indtil den atter tildækkes. Resultatet er, at banekanten kan styres med god nøjagtighed og alt-30 så netop indtage sin ønskede beliggenhed ved afslutningen af hver fremtrækningsoperation.In front of the roller pair 24, 26, a pair of sensors 42 and 44 are located in the countertop 2 which are respectively just outside and just within the desired location of the respective reference edge of the web material 18. These sensors are connected to the motor 30 through a control unit not shown in such a way that the gear motor 40 will pivot the roller pair 24, 26 in the direction indicated by I, if the web edge shifts outwardly to cover the sensor 42, whereby the roller pair during the advance of the web will impart a transverse movement thereof. -25 component for retracting the web edge until the sensor 42 is uncovered again, triggering a reversal of the roll pair. Conversely, the roll pair is swung in direction II if the inner sensor 44 is uncovered until it is again covered. The result is that the trajectory edge can be controlled with good accuracy and thus precisely occupy its desired location at the end of each forwarding operation.

Normalt vil det være tilstrækkeligt med ganske små korrektioner, dvs. vinkeldrejningen af valseparret 24, 26 kan være 5Usually, small corrections will suffice, ie the angular rotation of the roller pair 24, 26 may be 5

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ganske lille/ nemlig så lille, at det ikke skaber særlige problemer, at drejningen foregår medens banematerialet er fastklemt mellem valserne 24 og 26, hvilket naturligvis hænger sammen med, at valserne er af forholdsvis kort aksial udstræk-5 ning.quite small / namely so small that it does not create any particular problems that the rotation takes place while the web material is clamped between the rollers 24 and 26, which of course is related to the rollers being of relatively short axial extent.

Netop da styrebevægelserne kan være ganske små, kan gearmotoren 40 erstattes med en mekanisme, f.eks. simple elektromagneter, som kan fremkalde en svingning af valseparret 24, 26 mellem kun tre forskellige stillinger, nemlig en lige 1 q tværstillet og let skrånende stillinger til henholdsvis den ene og den anden side for denne mellemstilling.Just because the steering movements can be quite small, the gear motor 40 can be replaced with a mechanism, e.g. simple electromagnets which can induce a pivot of the roller pair 24, 26 between only three different positions, namely a straight 1 q transverse and slightly inclined positions to one and the other, respectively, for this intermediate position.

Af nedenfor omtalte grunde kan det være væsentligt, at banen fremføres alene ved en styret rotation af valserne 24, 26 og ikke yderligere ved en resulterende langsgående bevægelse 15 af valseparret, således som tilfældet kan være, hvis valseparret svinges om søjletappen 32. Til opnåelse af, at valseparret kan svinges uden nogen resulterende længdepåvirkning på banen 18 kan der drages omsorg for, at svingningen sker om en lodret akse, der strækker sig gennem det midterste område 20 valseparret, altså eksempelvis ved en modsvarende forkrøp-ning af søjlen 28.For the reasons discussed below, it may be essential that the web be advanced only by a controlled rotation of the rollers 24, 26 and not further by a resultant longitudinal movement 15 of the roller pair, as may be the case if the roller pair is pivoted about the column pin 32. that the roller pair can be pivoted without any resulting longitudinal effect on the web 18, it can be ensured that the pivot occurs about a vertical axis extending through the middle region 20 the roller pair, i.e., for example, by a corresponding curvature of the column 28.

På et plotteapparat af den omhandlede type kan det forekomme, at et skilt ikke kan laves eller færdiglaves på en enkelt udlagt materialebane 18 på bordpladen 2, enten fordi skiltet 25 er længere end bordpladen, eller fordi der forekommer restlængde, som blot ikke er tilstrækkelig til udførelse af den næste opgave. Det er velkendt, at man i sådanne situationer enten sørger for at fremtrække foliebanen delvis, nemlig tilstrækkeligt for aflevering af den allerede udførte opgave, 30 selv om denne kun udfylder en forreste dellængde af bordpladen, således at næste opgave kan udføres med hele bordet til rådighed, eller at man standser en påbegyndt opgave ved bag- 6On a plotter of the type in question, it may occur that a sign cannot be made or finished on a single laid web of material 18 on the countertop 2, either because the sign 25 is longer than the countertop or because residual length is present which is simply insufficient for performing the next task. It is well known that in such situations, one is either making sure the foil web is partially projected, namely sufficient for the delivery of the task already completed, 30 though it only fills a front part length of the countertop so that the next task can be performed with the entire table available , or to stop a commenced task at the rear 6

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enden af bordet og fremtrækker banen til en ny stilling med bagenden af den ufuldførte opgave beliggende nøjagtigt ud for et mærke på bordpladen ved dennes forende/ hvorefter den tilhørende styreudrustning sørger for at videreføre den påbe-5 gyndte opgave, nu startende fra bordets forende.at the end of the table and advances the path to a new position with the rear end of the unfinished task located exactly next to a mark on the tabletop at its front end, and then the associated steering gear ensures that the task is continued, now starting from the front of the table.

Det kræver en kvalificeret manuel indsats at udføre en sådan indstyring af banen til dens nye beliggenhed for opnåelse af en helt umærkelig overgang mellem den påbegyndte og den videreførte opgave, og det er her et yderligere formål med opfind-10 elsen at angive en teknik, ved hvilken denne manuelle indsats kan overflødiggøres.It requires a skilled manual effort to carry out such a course of the course to its new location in order to achieve a completely imperceptible transition between the begun and the continued tasks, and it is a further object of the invention to provide a technique by: which this manual effort may be redundant.

Dette er netop opnåeligt ved, at der baseret på de i styre-enheden indtastede data automatisk udvirkes en så nøjagtigt styret fremtrækning af banen, at denne umiddelbart positione-15 res korrekt for en videreførelse af en ved den foregående udlægning påbegyndt opgave. Det er herved naturligvis en første betingelse, at den fremtrukne bane afleveres på bordet med ganske samme beliggenhed af banens referencekant som ved den foregående udlægning, og det er allerede omtalt, hvordan dette 2o opnåeligt. En anden betingelse er, at valseparret 24, 26 aktiveres til opnåelse af en meget nøjagtigt bestemt fremføring af foliebanen, hvilket ikke alene er et spørgsmål om en velkontrolleret aktivering af drivmotoren 30, men også et spørgsmål om, at foliebanen 18 faktisk fremføres i overens-25 stemmelse med styresignalerne til denne motor. Netop derfor er det som nævnt vigtigt at sikre, at der ikke foregår nogen uiagttaget skridning mellem drivvalserne og banen 18, f.eks. ved en resulterende væsentlig svingning af valseparret 24, 26 omkring en akse væsentligt uden for disse valser.This is precisely attainable by the fact that, based on the data entered in the control unit, an accurate control of the trajectory is created so that it is immediately positioned correctly for the continuation of a task started by the previous layout. Of course, it is of course a first condition that the drawn web is delivered to the table at exactly the same location by the reference edge of the web as in the previous layout, and it has already been discussed how this is achievable. Another condition is that the pair of rollers 24, 26 is actuated to achieve a very precise prediction of the foil web, which is not only a matter of a well controlled activation of the drive motor 30, but also a matter that the foil web 18 is actually advanced in accordance with the invention. 25 tuning with the control signals for this motor. This is precisely why, as mentioned, it is important to ensure that there is no unintended slippage between the drive rollers and the web 18, e.g. by a resultant substantial oscillation of the roller pair 24, 26 about an axis substantially outside these rollers.

30 Det er herved en yderligere, væsentlig omstændighed, at driv-valseparret 24, 26 skal kunne fremføre materialebanen 18 på nøjagtig måde til en "fortsættelsesstilling" på bordet 2 uan-It is hereby a further essential fact that the drive roller pair 24, 26 should be able to accurately advance the material web 18 to a "continuation position" on the table 2.

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7 set om afrulningsmodstanden ved forrådsrullen 16 er større eller mindre. Det er af denne grund fundet væsentligt, at denne afrulningsmodstand nedsættes til et minimum derved, at afrulningsvalsen 14 er forbundet med føler- og drivorganer, som 5 ved et optrædende træk i banen 18 udløser en motordrevet drejning af valsen 14 for praktisk taget friktionsfri udrulning af en ny banelængde på bordet 2.7, if the rolling resistance at the storage roll 16 is greater or smaller. For this reason, it has been found essential that this roll-off resistance be reduced to a minimum in that the roll-on roller 14 is connected to sensing and drive means which, by an occurring pull in the web 18, trigger a motor-driven rotation of the roll 14 for virtually frictionless roll-out of a new path length on the table 2.

Den nyudlagte banelængde kan så ved datamatens styring af drivvalserne 24, 26 afleveres i netop en sådan position, 15 hvori tegne- eller skæreredskabet 12 kan genoptage sin operative virkning ved bordets forkantområde for fuldførelse af en tidligere påbegyndt opgave uden at der vil forekomme synlige forskydninger mellem de respektive afsnit af tegningen eller skærestregerne, og uden at fremtrækningen af banen 20 skal overvåges eller finkorrigeres manuelt.The newly laid web length can then be delivered by the computer to the drive rollers 24, 26 in just such a position, 15 in which the drawing or cutting tool 12 can resume its operative effect at the front edge area of the table to complete a previously started task without any visible displacements between the respective sections of the drawing or cutting lines, and without the appearance of the web 20 having to be monitored or fine-tuned manually.

Netop når fremtrækningen kan ske med stor nøjagtighed på fuldautomatisk måde, er det for så vidt ligegyldigt, efter hvilke kriterier fremtrækningen af banen og den eventuelt tilhørende flytning af arbejdshovedet finder sted; der kan 25 udmærket gøres brug af kun en delvis fremtrækning, f.eks. netop tilstrækkeligt for afslutning af en given opgave.Precisely when the drawing can be done with great accuracy in a fully automatic way, it does not matter, according to what criteria, the appearance of the web and the possible moving of the working head take place; only a partial projection, e.g. just enough for completing a given task.

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1. Tegne- eller skæremaskine af plottertypen og af den art, som har en bordplade (2) med en rulleholder 5 (14) ved den ene ende for en forrådsrulle (16) af et banemateriale (18), som skal håndteres på bordpladen ved udlægning over denne, og ved den anden ende en fremdriv-ningsmekanisme til fremtrækning af nye længder af banematerialet hen over bordet, samt et koordinatstyret teg-10 ne- eller skærehoved (10) anbragt forskydeligt på en bevægelig travers (8) over bordet, hvorhos der i fast forbindelse med bordpladen (2) er anbragt føleorganer (42,44) til afføling af en beliggenhed af den ene banekant henholdsvis uden for og inden for en fastlagt refe-15 rencelinie, hvilke føleorganer er forbundet til styreorganer til indstyring af banekanten til referencelinien i tilfælde af, at banekanten under fremtrækningen udstyres derfra, kendetegnet ved kombinationen af, at fremdrivningsmekanismen omfatter en kort drivvalse (24), 20 som samvirker med et referencekantområde af banemateria-alet, henholdsvis med et smalt banemateriale strækkende sig langs dette område, at de nævnte styreorganer udgøres af et rullelegeme (24), som strækker sig på tværs ind over et kantområde af materialebanen og er styrbart 25 svingelig om en akse (32) vinkelret på bordpladen, og at den korte drivvalse og rullelegemet udgør et og samme element (24).A plotter-type drawing or cutting machine having a table top (2) having a roll holder 5 (14) at one end for a supply roll (16) of a web material (18) to be handled on the tabletop at laying over it, and at the other end a propulsion mechanism for projecting new lengths of web material across the table, and a coordinate-guided drawing or cutting head (10) disposed slidably on a movable traverse (8) above the table, sensing means (42, 44) arranged in fixed connection with the table top (2) for sensing a location of one of the web edges, respectively, outside and within a defined reference line, which sensing means are connected to control means for controlling the web edge to the reference line in the case that the web edge during the projection is equipped therefrom, characterized by the combination of the propulsion mechanism comprising a short drive roller (24) 20 cooperating with a reference edge region of web web said ateria, respectively, having a narrow web material extending along said region, said control members being constituted by a roller member (24) extending transversely over an edge region of the web of material and being controllably pivotable about an axis (32) perpendicular on the countertop, and that the short drive roller and roller body constitute one and the same element (24). 2. Maskine ifølge krav 1, ved hvilken en styreenhed for bevægelsen af tegne- eller skærehovedet er indrettet 30 til ved udførelse af en bearbejdningsopgave, som strækker sig ud forbi bagenden af bordet, at aktivere hovedet til videreførelse af opgaven, kendetegnet ved, at drivvalsen er styret til automatisk udøvelse af netop en sådan fremtrækning af banen, som svarer til 35 det programmerede spring i hovedets arbejdsområde. DK 160196 B 9Machine according to claim 1, in which a control unit for the movement of the drawing or cutting head is arranged for activating the head for carrying out the task by performing a machining task extending beyond the rear end of the table, characterized in that the drive roller is guided to automatically execute just such a projection of the web, which corresponds to the programmed jump in the head's working area. DK 160196 B 9 3. Maskine ifølge krav 2, kendetegnet ved, at midlerne til fastholdelse af forrådsspolen er indrettet til under fremtrækningen af materialebanen at afrulle denne aktivt.Machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the means for holding the spool are arranged to roll it actively during the stretching of the material web.
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