EP0435784B1 - Apparat zum gleichzeitigen Ausgeben und Schneiden aufgewickelter Materialbahnen - Google Patents

Apparat zum gleichzeitigen Ausgeben und Schneiden aufgewickelter Materialbahnen Download PDF

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EP0435784B1
EP0435784B1 EP90420546A EP90420546A EP0435784B1 EP 0435784 B1 EP0435784 B1 EP 0435784B1 EP 90420546 A EP90420546 A EP 90420546A EP 90420546 A EP90420546 A EP 90420546A EP 0435784 B1 EP0435784 B1 EP 0435784B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/34—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/36—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means with mechanical dispensing, roll switching or cutting devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/34—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/36—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means with mechanical dispensing, roll switching or cutting devices
    • A47K10/3631—The cutting devices being driven manually
    • A47K10/3643—The cutting devices being driven manually by pulling the paper
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/465—Cutting motion of tool has component in direction of moving work
    • Y10T83/4766—Orbital motion of cutting blade
    • Y10T83/4795—Rotary tool
    • Y10T83/4812—Compound movement of tool during tool cycle
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/889—Tool with either work holder or means to hold work supply
    • Y10T83/896—Rotatable wound package supply

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  • the invention relates to the technical sectors of devices for dispensing paper of all padded materials and the like allowing, from strips of wound material, the detachment or fractionation of lengths of pre-established strips.
  • a cutting device integrated or not inside the drum allows instantaneous cutting of the strip of material to the preset length.
  • the drum has a transverse slot for the passage of the cutting blade which is moved by any known means such as those described without limitation in some of the aforementioned patents.
  • the drum furthermore has, over its entire periphery outside the zone of the slot, hooking or gripping means of the emery cloth or similar materials type to facilitate the training of the roll of strip of material.
  • a solution of this type is defined in document FR-A-2,596,034, which corresponds to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the aim sought after according to the invention was therefore to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks by proposing a new arrangement of the device for distributing and cutting strips of wound material.
  • the distribution and cutting apparatus firstly comprises a housing 1 support and protection having a wall plate 1a of support, lateral flanks 1b and a hinged protective cover 2 on said flanks.
  • the cover is locked in the closed position by any suitable means.
  • the casing receives a reel support consisting of one or two articulated arms 3 and pivoting on an axis 4 arranged on the bottom plate of the casing, said arms being arranged at their upper ends to hold the roll 5 of tape of wound material, said arms having hubs or similar means allowing the positioning and tightening of the mandrel of the roller.
  • An elastic return means 6 is attached to at least one of said arms to ensure their elastic return downwards.
  • the arms are coupled together by a connecting spacer or the aforementioned assembly can be made in one piece.
  • the return spring is fixed at one of its ends to one of the arms or to this connecting spacer between the two arms and at its other end in a lower plane by being fixed to a lug or similar attachment means .
  • the device receives a drum 8 constituted by a hollow cylinder having on all or part of its periphery a gripping zone obtained for example by an emery cloth or similar material.
  • the drum laterally has flanges 8-6 arranged with openings 8-7 for positioning axes of rotation and support link on the sides of the housing.
  • the apparatus comprises a device for cutting the different successive sections of unwound materials.
  • This cutting device 9 can be placed inside the drum and be retractable using a cam system described for example in French patents 2,332,215 and 2,340,887 of the applicant, the drum then being arranged with a transverse slot 8-8 for the passage of the cutting blade at the end of the exercise of the tensile force.
  • the cutting device can be in a fixed position by being placed on the drum according to the technique described for example in patent FR 2,182,404.
  • the drum is arranged with profiled recesses or openings 8-1, 8-2, over part of its perimeter revealing a continuous central strip 8-3 and on either side of said recesses.
  • These recesses or openings are established on only part of the peripheral periphery of the drum, leaving a solid area 8-4 over the entire length of the drum, and arranged to present a self-gripping exterior surface. This surface comes into adjacent border with for example the transverse slot allowing the passage of the cutting blade.
  • the central border 8-3 is also fitted with a self-gripping exterior surface.
  • the profile of connection 8-5 of the openings or recesses with the solid part of the drum is established in such a way that there is a progressive and continuous guiding of the strip of material and allows possible support of the material in the event of traction on the strip of material out of alignment.
  • This profile is inclined internally, for example at 45 degrees, and is produced on all or part of each of the lateral ends of the central edge 8-3.
  • the cuts or recesses thus established offer the advantage of allowing the strip of material towed according to an angular misalignment to partially penetrate into the drum and thus not to rub against it which caused as explained according to the prior art tearing unexpected and not very clear of the material and its blocking in position inside the device.
  • the breaking and tearing effect takes place from the central central zone of the drum, then naturally extending on both sides during the rotation of the drum.
  • cutouts or recesses have a decreasing profile from the outside inwards transversely to accompany the unwinding of the material.
  • the openings or recesses are arranged upstream of the cutting device, that is to say before the intervention thereof. The same is therefore the case with the central zone 8-3 which alone supports the roll of material.
  • the openings 8-1, 8-2 are located at the rear opposite the bottom of the casing of the device while it has been illustrated in a nonlimiting manner a cutting device.
  • the drum according to the invention is applicable to all cutting systems implementing the concept of driving the drum by manual traction of the material by an operator.
  • Another advantage according to the invention lies in the fact that the technical problem has been solved without the addition of additional parts or means and, on the contrary, by further simplifying the manufacture of the apparatus and of the drum in particular. Furthermore, due to the new design of the drum, the material can no longer remain in the device.
  • the drum thus designed can be produced in one or two parts assembled by any desired means.
  • a spacer bar connecting the extreme lateral cheeks of the drum can be provided as a complementary measure to give it greater rigidity.
  • illustrated means have already been described in the applicant's patents to facilitate, for example, the driving of the drum and the routing of the strip of material. It is in particular a belt 10 centered on a central groove of the drum and returned by a bar 11 disposed in the lower part of the device.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Replacement Of Web Rolls (AREA)
  • Accessories And Tools For Shearing Machines (AREA)
  • Braking Arrangements (AREA)
  • Tyre Moulding (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
  • Sawing (AREA)
  • Unwinding Webs (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Winding, Rewinding, Material Storage Devices (AREA)

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  1. Gerät zum gleichzeitigen Spenden und Schneiden von aufgewickeltem Materialband, mit einem Trag- und Schutzgehäuse (1), einem eine Rolle (5) aufgewickelten Materialbandes aufnehmenden Arm (3) in gelenkiger Ausführung, um das Andrücken der Rolle (5) an eine unter der Wirkung einer manuellen, auf das freie Ende des Materialbandes ausgeübten Zugkraft in Drehung versetzte Trommel (8) zu ermöglichen, welche Trommel (8) an am Schutzgehäuse befestigten Tragmitteln montiert ist und eine Schneidvorrichtung einschließt, wobei die genannte Trommel (8) aus einem geschlossenen Zylinder besteht mit einem Querschlitz (8.8) zur Durchführung der Schneidklinge (9) dieser Schneidvorrichtung und die genannte Trommel (8) eine Außenfläche mit Kletthaftung besitzt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Trommel (8) beiderseits eines durchgehenden, die Kontinuität des Zylinders definierenden, von den seitlichen Enden (8.6) des Zylinders begrenzten peripheren Mittelstreifens (8.3) an einem Teil ihres Umfangs vor dem Querschlitz (8.8) profilförmige, auf einem gegebenen peripheren Sektor bzw. einer gegebenen peripheren Ebene gebildete Ausnehmungen oder Öffnungen (8.1, 8.2) aufweist, die das Ausrichten und Einführen der jeweiligen Materialband-Partien ermöglicht, falls durch den Benutzer ein winkliger Zug auf das Material- oder Papierband ausgeübt wird, der nicht dem normalen, in der vorderen Verlängerung des Geräts definierten Zug entspricht.
  2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ausnehmungen oder Öffnungen (8.1, 8.2) nur über einen Teil des peripheren Umfangs der Trommel (8) gebildet sind und dabei einen massiven, zur Aufweisung einer Außenfläche mit Kletthaftung ausgestatten Bereich (8.4) belassen.
  3. Gerät nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der massive Bereich (8.4) der Trommel (8) am Rand des Querschlitzes (8.8) anschließt.
  4. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Mittelstreifen (8.3) mit einer Außenfläche mit Kletthaftung ausgestattet ist.
  5. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Verbindungsprofil (8.5) zwischen den Ausnehmungen oder Öffnungen (8.1, 8.2) und dem massiven Teil der Trommel (8) ausgebildet ist, um eine progressive, kontinuierliche Führung des Materialbandes sicherzustellen und einen potentiellen Abstützbereich zu bieten.
  6. Gerät nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ausnehmungen oder Öffnungen (8.1, 8.2) in Querrichtung ein sich von innen nach außen kontinuierlich verringerndes Profil aufweisen, das dem Verlauf der Abnahme des Materialbandes bei der Abwicklung folgt.
  7. Gerät nach Anspruch 5 oder 6 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verbindungsprofil (8.5) zwischen den Ausnehmungen oder Öffnungen (8.1, 8.2) und dem massiven Teil der Trommel (8) innen um ungefähr 45° geneigt und über die Gesamtheit oder eines Teil jedes seitlichen Endes des Mittelstreifens (8.3) gefertigt ist.
  8. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ausnehmungen oder Öffnungen (8.1, 8.2) vor der Schneidvorrichtung angeordnet sind.
  9. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schneidvorrichtung einziehbar ist.
  10. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schneidvorrichtung feststehend angeordnet ist.
  11. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Trommel (8) zwischen ihren seitlichen Enden (8.6) einen oder mehrere streifenförmige Stege zur Versteifung aufweist.
EP90420546A 1989-12-28 1990-12-13 Apparat zum gleichzeitigen Ausgeben und Schneiden aufgewickelter Materialbahnen Expired - Lifetime EP0435784B1 (de)

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FR8917570A FR2656601B1 (fr) 1989-12-28 1989-12-28 Appareil de distribution et de coupe simultanees de bandes de materiaux enroules.
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