EP0960741A1 - Dispositif pour réenrouler du matériau sous forme de bande et systèmes aux produits graphiques - Google Patents

Dispositif pour réenrouler du matériau sous forme de bande et systèmes aux produits graphiques Download PDF

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EP0960741A1
EP0960741A1 EP99100452A EP99100452A EP0960741A1 EP 0960741 A1 EP0960741 A1 EP 0960741A1 EP 99100452 A EP99100452 A EP 99100452A EP 99100452 A EP99100452 A EP 99100452A EP 0960741 A1 EP0960741 A1 EP 0960741A1
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strip material
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Joseph W. Stempien
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Gerber Scientific Products Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H18/00—Winding webs
    • B65H18/08—Web-winding mechanisms
    • B65H18/14—Mechanisms in which power is applied to web roll, e.g. to effect continuous advancement of web
    • B65H18/145—Reel-to-reel type web winding and unwinding mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/16—Means for tensioning or winding the web

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for making graphic products and, more particularly, to the handling of supply and take-up rolls of strip material therefor.
  • Apparatus such as printers, plotters, and/or cutters are typically used to make graphic products.
  • a graphic image is printed or plotted on long strips of material.
  • the graphic image may be cut around its periphery from the strip material.
  • the strip material is generally moved in a feed direction from a supply end of the apparatus in a longitudinal direction to a discharge end.
  • a tool head such as plotting head or a cutter blade, moves in a lateral direction to perform a work operation on the strip material while the strip material is driven back and forth under the tool head in the feed direction.
  • a print head typically is stationary while the strip material is driven in the feed direction and applies separately printed coats on the strip material, one color at each pass.
  • the strip material is then driven back in the direction opposite the feed direction for additional color operations before the graphic image is completed.
  • the strip material is driven back and forth between the supply end and the discharge end for the graphic image to be plotted or cut, respectively.
  • the speed with which the strip material is driven back and forth varies depending on the specific mode of operation of the apparatus.
  • the strip material alternatingly overhangs from either the supply end or the discharge end of the apparatus. At the discharge end of the apparatus, the strip material overhangs until it falls onto a table under the apparatus or the floor, or some type of a bin.
  • a roll with strip material is typically supported by a holder supporting the core of the roll. However, when the strip material is driven toward the supply end of the apparatus, the material overhangs the end of the apparatus.
  • a mechanism for rewinding strip material from an apparatus performing a work operation on the strip material includes a housing for supporting a drive roller, rotated about a drive shaft by a drive motor, and an idler roller rotatable about an idler shaft.
  • the strip material is wound about a core on a supply roll and is attached to a core of a take-up roll to be rewound at the discharge end of the apparatus.
  • the apparatus making graphic images drives the strip material from the supply end thereof to the discharge end thereof in a feed direction along a feed path, the strip material is pulled from the supply roll, supported by the first rewinding mechanism, and is rewound onto the take-up roll driven by the second rewinding mechanism.
  • the rewinding mechanism of the present invention can be placed at both, the supply and discharge, ends of the graphic image making apparatus either to rewind the strip material or to allow the strip material to be pulled from the roll by the apparatus, depending on the feed direction of the apparatus.
  • a pair of flange assemblies is secured onto each end of the core of the strip material roll such that each flange of the flange assembly protrudes past the thickness of the strip material and makes contact with the drive roller and the idler roller.
  • the flange assembly includes a cam having a plurality of cam surfaces and a plurality of rollers traveling along the corresponding cam surface. The flange assembly ensures that the flange is securely attached unto the core of the roll with strip material.
  • the rewinding mechanism includes an encoder that detects movement of the idler roller and turns the drive motor on and off.
  • the rewinding mechanism is activated only when the apparatus begins to perform a work operation on the strip material and is turned off when the encoder indicates a predetermined amount of idle time has elapsed. This feature saves energy and wear on equipment.
  • Another embodiment of the present invention includes a pair of drive rollers, the position of which can be adjusted along the drive shaft to accommodate various widths of the strip material.
  • One advantage of the present invention is that it improves the quality of the final product by minimizing the amount of dirt and dust settling on the strip material, Another advantage of the present invention is its ability to manage long graphic images.
  • a further advantage of the present invention is that the drive motor is a constant speed motor and the rewinding mechanism of the present invention does not require complex and expensive equipment, such as variable speed motors.
  • An additional advantage of the present invention is that the same rewinding mechanism of the present invention can be placed at both ends of the graphic image apparatus - the supply end and the discharge end.
  • a further advantage of the present invention is easy loading and unloading of the rolls of strip material onto the rewinding mechanism.
  • a system 10 for making a graphic product 12 on a strip material 14 includes an apparatus 16 placed on a base 20 and two material rewinding mechanisms 22,24.
  • the apparatus 16 which can be a printer, plotter and/or cutter, includes a bottom portion 26 and a top portion 28 and has a supply end 32 and a discharge end 34.
  • the apparatus also includes a feed path 36 defined between the top and bottom portions 26,28 and extending in a longitudinal direction from the supply end 32 to the discharge end 34 of the apparatus 16.
  • the apparatus 16 also includes a driving mechanism (not shown) that drives the strip material 14 longitudinally back and forth along the feed path 36.
  • the driving mechanism of the apparatus has several modes of operation that result in the strip material 14 being driven back and forth at different speeds.
  • a tool head (not shown) is disposed in the top portion 28 of the apparatus 16 and may be stationary or move in a lateral direction for performing work operations on the strip material 14.
  • the rewinding mechanism 22 disposed at the supply end 32 of the apparatus 16 supports a supply roll 40 of the strip material and the rewinding mechanism 24 disposed at the discharge end 34 of the apparatus 16 supports a take-up roll 42 of the strip material.
  • Each rewinding medianism 22,24 includes a housing 44 having a first side bracket 46 and a second side bracket 48 for supporting a drive shaft 50 and an idler shaft 52.
  • the drive shaft is spaced apart from the idler shaft and supports a drive roller 56.
  • the drive roller 56 has a drive roller diameter and includes a lip 58 on each end of thereof. Each lip 58 is adjacent to side brackets 46, 48 of the housing 44 and has a lip diameter which is greater than the drive roller diameter.
  • the drive roller shaft 50 is driven by a drive motor 60.
  • the idler shaft 52 supports an idler roller 62.
  • the idler roller 62 extends the width of the housing 44 and freely rotates in either direction about the idler shaft 52.
  • An encoder 66 is secured to the bracket 48 of the housing 44 for monitoring the motion of the idler roller 62.
  • the encoder 66 generates a signal and, through a control circuit 68, communicates with the drive motor 60.
  • the supply and take-up rolls 40,42 with strip material 14 include a core 70 about which the strip material is wound and a pair of flange assemblies 72 on each side of the core 70.
  • the core shaped as a hollow cylinder, has an inside core surface 74, as best seen in FIG. 3.
  • Each flange assembly 72 includes a round flange 76 and a cam assembly 78 centrally disposed on the flange 76.
  • the cam assembly 78 includes a cam 82 securely attached to the center of the flange 76 and a plurality of cam rollers 84 interconnected by a roller yoke 86.
  • the roller yoke 86 is pivoted about the center of the flange 76 and includes a plurality of slots 88 for allowing radial movement of the cam rollers 84.
  • the cam 82 has a plurality of cam surfaces 90 and a plurality of stops 92 separating each cam surface 90 from another.
  • Each cam surface 90 has a central cam portion 94 and two side cam portions 96, separated from the central cam portion by two bumps 98.
  • Each central cam portion 94 defines a minimum cam diameter 100 and the side cam portions 96 have a diameter gradually increasing towards the stops 92, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the number of cam rollers 84 corresponds to the number of cam surfaces 90.
  • Each roller 84 makes contact with the cam surface 90 and moves rotatably along the corresponding cam surface.
  • the supply roll 40 is formed by attaching two flange assemblies 72 to open ends of the core 70. Each flange assembly 72 is placed on the end of the core with the cam assembly fitting inside the core. Once the cam assembly 78 fits inside the core 70, at least one of the cam rollers 84 is positioned to make contact with the inside surface 74 of the core. Then, the flange 76 is twisted and the cam rollers 84 roll on the cam surface 90 towards the bumps 98 and the side cam portions 96, as best seen in FIG. 4. Once the cam rollers 84 go over the respective bumps 98, the cam rollers 84 are squeezed between the increased cam diameter and the inside surface 74 of the core. The bumps 98 prevent the cam rollers 84 from rolling back towards the center portions of the cam surfaces 90.
  • the supply roll 40 under its own weight is placed on the rewinding mechanism 22 on the supply end 32 of the apparatus 16.
  • the supply roll 40 rests on the drive roller 56 and the idler roller 62 and is in frictional engagement with the rollers 56, 62.
  • the take-up roll 42 includes a pair of flange assemblies 72 secured to its ends.
  • the strip material 14 from the supply roll 40 is fed through the feed path 36 of the apparatus 16 and attached to the core of the take-up roll 42.
  • a leader can serve as an intermediary between the core of the take-up roll 42 and the strip material 14.
  • One end of the leader can be taped to the core of the take-up roll 42 and the other end of the leader can be removably attached to the strip material 14.
  • the take-up roll 42 also rests under its own weight on the drive roller 56 and idler roller 62 of the rewinding mechanism 24 in frictional engagement with the rollers 56, 62.
  • the rewinding mechanisms 22,24 at the supply end 32 and at the discharge end 34 of the apparatus 16 are properly lined up with the apparatus 16.
  • the base 20 includes a plurality of tabs 102 to ensure proper alignment of the rewinding mechanisms 22,24 with respect to the apparatus 16, as best seen in FIG. 1.
  • the lips 58 ensure that flanges 76 are properly aligned.
  • the apparatus 16 positively drives the strip material 14 by means of friction or sprocket wheel drive mechanism 110 from the supply end 32 of the apparatus to the discharge end 34 of the apparatus along the feed path 36.
  • the drive mechanism 110 of the apparatus 16 drives the strip material 14 in the longitudinal direction, the strip material is pulled from the supply roll 40.
  • the supply roll 40 begins to rotate counterclockwise in response to the strip material 14 being pulled from the supply roll.
  • the rotating supply roll 40 begins to rotate the idler roller 62 of the rewinding mechanism 22.
  • the encoder 66 registers the movement of the idler roller 62 and signals the drive motor 60 via the control circuit 68 to turn on the drive motor 60.
  • the motor 60 then rotates the drive roller 56 in the counterclockwise direction at a constant speed.
  • the drive roller 56 rotating counterclockwise attempts to rotate the supply roll 40 in clockwise direction so as to rewind the supply roll 40.
  • the apparatus 16 is positively driving strip material 14 from the supply end 32 to the discharge end 34, the strip material continues to be pulled from the supply roll 40 rotating the supply roll in the counterclockwise direction and slippage between the frictionally engaged drive roller 56 and the flanges 76 of the flange assemblies 72 occurs.
  • the rotational speed of the supply roll 40 is governed by the driving speed of the drive mechanism 110 of the apparatus because slippage between the flanges 76 and the drive roller 56 occurs.
  • the strip material continues to be pulled off the supply roll 40 at a speed substantially equal to the speed of the strip material being driven through the apparatus 16.
  • the drive motor 60 drives the drive roller 56 in the clockwise direction, causing the take-up roll 42 to rotate in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the take-up roll 42 rotates in the counterclockwise direction, the strip material 14 coming from the apparatus is rewound on the take-up roll 42.
  • the drive motor 60 drives the drive roller 56 at a faster speed than the speed of the strip material coming from the discharge end 34 of the apparatus, the rotational speed of the frictionally engaged take-up roll 42 is governed by the speed of the discharged strip material, resulting in slippage between the flanges 76 of the take-up roll 42 and the drive roller 56.
  • material tension is produced. The material tension causes the take-up roll 42 to lift off the drive roller 56 and remain in contact with the idler roller 62.
  • the take-up roll 42 functions in the same manner as the supply roll 40 and the supply roll 40 functions in the same manner as the take-up roll 42.
  • the positive drive mechanism 110 of the apparatus 16 pulls the strip material 14 from the take-up roll 42, causing the take-up roll 42 to rotate clockwise and causing slippage between the flanges 76 of the take-up roll 42 and the drive roller, which continues to rotate in the clockwise direction.
  • the supply roll 40 begins to be rotated in the clockwise direction by the drive roller 56 because the strip material is no longer pulling the supply roll in the opposite direction.
  • the rotational speed of the drive roller 56 is set to be fast enough for the take-up roll to rewind strip material on an empty core when the apparatus operates at its fastest mode and discharges the strip material at the fastest rate.
  • the take-up roll When the core is empty, the take-up roll must rotate faster to rewind the strip material in a timely fashion.
  • rotational speed of both the supply roll and the take-up roll is governed by the speed that the strip material is driven through the apparatus, resulting in slippage between the drive roller and flanges.
  • the idler rollers 62 are rotated by the supply roll 40 and the take-up roll 42 in either direction. After the apparatus 16 stops driving the strip material and the idler roller 62 comes to a stop, the encoder 66, after a certain predetermined delay, turns the drive motor 60 off.
  • the best mode embodiment of the present invention depicts a single drive roller 56 and a single idle 62 roller extending the width of the respective shafts 50,52.
  • each shaft 50, 52 can support two drive rollers and two idle rollers disposed on each end of the respective shaft to interact with two flanges 76.
  • some apparatus have capability to accommodate different widths of the sheet material 14.
  • the rewinding mechanism 122 can be configured to have a single idler roll 62 and multiple drive rollers 156, as shown in FIG. 8.
  • the rewinding mechanism can be configured to include a pair of adjustable drive rollers with preset positions along the drive shaft 150.
  • a single drive roller 256 may have pairs of multiple lips 258 positioned at predetermined locations along its length to accommodate various widths of the sheet material 14, as shown in FIG.9.
  • One advantage of the present invention is that it improves the quality of the final product by minimizing the amount of dirt and dust settling on the strip material.
  • Another advantage of the present invention is its ability to manage long graphic images.
  • a further advantage of the present invention is that the drive motor is a constant speed motor and the rewinding mechanism of the present invention does not require complex and expensive equipment, such as variable speed motors.
  • An additional advantage of the present invention is that the same rewinding mechanism of the present invention can both rewind and supply the strip material and therefore, can be placed on both ends of the graphic image apparatus - the supply end and the discharge end.
  • a further advantage of the present invention is easy loading and unloading of the rolls of strip material onto the rewinding mechanism. The strip material is merely placed onto the rewinding mechanism.
  • the rewinding mechanism of the present invention can rewind strip material onto a roll without having the flanges 72 on both ends.
  • the roll 40 or 42 can rest directly on top of the drive and idler rollers 56, 62 under its own weight and can have the strip material either rewound or pulled therefrom, depending on the direction of the feed of the strip material.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention uses a DaytonTM Capacitor Start Gearmotor sold by GraingerTM , having a place of business in Hartford, Connecticut, numerous other types of motors can be used to drive the drive roller 56. Additionally, the rewinding mechanisms 22, 24 can be configured to share a single motor 60 that would drive both drive rollers 56. A belt system can be used to interconnect two drive rollers 56 of the rewinding mechanisms 22, 24.
  • the housing 44 of the rewinding mechanism as having side brackets 46, 48 and the base 20 having tabs 102 for aligning the rewinding mechanism relative to the apparatus 16
  • the base 20 can have the side brackets 46, 48 integrally formed therewith to eliminate the need for the tabs 102.

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JP2019113454A (ja) * 2017-12-25 2019-07-11 株式会社クボタ ロール回転検出装置及びフィルム検出システム

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