EP1316523B1 - Hand type yarn splicing device - Google Patents
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- EP1316523B1 EP1316523B1 EP20020025648 EP02025648A EP1316523B1 EP 1316523 B1 EP1316523 B1 EP 1316523B1 EP 20020025648 EP20020025648 EP 20020025648 EP 02025648 A EP02025648 A EP 02025648A EP 1316523 B1 EP1316523 B1 EP 1316523B1
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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
- B65H69/00—Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material; Knot-tying devices ;Control of the correct working of the interconnecting device
- B65H69/02—Methods of, or devices for, interconnecting successive lengths of material; Knot-tying devices ;Control of the correct working of the interconnecting device by means of adhesives
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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
- B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
- B65H2402/40—Details of frames, housings or mountings of the whole handling apparatus
- B65H2402/41—Portable or hand-held apparatus
- B65H2402/414—Manual tools for filamentary material, e.g. for mounting or removing a bobbin, measuring tension or splicing
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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
- B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
- B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
- B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
Description
- The present invention relates to a hand type yarn splicing device according to the preamble of
claim 1. - Such a splicing device is known from
EP-A-0 226 464 . This document proposes to apply a hot melting glue to the abutted end surfaces of the yarn having a curing time of a few seconds. - The problem underlying the present invention is to reduce the curing time of the adhesive.
- This problem is solved by the features defined in the characterizing part of
claim 1. The use of a photo-curing resin allows to reduce the curing time substantially because this resin cures practically instantaneously. -
- Figure 1 is a view showing the appearance of a yarn splicing device according to the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a side view of the internal structure of the yarn splicing device in which a mechanism associated with clamp members is omitted.
- Figure 3 is a side view of the internal structure of the yarn splicing device.
- Figure 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating how the yarn splicing device is operated.
- Figure 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating how the yarn splicing device is operated and showing a continued part of the operation shown in Figure 4.
- Figure 6 is a view showing the appearance of the yarn splicing device in the state of Figure 5.
- First, the external structure of a hand type yarn splicing device according to the present invention will be described. Figure 1 shows the appearance of an embodiment of the yarn splicing device. Figure 1A is a side view and Figure 1B is a perspective view. The yarn splicing device comprises a
main body portion 1 shaped like a frame into which fourplates handle portion 2 attached to themain body portion 1, and alever member 3 located below thehandle portion 2. The twofront plates side plate 1B to which thehandle portion 2 is attached and theside plate 1B' located opposite theside plate 1B. Thefront plates yarn guiding grooves front plate 1A and are shaped like inverse triangles having acute bottoms. - Now, the internal structure of this yarn splicing device will be described with reference to Figure 2 and Figure 3. Figure 2 shows a side view of the internal structure. In this figure dashed lines indicate the contour of the yarn splicing device.
Cutter members 4, 4' are located at the top of interior of themain body portion 1 to cut each of yarns Y1, Y2. Thecutter members 4, 4' are composed offixed blades movable blades movable blades fixed blades front plates movable blades movable blades lever member 3 are supported by a fixed shaft F2 fixed to thefront plates lever member 3 and the link member L2 are pulled together by a coil spring B1 provided below the link member L2 and normally assume a V shape. - Further, an adhesive used to splice two yarns together is a photo-curing resin cured when irradiated with light energy. The
main body portion 1 comprises adhesive supply means 6 arranged in its central portion to supply the resin, a power motor DM also arranged in the central portion to move the adhesive supply means up and down, and light irradiatingmeans 7 arranged at the top to cure the resin. Furthermore, thehandle 2 contains a resin housing tank JT in which the resin is housed, a control device SS that controls the power motor DM and the photo irradiating means 7, a battery DN used to drive these components, and a switch SW used to turn on and off the flow of a current from the battery DN. - Figure 3 is similar to Figure 2 except that the mechanism associated with the clamp members is added to the yarn splicing device, i.e. a side view of the entire internal structure of the yarn splicing device.
Clamp members 5, 5' are located at the top of interior of themain body portion 1, and are composed offirst clampers second clampers second clampers first clampers front plates first clampers second clampers second clampers - An
arm member 8 is located below themain body portion 1 so as to extend in a horizontal direction, in order to drive theclamp members 5, 5', and a movable shaft M4 connects an intermediate portion of thearm member 8 to the lower ends of the link members L3, L3', and the movable shaft M4 is rotationally movable. Furthermore, one end of thearm member 8 is supported by a fixed shaft F4 fixed to projectingportions front plates arm member 8 and the lower end of a link member L4 are connected to a movable shaft M5 that is rotationally movable. The upper end of the link member L4 is provided with a projecting portion L40 projecting to thelever member 3. The projecting portion L40 is adapted to be fitted into aconcave portion 30 formed in the upper side of one end of thelever member 3. However, the projecting portion L40 is normally not fitted into theconcave portion 30 as shown in Figure 3. - A stopper ST is provided below the
clamp member 5 and is normally elastically urged upwardly coil springs B3, B3' provided below the stopper ST. - A concave portion ST1 is formed in the upper side of the stopper ST. A projecting
portion 50A provided at the lower end of thefirst clamper 5A is adapted to be fitted into the concave portion ST1. However, the projectingportion 50A is normally not fitted into the concave portion ST1 as shown in Figure 3. - Each of the pairs of
cutter members 4, 4', link members L1, L1',clamp members 5, 5' and link members L3, L3' are disposed symmetrically with respect to a vertical center line C located midway between thegrooves - Now, description will be given of how the yarn splicing device is used.
- When a defective portion is found in the yarn, the yarn is cut into two yarns Y1, Y2. Then, the
first clampers clamp members 5, 5'. Subsequently, the yarn Y1 is placed on thegrooves grooves grooves grooves clamp members 5, 5' open, is released from theclamp members 5, 5' to allow the spring B2 to elastically urge theclamp members 5, 5', and then, theclamp members 5, 5' grip the yarns Y1, Y2. Then, thehandle portion 2 and thelever member 3 are held and gripped to move thelever member 3 closer to thehandle portion 2. In unison with this movement, thecutter members 4, 4' andclamp members 5, 5' in themain body portion 1 are operated to abut end surfaces of the yarns Y1, Y2 against each other. Then, the resin is applied to the abutted portion, which is then cured to splice the yarns Y1, Y2 together. - Now, with reference to Figure 4 to Figure 6, description will be given of how the internal structure of the yarn splicing device operates. First, description will be given with reference to Figure 4. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing how a part of the internal structure of the yarn splicing device operates, wherein the structure associated with the clamp members is omitted.
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lever member 3 is operated to operate the internal structure so that it changes from the state shown in Figure 4A to the state shown in Figure 4B. The dotted line shown in Figure 4B represents the state shown in Figure 4A. As shown in Figure 4A, the yarn Y1 and the yarn Y2 gripped by theclamp members 5, 5' (not shown) and fixed in place respectively, are located in the open portions of theopen cutters 4, 4', respectively. Then, as shown in Figure 4B, thelever member 3 is moved upwardly around the fixed shaft F2. In this case, since thelever member 3 and the link member L2 are pulled together by the coil spring B1, the link member L2 moves downwardly around the fixed shaft F2 in unison with the rotational movement of thelever member 3, and the movable shaft M2 is also rotationally moved around the fixed shaft F2. Accordingly, the links L1, L1' are pulled downwardly to rotationally move the movable shafts M1, M1' downwardly, which are located at the upper ends of the link members L1, L1', respectively. Thus, the vertical sides of themovable blades 4B, 48' are moved around the fixed shafts F1, F1', respectively, so as to overlap the fixedblades - Now, description will be given with reference to Figure 5, showing a continued part of the operation shown in Figure 4. Figure 5 is also a schematic diagram showing how the above part of the internal structure of the yarn splicing device operates, wherein the structure associated with the cutter members is omitted. Figure 5A corresponds to Figure 4B.
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lever member 3 is operated to operate the internal structure so that it changes from the state shown in Figure 5A to the state shown in Figure 5B. Further, the dotted line shown in Figure 5B shows the state shown in Figure 5A. - As shown in Figure 5A, the
clamp members 5, 5' grip the yarn Y1 and the yarn Y2 cut by thecutter members 4, 4', respectively, and furthermore, the projecting portion L40 provided at the upper end of the link member L4 is fitted in theconcave portion 30 in thelever member 3. Even if thelever 3 is further moved upwardly with the fixedblade 4A and themovable blade 4B placed on each other, the link member L2 remains fixed in place, while only thelever 3 is moved, because the movable blade 4b cannot be moved further. Thelever member 3 and the link member L2 are simply pulled by the coil spring B1, so that thelever member 3 can be moved further though the link member L2 remains fixed in place. - As shown in Figure 5B, the
lever member 3 is moved further upwardly around the fixed shaft F2 to rotationally move the projecting portion L40 around the fixed shaft F2, the projecting portion L40 being provided at the upper end of the link member L4, which has been fitted in theconcave portion 30 in thelever member 3. In unison with this rotational movement, the movable shaft M5 and the movable shaft M4 are rotationally moved upwardly around the fixed shaft F4, the movable shaft M5 being connected to the link member L4 and thearm member 8, the movable shaft M4 being connected to the link members L3 and L3' and thearm member 8. In unison with the rotational movement of the movable shaft M5 and the movable shaft M4, the link members L3, L3' are moved upwardly to rotationally move the movable shafts M3, M3', located at their upper ends, upwardly around the fixed shaft F4. Thus, theclamp members 5, 5' are moved around the fixed shafts F3, F3' so as to move closer to each other. Then, since the stopper ST is elastically urged upwardly by the coil springs B3, B3' (not shown) as described above, the projectingportion 50A, provided at the lower end of thefirst clamper 5A, is moved to the right as shown in Figure 5B. The projectingportion 50A is thus fitted into the concave portion ST1 in the stopper ST to fix the entire internal mechanism in place. - Now, description will be given with reference to Figure 6. Figure 6 corresponds to Figure 5B. Figure 6A is a plan view and Figure 6B is a partial sectional view.
- When the
clamp members 5, 5' are moved closer to each other as described above, the cut end surfaces of the yarn Y1 and the yarn Y2 are abutted against each other (so as not to overlap each other) as shown in Figure 6A. In this state, thelever member 3 abuts against the bottom surface of thehandle portion 2 to turn on the switch SW, provided on the bottom surface of thehandle portion 2. Thus, the control device SS controls the operations of the adhesive supply means 6, the light irradiating means 7, the power motor DM, and the resin housing tank JT. The adhesive supply means 6 is located below an abutted portion Y10 of the yarn Y1 and the yarn Y2, and a bar RB provided with a rack is attached to the adhesive supply means 6, and a gear HG attached to the power motor DM meshes with the rack of the bar RB. When the switch SW is turned on, the power motor DM is actuated to rotate the gear HG counterclockwise to move the bar RB upward, which is meshed with the gear HG. Then, aresin supply port 6A in the adhesive supply means 6 moves closer to the abutted portion Y10, and the power motor DM is stopped. In this state, the adhesive supply means 6 discharges a predetermined amount of resin through thesupply port 6A to apply it to the abutted portion Y10. Subsequently, the power motor DM is actuated to rotate the gear HG clockwise to move the bar RB downward, which is meshed with the gear HG. Accordingly, the adhesive supply means 6 returns to its original position. Then, the light irradiating means 7 irradiates the abutted portion Y10 with light to cure the resin applied to this portion. As a result, the yarn Y1 and the yarn Y2 are spliced together. - With the yarns Y1 and the yarn Y2 spliced together, the
clamp members 5, 5' are opened to separate the yarns Y1, Y2 from theclamp members 5, 5' to complete the splicing process. Subsequently, the stopper St is manually moved downwardly to release the means for fixing the internal structure in place. Then, the tensile force of the coil spring B1 causes thelever member 3 to return to its original state. - This resin is preferably an ultraviolet curing resin. Before curing, the ultraviolet curing resin can infiltrate through twisted short fibers constituting the yarn owing to its permeability. It also has a sufficient elongation percentage to follow bending of the yarn after curing. Furthermore, the ultraviolet curing resin allows a curing process to be completed within a time as short as one second, and maintains fluidity before the curing process. The light irradiating means preferably irradiates the resin with ultraviolet rays, which are suitable for the resin. The light irradiating means 7 may be a halogen lamp or another equipment which emits light so as to be diffused but is preferably a semiconductor laser having a lens installed in a semiconductor diode, which requires less power consumption. When the light irradiating means 7 has a reduced size, the entire yarn splicing device can be miniaturized and is thus portable. Furthermore, the reduced power consumption enables the size of the battery to be reduced, thus reducing the size of the entire device. This semiconductor laser uses a lens to condense light emitted by the semiconductor diode, to emit a laser beam. The semiconductor laser thus irradiates the abutted portion Y10 with the laser beam in a pinpoint manner to instantaneously cure the resin applied to this portion. The semiconductor laser preferably generates blue or purple light having a frequency range from 400 to 420 nm. The battery used for this semiconductor laser consumes less power, i.e. 6 or 9 V. Consequently, the semiconductor laser generally has a reduced size and is economical.
Claims (3)
- A hand type yarn splicing device comprising clamp members (5, 5') that grip a yarn to be spliced, a cutter member (4, 4') that cuts one side of the gripped yarn to expose the end surfaces of the yarn, a drive mechanism (B2) that moves the clamp members (5, 5') so that the exposed end surfaces of the yarn are abutted against each other, and adhesive supply means (6) for supplying an adhesive to the abutted end surfaces of the yarn,
characterized in that the adhesive is a photo-curing resin that is cured by light, and further comprises a light irradiating means (7) that irradiates the abutted end surfaces of the yarn with light. - A hand type yarn splicing device according to Claim 1,
characterized by further comprising a lever member (3) which is used to operate the drive mechanism and which is operated to perform an operation of abutting the end surfaces of the yarn against each other. - A hand type yarn splicing device according to Claim 1 or Claim 2,
characterized in that the photo-curing means is a semiconductor laser.
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JP2001365909A JP3968558B2 (en) | 2001-11-30 | 2001-11-30 | Hand type yarn splicer |
JP2001365909 | 2001-11-30 |
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EP1316523A3 EP1316523A3 (en) | 2003-11-05 |
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