EP2614023B1 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for manufacturing a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning Download PDF

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EP2614023B1
EP2614023B1 EP11776532.1A EP11776532A EP2614023B1 EP 2614023 B1 EP2614023 B1 EP 2614023B1 EP 11776532 A EP11776532 A EP 11776532A EP 2614023 B1 EP2614023 B1 EP 2614023B1
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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
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/06—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle
    • B65H23/10—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle acting on running web
    • B65H23/14—Tensioning rollers applying braking forces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H20/00—Advancing webs
    • B65H20/02—Advancing webs by friction roller
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B7/00—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
    • B08B7/0028—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by adhesive surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/06—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle
    • B65H23/10—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle acting on running web
    • B65H23/12—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle acting on running web and causing parts thereof to move in opposite directions and in frictional engagement
    • 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
    • B65H2402/50—Machine elements
    • B65H2402/54—Springs, e.g. helical or leaf springs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/14—Roller pairs
    • B65H2404/144—Roller pairs with relative movement of the rollers to / from each other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/20—Location in space
    • B65H2511/22—Distance
    • B65H2511/224—Nip between rollers, between belts or between rollers and belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2515/00—Physical entities not provided for in groups B65H2511/00 or B65H2513/00
    • B65H2515/30—Forces; Stresses
    • B65H2515/31—Tensile forces

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  • the present invention relates to a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning and a method of manufacturing the wide adhesive sheeted roll using an adjustable dead-stop to control the position of a tension roller.
  • Contact cleaning is used to clean substrate surfaces. Once cleaned the substrate surfaces may be used in a variety of sophisticated processes such as in the manufacturing of electronics, photovoltaics and flat panel displays. Usually, a rubber or elastomeric cleaning roller is used to remove contaminating particles from a substrate surface and an adhesive sheeted roller can then be used to remove the contaminating particles from the cleaning roller. This allows the cleaning roller to maximise its efficiency in removing contaminating particles.
  • US 2003 / 000989 A1 is disclosing a feeding system comprising a flexible platen suitable for web and sheet materials such as plastics with or without adhesive backings.
  • the present invention therefore relates to an apparatus capable of manufacturing a wide adhesive sheeted roll with a width of greater than about 1.5 m for contact cleaning where an upper located rotatably mounted tension roller is capable of having its height adjusted during use and therefore ensuring that a constant or substantially constant pressure is applied to a web which forms adhesive sheeted rolls.
  • This allows high quality adhesive sheets to be formed.
  • This significantly advantageous feature allows wider adhesive sheeted rolls to be formed than was previously possible with apparatus comprising fixed ends for the tension roller.
  • the apparatus of the present invention may be capable of forming wide adhesive sheeted rolls with a width of greater than about 1.5 m and optionally up to about 2.2 m or even higher.
  • the rotatably mounted tension roller may therefore be capable of adjusting its height during the feeding of the adhesive web between the counter-rotating tension roller and path roller.
  • the height adjustment may be achieved by using any suitable means that allows both ends of the tension roller to vary in height.
  • the height adjustable means also comprise adjustable dead-stop mechanisms which are capable of limiting the amount of vertical travel for either end of the tension roller.
  • the height adjustable means may comprise a back-plate onto which all component parts of the dead-stop mechanism may be mounted.
  • the height adjustable means may comprise a movable jaw which is capable of moving up and down.
  • the movable jaw may be connected to an arm which may be spring activated and which allows movement of the movable jaw and is also capable of moving up and down with the movable jaw.
  • the arm may be connected to a lever capable of articulating about a pivot point on the back-plate.
  • the height adjustable means may therefore comprise a dead-stop which controls and limits the amount of vertical travel of the movable jaw.
  • the vertical position of the movable jaw and the dead-stop may also be adjusted in a vertical slot to obtain the optimum operating conditions and to provide a constant or substantially constant pressure across the adhesive web.
  • the apparatus may also comprise rotatable shafts onto which the tension roller and the path roller may be mounted.
  • the tension roller may be substantially cylindrical in shape and may be located above the path roller which may also be substantially cylindrical in shape.
  • the apparatus may also comprise a brake to control the feed rate of the web.
  • a method of manufacturing a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning comprising using an apparatus as defined in the first aspect.
  • the method may also produce wide adhesive sheeted rolls with a width of up to about 2.2 m or even higher.
  • the present invention resides in the provision of a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning and a method of manufacturing the wide adhesive sheeted roll using an adjustable dead-stop.
  • FIG 1 is a representation of an apparatus capable of manufacturing wide adhesive sheeted rolls generally designated 100.
  • the apparatus 100 comprises a tension roller 110 and a path roller 112.
  • the tension roller 110 is substantially cylindrical in shape and is located above the path roller 112 which is also substantially cylindrical in shape.
  • a wide adhesive web 114 is fed through a gap between the counter-rotating tension roller 110 and path roller 112.
  • Figure 1 also shows that the apparatus comprises a brake 116.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective rear view of the apparatus 100 and shows the wide adhesive web 114 being fed through a gap between the tension roller 110 and the path roller 112.
  • Figure 2 also shows that on each side of the apparatus 100 there are adjustable dead-stop mechanisms 118.
  • the adjustable dead-stop mechanism 118 shown in the right-hand side of Figure 2 is circle with dashed line 'A' and is shown in an expanded form in Figure 3 .
  • FIG. 3 shows that the dead-stop mechanism 118 comprises a back-plate 120 onto which all component parts of the dead-stop mechanism 118 are mounted.
  • the tension roller 110 is shown rotatably mounted to a movable jaw 122 which is capable of moving up and down. This will be discussed in more detail below.
  • the movable jaw 122 has a lower bottom surface 123.
  • the arm 124 comprises an upper member 126 which is spring activated and connected to the movable jaw 122 at connection point 128.
  • On the bottom part of the arm 124 there is a lower member 125 which receives the upper member 126 and is able to move the height and location of the movable jaw 122.
  • the lower end 130 of the arm 124 is connected to a lever 132 capable of articulating about pivot point 134 on the back-plate 120.
  • Figure 3 also shows that there is a block 136 with a dead-stop 138 mounted on top of the block 136. There is shown a gap generally designated 140 between the dead-stop 138 and the bottom surface 123 of the movable jaw 122. The jaw 122 can therefore move within the gap 140 in a substantially vertical manner. There is also shown a vertical slot 142 within which the height and vertical location of the movable jaw 122 and dead-stop 138 are capable of being adjusted.
  • the adhesive web 114 is fed between the tension roller 110 and the path roller 112.
  • the brake 116 may be used to control the feed rate of the web 114.
  • the upper located tension roller 110 is capable of adjusting its vertical position along the direction shown by the vertical line B - C.
  • the height and position of the tension roller 110 is capable of constantly adjusting using the movable jaw 122 and the amount of vertical travel being controlled by the adjustable dead-stop 138, this allows a constant or substantially constant pressure to be applied across the web 114.
  • This feature of the apparatus 100 of the present invention allows a much wider adhesive web 114 to be formed than was previously possible.
  • the apparatus 100 of the present invention is capable of forming greater than about 1.5 m wide adhesive sheeted rolls and up to about 2.2 m or even higher.

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  • Registering, Tensioning, Guiding Webs, And Rollers Therefor (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
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EP11776532.1A 2010-09-08 2011-09-07 Apparatus and method for manufacturing a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning Not-in-force EP2614023B1 (en)

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GB1014910.2A GB2483463B (en) 2010-09-08 2010-09-08 Wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning
PCT/IB2011/053920 WO2012032481A1 (en) 2010-09-08 2011-09-07 Apparatus and method for manufacturing a wide adhesive sheeted roll for contact cleaning

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