Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D03—WEAVING
  • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
  • D03D1/00—Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
  • D03D1/02—Inflatable articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
  • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J9/10—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
  • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J9/10—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
  • B25J9/1075—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements with muscles or tendons
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
  • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J9/10—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
  • B25J9/14—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements fluid
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
  • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J9/10—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
  • B25J9/14—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements fluid
  • B25J9/142—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements fluid comprising inflatable bodies
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D03—WEAVING
  • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
  • D03D41/00—Looms not otherwise provided for, e.g. for weaving chenille yarn; Details peculiar to these looms
  • D03D41/004—Looms for three-dimensional fabrics
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D03—WEAVING
  • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
  • D03D7/00—Woven fabrics designed to be resilient, i.e. to recover from compressive stress
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N—WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06N7/00—Flexible sheet materials not otherwise provided for, e.g. textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
  • E04G11/00—Forms, shutterings, or falsework for making walls, floors, ceilings, or roofs
  • E04G11/04—Forms, shutterings, or falsework for making walls, floors, ceilings, or roofs for structures of spherical, spheroid or similar shape, or for cupola structures of circular or polygonal horizontal or vertical section; Inflatable forms
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
  • E04H15/20—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
  • E04H6/02—Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars
  • E04H6/025—Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars in the form of an overhead canopy, e.g. carports
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
  • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F15B15/00—Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith
  • F15B15/08—Characterised by the construction of the motor unit
  • F15B15/10—Characterised by the construction of the motor unit the motor being of diaphragm type
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
  • E04H15/20—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure
  • E04H2015/201—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure with inflatable tubular framework, with or without tent cover
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
  • E04H15/20—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure
  • E04H2015/202—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure with inflatable panels, without inflatable tubular framework
  • E04H2015/204—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure with inflatable panels, without inflatable tubular framework made from contiguous inflatable tubes
• • 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
  • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
  • Y10T428/13—Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
  • Y10T428/1334—Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag [e.g., pouch, envelope, packet, etc.]
• • 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
  • Y10T442/00—Fabric [woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.]
  • Y10T442/30—Woven fabric [i.e., woven strand or strip material]
  • Y10T442/3008—Woven fabric has an elastic quality

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a textile structural element.
• linear movements aim to make an object z. B. to move from the position A to a position B or to grab an object or to secure an object in a space position stable and the like.
• complex drives, constructions or controls are used, which directly, via rotary, Translational or pivotal connections or indirectly, via hydraulic devices, chain drives or air cylinder allow appropriate movements.
• hydraulic devices, chain drives or air cylinder allow appropriate movements.
• Convention are traditionally used on a large scale coming from the mechanical engineering machine elements, which are often prone to wear and expensive and also often require a lot of effort in sensor and precision control.
• a textile structural element according to claim 1 namely a textile structural element, which is characterized by textile clamping elements and textile support elements, wherein the clamping elements and the support elements are connected in places and at least partially a spatial extension of at least one fillable clamping element and / or support element.
• the use of structural elements according to the invention advantageously allows the construction of spatial structures without additional support apparatus for the structural element or several structural elements used in pneumatic or hydraulic loading and in a spatial extension, as well as the exercise of gripper functions and linear movements in connection with the pressurization of the airbag. or air chamber constructions.
• the textile structural element is characterized by integrated shortenable clamping elements and integrated, in the spatial expansion or constant support elements.
• the clamping elements shorten in this case according to the invention and thus lead to a pulling action, supporting elements stretch, z. B. in one direction, spatially and lead in a different direction to a shortening. It is precisely these effects that can be used to expand the movements in the horizontal or vertical direction, or “in the third dimension", achieved by the construction elements clamping elements and the support elements, which are connected in places, due to pressurization
• the "arching textiles” proposed according to the invention can also be regarded as "textile muscles" which represent highly wear-resistant, cost-effective and gentle, little control sensor-requiring actuating elements.
• the inventively combined structural elements consisting of support elements and clamping elements are z. B. assembled from both inflatable and non-inflatable elements.
• the OPW manufacturing stages can be advantageously extended to the sewing process, i. H. Selective combination of OPW structural elements with air chambers sewn to flat tissue sections.
• the shaping behavior of the combined textile structural element is controlled via the pneumatic loading of the inflatable tensioning or supporting elements. Also, the shape can be determined by the fitted joining of inflatable and non-inflatable components.
• the textile structural element is characterized by a first, fabric elements having clamping elements, a second fabric layer having support elements and a third fabric layer having clamping elements.
• This construction results as it were a z. B. at rest flat structural element, which, depending on the application of the first or the third fabric layer a surface curvature upward (convex) or down (concave) performs.
• the textile structural element is characterized by a fourth, supporting elements having fabric layer, which advantageously increases the stability of the structural element.
• the textile structural element is characterized by a first, non-inflatable tension elements having fabric layer, a second, inflatable support elements having tissue position and a third, non-inflatable tensioning elements having fabric layer.
• This variant advantageously provides a predefined end position of the textile structural element, in which, after maximum inflation of the support elements, a constant curvature is achieved.
• the textile structural element is characterized by a fourth, inflatable support elements having fabric layer and a fifth, inflatable tension elements having fabric layer.
• This variant represents an advantageously the stability of the structural element increasing modification of the structural element described above.
• the textile structural element is characterized by at least partially inflatable clamping elements and support elements, wherein the clamping elements and / or the support elements are individually inflatable, and wherein the outer shape of the textile structural element is variable by inflation.
• the structural element can be brought into a curved shape.
• the number of possible forms is limitless.
• the curved shape has the particular advantage that with minimal effort z. B. a hall or an archway or other, z. B. without further support means stable structures can be formed.
• the structural element is suitable for gripping and / or holding and / or clamping objects.
• the curvature of the structural element may, for. B. are so extremely extended that results in a holding, clamping or gripping device.
• OPW One-Piece Woven
• the advantages of the method according to the invention are evident from the detailed discussion above, in particular also in that the OPW production stages can advantageously be extended by the sewing process, ie that a specific combination of OPW structure sewn with air chambers with flat fabric sections results in economically interesting solutions.
• Fig. 1 shows a highly schematic of a first embodiment of a structural element according to the invention in the relaxed state.
• Fig. 2 shows a highly schematic of the first embodiment of FIG. 1 in the symmetrically tensioned state.
• Fig. 3 shows a highly schematic of the first embodiment of FIG. 1 in the partially tensioned state.
• Fig. 4 shows a highly schematic of a second embodiment of a structural element according to the invention in the partially tensioned state.
• Fig. 5 shows a highly schematic of a third embodiment of a structural element according to the invention in the tensioned state.
• FIG. 6 shows in highly schematic form a fourth exemplary embodiment of a structural element according to the invention in the tensioned state.
• Fig. 7 shows a highly schematic of a fifth embodiment of a structural element according to the invention in the relaxed state.
• Fig. 8 shows a highly schematic of the embodiment of FIG. 7 in the partially tensioned state.
• Fig. 9 shows a highly schematic of the embodiment of FIG. 7 in the fully tensioned state.
• FIGS. 10 to 13 show further embodiments of textile structural elements according to the invention.
• FIG. 14 shows the textile structural element according to the invention as a buckling textile and here as a shelter for an automobile.
• FIG. 1 shows a textile structural element 1 with first clamping elements 11, second clamping elements 12 and support elements 21, wherein the clamping elements 11, 12 and support elements 21 manufactured here as OPW fabric in attachment points 4 - symbolically represented here as thick black dots - by means of sewing seam (FIG. in contrast to the woven seam), adhesive or a weld (eg laser, ultrasound) or the like are connected to each other.
• the clamping elements 11, 12 and the support elements 21 are shown symbolically as arranged between lines 42 small rectangles 31, the rectangles 31 inflatable chambers of an OPW tissue and the lines 42 are intended to represent single-layer areas of the OPW tissue.
• the illustration in Fig. 1 is not to scale for the sake of ease of understanding.
• the support elements 21 are filled by means of a device (not shown), for. B. inflated, then there is the state that is shown in Fig. 2. Due to the spatial extent of the support elements 21, the clamping elements 11, 12 are moved away from each other. The second fabric layer II has gone "into the third dimension", so to speak, while the fabric layers I and III have not changed themselves, but have moved away from each other.
• FIG. 4 shows, compared to that according to FIG. 3, a second exemplary embodiment of a textile structural element 102 with a further fabric layer IV with support elements 41 - already shown inflated here.
• FIG. 5 shows a textile structural element 103 with first clamping elements 61, second clamping elements 62, supporting elements 21 and supporting elements 41 and third clamping elements 13, in which case the clamping elements 61, 62 are formed as flat fabric, while the supporting elements 21 and 41 and the third clamping elements 13 manufactured as OPW fabric.
• the first and second clamping elements 61, 62 are stretched to the maximum possible curvature of the textile structural element 103.
• the clamping elements 61 and 62 are not pressurized here and supports the shaping only by the distance between the attachment points.
• a clamping position V can be arranged.
• FIG. 6 The embodiment of a textile structural element 104 according to the invention shown in FIG. 6 is similar to that of FIG. 3, but in contrast to this first clamping element 61 and second clamping elements 62 made of flat fabric and support elements 21 made of OPW fabric.
• the possible curvature is stable only in the position shown when the support elements 21 are inflated.
• a support layer (fabric layer II) between two clamping layers (layers of fabric I and III) is arranged.
• the clamping elements 61 and 62 are not here pressurizable.
• the shaping takes place here only influenced by the distance of the clamping layer elements between the attachment points 4 and the dimensioning of the support layer.
• FIGS. 7 to 9 show a further, fifth exemplary embodiment of a textile structural element 105, wherein the representations are analogous to those of FIGS. 1 to 3, with the difference that in the fifth exemplary embodiment shown here in the first fabric layer I first clamping elements 61 Flat fabric and in the second and third layers of fabric II, III support members 21 and second clamping elements 12 are formed as OPW fabric.
• the length of the therefore illustrated first clamping elements 61 made of flat fabric is greater than the length of the second clamping elements 12, resulting in that the development of the textile structural element 105 upon pressurization of the inflatable chambers of the support members 21 and the second clamping elements 12 of FIG Fig. 8 leads to the curved position shown in Fig. 9.
• FIGS. 10 to 13 show further embodiments of textile structural elements according to the invention, wherein the components used there correspond analogously to the components of the previously described exemplary embodiments with the same reference numerals.
• those according to FIGS. 10 to 13 have no so-called first fabric layer I.
• they are less complicated to construct, but they have a lower stability.
• FIG. 14 shows a further embodiment of the textile structural element 107 according to the invention, which is very similar to the first exemplary embodiment of a structural element 1 according to FIG. 3 according to the invention.
• support and clamping elements are added on both sides still to show symbolically how the inventive textile structural element as a buckle z. B. can provide a shelter for an automobile 93.
• the structural element 107 is - curved over the automobile 93 - on the substrate 100.
• this representation is not to scale.
• the textile structural element 107 of FIG. 14 as well as all other textile structural elements according to the invention described here can be compacted and stored very space-savingly after the inflation medium has been released and the inflatable chambers have been released.
• inflation of chambers or air sacs refers to filling with fluids such as gases, liquids or foams, including fluids which at least partially can also harden, ie become solids can.
• the invention is for. As well as for the following applications such as pneumatic structural elements, short term buildable building as part of relief, support structures, bionic constructions (flat-hollow palm), load securing of sensitive goods, textile clamps, fishing gloves, interior linings of bulk silos, buffered compounds, butt connectors Tensairity- structures such as B. bridge components, aircraft wings, etc. can be used.

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