EP3330417B1 - Steuerungshebelmechanismus mit einer einschlagvorrichtung mit einem beweglichen arbeitskopf für webmaschinen - Google Patents

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EP3330417B1
EP3330417B1 EP17204305.1A EP17204305A EP3330417B1 EP 3330417 B1 EP3330417 B1 EP 3330417B1 EP 17204305 A EP17204305 A EP 17204305A EP 3330417 B1 EP3330417 B1 EP 3330417B1
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Francesco Alghisi
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    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D47/00—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms
    • D03D47/40—Forming selvedges
    • D03D47/48—Forming selvedges by inserting cut end of weft in next shed, e.g. by tucking, by blowing

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  • the present invention relates to a control leverage mechanism for tuck-in devices for weaving machines and, in particular, for tuck-in devices whose working head is alternately movable in the direction of the warp, during each weft insertion cycle.
  • Devices for selvedge formation consist of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic devices, or combinations thereof, which are used in shuttle-less looms to form a false selvedge (so defined in contrast to the actual selvedge that is formed in shuttle looms) along the lateral edge of the fabric being weaved, securely fixing the weft-ends projecting laterally from the piece of fabric after the insertion and cutting operations of the weft threads.
  • This operation is achieved by means of a tuck-in device working head which, with various possible mechanical, electronic, pneumatic, or mixed operating modes, grabs the free weft-end of the last inserted weft, immediately after the shed closure and the reed beating-up on that weft, and reinserts it immediately in the shed, thus anticipating both the shed closure and the reed beating-up on the next weft, so that the weft-end itself is held permanently in position between the warp yarns along with said subsequent weft, thus allowing the formation of the selvedge, as an alternative to the free fringe of weft-ends, with considerable advantages in terms of stability and strength of the edges of the fabric during subsequent fabric processing and manipulations.
  • Tuck-in devices are more frequently equipped with a fixed working head and are positioned on both sides of the piece of fabric that is machined alongside the reed. Since often one or more pieces having a reduced width are woven at the same time on the full width of the loom, in order to allow the positioning of the tuck-in device with a fixed working head inside the loom shed, it is obviously necessary to shorten or cut the reed in two or more parts, otherwise there would be a mechanical interference between the reed and the tuck-in device during the movement of the reed.
  • the tuck-in devices provided with a travelling working head - in the following also briefly named as “travelling-head tuck-in devices” - solve this problem thanks to the fact that their travelling-head is provided with an alternating movement in the direction of the warp yarns, which allows the backward movement of said working head during the reed beating-up step and the subsequent quick forward movement of the same in the immediately following step. It is therefore possible to operate these tuck-in devices with an entire reed, i.e. a reed extending over the whole width of the loom regardless of the size and the number of pieces of fabric simultaneously worked on the loom.
  • the travelling-head of the tuck-in device disclosed in the aforementioned patent was then made integral, according to a previously-known arrangement, to a weft cut-off device, so that it would follow the head of the tuck-in device in its alternating motion in the longitudinal direction, so as to perform weft cutting at the selected time, after weft insertion in the shed.
  • the control of said cutting device was independent of the control of the travelling-head of the tuck-in device and was normally performed by a pneumatic or electrical device.
  • EP 30 73 003 A1 discloses a control leverage mechanism of a travelling-head tuck-in device for a weaving loom comprising a first articulated quadrilateral, the end hinges of which are fixed to the loom, which takes the alternate movement from the loom sley, a connecting rod-crank mechanism which receives on the crank the movement from the first articulated quadrilateral and transmits it through a connecting rod to the travelling head of the tuck-in device on which the moving end of said connecting rod is hinged; and an articulated parallelogram which connects the body of the tuck-in device to the travelling head of the same, for guiding said travelling head of the tuck-in device between a forward home position and a backward operating position, along an arc wide enough to approximate a rectilinear movement.
  • EP-2176455 discloses a method for forming a selvedge, wherein the travelling tuck-in device is integrally fixed to the reed and thus moves in synchronism with the same.
  • a first critical point of the control of the travelling-head of the above shown tuck-in device lies in the linear guides on which the travelling-head of the tuck-in device slides.
  • These guides are in fact delicate components that generally require a lubrication system or, at least, regular greasing operations to provide a regular performance and a satisfactory life span, in order to prevent wear from appearing too quickly, as well as to avoid the formation of clearances which reduce the reliability of the device.
  • a second critical point can be seen in the cam system per se, and is related to the need to provide proper lubrication, or at least a regular greasing of the cam followers. Moreover, such cam followers pose serious reliability issues in this kind of applications.
  • a third drawback is finally connected to the necessary arrangement of a separate control for the weft cutter.
  • pneumatic cutting devices have delayed response issues which complicate their handling.
  • Electric-type servocontrols which have a completely satisfactory functionality, still have high costs and are demanding from the hardware and software implementation point of view.
  • a first object of the present invention is to provide a travelling-head tuck-in device provided with a newly conceived control which does not require the use of cylindrical guides to obtain the alternate translational movement of the travelling-head.
  • a second object of the present invention is the elimination of a system involving the use of any cam system to generate the alternate motion of the travelling-head.
  • a further additional object of the present invention is finally to provide a tuck-in device wherein the weft cutting operation can be performed without the use of pneumatic or electric actuators, to achieve a simpler and more cost-effective construction.
  • the terms "forward” and “advancement” are always intended as referring to the advancement direction of the fabric on the loom, corresponding to the beating-up movement of the reed.
  • the terms “back” and “backward” obviously refer to the opposite direction.
  • the right and left side of the loom are referred to the position normally occupied by the weaver, i.e. facing the loom from the side of the same from which the fabric being weaved comes out.
  • the control leverage mechanism of a tuck-in device in order to achieve the above highlighted first and second objects, comprises a first articulated quadrilateral Q1, whose end hinges 1 and 2 ( Fig. 5 ) are integral to the loom and which takes the alternate movement from the sley S of the loom.
  • the same sley S forms the first lever of the articulated quadrilateral Q1, which then comprises a short forward-transmission connecting rod L1 and a long terminal lever L2, hinged on the end hinge 2, integral with the body of the tuck-in device C.
  • the articulated quadrilateral Ql therefore comprises said two hinges 1, 2 fixed with respect to the loom, and two movable hinges 3, 4 connecting the connecting rod L1 respectively to the sley S, through a fork support 5, and to the terminal lever L2.
  • the fork support 5, in a per-se known manner, is slidable on a guiding rail integral with the sley S and can be secured in any desired position along the same.
  • the travelling-head T of the tuck-in device is integral with the lever L2, at an approximately central position of the same.
  • the first articulated quadrilateral Q1 has therefore the function of taking the movement from the sley S to generate the rotation of the lever L2 on the hinge 2 through the connecting rod L1 and, consequently, the alternate movement of the travelling-head T.
  • Such movement of the tuck-in device occurs therefore along a circle arc having its centre in the hinge 2.
  • the lever L2 extends towards the upper part of the loom, so as to make it easier and quicker to position the tuck-in device on the respective guiding rails, one of which is fixed in relation to the loom, while the other is integral with the sley S.
  • This arrangement is not, however, necessary; in view of the existing spaces in the loom, the terminal lever L2 could thus also develop in other directions.
  • the lever L2 has a considerable length; preferably this length is equal to or greater than the length of the lever formed by the sley S, and precisely that portion of the sley between the hinge 1 and the hinge 3.
  • All the hinges 2, 3 and 4 of the leverage mechanism preferably comprise double bearings to allow for an easy centring of the lever mechanism when positioning the tuck-in device on the loom and also a clearance-free movement of the lever L2 which carries the travelling-head T during the operation of the loom.
  • the stroke of the travelling-head T of the tuck-in device has a much smaller length than that of the reed P fixed on the top of the sley, depending on the different distance of these two devices from the respective rotation centres.
  • the arrangement of the levers L1 and L2 is such that said levers, or more precisely the segments connecting the respective rotation centres, are approximately perpendicular to each other, when the reed P is beating-up the weft, so that at the beginning of the backward movement of the reed P the travelling-head T has its maximum speed, and then slows down when it approaches the area were the tucking-in can be effectively performed.
  • the movement of the sley S is transferred to the travelling-head T in a suitably modulated manner, and precisely with a reduced movement length, with a reduced average speed and with a relative stay time in the tucking-in working area longer than the approaching and displacement time of the travelling-head T with respect to said area.
  • the cutting of the weft is performed by means of an electrical servocontrol M, integral with the body C of the tuck-in device, which operates a lever 6 controlling the cutting device adjacent to the travelling-head T of the tuck-in device.
  • the electrical servocontrol M is absent and the operation of the cutting device is instead operated by a second articulated quadrilateral, which takes movement from the lever L2 of the first articulated quadrilateral, similarly to what is disclosed in patent application EP-3073003 on behalf of the same Applicant, which content is herewith enclosed by reference.
  • the third object of the present invention can also be achieved.

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  1. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung mit einem beweglichen Arbeitskopf (T) für eine mit einem Webblatt (P) versehene Webmaschine, wobei der Steuerhebelmechanismus eine gelenkige Verbindung (5, L1, L2) umfasst, die geeignet ist, einen festen Punkt der Webmaschine und eine Weblade (S) zu verbinden, wobei die gelenkige Verbindung ein erstes gelenkiges Viereck (Q1) umfasst, dessen Endgelenke (1, 2) geeignet sind, an der Webmaschine befestigt zu werden, wobei das erste Gelenkviereck (Q1) in der Lage ist, eine Wechselbewegung von der Weblade (S) aufzunehmen und und diese Wechselbewegung in geeigneter Weise moduliert auf einen Endhebel (L2) davon zu übertragen, der an einem der Endgelenke (2) angelenkt ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Endhebel (L2) einstückig den beweglichen Arbeitskopf (T) der Einschlagvorrichtung trägt.
  2. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das gelenkige Viereck (Q1) die Weblade (S), eine Vorwärtsübertragungsverbindungsstange (L1) und den Endhebel (L2) umfasst.
  3. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, wobei die Vorwärtsübertragungsverbindungsstange (L1) mittels zweier beweglicher Scharniere (3, 4) an der Weblade (S) bzw. an dem Endhebel (L2) angelenkt ist.
  4. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Vorwärtsübertragungsverbindungsstange (L1) eine geringere Länge als der Endhebel (L2) hat und mittels des beweglichen Gelenks (3) an einem Gabelträger (5) angelenkt ist, der in einer einstellbaren Position entlang einer mit der Weblade (S) verbundenen Führungsschiene fixiert werden kann.
  5. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, wobei der Endhebel (L2) eine Länge aufweist, die gleich oder größer ist als der Abstand zwischen dem festen Scharnier (1) der Weblade (S) und dem beweglichen Scharnier(3) der Weblade (S).
  6. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Vorwärtsübertragungsverbindungsstange (L1) und der Endhebel (L2) oder genauer gesagt die Segmente, die die jeweiligen Segmente, die die jeweiligen Drehpunkte der Hebel verbinden, so angeordnet sind, dass sie annähernd senkrecht zueinander sind, und zwar am aufwärts schlagenden Webblatt (P) der Webmaschine.
  7. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das feste Scharnier (2) des Endhebels (L2) über dem beweglichen Scharnier (4) angeordnet ist, das den Hebel (L2) mit der Vorwärtsübertragungsverbindungsstange (L1) verbindet.
  8. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach einem der der vorangehenden Ansprüche, ferner mit einer elektrischen Servosteuerung (M), die mit dem feststehenden Körper (C) der Einschlagvorrichtung fest verbunden ist, für den Betrieb einer Schneidevorrichtung, die mit dem beweglichen Arbeitskopf (T) der Einschlagvorrichtung fest verbunden ist.
  9. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 7, ferner mit einem zweiten gelenkigen Viereck, das seine Bewegung von dem ersten gelenkigen Viereck (Q1) übernimmt und den Betrieb einer Schneidvorrichtung steuert, die mit dem beweglichen Arbeitskopf (T) der Einschlagvorrichtung fest verbunden ist.
  10. Steuerhebelmechanismus mit einer Einschlagvorrichtung nach einem der der vorangehenden Ansprüche 3 bis 7, wobei die Scharniere (2, 3, 4), an denen der Endhebel (L2) und die Vorwärtsübertragungsverbindungsstange (L1) schwenkbar sind, doppelte Lager aufweisen.
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