JP2000314069A - Device for planting optical fiber on woven fabric - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and method for planting an optical fiber on a woven fabric, capable of transplanting inexpensive large amount optical fibers on the woven fabric in one operation and solving factors such as inferior adhesion of the optical fiber, etc. SOLUTION: This device consists of a frame body, a holding part 200 mounted on the upper side of the frame body and holding optical fibers 1 hanging down from the upper side and needle tubular rods fitted with the end part of the optical fibers 1 respectively at a normal position, an inserting part 300 installed in the frame body and transferring in up and down direction for inserting the optical fibers 1 into a woven fabric and a driving part 330 installed at the lower end part of the frame body and transferring the inserting part 300 in up and down direction. Also, the method of the present invention is characterized by comprising a setting stage, an inserting stage, a processing stage and an adhesion stage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for implanting optical fibers into a fabric used as a raw material for clothes, hats, bags, interior goods, accessories, POPs, and the like. The present invention provides an apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as an "implantation apparatus") and a method (hereinafter, referred to as an "implantation method") for implanting a large amount of optical fibers into a fabric, thereby simplifying the operation and facilitating mass production.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, optical fibers are used in electric and electronic communication fields,
It is widely used in the medical field, optical field, and the like, and has high photoconductivity from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction, and is used as a decorative tool. Here, the decoration tool uses these phenomena in which light can diverge from one end of the optical fiber, and wraps these ends with clothing, bags, hats, interior goods, accessories,
It is intended to be used as a decorative application such as an accessory by being transplanted to a woven fabric such as a POP material and made blinkable.

[0003] In order to implant an optical fiber into the woven fabric, a device which is conventionally used includes a numerical control system (CNC system).
Is mainly used, the device of the numerical control system, two or three devices to perform the work of planting optical fibers one by one at the numerical value point of the already set fabric, cutting into a certain length, As a set of two or three such devices,
The optical fibers are planted while the fabric is moved by a large number of sets of machines.

[0004] In addition, the optical fiber thus planted in the woven fabric is melted at the end of the optical fiber in order to adhere to the woven fabric.
The adhesive is applied in a dot-applied manner, cured by irradiating ultraviolet rays, cut, and the above operation is repeated again.

[0005] Such work is mainly performed on the bottom surface of the fabric mounted on the work table. However, in such a numerical control method, since one device injects one optical fiber at one numerical point, the working time becomes very long, and for numerical control, the device is electrically connected to the device. In addition, since a numerical control terminal for setting a numerical value and various devices for transmitting the automation power to the device are involved, the entire device is very expensive.

[0006] Therefore, it is very difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to install such equipment because the equipment is expensive, and as a result, there is a problem that they must rely on a manual method with extremely low productivity. Was.

[0007] Further, performing the bonding and coating operations on the bottom surface of the woven fabric means that when the bottom surface of the woven fabric is later processed into goods such as clothes, bags, and hats, it becomes an outer surface,
This means that the upper surface side of the fabric is the inner surface, which means that numerical points for numerical control have design difficulties as opposed to designing the arrangement of optical fibers.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides an apparatus for transplanting an optical fiber onto a woven fabric at a lower price and a large quantity. Optical fibers can be planted on the fabric in a single operation, and for convenience in design, the transplanted optical fibers can be cut on the upper surface side of the device, thereby reducing the adhesion of the optical fibers. The purpose is to eliminate the factors.

[0009]

To achieve the above object, the present invention has the following features. The present invention is a frame, a holding part mounted on the upper side of the frame, and a holding portion for holding the optical fibers hanging down from above and the needle tube rods respectively inserted into the ends of the optical fibers in a correct position, An insertion portion provided in the frame body and moved up and down to insert the optical fiber into the woven fabric, and a driving portion provided at the lower end portion of the frame body and moving the insertion portion up and down. Features.

The present invention also relates to a method for implanting optical fibers into a woven fabric, comprising the steps of: mounting a needle tube and a woven fabric on an apparatus for implanting optical fibers, and inserting the optical fibers into the needle tube; The woven fabric is raised so that the set needle tube penetrates the woven fabric, an optical fiber is drawn from the needle tube pierced through the woven fabric, and an insertion step of binding these into a bundle form, and the needle tube piercing the woven fabric in the inserting step is extracted. Therefore, a process of lowering the fabric, cutting the optical fiber protruding from the upper surface of the fabric to a certain length, melting the cut end, and preventing the optical fiber from being detached from the fabric; and An adhesive is applied to the end of the optical fiber and the fabric melted in the step, and the adhesive is fixed, and the adhesive applied part is irradiated with ultraviolet rays to be cured, and the adhesive is cured.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a transplantation device according to the present invention having the above-mentioned features.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of the transplantation device according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the transplantation device according to the present invention has a frame 100, a plurality of optical fibers 1 attached to the upper side of the frame 100, and the ends of the optical fibers 1 hanging from the upper portion, respectively. A holding portion 200 for holding the needle tube 2 in the normal position, and an insertion portion 300 provided in the frame 100 for moving up and down so that the optical fiber 1 is inserted into the fabric 3. And a drive unit 400 provided at the lower end of the frame 100 to move the insertion unit 300 up and down.

The frame 100 includes a base frame 110.
And a pillar 12 having a support square 121 projecting a predetermined length from an upper end and an intermediate portion at each corner of the base frame 110 in the form of a planar quadrilateral (when FIG. 1 is a front view).
0, the supporting columns 120 are mounted on each corner, a working window 131 is formed in the center, and a mounting hole 13 for mounting the holding part 200 around the working window 131.
2 is formed on the mounting frame 130.

The insertion portion 300 includes a screw rod 310 rotatably mounted on each support piece 121 of the frame 100 at both ends.
And a support plate 32 having a pressing plate 322 formed with a working window 321 at the approximate center thereof so that the needle tube 2 can pass through the fabric 3.
0 and a support piece 121 installed at the center of the support 120
, Each corner is penetrated by the screw rod 310,
The driving unit 3 which moves up and down by the operation of the driving unit 400
30 and the screw rods 310 inserted between the support plate 320 and the drive unit 330 and the screw rods 310 inserted between the mounting frame 130 and the support plate 320, respectively.
50.

The pressing plate 322 of the supporting plate 320 is preferably made of metal, and the fabric 3 is mounted on the bottom surface thereof, and the upper surface of the driving unit 330 is wider than at least the working window 321 of the pressing plate 322. A support portion 340 to which a large number of support rods 341 are attached is provided over the region.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the holding portion. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the holding portion 200 includes support rods 240 erected corresponding to the mounting holes 132 of the mounting frame 130 and the support rods 24.
A connecting plate 250 having a through hole 251 corresponding to an arrangement in which the optical fiber 1 is inserted into the woven fabric 3 at substantially the center, and 2
50, each corner is penetrated by the support rod 240, and the through-hole 2 corresponding to the through-hole 251 of the connection plate 250 is provided.
Fiber holder 210 and needle tube holder 22 in which 31 is formed
It consists of 0.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the optical fiber holder and the needle tube holder (these are similar to each other, and hence are abbreviated as a holder and denoted by reference numeral 230). FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the optical fiber holder and the needle tube holder. It is a top view.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
The work window 232 is formed at the center, and a mounting frame 233 to be mounted on the support rod 240 and an installation step 234 formed on the upper surface of the mounting frame 233 on the left and right sides of the work window 232.
The upper plate 235 and the lower plate 235 are provided so as to be freely movable inside, penetrate through the upper and lower surfaces, and have the through holes 231 having the same arrangement as the arrangement of the connection plate bodies 250, which are provided to face each other on the upper side and the lower side. It comprises a plate 236 and an upper plate floating portion 260 which comes into contact with one side surface of the upper plate 235 so that the upper plate 235 is floated in the installation step 234.

The holder 230 has a spring 237 whose both ends are supported by an upper plate 235 and a mounting frame 233.

The upper plate floating portion 260 is mounted at a position adjacent to the upper plate 235 and has a pressing tool 261 that comes into contact with a side surface of the upper plate 235, and a pusher 262 that presses the pressing tool 261 toward the upper plate 235. In order to allow the pusher 262 to move freely, the operating rod 263 penetratingly connected to the pusher 262 and having one end protruding outside the mounting frame 233 and the floating rod 263 being guided, to return the pusher 262 to its original position. And a spring 264.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the driving section. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the driving unit 400 is erected on the base frame 110 such that support pieces 430 are opposed to each other at a predetermined interval. The rotating shaft 410 is rotatably mounted horizontally with respect to the rotating shaft 410, and the driving unit 33 is attached to the rotating shaft 410.
A pair of eccentric cams 420 for moving the driving unit 330 up and down in contact with the bottom surface of the camshaft 0 are mounted, and a lever 411 for rotating the rotating shaft 410 is mounted on an outer end thereof.

A method for implanting an optical fiber using the thus constructed implanting apparatus according to the present invention and the operation thereof will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a method for implanting an optical fiber according to the present invention. 1 and 6, the method for implanting an optical fiber according to the present invention firstly comprises the needle tube holder 220.
The needle tubes 2 are attached to the through holes 231 respectively, and the optical fibers 1 are inserted into the respective needle tubes 2 after passing through the connecting plate 250 and the optical fiber holder 210 (S10).

The lever 411 of the driving unit 400
Is rotated about the rotation shaft 410, the eccentric cam 4
The support bar 341 mounted on the support portion 340 of the driving unit 330 pushes up the pressing plate 322, and as the pressing plate 322 moves up, the fabric 3 provided between the pressing plate 322 and the support bar 341 is moved through the needle tube 2. To be passed through (S20).

At this time, the needle tube 2 passes through the working window 321 of the pressing plate 322 and is located between the support rods 341.

Here, the spring 350 inserted into the screw rod 310 is repelled between the drive unit 330, the support plate 320, and the mounting frame 130. This is because when the operator releases the lever 411, Support plate 320, drive unit 33
0, provides a return force for the eccentric cam 420 to return to its original position.

As described above, when the needle tube 2 penetrates the fabric 3, the operator presses the button 265 of the optical fiber holder 210 so that the optical fiber holder 210 is supported while the optical fiber 1 is supported.
Is lowered so that the optical fiber 1 is led out from the needle tube 2 to a predetermined length (S30).

After performing the above-mentioned operation, the operator moves the lever 411.
To release the eccentric cam 420, the drive unit 330, the support plate 3
20 is returned to the initial state, and the supporting plate 320
The optical fiber 1 led out between the optical fiber 1 and the driving unit 330 is pulled down and bound to a desired length (S40).

Thereafter, the operator moves the needle tube 2 and the support plate 32
8, the optical fiber 1 is cut by the high-temperature cutting rod 4 as shown in FIG. 8 (S50), and as shown in FIG.
By adding high temperature to the cut surface and melting the cut surface 5,
The optical fiber 1 is prevented from being detached from the hole formed in the fabric 3 by the needle tube 2 (S60).

After performing the above operation, an adhesive 6 is applied to the woven fabric 3 and the optical fiber 1 to bond the woven fabric 3 and the optical fiber 1 (S
70), the applied adhesive 6 is irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the adhesive 6 (S80), thereby completing the optical fiber transplantation operation.

In each of the steps S10 to S80, since there are many arrangement patterns of optical fibers to be implanted in the woven fabric,
When working with a large number of machines, the holding unit 200 in which the optical fibers 1 have already been inserted into the woven fabric 3 is detached from the mounting frame 130 of the frame 100, and then connected to the frame 100 of another machine. The holding unit (having an arrangement pattern different from the arrangement of the optical fibers), for which the operation has been completed by another machine, is attached to the attachment frame 130 (S5).
1), the operation returns to step S20.

In step S51, the work is performed by the number equal to the arrangement pattern of the optical fibers 1, and after the desired number of works, the work steps after step S60 are performed.

In the above description, S10 is a setting step, S20 to S40 are insertion steps for inserting the optical fiber 1 into the fabric 3, S40 to S60 are processing steps for processing the upper end of the optical fiber 1, and S70 is a processing step. S80 is a coating step of bonding and coating the upper end of the processed optical fiber 1.

FIGS. 10 to 12 are cross-sectional views showing a method for making the optical fiber 1 more firmly bonded to the fabric 3 after completing the above operation.

FIG. 10 shows that a transparent coating layer A is formed on the surface to which the adhesive 6 is applied so that the optical fiber 1 is more firmly fixed.

FIG. 11 shows a case in which an adhesive 6 is applied to the inner surface of the woven fabric 3 and the cover C made of leather or woven fabric is used to arrange and finish the bundle of optical fibers 1 dispersed on the inner surface of the woven fabric 3.
Indicates that it is attached.

FIG. 12 shows a structure in which a synthetic resin layer D is molded on the inner surface of the fabric 3 in order to arrange and finish the bundle of optical fibers 1 dispersed on the inner surface of the fabric 3.

Here, since the adhesive is applied to the optical fiber 1 on the upper surface of the fabric 3, the adhesive easily penetrates into the fabric 3, so that the adhesive strength between the fabric 3 and the optical fiber 1 is firm. become.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, a large number of optical fibers can be transplanted into a woven fabric by one operation, thereby increasing the productivity and reducing the unit production cost of equipment for performing this operation. By lowering, the economic burden caused by machinery and equipment is eliminated, and the upper surface of the fabric attached to the equipment is the outer surface of the product, not only eliminating the design difficulties, but also the work failure It has the effect of reducing the rate.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an implantation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of a holding unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an optical fiber holder and a needle tube holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an optical fiber holder and a needle tube holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a driving unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a transplantation method according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing an insertion stage of the implantation method according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a processing stage of the transplantation method according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the bonding stage of the implantation method according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of forming a transparent coating layer on the adhesive surface.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of applying an adhesive to an inner surface of a fabric and attaching a cover made of leather or fabric.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of molding a synthetic resin layer on the inner surface of the fabric.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Optical fiber 2 Needle tube 3 Woven fabric 100 Frame 110 Base frame 120 Post 121 Supporting piece 130 Mounting frame 131 Working window 132 Mounting hole 200 Holding section 210 Optical fiber holder 220 Holder 230 Holder 231 Through hole 232 Working window 233 Mounting frame 234 Installation Groove 235 Upper plate 236 Lower plate 237 Spring 240 Support rod 250 Connecting plate 251 Through hole 260 Upper plate floating part 261 Pressing tool 262 Pusher 263 Operating rod 264 Spring 300 Insertion part 310 Screw rod 320 Support plate 321 Work window 322 Press Plate 330 Drive section 340 Support section 350 Spring 400 Drive section 410 Rotating shaft 411 Lever 420 Eccentric cam 430 Support section

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A frame, and a holding portion mounted on the upper side of the frame for holding an optical fiber hanging from the top and a needle tube rod respectively fitted to an end of the optical fiber in a normal position. An insertion portion provided in the frame body and moved up and down to insert an optical fiber into the woven fabric; and a drive portion provided at a lower end portion of the frame body and moved up and down to move the insertion portion up and down. An apparatus for implanting an optical fiber into a woven fabric. 2. The frame body includes: a base frame; a column standing upright at each corner of the base frame; and a support having a support piece protruding to a predetermined length at an upper end and an intermediate portion; The optical fiber is implanted in the woven fabric according to claim 1, further comprising: a mounting window attached to the fabric, a working window formed in the center, and a mounting frame provided for mounting the holding portion above the working window. Equipment to do. 3. The holding portion is provided with support rods erected corresponding to the mounting holes of the mounting frame, and fixed through the corners of the support rods, and optical fibers are inserted into the fabric. A connecting plate having through holes formed in the upper and lower surfaces corresponding to the arrangement; and a support rod inserted into each corner at a lower portion of the connecting plate, and the same through hole as the through hole of the connecting plate. 3. An apparatus for implanting optical fibers into a woven fabric according to claim 2, comprising an optical fiber holder and a needle tube holder formed with a fiber tube. 4. The insertion section includes: a screw rod having both ends rotatably mounted on each support piece of the frame; and each corner portion screwed to the screw rod, and a needle tube on a woven fabric on an upper surface. To pass, a support plate body having a pressing plate formed with a working window, placed on the upper surface of a support piece provided at the center of the support,
A screw rod is penetrated and installed at each corner, and the driving part moves up and down by the operation of the driving part. A large number of support rods are mounted on an upper surface of the driving part at least over a portion wider than a working window of the pressing plate. 3. A supporting member, comprising: a threaded rod between the supporting plate and the driving part; and an elastic member inserted into the threaded rod between the mounting frame and the supporting plate. An apparatus for implanting an optical fiber into the woven fabric according to the above. 5. The drive section is provided with support pieces standing on a base frame at predetermined intervals so as to face each other, and between the support pieces, a rotation shaft can be rotated horizontally with respect to the base frame. The eccentric cam for mounting the rotating shaft on the rotating shaft and moving the driving unit up and down in contact with the bottom surface of the driving unit is configured. A device for implanting optical fibers into textiles. 6. A method for implanting an optical fiber into a woven fabric, comprising: setting a needle tube and a woven fabric on a device for implanting an optical fiber, and inserting the optical fiber into the needle tube; and setting the needle tube in the setting step. In order to penetrate the woven fabric, raise the woven fabric, pull out optical fibers from the needle tube penetrating the woven fabric, and tie them in a bundle form. Lowering, cutting the optical fiber protruding from the upper surface of the woven fabric into a predetermined length, melting the cut end to prevent the optical fiber from being detached from the woven fabric; Applying an adhesive to the ends of the optical fibers and the woven fabric to fix them, and irradiating the adhesive-coated portion with ultraviolet light to cure the optical fibers. Transfer How to. 7. The optical fiber according to claim 6, wherein after the bonding step, a transparent coating layer is formed on the surface to which the adhesive is applied, so that the optical fiber is more firmly fixed. A method of implanting optical fibers into textiles. 8. After the adhering step, an adhesive is applied to the inner surface of the woven fabric and a cover made of leather or woven fabric is adhered to arrange and finish the optical fiber bundles dispersed on the inner surface of the woven fabric. The method for transplanting an optical fiber into a woven fabric according to claim 6. 9. The woven fabric according to claim 6, wherein after the bonding step, a synthetic resin layer is molded on the inner surface of the woven fabric in order to arrange and finish the optical fiber bundles dispersed on the inner surface of the woven fabric. To implant optical fibers into the fiber.