JP3673629B2 - Mat and its manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mat whose main material is wooden slices such as firewood, and relates to a mat that is optimal for use as, for example, a tatami floor.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, with regard to tatami floors, natural tatami floors are made of so-called straw materials. However, nowadays, since this wood is hardly available, it is impossible to make a large amount of natural tatami floors. Therefore, at present, so-called chemical tatami mats using polystyrene foam for tatami floors have become mainstream.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the chemical tatami mat is suitable for mass production, but has a problem in that it lacks the original functions of the tatami mat, such as hygroscopicity, deodorizing property, and fungicidal property. In addition, this chemical tatami mat had many complaints that the subtle elasticity inherent to the tatami mat could not be obtained.
Furthermore, even if the foam steel constituting the tatami floor of this chemical tatami mat is buried in soil, it is not decomposed like wood or iron. Therefore, the polystyrene foam remains in the soil as it is. In order to prevent this, when the chemical tatami mat is disposed of, the polystyrene foam is incinerated.
However, chemical tatami mats may be dumped illegally, and in this case, styrene foam remains as a matter of course. And the polystyrene foam left in this way has become one of the environmental problems.
A first object of the present invention is to provide an environmentally friendly mat while maintaining functions such as hygroscopicity, deodorizing property and antifungal property by using a main material made of wooden slice pieces.
The second object is to provide an optimum mat manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the above mat.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
1st invention interposes the main material which consists of many wooden slice pieces between two cloth materials which consist of a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric, and stitches together while compressing them, and comprises one mat material. On the other hand, it is characterized in that the plurality of mat members thus formed are sewn together while being further compressed.
The second invention is characterized in that the wooden slice piece has a rectangular shape with a width of 5 mm to 30 mm and a length of 30 mm to 130 mm, and a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm. .
The third invention is characterized in that a plurality of plate-like core materials, which are slightly shorter than the length of the mat materials, are arranged between the predetermined mat materials and the mat materials at intervals in the width direction of the mat materials. Have
[0005]
Thus, since the 1st-3rd invention uses the wooden slice piece as the main raw material, all functions, such as a hygroscopic property, deodorizing property, and mold prevention property which are the characteristics of a natural material, can be provided.
[0006]
4th invention is provided in the 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor which conveys the main material which consists of a wooden slice piece, this 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor downstream, and the hopper which receives the main material conveyed by the 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor, A supply amount regulating means for maintaining a constant supply amount of the main material conveyed by the first belt conveyor on the upstream side of the hopper; a second belt conveyor provided below the discharge port of the hopper; A lower cloth material laid on a two-band conveyor and traveling with the conveyor; a first delivery means for feeding the lower cloth material; and a main material placed on the cloth material on the second belt conveyor, Leveling means for evenly spreading on the lower cloth material, an upper cloth material downstream of the leveling means and covering the main material placed on the cloth material, and the cloth material The second delivery means for delivering Compression roller that compresses both cloth materials and wooden slices sandwiched between them, sewing means for sewing the mat material derived from the compression roller, and cutting that continuously cuts the mat material derived to a predetermined length And a means.
[0007]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the supply amount regulating means includes a rotating body provided with a plurality of blades radially, and the rotating body moves the main material placed on the first belt-shaped conveyor on the side opposite to the conveying direction. It is characterized in that it rotates in the direction to remove.
The sixth invention is characterized in that vibration means is provided in the hopper.
7th invention has the characteristics in the point which provided the circular-arc-shaped slip board in the discharge port of the hopper.
The eighth invention is characterized in that a plurality of leveling means are provided.
The ninth invention is characterized in that at least one leveling means is a roller having an axial length substantially equal to the width of the second belt-like conveyor, and a plurality of convex portions are formed on the roller. .
[0008]
The tenth invention is characterized in that at least one leveling means is constituted by a vertically moving body, and the main material conveyed by the second belt conveyor is tapped lightly by this vertically moving body.
In an eleventh aspect of the invention, two of the plurality of leveling means are composed of vertical movement plates, and the vertical movement plate provided on the upstream side has a length substantially equal to the width of the second belt-like conveyor. On the other hand, a number of mountain-shaped convex portions are formed on the lower surface of the plate, while the up-and-down moving plate provided on the downstream side also has a length substantially equal to the width of the second belt-like conveyor, It is characterized in that it has a hypotenuse that protrudes left and right from the center while projecting.
[0009]
A twelfth aspect of the invention is a first leveling means comprising a roller, a second leveling means comprising a vertically moving plate having a number of convex portions formed on the lower surface, and a vertical movement having a single peak formed at the center of the lower surface. A third leveling means comprising a plate, and is characterized in that the first leveling means, the second leveling means and the third leveling means are arranged in this order from the upstream side.
In the fourth to twelfth inventions, since the amount of the main material can be accurately controlled before the step of compressing the main material, a uniform mat can always be manufactured.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The wood slice piece as the main material 1 of the mat m shown in FIG. 1 is made of thinned timber, and has a rectangular shape with a width of about 20 mm, a length of about 80 mm, and a thickness of about 0.2 mm. Sliced.
FIG. 3 shows the entire manufacturing apparatus for making the main material 1 a mat m.
A first belt-like conveyor 2 is provided on the most upstream side of the manufacturing apparatus. Although the main material 1 is intermittently supplied to the first belt-like conveyor 2, the supply means is not shown. However, this supply means supplies the main material 1 in a certain amount, and at the time of supply, the main material 1 is uniformly distributed in the width direction of the first belt-like conveyor 2.
In addition, although the side wall for preventing the main material 1 mounted on it from spilling out is provided in the both sides of the said 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor 2, the side wall is not shown in figure.
[0011]
A hopper h is provided on the downstream side of the first belt-like conveyor 2, and a rotating body t as a supply amount regulating means is provided on the upstream side of the hopper h. The rotating body t is provided with a plurality of blades 3 radially, and the amount of the main material 1 passing through the rotating body t is regulated by the distance between the blades 3 located immediately below and the first belt-like conveyor 2. Like to do. However, the rotating body t rotates in the same direction as the rotation direction of the wheel supporting the first belt-like conveyor 2. Therefore, the blades facing the first belt-like conveyor 2 among the plurality of blades 3 rotate in the direction opposite to the conveying direction. And the quantity which passes there is controlled by the space | interval of the front-end | tip of this opposing blade | wing, and the 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor 2. FIG.
[0012]
Moreover, since the blade | wing 3 which faces the 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor 2 was turned to the direction opposite to the said conveyance direction as mentioned above, the main material 1 more than the setting amount which is going to pass therethrough can be dispelled. . Therefore, the main material 1 exceeding the set amount is not supplied downstream of the rotating body t. In other words, a constant amount of main material is always supplied to the hopper h.
It is also conceivable that a dam that does not rotate at all is provided at the position of the rotating body t and the main material 1 is passed under the dam. However, if it passes under such a weir, the main material which cannot pass through the part of the weir will accumulate on the rear side of the weir. For example, the wooden slices that are the main materials include straight ones, curled ones, and twisted ones. When trying to pass the wooden slice pieces whose shapes are not constant under the weir, the wooden slice pieces are caught by the weir and cannot be smoothly passed through. Even if only a few slice pieces are caught by the weir, the slice pieces coming later are caught one after another, and eventually, as described above, a lot of slice pieces are accumulated behind the weir.
[0013]
If the main material is accumulated on the rear side of the weir, the amount of the main material passing through the weir, that is, the supply amount will not be constant. However, in order to combine natural wooden slices as a main material into a certain size, the supply amount must be constant. If the supply amount varies, the tatami floor m that collects the supply becomes uneven in thickness or undulates as a whole.
[0014]
Moreover, if the wooden slice piece curled or twisted passes forcibly through the weir as described above, it will be broken or broken into pieces. If individual slice pieces are broken or divided and become too fine, the density of the main material 1 when it is put together as a mat will vary depending on the location. If the density differs depending on the location, the mat m still has a non-uniform thickness or a wave.
Therefore, keeping the supply amount constant and keeping the shape of the slice piece as small as possible are quite important factors.
However, if the first belt-like conveyor 2 and the blades 3 that face each other are moved in the opposite directions as in this embodiment, the main material of a set amount or more is transported by the blades 3 as described above. Will pay to the other side. Therefore, the main material is not accumulated on the rear side of the rotating body t, and the shape thereof is not destroyed. In addition, the amount passing through the rotating body t, that is, the supply amount can be kept constant.
[0015]
Moreover, the main material 1 conveyed by the 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor 2 as mentioned above is thrown into the hopper h, This hopper h is comprised as follows. That is, the hopper h has a rectangular inlet 4 and the length of the long side of the rectangle is substantially the same as the width of the first belt-like conveyor 2. That is, all the main materials 1 conveyed by the first belt-like conveyor 2 are automatically dropped onto the hopper h.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 4, the hopper h has a body 5 with a concave shape, and the opening portion of the concave shape is covered with a front plate 6. The front plate 6 has an upper end attached to the upper portion of the main body 5 so as to be swingable about a shaft 7.
The front plate 6 is linked to a disc 10 fixed to the drive shaft 9 of the electric motor 8 via a plate-like transmission means 11. Moreover, the connecting portion between the transmission means 11 and the disk 10 is eccentric with respect to the drive shaft 9.
Therefore, when the electric motor 8 is driven, the transmission means 11 repeats reciprocating motion. As the transmission means 11 reciprocates, the front plate 6 also swings about the shaft 7. The front plate 6, the transmission means 11, the disk 10, and the electric motor 8, combined with the vibration means of the present invention. Constitute.
[0017]
Since the vibration means is provided in the hopper h as described above, the main material 1 supplied to the hopper h falls down naturally due to the vibration of the front plate 6. As described above, the vibration means is for dropping the main material 1 in the hopper h naturally without applying pressure. Therefore, as long as the natural fall of the main material 1 is promoted, it is not necessary to swing the front plate 6 so much.
By swinging the hopper h in this manner, the main material 1 in the hopper h can be dropped very naturally, so that the wooden slice piece 1 is not broken or divided finely. Further, since the main material 1 in the hopper h is also naturally packed by its own weight, the density of the material in the hopper h is also constant. This constant density is also necessary to make the shape and thickness of the mat m uniform.
A viewing window 12 is formed on the side surface of the hopper h, and a sensor 13 is provided outside the viewing window 12. The sensor 13 monitors the amount of the main material 1 in the hopper h, and outputs a signal when the amount falls below a set amount to drive the first belt-like conveyor 2 and the rotating body t. ing.
[0018]
An arc-shaped sliding plate 15 is formed on the discharge port 14 side of the hopper h. On the extension of the sliding plate 15, a second belt-like conveyor 16 is provided. However, a lower cloth material 17 made of linen is laid between the sliding plate 15 and the second belt-like conveyor 16. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower cloth material 17 is wound around a winding roller 19 provided behind a roller 18 that supports the second belt-like conveyor 16. The lower cloth material 17 thus formed is led out from the take-up roller 19 and stopped at the pulling mechanism 20 shown in FIG. Therefore, when the pulling mechanism 20 travels on the rail 21, the lower cloth material 17 is pulled out from the winding roller 19.
In addition, although the side wall is provided also in the both sides of this 2nd strip | belt-shaped conveyor 16 similarly to the 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor 2, this side wall is not illustrated.
The winding roller 19 constitutes the first delivery means of the present invention.
[0019]
Since it comprised as mentioned above, the main material 1 discharged | emitted from the discharge port 14 of the hopper h transfers to the lower cloth material 17 as it is, sliding the slip board 15 on a circular arc. In this way, since the transition to the lower cloth material 17 is made through the sliding plate 15, the continuity of the main material group is not interrupted. For example, if the main material group is dropped directly onto the lower cloth material 17 from the discharge port 14 of the hopper h, a valley of the main material group may be formed on the lower cloth material 17 and the continuity thereof. Will be refused. If this continuity is broken, the unevenness due to the valleys or the like is not corrected even if it is compressed in the final process.
However, in this embodiment, since the continuity of the main material group is not interrupted as described above, the main material group cannot be uneven at this stage.
[0020]
A first leveling means X is provided on the downstream side of the sliding plate 15. In the first leveling means X, convex portions 23 extending in the axial direction of the roller 22 are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. This first leveling means X also does not compress the main material group on the lower cloth material 17, but presses the main material group lightly with the convex portion 23 so that quantitative unevenness does not occur in the material group. It is for making.
[0021]
On the downstream side of the first leveling means X, second leveling means Y and third leveling means Z are provided.
As shown in FIG. 5, the second leveling means Y is a parallel arrangement of a plurality of vertically moving plates 24 having substantially the same length as the width of the second belt-like conveyor 16. It can be moved up and down using an electric motor (not shown). In addition, on the lower surface of each vertical movement plate 24, a central portion protrudes and a hypotenuse 25 that rises from the center to the left and right is formed.
The second leveling member Y made in this way taps the main material group. However, this second leveling means Z is to prevent the main material group on both sides of the lower cloth material 17 from becoming thinner than the other parts. That is, the main material is guided to both sides along the hypotenuse 25 by tapping the main material group on the lower cloth material 17 with the up-and-down moving plate 24.
[0022]
Similarly to the second leveling means Y, the third leveling means Z shown in FIG. 6 arranges a plurality of vertically moving plates 26 having substantially the same length as the width of the second belt-like conveyor 16 in parallel. It can be moved up and down using an electric motor not shown. And the lower surface of each up-and-down moving board 26 forms many mountain-shaped convex parts 27.
The third leveling means Z is also for tapping the main material group on the lower cloth material 17 by its vertical movement on the lower cloth material 17 by the convex portion 27. The reason why the many convex portions 27 are formed on the up-and-down moving plate 24 is to make the main material group on the lower cloth material 17 uniform in quantity by the convex portions 27.
[0023]
A winding roller 29 around which the upper cloth material 28 is wound is provided on the downstream side of the third leveling means Z as described above. The upper fabric material 28 wound around the winding roller 29 is led to cover the top of the main material group in which the material comprising the wooden slices 1 is uniformly distributed.
In addition, the said winding roller 29 comprises the 2nd delivery means of this invention.
The main material group covered with the upper and lower cloth materials 17 and 28 as described above passes through the sewing machine 31 as the sewing means while being compressed by the compression roller group together with the cloth materials 17 and 18 and is sewn there.
The pulling mechanism 20 pulls both the cloth materials 17 and 28 at the same time intermittently.
Then, after being pulled out by a predetermined length, it is cut with a cutter 32 to form one mat member 33.
[0024]
Next, a process of forming the mat m using the apparatus of this embodiment will be described.
First, a main material made of wooden slices obtained by slicing thinned timber is placed on the first belt-like conveyor 2. At this time, the wooden slice piece has a rectangular shape with a width of about 20 mm, a length of about 80 mm, and a thickness of about 0.2 mm. The reason why the wooden slices are dimensioned as described above is as follows. That is, in order to maintain the characteristics as a mat, it is better that this wooden slice piece is somewhat long. This is because the slice pieces are not entangled without a certain length, and the elasticity as a mat cannot be maintained.
[0025]
However, if it is too long, it is difficult to keep the supply amount as a material constant. This can be easily understood if a wooden slice piece as long as 1 m is assumed. In other words, if this piece of wood is too long, it will curl and twist excessively, making it difficult to regulate the amount. Not only that, but the long slices become entangled with each other, and the amount cannot be accurately regulated. If the main material group on the lower cloth material 17 on the lower cloth material 17 in the conveying process is made thick and thin without being kept constant, even if they are compressed, the material The non-uniformity appears as the non-uniform thickness of the mat as it is.
For this reason, the size of the wooden slice piece is specified as described above. However, this dimension is not absolute. For example, if the width is about 5 mm to 30 mm, the length is about 30 mm to 130 mm, and the thickness is about 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, it can be used without much trouble. However, in order to satisfy the requirements such as quantitative regulation of materials and maintenance of elasticity as a mat, a rectangular shape having a width of about 20 mm, a length of about 80 mm, and a thickness of about 0.2 mm is most preferable.
[0026]
When the main material 1 composed of the above-described wooden slice pieces is supplied, the material is distributed evenly in the width direction of the first belt-like conveyor 2. Further, the supply timing depends on the output signal of the sensor 13 provided in the hopper h. Since the sensor 13 outputs a signal when the material in the hopper h becomes smaller than the set amount, the material is intermittently supplied to the first belt-like conveyor 2.
When the first belt-like conveyor 2 supplied with the main material travels, the rotating body t starts to rotate. When the conveyor 2 travels and the rotating body t rotates, the blade 3 of the rotating body t disposes the main material on the conveyor 2 in a direction opposite to the conveying direction. Therefore, the amount of the main material is equalized if it passes through the rotating body t.
[0027]
The main material 1 conveyed by the 1st strip | belt-shaped conveyor 2 as mentioned above is thrown into the hopper h. At this time, since the main material falls by its own weight into the hopper h, the amount thereof is made uniform in the hopper h. In addition, since the front plate 6 is vibrated at this stage, the density of the main material in the hopper h is also made uniform. The vibration of the front plate 6 is to make the density of the main material in the hopper h uniform and to drop the main material smoothly. Therefore, unlike this embodiment, the hopper h itself may naturally be vibrated.
When the main material in the hopper h becomes less than the set amount, the sensor 13 is activated and outputs a signal. Based on the output signal of the sensor 13, as described above, the main material is supplied to the first belt-like conveyor 2, and the conveyor 2 travels to supply the main material into the hopper h.
[0028]
The main material stored in the hopper h in this way slides down from the sliding plate 15 every time the front plate 6 vibrates and moves onto the lower cloth material 17 guided onto the second belt-like conveyor 16. . The supply amount of the main material at this time is determined by the opening area of the discharge port 14 of the hopper h. That is, the main material group having the width and thickness of the discharge port 14 is supplied to the lower cloth material 17.
However, the timing at which the front plate 6 vibrates and the main material in the hopper h is discharged from the discharge port 14 is adjusted to one sewing of the sewing machine 31. Further, the lower cloth material 17 is also intermittently conveyed in accordance with one stitch of the sewing machine 31.
[0029]
As described above, the main material supplied to the lower cloth material 17 reaches the first leveling means X as it is. At this time, even if a valley like a crack is formed in the main material group in the process of passing through the sliding plate 15, the roller 22 of the first leveling means X rotates, so that the valley becomes uniform. To be flat.
In addition, the main material group is made uniform in quantity by the second leveling means Y and the third leveling means Z. In other words, in the second leveling means Y, the main material group on both sides of the lower fabric material 17 is leveled by the hypotenuse 25 so as not to be thinned.
Further, in the third leveling means Z, leveling is performed so that cavities and the like are not generated in the main material group by the hitting action of the mountain-shaped convex portions 27.
[0030]
Thus, the quantitative uniformity of the main material is maintained on the lower cloth material 17, but the upper cloth material 28 is placed on the main material group while maintaining this state. Then, the main material group is compressed by the compression roller group 30 together with the cloth materials 17 and 28, and these are sewn together by the sewing machine 31 while maintaining the compressed state. This stitched piece is further cut into a predetermined length by a cutter 32 to form one mat member 33 shown in FIG. The mat member 33 formed in this manner has almost no variation in its thickness. This is because the supply amount of the main material is kept constant and the distribution of the main material is also kept uniform.
[0031]
Two mat members 33 formed as described above are overlapped to form a mat m. Between these two mat members 33, as shown in FIG. 34 is interposed. The plate-like core material 34 is made of a saddle material like the wooden slice piece. For example, when the mat m is used as a tatami floor, the length of the plate-shaped core member 34 is slightly shorter than the length of the tatami mat, and the width is about 50 mm. A plurality of such thin plate-like core members 34 are interposed at intervals in the width direction.
The two mat members 33 interposing the plate-shaped core member 34 are compressed by a compression roller (not shown), and the two pieces are sewn together by a sewing machine. Then, the two mat members 33, 33 which are compressed and stitched together are cut into a size corresponding to one tatami mat.
[0032]
In this embodiment, the two mat members 33, 33 are overlapped to form a mat m for one tatami, for the following reason.
If one mat member 33 is used to obtain a mat m having a thickness of one tatami mat, it is too thick to be fully compressed. If this compressive force is weak, not only will the thickness be unstable, but also the needles of the sewing machine 31 will be poor. Not only that, it is difficult to maintain the shape of the finished mat m.
However, if the two mat members 33 are stacked as in this embodiment, the thickness of each mat member 33 can be reduced. Such a thin material is sufficiently compressed if a certain amount of compressive force is applied. Therefore, if the amount of the main material is constant, the thickness of the mat member 33 is also constant. Thus, since the thickness of each sheet is constant, the thickness of the mat m on which they are stacked is always constant.
[0033]
In addition, the mat member 33 sewn in a firmly compressed state naturally increases its shape maintaining ability. Since the two mat members 33 having a large shape maintaining ability are overlapped and sewn in this manner, a mat m having a large shape maintaining ability can be naturally obtained.
The mat m thus made can be used as a tatami floor because it does not lose its shape at all even if its periphery is cut at the final stage, and the corner can be kept at an accurate 90 degrees. .
In this embodiment, as described above, the two mat members 33 are overlapped to form the mat m for one tatami mat. However, some mat members 33 may be overlapped. Of course it is good.
Further, since the thin plate-shaped core material 34 is interposed between the two mat members 33, 33, the optimum elasticity as a tatami floor can be maintained.
In this embodiment, an example of a tatami floor is given as an application of the mat of the present invention. However, the application is not limited to a tatami floor, and for example, it can be used for a mat for a bed.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first invention, since the wood slice piece is used as the main material, a mat having functions such as moisture absorption, deodorization and antifungal properties which are the characteristics of the wood can be obtained.
Also, the availability of wooden slices means that thinned wood can be used. Therefore, it is possible to secure a large amount of the main material for mats while protecting the theme of modern society of protecting natural forests. And if such a mat is used as a tatami floor, the problem that it is difficult to secure the straw can be solved.
And, since the two or more mat materials formed by compressing the main material consisting of wooden slice pieces are overlapped and further compressed and stitched together, the shape can be obtained even if an irregular wooden slice piece is used. A uniform mat can be obtained in terms of thickness and shape maintaining ability.
Furthermore, this mat is made of a material that decomposes naturally in the soil, so it is very environmentally friendly.
The fabric material in the first invention may be a woven fabric or a non-woven fabric. The material is not particularly limited, but linen is more advantageous in that it is excellent in air permeability and moisture absorption and has no pollution.
[0035]
According to the second invention, the wooden slice pieces are appropriately intertwined, so that the strength and elasticity of the waist as a mat can be maintained. Moreover, since the slice piece is not longer than necessary, the amount can be easily managed.
According to the third aspect of the invention, since the plate-like core material is interposed between the mat material and the mat material, the strength and elasticity of the waist can be further maintained.
[0036]
According to the fourth invention, the supply amount of the main material can be kept constant and the main material can be uniformly distributed, so that a uniform mat having a constant shape and thickness can be continuously manufactured. it can.
According to the fifth invention, the amount of the main material supplied to the hopper can always be kept constant without damaging the shape of the wooden slice piece.
According to the sixth aspect, since the vibration means is provided in the hopper, the density of the main material passing through the hopper can be kept constant. Therefore, as a matter of course, the supply amount of the main material can be kept constant.
According to the seventh aspect, since the main material group is smoothly discharged from the hopper, the distribution of the main material can be homogenized.
[0037]
According to the eighth to tenth aspects, since the plurality of leveling means are provided on the downstream side of the hopper, the main material distributed on the cloth material of the conveyor can be distributed evenly.
According to the eleventh aspect of the invention, since the main material distributed on the cloth material of the conveyor is hit by the two leveling means, the distribution state becomes uniform.
According to the twelfth aspect, since the three leveling means are provided, the distribution of the main material becomes more uniform.
In any case, according to the eighth to twelfth inventions, the main material supplied to the lower cloth material is evenly distributed, so that the main material group cannot have irregularities such as peaks and valleys. If there are irregularities, even if they are compressed, irregularities will remain on the finished mat. However, according to the eighth to twelfth inventions, there is no such problem.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mat.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a process of overlapping mat members.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the entire mat manufacturing apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hopper portion.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of second leveling means.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of third leveling means.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Main material
2 First belt conveyor
h Hopper
t Rotating body as supply amount regulating means
3 feathers
6 Front plate that is a component of vibration means
8 Electric motor as a component of vibration means
9 Drive shaft which is a component of vibration means
10 Disc as a component of vibration means
11 Transmission means which is a component of the vibration means
15 Sliding board
16 Second belt conveyor
17 Lower cloth material
19 Winding roller as the first delivery means
X First leveling means
22 Roller
23 Convex
Y 2nd leveling means
Z Third leveling means
24 Vertical movement plate
25 hypotenuse
26 Vertical movement plate
27 Convex
28 Upper fabric material
29 Winding roller as second feeding means
30 compression rollers
31 Sewing machine as sewing means
33 Mat material
34 Plate core

Claims (12)

While a main material consisting of a large number of wooden slices is interposed between two cloth materials made of woven fabric or non-woven fabric, and the main material is compressed together to form one mat material, A mat made by stitching together a plurality of mat materials. The mat according to claim 1, wherein each of the wooden slice pieces has a rectangular shape with a width of 5 mm to 30 mm and a length of 30 mm to 130 mm, and a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm. The mat according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of plate-like core materials slightly shorter than the length of the mat material are arranged between the predetermined mat material and the mat material at intervals in the width direction of the mat material. A first belt conveyor that conveys the main material made of wooden slice pieces, a hopper that is provided downstream of the first belt conveyor, receives the main material conveyed by the first belt conveyor, and is located upstream of the hopper. The supply amount regulating means for keeping the supply amount of the main material conveyed by the first belt conveyor constant, the second belt conveyor provided below the discharge port of the hopper, and the second belt conveyor A lower cloth material that lays and travels with the conveyor, a first feeding means for feeding the lower cloth material, and a main material placed on the cloth material on the second belt-like conveyor, on the lower cloth material A leveling means for spreading uniformly, an upper cloth material that is downstream of the leveling means and covers the main material placed on the cloth material, and a second feeding means for feeding the cloth material And both the cloth materials and A compression roller for compressing the main material sandwiched between them, a sewing means for sewing a mat material derived from the compression roller, and a cutting means for cutting the mat material continuously derived to a predetermined length Mat manufacturing equipment. The supply amount regulating means is composed of a rotating body provided with a plurality of blades radially, and the rotating body rotates in a direction in which the main material placed on the first belt-like conveyor is wiped away from the conveying direction. The mat manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4. The mat manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the hopper is provided with vibration means. The mat manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein an arc-shaped sliding plate is provided at a discharge port of the hopper. The mat manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein a plurality of leveling means are provided on the downstream side of the discharge port of the hopper. The at least one leveling means is a roller having an axial length substantially equal to the width of the second belt-shaped conveyor, and the roller has a plurality of convex portions in the axial direction, and the convex portions are arranged around the circumference. The mat manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 8, provided at equal intervals in the direction. The mat manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 9, wherein at least one leveling means is constituted by a vertically moving body, and the main material conveyed by the second belt-shaped conveyor is tapped lightly by the vertically moving body. Of the plurality of leveling means, two leveling means are constituted by a vertical movement plate, and the vertical movement plate provided on the upstream side has a length substantially equal to the width of the second belt-like conveyor, and the lower surface of the plate. The vertical movement plate provided on the downstream side also has a length approximately equal to the width of the second belt-like conveyor, and projects the center of the lower surface of this plate, The mat manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a hypotenuse that rises from left to right is formed. A first leveling means comprising a roller, a second leveling means comprising a vertically moving plate having a number of convex portions formed on the lower surface, and a third leveling plate comprising a vertically moving plate having a single peak at the center of the lower surface. 9. The mat manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a first leveling means, a second leveling means, and a third leveling means in order from the upstream side.

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