US1693121A - Braiding machine - Google Patents
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04C—BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
- D04C3/00—Braiding or lacing machines
- D04C3/02—Braiding or lacing machines with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
- D04C3/14—Spool carriers
- D04C3/18—Spool carriers for vertical spools
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04C—BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
- D04C3/00—Braiding or lacing machines
- D04C3/02—Braiding or lacing machines with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
- D04C3/04—Braiding or lacing machines with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively with spool carriers guided and reciprocating in non-endless paths
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- This invention relates to braiding machines and has for an object the provision of an improved braiding machine of the type in which braiding carriers are moved in intersecting sinuous paths by means of v rotating drivers with devices which hold the respective carriers against the drivers at their peripheries through a portion of their rotation, and which release the carriers at 1 appropriate transfer regions where a carrier is passed from one driver to another and is thereby carried in a rev'erscly curved part of the sinuous path until the carrier is again transferred to the next driver of the series, and so on throughout the system of drivers.
- An object ofthe invention is to provide the carriers with terminal flanges adapted to be held in recessesnear the upper faces of the actuating drivers, and to be gripped therein by means carried on the hubs of the drivers, and acting to force the flanges against the under surfaces of removable plates covering the recesses, the machine being organized to permit unusually ready removal of the carriers for purposes of changing the carriers or inspecting the underlying parts without undue disorganization of the machine.
- Another object of the invention is to provide holding devices for the above purpose in the form of dogs pivoted upon the hubs of the drivers in such balanced position as to be normally given a bias by centrifugal force and gravity away from holding position, and to provide means in the form of annular cams co-axially disposed adjacent to the drivers and adapted to force the dogs positively into holding position, so that the dogs are quick-acting and sensitive in their operations and constitute effective holding I devices which do not get out of order nor deteriorate rapidly, but operatewvith uniform regularity and are more reliable in action than existing devices for thepurpose.
- Another object is to permit the use of cams which can be formed inexpensively to effect the desired movements of the carriers, and which can be exchangedquickly to produce different types of product. 4
- Another object of the invention is to provide a machine adaptable to the manufacture of a wide variety of products, includingflat and tubular braids ortapes, and which can be used in the production of such different articles as flat wire tape for tire beads, sheathing for insulated electrical conductors and delicate ric-rac in diverse patterns.
- Still another object is to provide a machine which can be operated reliably at extremely high speeds and with a minimum of friction Hill noise, by operators of less than average s ill.
- the rovision 01 means to eifect automatically t e thorough and continuous lubrication of the operating instrumentalities, and to prevent soiling of the product by the lubricant; a cognate object being the organization of the operating parts, and the lubricant circulating devices, in such a manner as to concentrate the fluff or fibres given off by certain materials and to utilize the same as a filter for the lubricant.
- Anotherobject is to provide an extremely sensitive detector mechanism adapted to stop the machine quickly upon failure of the sup ply or upon arrivalof a defectiveportion of thread, before the defect can result in a flaw in the final product.
- Fig. 1 is a view in vertical section of a braiding machine in the construction of which the invention has been embodied, with parts shown in elevation Fig.2 is a horizontal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, upon an enlarged scale.
- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, detail view in side elevation of the headof the machine shown .in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, detail view in vertical section, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.
- Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, detail view in horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.
- Fig. 6 is a transverse, vertical section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.
- the part designated by the reference numeral 1 is the casing adapted to enclose the actuating parts of a braiding machine, approximately circular in form and comprising a bottom part 2 with side walls 3 and having brackets 4, 5 and 6 to support the horizontal drive shaft 7 which is geared at 8 to a vertical shaft 9 eX- '16, upona bearing stud 17, driving the gear 16 and driving thereby the gear 18 at oneside of lge'arll, and also the chain of gears 16 on the other'side which are mounted rotatably upon bearing studs 17 in an approximately circular arrangement within the casing 1, to the bottom 2 of which the studs are secured in bosses 19 by suitable nuts 20, as shown in Figs. 1
- a series of carrier driver disks is provided for actuation by the gears 16 and 18, and of these disks there'may be any suitable number, eight being shown in the illustrated embodiment, numbered 21 to 28, these disks being supported in such a manner as to permit the attach mentto their upper faces of flanged carrier members 6 to b", in the manner best understood by reference to Fig. 4,'which'illustrates also a preferred type of braiderunit sup ported by the carrier Z2 and designated generally by thereference character B.
- driver disks 22 to 27 are preferablyof substantially identical construction throughout the series, and similarly connected with their respective gears 16, so that the following description of the now preferred form of structure associated with the driver disk 22 will serve as a description of each.
- the driver 22 is preferably fo'med integrally with a hub 30 co-aXial with the gear 7 16, and is provided with four arcuate peripheralrecesses 32 to receive the flange 33 with which each of the carrier members 6 to Z)" is provided, so that as each carrier flange engages with one of the transfer disks its flange '33 enters one of these arcuate recesses 32 and fits snugly against the curved wall 31 thereof, being embraced between the driver 22 and a cover plate 22, the latter having its periphery cut away at 34 to clear the central post or neck b' of the carrier.
- means are provided to hold the carrier positively against the disk 22'while the same rotates from the transfer point at which it receives the carrier to the transfer polnt at which the disk passes the carrier on e to the adjacent disk, where the carrier is re leased and is picked up by the adjacent disk and is there held by similar positively acting means.
- the now preferred form of holding means comprises two sets of dogs 35 and 36 mounted on pivots 39 in radial slots 37 and 38 formed in the-hub 30 of the gear 16, the dogs being formed with yokes in which are anti-friction rollers-40 adapted to run upon a cam 41 mounted upon a stationary plate 112 extending horizontally across the casing.
- All of t iese dogs are preferably so formed that by the action of centrifugal force and gravity they will be given a bias downwardly away from the flanges 33 of the carriers, tending normally to occupy the position oi the dog 35 in Fig. 4, and in pursuance of .the invention the cam 41 is provided with annular face tracks '53 and 55, of a. contour respectively adapted to force the dogs 35 and 36 upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 4'at 36.
- dogs 35 have the dogs 35 control the transfers of carriers outward bound from the disk 21, while the dogs 36 control the transfers of carriers bound toward the disk 21.
- dogs 35 arespaced 90apart in their slots 37 and the dogs 36 are spaced 90apartin the slots 38.
- thebraiding units are arranged 'to'return upon their courses, in
- each carrier being swung around a complete circle by the disk 21 and by the disk 28 at the respective ath.
- eac of the disks 21 and 28 has an extra seat 32 and a corresponding number of dogs 44, and means are provided to operateeach dog to pick up a carrier at the single transfer point, occupied by the carrier 12 in Figs. 2 and 4, and to release the carrier when the disk 21 has made a complete turn, so that one ormor'e of the dogs 44 are always out of use'on alternate rotations of the disk 21, and the same is true of the dogs on disk 28, which are identical in arrangement with those on 21.
- cam 51 having a single cam track 50 of uniform height throughout its extent, except at the region of the transfer point occupied by'the carrier 5 (see Fig. 2) where there is a gap 56 in the cam track, (see Figs. 5 and 6) occupied by a slide 57 having a plurality of arcuate cam track segments 49 and 59 the inclines of which are brought alternately into position for action, by radial movement of the'slide outward and inward between the times of transfer, the roller 40 of the dog running down one incline 49 (see Figs.
- the ratio of the gear 61 to gear 62 is two and one half to one, so that the slide 57, and
- each dog 44 is raised and lowered once upon each complete rota.- tion of the disk.
- the disks 21 and, 28 may be provided with a different number-of dogs than that shown, and the gear-ratio will be then varied according to the work to be performed.
- the casing 1 serves as a reservoir for fluid lubricant, 70, which preferably is maintained at a height sufficient to reach the gears 11, 16 and 18, which accordingly derive their lubrication directly therefrom.
- the hubs 30 and 47 are preferably channelled, as at'71 and 72, to give access of the lubricant to the bearing studs 17 and 73, and the latter are provided with spiral channels 74, terminating in peripheralgrooves 75 to which the lubricant elevated by the'rotation of hubs 30 and 48, passing from the grooves 75 to channels 76 by which it is conveyed by centrifugal force to the carrier seats 32 and thence flows by gravity down over the dogs 35-, 36,44 and the cam tracks 50, 52, 53, 55 and their associatedparts, includin the slide 57, gears 61 and 62, etc., so that a the co-act-ing parts are constantly'flushed with lubricant,- automatically.
- A-cover-plate 77 prevents escape of the lubricant, and also avoids intrusion of dirt, and to a large extent of fibre given off by some of the materials being braided.
- detector wires 80 having eyes or hooks 81" through which are led the threads 82 as they pass from the bobbins B to the braiding point 83. These detector wires are mounted in slideways 84 upon. the heads 85 of the car- :riersb etc., and each has an arm 86 extending inward to a plunger 87 'mounted freely in a central bore 88 of the carrier, being supported, when the thread is intact, in the po sition shown in Fig. 4. I
- a spring 94 holds the latch92 in position to maintain the shipping levernormally in the position to which it is moved by the op erator in starting the machine, as shown in ablemunber and construction, and while a product ,of great variety and unusually perfect quality can be secured by the use of the braiding units shown in the drawings, it is tobe understood that the specific form shown by way of example is not necessary tothe carrying out ofthe invention comprising the features already set forth, nor is 1t deemed essential to describe the braiding units in detail, inasmuch as the same form the subject of a separate application, Serial No. 117,904
- the overhead structure of the machine shown in Figs. 1 and 3, constitutes one desirable form ofconstruction to co-opcrate with the means herein described and cla med fr actuation of the braiding units,
- Upright posts 100 with horizontal meni bors 101,serve to support a closing device 102 to which the braiding components 82, whether threads, wires, or other suitable components,
- the cams 41 will be exposed and may be removed from the plate 112, may be replaced by other cams to vary the character of the braiding operation, without disturbing the underlying gears16.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which the rotary drivers have peripheral recesses adjacent to their upper faces to receive the carriers.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which the rotary drivers have peripheral recesses adjacent to their upper faces to receive the'carriers, and the carriers are formed with terminal flanges to enter said recesses.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which the rotary drivers have peripheral recesses adjacent to their upper faces to receive the carriers, and the carriers are formed with terminal flanges to enter said recesses, said holding members being adapted to force said flanges toward'the axes of said drivers into firm engagement with the inner walls of said recesses.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which the rotary drivers have their upper faces recessed to receive the carriers.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which the rotary drivers have their upper faces recessed to receive the carriers, and removable face-plates to close said recesses.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which the rotary drivers have their upper faces recessed to receive the carriers, and removable face-plates to close said recesses, and said holding members are adapted to hold said carriers against the under faces of said plates.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which the rotary drivers have their upper faces recessed to receive thecarriers, and removable face-plates to close said recesses, and said holding members are adapted to hold said carriers against the under faces of said plates, and to force the carriers inward against the walls of said recesses.
- a series of rotary drivers having respectively face disks recessed peripheral y to receive braiding devices or carriers provided with flanges, said drivers having holding members adapted to engage said flanges and hold the same against the inner walls of said recesses;
- a series of rotary drivers having respective] recessed peripherally to reeeiveli vices or carriers provided with flanges, said drivers having holding members adapted to engage said flanges and hold the same against the inner walls of saidrecesses and in combination therewith a series of carriers having terminal flanges.
- a series of rotary drivers having respectivelfi face. disks recessed peripherally to receive aiding devices or carriers provided with flanges, said drivers having holding members adapted to engage said flanges and hold the same against the under surfaces of said face disks, and in combination therewith a series of carriers having terminal flanges provided with an nular shoulders upon their terminal faces.
- a series of rotary drivers having respectively face disks recessed peripherally to receive braiding de vices or carriers provided with flanges, said drivers having holding members adapted to engage said flanges and hold the same against the under surfaces of said face disks, and in combination therewith a series of carriers having terminal flanges provided with annular shoulders upon theirterminal faces extending beneath said face disks and adapted to 'be engaged by said holding members.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1, in which the means to move the holding members comprises a cam fixed adjacent to the driver whose holding members are actuated thereby.
- the means to move the holding mem- -bers comprises a cam fixed adjacent to the driver whose holding members are actuated thereby, said cam being of annular form.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1, in which the means to move the holding members comprises a cam fixed adjacent to the driver whose holding members are actuated thereby, said cam beingof annular form and having face-tracks arranged co-axially with respect to said rotary driver.
- the holding members are constituted by dogs mounted pivotally on the rotary drivers.
- the actuating means comprise a cam having an annular face track arranged co-axially with respectto the rotary driver and adapted to force said dogs upwardly against the carrier.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which a base is provided with upright bearings for the rotary drivers, and an auxiliary 7 base plateis provided with annular cams arranged co-aiiially with respect to said drivers.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1- in which, base is pro'videdwith upright bearings for therotary drivers, and an auxiliary base plate is provided with annular cams ar- 10 ranged Eco-axially with respect to said drivers beneath the drivers.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which a base is provided with upright bearings forthe rotary drivers, and an auxiliary base plate isprov ded with annular cams arranged co-axially with respect to said drivers beneath the drivers, said drivers having hubs extendingdownwardly through said cams and provided with intermeshing gears beneath said cam plate.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1' in which a base is provided with upright bearings for the rotary drivers, and an auxiliary base plate is provided with annular cams arranged co-axially with respect to said drivers beneath the drivers, said drivers having hubs extending downwardly through said cams and provided with intermeshing gears bev neath said cam plate, the hubs having radial.
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which a base 18 provided with upright bearings for the rotary drivers, and an auxiliary base plate is providedwith annular cams arranged co-axiall'y with respect to said drivers beneath the drivers, said drivers having hubs extending downwardly through said cams beneath the drivers, said drivers having hubs extending downwardly through said cams and provided with intermeshing gears beneath said eamplate, the'hubs having radial slots with dogs mounted pivotally in said slots above said cams, and adapted to be operated thereby to hold said carriersytheupper faces of said drivers having peripheral recesses communicating with said slots and adapted toreceiv'e said carriers, and cover plates upon the drivers in position to close said recesses, serving as abutments against the under sur- Lessjrai ings or the rotary drivers, and an auxiliary base plate is provided withannular cams ar ranged co-axially w th respect to said dr1ve'rsbeneath the drivers said drivers havin 7 C hubs extending
- a braiding machine as in claim 1 in which a base is provided with upright bearings for the rotary drivers, and an auxiliary base plate is provided with annular cams arranged co-arially with respect to said drivers beneath the drivers, said drivers having hubs extending downwardlythrough said cams and provided with inter-meshing gears beneath said cam plate, the hubs having radial slots with dogs mounted pivotally in said slots above said cams, and adapted to'be operated thereby to hold said carriers, the upper faces of said drivershaving peripheral recesses communicating with said slots and adapted to receive said carriers, and cover plates upon the drivers in posit-ion to close said recesses, serving as abutinents against the under surfaces ot-which the carriers are held by s'aiddogs, and means to secure said cover plates to said drivers rem'ovably,
- a braiding machine as in claim 11 in which a base is provided with upright hearing posts for the rotary drivers, and an auxiliary base plate is provided with annular cams arranged co-axially with respect to said drivers. 7 i
- a rotary driver for braiding machines comprising a hub havinglongitudinal slots and peripheral face recesses communicating with said slots, said face recesses being adapted to receivefianged carriers, andholding members mounted in said slots and adapted to engage said flanged carriers retentively.
- a rotary driver for braiding machines comprising a hub having longitudinal slots and peripheral face recesses communicating with said slots, said face recesses being adapted to receive flanged carriers, and holding members mounted in said slots and adapted to engage said flanged carriers retentively, and a cover plate for said face recesses, said. cover plate serving as an abutment against the under surface of which said carriers may be held by said holding members.
- a rotary driver for braiding machines comprising a hub having longitudinal slots and peripheral face recesses communicating with said slots, said face recesses being adapted to receive flanged carriers, and holding members mounted in said slots and adapted to engage said flanged carriers retentively, said holding members com.- prising dogs mounted u on pivots carried by said hub transversely 0 said slots.
- a rotary driver for braiding machines comprising a hub having longitudinal slots and peripheral face recesses communicating with said slots, said face recesses being adapted to receive flanged carriers, and holdin members mounted in said slots and adapte to engage said flanged carriers retentively, said holding members comprising dogs mounted upon pivots carried by said hub transversely of said slots, and having radial shafts provided with anti-friction rollers.
- a holding member for a rotary driver in a braiding machine of the class described comprising a dog having a shoulder adapted to be engaged retentively with a flanged braiding device or carrier, and a shaft provided with an antifriction roller, said dog having a yoke adapt ed to serve as a lateral bearing for said roller in either of a plurality of positions on said shaft.
- a braiding machine having a plurality of rotary drivers co-operating to transport and transfer braiding devices or carriers
- the combination with a rotary driver having holding members for said carriers of a cam to actuate said holding members, said cam comprising a member having an interrupted annular cam track and a cam part movable into and out of alignment with said cam track at the interrupted region thereof, and means connected with said rotary driver to cause reciprocation of said cam part at intervals to release said holding members successively.
- a cam having an interrupted annular track adapted to be engaged by said holding members successively and to cause retentive engagement thereof with said carriers in succession, said cam comprising a slide bearing a cam section with a plurality of differently positioned cam track portions adapted to be brought alternatively into alignment with said main annular cam track at the interrupted portion thereof.
- a cam having an interrupted annular track adapted to be engaged by said holding members successively and to cause retentive engagement thereof with said carriers in succession, said cam comprising a slide bearing a cam section with a plurality of differently positioned cam track portions adapted to be brought alternatively into alignment with said main annular cam track at the interrupted portion thereof, said slide being geared to said driver, whereby the reciprocation of said slide is co-ordinated with the rotation of said driver relatively to said cam track.
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BE344892D BE344892A (fr) | 1926-09-24 | ||
US137395A US1693121A (en) | 1926-09-24 | 1926-09-24 | Braiding machine |
GB21982/28A GB294669A (en) | 1926-09-24 | 1927-08-27 | Improvements in or relating to braiding machines |
GB22590/27A GB277947A (en) | 1926-09-24 | 1927-08-27 | Improvements in or relating to braiding machines |
FR662619D FR662619A (fr) | 1926-09-24 | 1927-09-09 | Machine à tresser |
US255727A US1791286A (en) | 1926-09-24 | 1928-02-20 | Lubricating means for braiding machines |
US255728A US1827715A (en) | 1926-09-24 | 1928-02-20 | Stop mechanism for braiding machines |
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US3714861A (en) * | 1970-02-14 | 1973-02-06 | Herzog Maschf A | Apparatus for reversing the bobbins in a braiding machine |
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US3714861A (en) * | 1970-02-14 | 1973-02-06 | Herzog Maschf A | Apparatus for reversing the bobbins in a braiding machine |
CN110004587A (zh) * | 2019-05-18 | 2019-07-12 | 徐州恒辉编织机械有限公司 | 一种污水处理碳纤维生态水草专用编织机 |
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