US1737304A - Plaiting machine - Google Patents

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US1737304A
US1737304A US286038A US28603828A US1737304A US 1737304 A US1737304 A US 1737304A US 286038 A US286038 A US 286038A US 28603828 A US28603828 A US 28603828A US 1737304 A US1737304 A US 1737304A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06J—PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL
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  • the device for changing the stroke of the knives is operated at the end of the forward stroke of the said knives.
  • the covering portion of the last plait of a series will not correspond to the normal covering portion of this series of plaits, but to the covering portion of the sacceeding series of plaits, and this will produce a disagreeable effect at the parts at which the width of the plaits is changed.
  • the present invention relates to a method of producing plaits by the use of a plaiting machine provided with a suitable device for changing the stroke of the knives, whereby each plait will in all cases comprise the covering portion corresponding to this plait, irrespectively of any changes which may be made in the width of the plaits, the said method being characterized by the fact that the operation for changing the stroke of the knives is performed at the end .of the back stroke of the said knives, when the latter are separated from the drums of the machine.
  • he invention further relates to a plaiting machine in which the said method may be carried into effect, and which is characterized by the fact that a coupling device is added to the mechanism adapted for the intermittent rotation of the cylinders, and will uncouple the said mechanism when the device for changing the stroke is operated.
  • Fig. 1 shows a series of plaits of equal width.
  • Fig. 2 shows the transition between t Series of plaits of a given width and a new series of plaits of greater width, as obtained by the use of the known devices.
  • Fig. 5 is a like view of a modification.
  • the drums of the machine remain stationary during the forward stroke of the knives, and the part of the fabric comprised between the point of contact with the drums and the point of contact with the knives will be folded upon itself so as to form the plait a0-h during this forward stroke.
  • the two drums turn through a given distance in order to draw forward the cloth and to seize the plait which has just been formed, and this drawing of the cloth produces at the same time the covering portion ba of the plait a-0b which has just been formed.
  • the machine When the machine is then required to produce a new series of plaits having a different width, it is necessary, in order to change the width of the plaits, to increase or diminish the stroke of the knives.
  • the eX- treme point of the forward stroke of the knives is situatedat a stationary point near the drums, so that 1t is the extreme point of the rear stroke. that will be varied when it is desired to change the stroke of the knives struction, to operate the/device employed for changing the stroke of the knives at the end of the forward stroke of the knives towards the drums.
  • the method according to the present invention obviates all such defects, due to the fact that the operation for changing the stroke of the knives is performed at the end of the back stroke of the said knives, i. e. when the latter are separated from the drums of the machine, In this event, when the last plait a0-b of a set has been formed (Fig. 3), the knives will return to the rear, producing the normal covering portion ba and it is only at the end of this rear stroke of the knives that the device for changing the'stroke of the knives is operated in such manner that the machine will only be prepared to make the new plaits when the covering portion of the preceding set has been produced.
  • each covered part is equal to the corresponding plait, but it is obvious that the covered parts,
  • Fig. 4 represents a plaiting machine of the known type in which the apparatus embodying our said method is employed.
  • the knifecarrier 1, carrying the upper knife 2 and the lower knife 3, is rotatably mounted at its ends upon axles 4 disposed upon the blocks 5 which are slidable in the slots 6 formed in the main frame'7 of the machine.
  • the knife carrier 1 is given a reciprocating motion by which it is moved from or towards the upper and lower drums 8 and 9, by means of the two levers 10 which are disposed on the respective sides of the main frame and oscillate upon axles 11.
  • the said levers 10 are connected at one end with the sliding blocks 5 and at the other with a roller 12 guided in the slot 13 of a cam 14 rotatable on the main shaft 15'of the machine.
  • each rotation of the shaft 15 effectsby means of the cam 14 and the lever 10a complete cycle covered by the knife-carrier 1, comprising a forward stroke moving towards the said drums and a rear stroke-receding from these drums.
  • the knives when moving forward will fold the fabric soas to form a plait; during the back stroke of the knives, the drums rotate in such-manner as to draw with them the plait thus formed.
  • the drums are rotated by known means, and for example in the machine herein represented, by means ofv a link 16 which is connected at one end with one of the sliding blocks 5 and at the ation on a stationary point 18-; the lever 17 is adjustably connected by a link 19 with the axle 20 of a sector 21 which latter is pivoted to the axle of the lower drum 9 and carries a pawl 22 coacting with a ratchet wheel 23 keyed to the axle of the lower drum 9 of the machine.
  • the link 16 causes the lever 17v to turn in the counter-clockwise direction, whereby the link 19 drives the pawl 22 which slides upon the teeth of the ratchet wheel 23.
  • the lever 17 turns in the clockwise direction and draws with it the pawl 22 in such manner as to turn the ratchet wheel 23 as well as the drums 8 and 9 which are connected together.
  • the pivot axle 11 may move in the known manner along the lever 10; the said axle may be constructed by the use of a slidable block mounted on a lever 24, which latter is pivoted to an axle 25 mounted in the fixed position on the machine frame.
  • the amount of motion of the sliding blocks 5 and of the'knife-carrier 1 will depend uponthe position of the said axle 11 along the lever 10, and the width of the plaits will gradually diminish according as the said axle 11 moves towards the sliding blocks 5.
  • the lever 24 is operated, by moving it from or towards the sliding blocks 5, and this can be effected automatically or by hand.
  • the lever 24 is automatically operated by means of the pin 26 mounted on a extended part of the lever 24 and engaged in the slot ward stroke of the knives, but according to the present invention, the lever 24 is operated at the end of the back stroke of the knives. Since the distance between the axle 25 and the axle 11 is obviously invariable, when the lever 24 is moved, the lever 10 will be necessarily moved at the same time, since the curved form of this lever will not'be centered at the axis 25 at the end of the rear stroke of the knives.
  • the lever 24, when moved, will separate the lever 10 from the drums 8 and 9, thus displacing the links 16 and 19 in a direction such that the pawl 22 will turn the ratchet wheel 23 and with it the said drums.
  • the pawl 22 which is rotatable on the axle 3O carries-a projecting part 31; at each end of the back stroke of theknives, the said projecting part makes contact with the boss 32 of a cam which is mounted on the main shaft 15 of the machine.
  • the said cam may he formed in one with the cam 14, the slot 13 being formed in a disc provided with the boss 32, so that at the end of the back stroke, the pawl will be released from the ratchet wheel, and no improper rotation of the drums will take place when the plait is changed at the end of the said back stroke.
  • the device consisting of the cam and the rear end of the pawl is given solely by way of example and any other suitable releasing de vice may be placed in the mechanism controlling the intermittent rotation of the said drums.
  • Fig. 5 shows a modified form of the machine in which the lever 24 is controlled by hand by means of an operating lever 33 rotatable on an axle 34, thus imparting a movement of pivotation to the lever 24 on its axle 25, through the medium of the gear wheels 35 and 36 and the toothed sector 37 mounted on the end of an extension of the lever 24.
  • the operating lever 33 may be held in any one of its positions around the axle 34, by means of a rod 38 terminated by a controlling knob 39 and supported in an elastic manner by the lever 33, in such manner that it will be always impelled downwardly.
  • the said rod 38 may fit into notches 40 formed on a sector 41 concentric with the axle 34.
  • a roller path or cam 42 coacting with a roller 43 mounted on the end of a bent lever 44 which is pivoted on the shaft 15 of the machine and carries at the other end a roller 45 coacting with the end 31 of the pawl 22.
  • a knife carrier In a plaiting machine, a knife carrier, two rotatable drums, means for reciprocating sai'd knife carrier towards and away from said drums, means for changing the stroke of the knife carrier at the end of the back ward stroke of the knife carrier, means for rotating the drums during said backward stroke of the knife carrier and means adapted to make said drum rotating means inoperative 'during the operation of said stroke changing means.
  • a knife carrier In a plaiting machine, a knife carrier, two rotatable drums, means for reciprocating said knife carrier towards and away from said drums, means for changing the stroke of the knife carrier at the end of the backward stroke of the knife carrier, means for rotating the-drums during said backward stroke of the knife carrier, a coupling device inserted in said drum rotating means and adapted to assume an operativeposition in which the drums are adapted to be rotated and an inoperative position in which the drums remain stationary, means adapted to urge said coupling device into its operative position and means for bringing said coupling device into its inoperative position during the operation of said stroke changing means.
  • a knife carrier In a plaiting machine, a knife carrier, two rotatable drums, means for reciprocating said knife carrier towards and away from said drums, means for changing the stroke of the knife carrier at the end of the backward stroke of the knife carrier, means for rotating the drums during said backward stroke of the knife carrier, said drum rotating means comprising a ratchet wheel and a pivoting pawl adapted to assume an operative position in engagement with said ratchet wheel and an inoperative position out of engagement with said ratchet wheel, elastic means adapted to urge said pawl in its operative position, and means for bringing said pawl into its inoperative position during the operation of said stroke changing means.
  • a knife carrier In a plaiting machine, a knife carrier, two rotatable drums, means for reciprocating said knife carrier towards and away from said drums, means for changing the stroke of the knife carrier at the'end of the back ward stroke of-the knife carrier, means for rotating the drums during said backward stroke of the knife carrier, said drum rotating means comprising a ratchet wheel and a pivoting pawl adapted to assume an operative position in engagement with said ratchet wheel and an inoperative position out of engagement with said ratchet wheel, elastic means, adapted to urge said pawl in its operative position and a rotatable cam adapted to bring said pawl into its inoperative position during the operation of said stroke changing means.
  • a knife carrier In a plaiting machine, a knife carrier, two rotatable drums, means for reciprocating said knife carrier towards and away from said drums, means for changing the stroke of the knife carrier at the end of the backward stroke of the knife carrier, means for rotating the drums during said backward stroke of the knife carrier, said drum rotating means comprising a ratchet wheel and a pivoting pawl adapted to assume an operative position in engagement with said ratchet wheel and an inoperative position out of engagement with said ratchet wheel, elastic means adapted to urge said pawl in its operative position, a rotatable cam adapted to be operated during the operation of said stroke changing means and a movable member bearing on said cam and adapted to bring said pawl into its inoperative position when said cam is operated.

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