US3541600A - Cloth roll feeding apparatus - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a cloth roll feeding apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for accumulating the excess slack in a cloth roll while it is supported and fed by the apparatus.
- This cloth feeding apparatus has been specifically employed for supporting and feeding cloth from a cloth roll in a cloth spreading machine, and is an improvement over the cloth supporting and feeding apparatus disclosed in US. Pat. No. 3,400,927 of Thomas W. Martin, Sr. et al., issued Sept. 10, 1968 for Cloth Spreading Machine.
- rollers are known in the textile machinery art, the construction and function of such rollers are to provide better traction between the roller and the web or strand for drawing or feeding the web or strand.
- the cloth roll feeding apparatus made in accordance with this invention includes a pair of feed rollers spaced apart sufiicienly to support the full weight of the cloth roll. At least one feed roller, and preferably both rollers, is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced rib members mounted for independent radial movement to form depressions between'the rib members for accumulating the excess slack from the cloth roll.
- the radially moveable rib members not only provide a more eflicient mechanism for engaging and accumulating the excess cloth in the depression, but also are adapted to retract in proportion to the force exerted upon the rib members by the cloth roll, to minimize excessive creasing.
- One object of this invention si to provide a cloth feed roll having independently, radially moveable rib members so that the projecting rib members will assume a radial position while engaging the cloth roll just sufficient to accumulate cloth without unnecessarily indenting the cloth roll.
- FIG. 1 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of the cloth roll feeding apparatus made in accordance with this invention as incorporated in a cloth spreading machine, and disclosing the cloth roll in phantom;
- FIG. 2 is a top plan view of one of the feed rollers disclosed in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary end elevation of one of the feed rollers disclosed in FIGS. 1 and 2;
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken along the line 44 of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 1 discloses a cloth roll support frame 11, such as that mounted on a cloth spreading machine, including a pair of parallel side plates, only one of which is disclosed, secured together and spaced apart by a front spacer rod 14.
- Ro insects-bly mounted in appropriate bearings in the side plates of the frame 11 are the front feed roller shaft 47 and the rear feed roller shaft 49.
- Each feed roller shaft 47 and 49 supports one or more coaxilly aligned cloth feed rollers 48 and 50, respectively.
- the shafts 47 and 49 and their corresponding feed rollers 48 and 50 are spaced apart parallel to each other and horizontal in the frame 11.
- the combined lengths of the tandem feed rollers 48 and 50, if more than one aligned feed rollers are used, are suflicient to substantially span the length of the support frame 11 in order to adequately support a cloth roll 24.
- Feed rollers 48 and 50 are also mounted to support the entire weight of the cloth roll 24, which is mounted above and upon the feed rolls 48 and 50, so that the center of gravity of the cloth roll 24 is between both feed rollers 48 and 50.
- a pair of upstanding guide standards, such as 25, may be fixed to the side plates of frame 11 to extend upwardly at opposite ends of the cloth feed roll 24.
- Each standard, such as 25, is provided with a vertical track or guideway 27 adapted to receive a slide block 28. Projecting inwardly from each slide block in a spindle 29 supporting a conical end bearing 30 to be received in each opposite end of the core of the cloth roll 24.
- the conical end bearings 30 are free to move vertically with the core of the cloth roll 24 as the diameter of the roll 24 is reduced by unwinding, and yet the cloth roll 24 is maintained centered upon the feed rollers 48 and 50 to assure the lateral stability of the feed roll 24 on the frame 11.
- Both feed rollers 48 and 50 are of identical size and shape and are adapted to be driven in the same direction, such as the direction of the arrows disclosed in FIG. 1.
- One such means for driving the feed rollers 48 and 50 in the same direction and at the same speed may be through the feed roller drive shaft 33, which may be driven by any convenient motive means, such as an electrical motor, not shown.
- a drive sprocket not shown, is fixed to the left end of the drive shaft 33 and drives, through chain 35, driven sprockets fixed on the left ends of roller shafts 47 and 49.
- the drive shaft 33 is driven in the direction to rotate the feed rollers 48 and 50 in the direction of the arrows disclosed in FIG. 1.
- the front feed roller 48 as best disclosed in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, is provided with a pair of end hubs 52 keyed to the front roller shaft 47.
- the hubs 52 are also secured by elongated spacer bars 53.
- each hub 52 and axially aligned with each other are radially disposed guide slots 55, each of which slidably receives a guide block 56.
- Fixed between axially aligned pairs of slidable guide blocks 56 are elongated rib members or slots 57.
- Each rib member 57 is biased radially outwardly by a coil spring 58 disposed around a spring post 59 fixed in collar 60 about the shaft 47 and projecting into spring well 61 formed in each slat 57.
- Each slide 56 is provided with a radially elongated slot 63 for receiving a stop pin or screw 64 projecting through the hub 52 into the guide slot 55.
- a stop pin or screw 64 projecting through the hub 52 into the guide slot 55.
- Such slack develops because the imaginary circumference of an ideal cloth feed roll which would not sag, and which is tangent to the cylindrical surfaces of the cloth feed roller is actually less than the actual circumference of the heavy cloth roll when indented by the feed rollers.
- the actual circumference of each layer of cloth on the roll is slightly greater than the rotational circumference at which the roll is driven, and for each revolution of the roll, there is an increased increment of sag or slack in the cloth.
- This sagging or slack in the cloth usually accumulates either between the feed rollers or behind the rear feed roller as the cloth roll is rotated. Occasionally when a suflicient amount of slack cloth is accumulated, it is carried between one of the feed rollers and the cloth roll, periodically causing bunched or creased material in the web of cloth fed from the feed rollers.
- the feed rollers 48 and 50 will function to accumulate and feed out this excess slack.
- the elongated rib members 57 and 57' are uniformly spaced circumferentially at 45 angles.
- the cavities or depressions for receiving the accumulated cloth are formed merely by the empty spaces between the rib members 57 or 57', and are radially as deep as the roller shafts 47 and 49, respectively. Consequently, more than adequate space is provided between the rib members 57 and 57 to accumulate the excess slack of cloth.
- rollers 48 and 50 permits radial compression of the rib members 57 and 57' as they are engaged by the outer layer of cloth on the roll 24. Furthermore, the extent of compression of the rib members 57 is dependent upon the weight of the roll 24 and the strength of the springs 59. Thus, some excess slack can be eliminated by permitting the partial retraction of the rib members 57 and 57' so that they will not project so far into the cloth roll 24 relative to the space between them. Moreover, the retractibility of the rib members 57 permits them to project upwardly and engage a large portion of slack material as they approach engagement with the cloth layer on the roll 24. Thus, even during their retraction, the rib members 57 and 57' still engage and pull the slack material with the movement of the respective rollers 48 and 50.
- a cloth roll feeding and supporting apparatus which has overcome the severe problem of accumulation and the consequent creasing and bunching of cloth when it is fed from a heavy cloth roll which is supported solely upon a pair of feed rollers.
- the construction of such a cloth feed roll supporting and feeding apparatus as that incorporated in this invention is particularly advantageous when incorporated in a cloth spreading machine where long sheets or webs of cloth are continuously fed from heavy rolls to spread a plurality of layers of cloth, in order to elim inate creasing or bunching of the cloth.
- a cloth roll feeding apparatus comprising:
- each feed roller having a roll engaging surface comprising a plurality of circumferentially alternating elongated rib members and elongated depressions parallel to the axis of said corresponding feed roll, whereby any slack in the cloth of said roll is accumulated in said depressions,
- (f) means biasing each of the radially moveable rib members outwardly.
- each rib member for radial movement comprises radially disposed slot means in said feed roller for receiving said rib member, said biasing means comprising a spring connected to said feed roller and operatively engaging said rib member.
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US5431358A (en) * | 1993-07-26 | 1995-07-11 | Alexander, Iii; William J. | Web roll support apparatus and method |
CN105155240A (en) * | 2015-10-23 | 2015-12-16 | 湖州织里韩衣童社服饰有限公司 | Driving device of cloth inspecting machine |
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US5431358A (en) * | 1993-07-26 | 1995-07-11 | Alexander, Iii; William J. | Web roll support apparatus and method |
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Owner name: THIRD NATIONAL BANK IN NASHVILLE, A NATIONAL BANKI Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CUTTERS EXCHANGE, INC., A CORP. OF TN.;REEL/FRAME:004747/0449 Effective date: 19870323 Owner name: COMMERCE UNION BANK Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CUTTERS EXCHANGE, INC., A CORP. OF TN.;REEL/FRAME:004747/0449 Effective date: 19870323 Owner name: CITIZENS FIDELITY BANK & TRUST CO. Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CUTTERS EXCHANGE, INC., A CORP. OF TN.;REEL/FRAME:004747/0449 Effective date: 19870323 Owner name: NASHVILLE CITY BANK AND TRUST CO. Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CUTTERS EXCHANGE, INC., A CORP. OF TN.;REEL/FRAME:004747/0449 Effective date: 19870323 Owner name: FIRST AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF NASHVILLE Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CUTTERS EXCHANGE, INC., A CORP. OF TN.;REEL/FRAME:004747/0449 Effective date: 19870323 |
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