US3727277A - Needle punching machine for endless web and method of removing web - Google Patents

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US3727277A
US3727277A US3727277DA US3727277A US 3727277 A US3727277 A US 3727277A US 3727277D A US3727277D A US 3727277DA US 3727277 A US3727277 A US 3727277A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
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    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
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  • ABSTRACT A needle punching machine for manufacturing endless webs wherein a bed beam is releasably mounted on the framework and one end of the framework has an opening large enough for the beam to pass through; and a method of removing the web from the machine which includes the steps of separating the web from the bed beam, supporting the bed beam on bearing means preferably of the air film" type, releasing the bed beam from the frame and shifting the bed endwise of the frame for easy removal of the web.
  • FIGIO 'sz/ s 51% g NEEDLE PUNCHING MACHINE FOR ENDLESS WEB AND METHOD OF REMOVING WEB BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to needle punching machines for use in needling endless webs such as felts for the paper-making industry.
  • the paper-making industry is demanding felts of greater widths which are becoming increasingly more difficult to handle. Numerous problems arise in making machines to cope with the wider felts, such as the difficulty of inserting and withdrawing the endless felts into and from the machine.
  • Needle punching machines generally comprise a needle beam which is reciprocable in a frame, needle boards which are secured to the beam and set with a plurality of depending needles, a perforated stripper, and a bed beam which is mounted in the frame and forms a perforated support for the web. The web extends between the perforated stripper and bed beam and then under the bed beam.
  • a difficulty which arises in connection with such needle punching machines is that the finished web cannot be readily removed from the machine because the web extends as an endless element around the bed beam and the side members of the machine frame obstruct the removal of the web in the longitudinal direction of the bed beam, transversely to the web feeding direction.
  • One solution might be to remove one side of the machine frame, but this solution can only be effective in machines of smaller widths because the removal of the side portion of the frame will deprive the needle beam and bed beam of support at one end.
  • a second solution is to construct the machine frame so that it is open at one end and support the bed beam so that it can be supported at one end of the machine alternatively at one of two points to enable an endless felt to be inserted and removed in two stages, as shown, for example, in U. S. Pat. No. 3,129,486 to OByme.
  • This solution requires that the web be crumpled between supports and may result in damage to the web, particularly in the finished stage. With stiffer and more boardy felts, this solution may be impossible.
  • Still another solution is to pivotally support one end of the bed beam to one side of the machine frame and provide releasable locking means for the other end of the bed beam on the other side of the frame, as shown in U. S. Pat. No. 3,488,820 to Fehrer.
  • the locking device When it is desired to remove the web from the machine, the locking device is released and the table is swung out of the frame about the pivot,
  • This solution has the advantage of facilitating the handling of boardy felts but still requires that the felts be pulled laterally off the end of the beam which can cause felt damage due to the great lengths and weight of present day felts.
  • a second object of the invention is a method of removing an endless web from a needling machine in an easy and efficient manner with no damage to the web.
  • a needle felting machine with at least one end of the frame having an opening large enough for a bed beam to pass through and mounting the bed beam on the frame so that it can be detached therefrom and removed from the frame through the opening in the frame.
  • Means are provided for supporting the web while the bed beam is being removed from the frame.
  • the method of removing the web includes the steps 0 of separating the web from the bed beam, supporting the bed beam by bearing means, preferably of the air film type, and releasing the bed beam from the frame.
  • the beam can be shifted endwise of the frame and clear of the web whereupon the web can be folded widthwise and removed from the frame.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the needle punching machine of the present invention, portions being in sectron;
  • FIG. 2 is an end view of the machine shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 3-7 are diagrammatic views illustrating the steps in removing an endless web.
  • FIG. 8 is a detailed section of a bed beam lowering unit
  • FIG. 9 is a fragmentary section of a portion of the bed beam showing the detailsof an air bearing in nonactivated position
  • FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 9 showing the air bearing in activated position; and i FIG. 11 is a diagrammatic view of a mechanism for lifting a web from the bed beam.
  • the needle punching machine of the present invention is generally indicated by the reference numeral 10 and comprises a frame including a top member 12 and two end members l4 and 16. At least one of the end members, 16, defines an endwise opening 18, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • a needle beam is supported beneath member 12 by a pair of rods 22 which are vertically reciprocated. by drive means 23 in a manner well know in'the art.
  • Needles 24 are secured to the bottom of the needle beam by a needle board 25. Only a few needles are shown for clarity.
  • a bed beam 26 supports a flat bed plate 28 having holes 30 for receiving the needles 24.
  • a stripper plate 32 is fixed in a position between the needle beam and the bed beam 20 and is provided with apertures which are in register with respective needles
  • the means for detachably supporting the bed beam 26 includes, at each end of the frame, a pair of links 34. pivotally attached to a bracket 36 supported by a cross girt 38 at the end of the frame.
  • a trunnion 40 extends between the lower ends of links 34 for supporting a hook 42 which has a threaded shank portion 44.
  • Lowering units 46 are attached to the ends of beam 26 and receive the respective shank portions 44. These units may be of any type of conventional screw jack. Since the units 46 at both ends of beam 26 are identical, only the lefthand unit will be described, see particularly FIG. 8. As shown in FIG.
  • unit 46 comprises a housing 41, a worm gear 43 through which shank 44 is threaded, the latter being movable vertically but held against rotation in the housing 41.
  • Gear 43 is rotatable in the housing by a worm 45 but is held against vertical movement in the housing.
  • Worm 45 is rotated by a shaft 47 driven by a motor M.
  • the worms 45 of each unit 46 will be driven synchronously in either direction by shafts 47 from motor M. Rotation of worm 45 will cause the beam 26 to be moved up or down on shank 44.
  • the endless web is supported on bed plate 28 and a table 50 pivotally supported to the front of bed beam 26. From table 50 and the bed plate 28, the web extends downwardly and under the bed beam and then into a well 52 which is used to accommodate webs of great length. Other means such as a conveyor are sometimes used to accommodate the extra length of the web. The web then extends from the well 52 back to the table 50 and the bed plate 28.
  • Various rolls 54 one or more of which are driven, guide the web at various points around the bed beam. Two of these rolls, indicated at 54', are attached to the lower portion of beam 26, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the undersurface of bed beam 26 is equipped with air bearings 56 of the type which supports a load by creating a film of air between the load and a supporting surface.
  • These bearings may be of the type designed by Rolair Systems, Inc., Santa Barbara, California.
  • Bearings 56 may be doughnut shaped, as shown diagrammatically in FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • Each bearing 56 comprises a doughnut shaped bag 53 with vent holes 55 and located within doughnut" shaped recesses 57 in the lower surface of bed beam 26.
  • Compressed air is supplied to each recess 57 within its respective bag 53 from a compressed air line 58 via branch line 58'.
  • When air is supplied to the bags 53 they inflate and extend beyond the lower surface of beam 26, as shown in FIG. 10. Air flows from the bags 53 through holes 55, as indicated by the arrows, and creates a region of higher than ambient pressure that is capable of supporting beam 26 on a frictionless film of air between the bearings 56 and a supporting surface 66 located beneath the bed beam within the machine.
  • FIGS. 3-7 The steps of removing a web from the abovedescribed machine are diagrammatically illustrated in FIGS. 3-7. Referring particularly to FIG. 3, preliminary steps prior to removal of the bed beam are illustrated. First, the table 50 is swung down to a vertical position and then the length of web in the well is taken up and folded in big neat folds, indicated at 60. The lower run of the web, indicated at 60, rests on supporting surface 66.
  • the upper run of the web is lifted from the bed beam and the upper rolls of rolls 54 by a web lifting mechanism generally indicated at 59 and illustrated in FIG. 1 l.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates one mechanism for performing this function. Only one lifting means 59 is shown; it being understood that there will be two, one at the front of the machine and one at the back.
  • lifting means 59 comprises leftand right-hand slides 61 and 61' slidable in vertical tracks 63 and 63, respectively, at opposite ends of the machine frame.
  • Ropes or cables 65 and 65 are attached to the upper ends of slides 61 and 61, respectively, and are trained around pulleys 67 and 67, respectively. These pulleys are rotatably mounted on the upper frame member 12.
  • Sprockets 69 and 69 are rotatably mounted with pulleys 67 and 67, respectively, and are driven in synchronism by a sprocket chain 71 which is in turn driven by a drive sprocket 73 from motor 75.
  • Each slide is provided with a projection 77 which has an aperture 79 for receiving a hook 81 of a cable or chain 64.
  • the cable 82 has a hook at each end and extends below the upper run 62 of the web during normal operation of the needling machine.
  • slides 61 and 61 are in an intermediate position. Operation of motor in one direction causes slides 61,61 to slide upwardly and cable 64 will lift portion 62 a short distance from the bed plate 28, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • an air impervious sheet 83 is placed over the lower run of the web and air bearings 56 are activated so that their respective bag portions 53 are in the inflated position shown in FIG. 10.
  • Units 46 are then operated to lower the bed beam 26 onto this sheet, as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the activated air bearings 56 support the bed beam 26 so that there is no damage to the web by the bed beam.
  • a needle punching machine for manufacturing endless webs comprising:
  • a needle beam having a plurality of depending needles secured thereto;
  • a bed beam adapted to support said web and having perforations for receiving said needles
  • a frame for supporting said needle beam and having at least one endwise opening large enough for said bed beam to pass through;
  • bearing means for supporting said lower bed beam whereby said lower bed beam can be withdrawn through said endwise opening of said frame and clear of said endless web and said web can be removed from said frame.
  • said bed beam includes a hinged table moveable from a horizontal web supporting position to a vertical position for enabling said bed beam to clear said web and frame upon being withdrawn therefrom.
  • a method of removing an endless web from a needle punching machine having a frame, a bed beam, the upper run of said web being supported by said bed beam and the lower run of said web passing under said bed beam during normal operation of said machine which method comprises:
  • a method of removing an endless web from a needle punching machine having a bed beam on which said web is normally supported, a frame including side members, one of which has an opening large enough for the beam to pass through and web supporting means which method comprises:
  • a needle punching machine for manufacturing endless webs comprising:
  • a needle beam having a plurality of depending needles secured thereto;
  • a bed beam adapted to support said web and having perforations for receiving said needles
  • feeding means for feeding a web between said needle beam and said bed beam
  • a frame for supporting said needle beam and said bed beam having side members with at least one of said side members having an opening large enough for said bed beam to pass therethro g e. means for releasably mounting sai said frame;
  • bearing means for supporting said bed beam in its lowered position whereby said bed beam can be withdrawn through said opening in said side member and from said endless web, thereby permitting said web to be removed from said frame.
  • said bed beam includes a hinged table moveable from a horizontal web supporting position to a vertical position for enabling said bed beam to clear said web and frame upon being withdrawn therefrom.

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