US3735661A - Apparatus for cutting of fiber strands - Google Patents

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US3735661A
US3735661A US3735661DA US3735661A US 3735661 A US3735661 A US 3735661A US 3735661D A US3735661D A US 3735661DA US 3735661 A US3735661 A US 3735661A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01G—PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING
    • D01G1/00—Severing continuous filaments or long fibres, e.g. stapling
    • D01G1/02—Severing continuous filaments or long fibres, e.g. stapling to form staple fibres not delivered in strand form
    • D01G1/04—Severing continuous filaments or long fibres, e.g. stapling to form staple fibres not delivered in strand form by cutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/12—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis
    • B26D1/25—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member
    • B26D1/26—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut
    • B26D1/28—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut and rotating continuously in one direction during cutting
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S83/00—Cutting
    • Y10S83/913—Filament to staple fiber cutting
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/485—Cutter with timed stroke relative to moving work
    • Y10T83/494—Uniform periodic tool actuation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/869—Means to drive or to guide tool
    • Y10T83/8789—With simple revolving motion only
    • Y10T83/8794—Revolving tool moves through recess in work holder or cooperating tool
    • Y10T83/8795—Progressively cutting
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/929—Tool or tool with support
    • Y10T83/9372—Rotatable type
    • Y10T83/9396—Shear type
    • Y10T83/9401—Cutting edge wholly normal to axis of rotation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/929—Tool or tool with support
    • Y10T83/9457—Joint or connection
    • Y10T83/9464—For rotary tool

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  • ABSTRACT An apparatus for chopping strands of fibers in which 31 5 2 there is provided a rotatable clamping head defined by y two disc-shaped members, means for forcing the mem- [52] U S 83/675 83/355 83/595 bers against each other and chopping knives clamped n 83/698 83/913 between the disc members and protruding therefrom, 51 int. c1.
  • This invention relates to apparatus for chopping strands of fibers, such as cellulose fibers or man-made fibers, which apparatus comprises a rotating cutter head in which the chopping knives are detachably mounted.
  • the known forged chopping knives for making staple fibers consist of a knife blade having, in cross-section, a shape which approximates a very acute-angled triangle, and a shank, which, in most cases, has the crosssectional shape of a narrow rectangle.
  • the two parts include an obtuse angle so that the shank is clamped in the head to extend in a radial direction whereas the blade lags by the obtuse angle during the rotation of the cutter head.
  • Such knives are made by forging, heat treating and grinding operations, which involve considerable labor and other costs. After a certain time of use, the knives are removed, re-ground and re-installed for further use.
  • a process of making such knives is characterized according to the invention, in that steel is rolled to form a rod which has, in cross-section, the shape of an acuteangled triangle, and sections having the overall length of a knife are severed from the rod. These sections are hardened, e.g., in a salt bath, and the narrow edge is sharpened by grinding in the length which is required for the knife edge protruding from the clamping head.
  • the knives are so clamped in the clamping head that the knife edge includes an obtuse angle with the radius so as to lag the rotating head.
  • the openings which are formed in the clamping head and serve for the fixation of the knives may conform to the triangular crosssection.
  • a shim consisting of plastic material or another resilient material and having in cross-section the shape of an acute-angled triangle may be adhered to the shank.
  • each knife blade is provided with one or two knife edges extending throughout the length of the blade or only along the portion which protrudes from the clamping means. Blades having two cutting edges can be turned around and used twice.
  • discardable blades in which the ratio of the clamped length to the overall length is smaller than 0.3. It is also desirable if the ratio of the thickness of the discardable blade to its overall length is 0.01-0.03.
  • These discardable blades are made, in accordance with the invention, from prerolled strip in which the knife edges are formed on one or both edges of the blade by cold rolling and are subsequently hardened, e.g., by induction heating. This process of manufacturing discardable blades results in additional significant advantages and savings in cost compared to the known knives which are forged and then ground and heat-treated, as well as to the knives having a constant shape, e.g., a triangular shape, in crosssection.
  • the use of these discardable blades eliminates the need for a removal and replacement of knives and for a re-grinding so that the special machines required for this purpose are not needed and skilled labor for this work need not be employed.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation showing a cutter head and a plurality of knives according to one embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the arrangement of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 a transverse sectional view taken on line 3- -3 of FIG. 1 through a knife and the cutter head
  • FIG. 4 is an elevation showing another embodiment of a knife according 'to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view showing the knife of FIG.
  • FIG. 6 is an elevation showing another apparatus according to the invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the apparatus of FIG. 6 and FIG. 8 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 8-8 of FIG. 6 through the cutter head.
  • each knife In its portion protruding from the cutter head, or throughout its length, each knife is formed with a cutting edge 11.
  • the knives 10 are made from steel and are hardened throughout their cross-section or only adjacent to the cutting edges 11.
  • the cutter head has side faces 7, 8 which define the sides of the openings in which the knives are clamped. These side faces 7, 8 contact the clamped knives l and include an angle which is equal to the wedge angle 7 of the knives 10.
  • the side faces 7, 8 and the end faces 9 contacted by the edges of the knives 10 and these edges themselves are inclined from the parting plane between the two disc bodies 1, 2 of the clamping head and from the radii extending through the axis of rotation X-Y. Desirable conditions will be obtained if the angles 0: included by the cutting edges 11 and the radii are in the range from 0-30.
  • the two disc bodies 1 and 2 of the cutter head are held together by screws 3.
  • Adjacent to each opening formed in one disc body 2 and serving to receive a knife shank, the other body 1 may accommodate a plate 6, which is rectangular in cross-section and consists of plastic material, such as polyvinylchloride.
  • the plate 6 is disposed in a groove and protrudes from the disc body 1.
  • Each of these plates 6 may be secured to the disc body 1, e.g., by means of two flathead screws 4 and ensure a uniform contact pressure at the clamped surfaces of the knives 10.
  • Each knife 10 is provided with a fixing hole 13, which in the knives shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, is spaced from back 12 of the knife by a distance b, which is much smaller than the distance a from the hole 13 to that edge of the knife which is provided with the cutting edge 11.
  • the fixing hole 13 is fitted over a pin screw provided in the disc 2.
  • the knife which is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 comprises a part 100, which consists of steel and is triangular in cross-section and provided with the cutting edge 11a, and a plate 14, which is also triangular in cross-section and consists of plastic material, such as polyvinylchloride.
  • the plate 14 is secured, preferably adhered, to that end portion of the part a where the latter is to be clamped so that the knife is rectangular in crosssection in that end portion and can be clamped in existing cutter heads which have rectangular openings of constant width.
  • FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 show an apparatus which embodies the invention and in which knives 30 consist of short and thin discardable blades, which have two cutting edges so that they can be used twice.
  • the holders protrude from the edge of the disc-like halves or bodies 21, 22 of the bipartite clamping head by a distance 0, which is equal to the length in which the knives are to be clamped, and in the direction in which the clamped knives extend. This direction is determined by the angle B.
  • the portion in which the knife blades are clamped in the holders of the bipartite, rotatable cutter head has a relatively short length 0.
  • the knives 30 protrude from the cutter head. All holders are equally spaced from the axis of rotation X-Y and are spaced apart by like angles 1.
  • Each knife blade 30 is provided with two parallel cutting edges 31, 32, which extend throughout the length e of the blade and in crosssection have the shape of a rectangle and two triangles adjoining the ends of the rectangle.
  • the bodies of the knife blades 30 consisting of hardenable steel are heattreated. Their knife edges 31, 32 are formed, e.g., by cold rolling and grinding and are hardened by high frequency induction heating.
  • the knife blades 30 could be hardened throughout and, in this case, would have a Rockwell hardness above 50.
  • the cutter head is formed with side faces 27 and 28, which contact the clamped knife blades. These faces 27 and 28 and the knife blades themselves extend at an angle to the parting plane of the cutter head.
  • This angle is determined in view of the ratio of the feeding speed of the strand to be chopped to the peripheral velocity of the blades.
  • Those edges of the knife blades 30 which are formed with the knife edge portions 31, 32 contact end faces of the openings and these end faces as well as the knife blade edges formed with the cutting edges are inclined from the radii which extend through the axis of rotation X-Y. This inclination (5,8) may desirably be within the range from 030.
  • Helical compression springs 26 are provided between the bodies 21 and 22 of the cutter head, which bodies are held together by screws 23.
  • a known permanent magnet system 34 is fixed in the body 22 adjacent to each holder and a protruding retaining pin 25 is fixed to the body 22 on that side of each magnet system 34 which faces the axis of rotation X-Y.
  • Each knife blade 30 has, formed in an end portion, a hole 33, which is fitted on one of the retaining pins 25. Spacing flathead screws 24 are screwed into the body 21. Each of the screws 24 is held against rotation by a spring lock washer and a hexagon nut and extends through a bore in the body 22.
  • the knife blades used in the apparatus according to the invention are not re-ground, as a rule. Nevertheless the work using such apparatus is much less expensive than the use of the known apparatus provided with chopping knives which must be reground.
  • the invention comprises also apparatus in which the straight knives are clamped by other suitable means or in which the knives have different cross-sectional shapes, which are constant throughout the length of the knives.
  • cross-sectional shapes may be used which consist of two acute-angled triangles forming, e.g., a diamond, or which have different cutting angles for cutting different materials and are similar to a rhomboid.
  • a rotatable clamping head constituted by two disc-shaped members, means forcing said members against each other and chopping knives clamped between the disc members and protruding therefrom, each knife including a straight level body of substantially triangular crosssection having a first portion adapted to be clamped between the disc-shaped members and a second protruding portion, said second protruding portion having a knife edge, said second portion of the body being provided with a hole for receiving a screw for fixing the body in the clamping head, and the distance between the side of the second portion of the body having the knife edge being greater than the distance between the hole and the other edge of the protruding portion of the body.

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US4655111A (en) * 1985-08-12 1987-04-07 Cemen Tech, Inc. Fiber cutting device
US5052911A (en) * 1989-04-27 1991-10-01 Mikeska Olvin J Underwater pelletizer blade
US20040251340A1 (en) * 2001-05-21 2004-12-16 Tavares Bruce Anthony Rope-on-spool uncoiler and granulator
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US20130213204A1 (en) * 2010-09-16 2013-08-22 Schmidt & Heinzmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Fiber cutting device
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