US3765289A - Vacuum hold-down apparatus - Google Patents

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US3765289A
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    • 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
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01—Means for holding or positioning work
    • B26D7/018—Holding the work by suction
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H43/00—Other methods, machines or appliances
    • A41H43/02—Handling garment parts or blanks, e.g. feeding, piling, separating or reversing
    • A41H43/0285—Tables
    • A41H43/0292—Air-cushion or suction tables
    • 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
    • Y10S83/929—Particular nature of work or product
    • Y10S83/936—Cloth or leather
    • Y10S83/939—Cloth or leather with work support
    • Y10S83/94—Cutter moves along bar, bar moves perpendicularly
    • Y10S83/941—Work support comprising penetratable bed
    • 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
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T83/748—With work immobilizer
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  • VACUUM HOLD-DOWN APPARATUS Inventors: Heinz Joseph Gerber; David Raymond Pearl, both of West Hartford, Conn.
  • ABSTRACT Vacuum hold-down apparatus is used ,for holding sheet material in place while it is being worked on by a tool.
  • the apparatus comprises a means defining a generally horizontally disposed upwardly facing sheet material supporting surface.
  • the supporting surface means includes a bed having a gas impermeable base portion and a gas permeable body portion disposed on the base portion. Means are provided for connecting a vacuum source to the gas permeable body portion of the bed to effect a vacuum within the body portion.
  • An apparatus for holding sheet material in place with a vacuum while the sheet material is being worked on by a tool is generally known in the prior art. Such an apparatus is described in the applicants US. Pat. No. 3,495,492.
  • This apparatus comprises means defining a generally horizontally disposed upwardly facing sheet material supporting surface.
  • a plurality of openings is distributed over the supporting surface which includes a longitudinal series of contiguous supporting zones. At least one of the openings is associated with each of the supporting zones.
  • a tool is supported for movement relative to the sheet material supporting surface.
  • a vacuum source is connected to the supporting surface for holding the sheet material thereon while the tool is moved relative thereto.
  • Means responsive to the position of the tool relative to the supporting surface is provided for controllably connecting and disconnecting the vacuum source to and from the openings. Therefore, while the tool moves longitudinally of the supporting surface, the openings are connected to the vacuum source in zone wise succession with the zones involved being the contiguous supporting zones.
  • the vacuum hold-down apparatus of the prior art is particularly useful with a garment cutting implement.
  • Garment components or the like are arranged either in a layer of sheets disposed in vertically stacked relationship or as a single sheet which is spread out in generally flat condition prior to the cutting operation.
  • Various types of material may be used in the construction of the beds used below the sheet supporting surface.
  • Such materials as foamed polyethylene, bristle beds having a plurality of flexible bristles fixedly attached to a bottom base portion, granular materials such as sawdust, small balls of metal or plastic, granules of foamed or unfoamed plastic and superviscous liquids are well known in the prior art.
  • the material itself is either porous enough to allow the passage of gas from the top through the bottom thereof or there is a plurality of passageways passing through the bed material for conducting vacuum from the vacuum source to the upper surface of the bed material which provides support for the material to be worked on.
  • the primary object of this invention is to provide a vacuum hold-down apparatus used for maintaining sheet material in place while being worked on by a tool.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a vacuum hold-down apparatus including a bed having a gas impermeable base portion and a gas permeable body portion disposed on the base portion.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a vacuum hold-down apparatus wherein the dissipation of the vacuum is substantially prevented through the use of flexible and expendable divider means which define vacuum hold-down zones adjacent to a sheet material supporting surface.
  • a still further object of this invention is to provide means for channeling vacuum along the longitudinal edge of a table on which a penetrable bed having a gas permeable body portion is in segments which are transversely disposed across said table.
  • the vacuum hold-down apparatus includes a means defining a generally horizontally disposed upwardly facing sheet material supporting surface.
  • the apparatus is used for holding sheet material in place while it is being worked on by any type of tool.
  • the supporting surface means includes a bed of material having a gas impermeable base portion and a gas permeable body portion disposed on the base portion.
  • the vacuum source is connected to the gas permeable body portion of the bed to effect a vacuum within the body portion thereby holding the sheet material in place.
  • a spe cific feature of this invention is the combination of the vacuum hold-down apparatus with a sheet material cutting device.
  • a specific embodiment of this apparatus is directed to the use of a bristle bed. In such a bed, a plurality of flexible bristles is fixedly connected to a solid bottom backing or base portion. The bristles extend generally perpendicularly to the supporting surface for the sheet material.
  • a vacuum is formed in the area located between the bristles.
  • the use of such a bristle bed is found advantageous because a sufficient holddown force can be effected by using a small area of vacuum suction along the edge of the gas permeable body portion.
  • the bristle construction in and of itself helps to prevent dissipation of vacuum because of the circuitous path through the plurality of bristles or fibers.
  • a specific feature of the invention incorporates the use of divider means which are used to define sheet material hold-down zones along the sheet material supporting surface. Separators composed of material that is flexible and expendable constitute the divider means used in the hold-down apparatus of this invention. The separators used in combination with the cloth cutting apparatus are expendable in that they may be cut by the cutting implement during the course of the normal cutting operation. At the same time, however, the dissipation of vacuum along the supporting surface is prevented.
  • the most important function of the vacuum holddown apparatus is that the sheet material is held firmly in place at the location where the work is being effected.
  • the use of a bristle bed combines the advantages of the natural drag of the bristles together with the pull of the vacuum to enable the perfection of the work by a tool such as a cutting implement.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a vacuum hold-down apparatus made in accordance with this invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional top plan view of an apparatus made in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of an embodiment of a vacuum hold-down apparatus made in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view of another embodiment of a vacuum hold-down apparatus made in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary top plan view partially in section of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 6.
  • a vacuum hold-down apparatus is shown used in combination with a cloth cutting mechanism, generally designated 10.
  • the vacuum hold-down apparatus or table 11 provides support for a fabric layup 12 comprising a plurality of fabric sheets arranged in vertically stacked relation.
  • the cutting blade carriage l3 and main carriage 17 are adapted to move across the surface of the table 1 l in the co-ordinate directions indicated by the arrows X and Y.
  • a cutting mechanism having a cutting blade 16 is mounted on the carriage 13 so that the cutting mechanism 15 can be driven to and from any predetermined point relative to the sheet material supporting surface 24.
  • a blade 16 extends downwardly from the main body of the cutting mechanism 15 and is reciprocated vertically by a motor (not shown) in the cutter body. It may also be rotated 360 by another motor (not shown) in the cutter body.
  • the main carriage 17 is movably mounted on the racks 14 thereby providing movement for the cutting mechanism along the longitudinal direction of the table 11 or in the X co-ordinate direction.
  • the cutter blade carriage 13 is movably mounted on a guide bar or tube 18 and a lead screw 19 of the main carriage 17 which extends transversely of the table 11. Movement of the carriage 13 along the guide bar 18, as driven with the lead screw 19, is in the Y co-ordinate direction.
  • the main carriage 17 includes a drive shaft (not shown) which extends transversely of table 11 and has pinions at its opposite end for engaging travel support racks 14. Movement of the main carriage 17 is effected in response to operation of a drive motor (not shown) which is connected to the main carriage drive shaft.
  • the cutting mechanism carriage 13 moves transversely of the table 11 in response to the operation of another guide motor (not shown) which is operably connected to the lead screw 19.
  • the movement of the carriages l3 and 17 may be effected in response to positioning signals supplied through the cable 39 by an associated input means such as, for example, numerically controlled controller or a computer (not shown).
  • the carriages l3 and 17 are capable of moving the blade 16 in cutting engagement with the layup 12 along any line which may be straight or curved as required in cutting a garment component or the like.
  • the blade 16 has a reciprocating cutting stroke and is adapted for rotation about its own axis in a direction indicated by the arrow 0 in response to signals from the input means. During at least a portion of its stroke,'the blade 16 penetrates the upper supporting surface 24 of the table 11.
  • the vacuum hold-down apparatus or table 11 of this specific embodiment includes a longitudinal series of contiguous vacuum chambers 40 between the longitudinal side members 20, end members 21 and longitudinally spaced transverse partitions 29 which extend between opposed side members.
  • the hold-down apparatus 10 includes a generally horizontally disposed upwardly facing sheet material supporting surface 24.
  • a bed of material penetrable by the cutting blade 16 includes a plurality of flexible bristles 25 which constitutes a gas permeable body portion and a solid bottom backing 26 which constitutes a gas impermeable base portion.
  • the vacuum source 34 is connected to the gas permeable body portion 25, the sheet material layup 12 is held firmly against the supporting surface 24 so that the normal cutting operation can be effected.
  • the flexible bristles 25 are fixedly connected to the base portion 26 and extend generally perpendicularly to the supporting surface 24.
  • the penetrable bed in this specific embodiment includes a plurality of segments, generally designated 37, which extend transversely of the table 11 and are disposed longitudinally therealong.
  • the bed segments 37 extend for a distance shorter than the distance between the longitudinally extending side members 20.
  • Vacuum connecting means includes gas passage means shown as channel members or blocks 30 defining channels 30a located along at least one longitudinal side member 20 and disposed between the side member 20 and a respective edge of the bed segment 37.
  • Divider means 38 are disposed between selected of the segments 37 to define a plurality of sheet material holding zones adjacent the supporting surface 24. The divider means or separators 38 are effective to prevent the longitudinal dissipation of vacuum from each of the sheet material holding zones.
  • the separators 38 may be composed of any type of material that will prevent dissipation of the vacuum and at the same time not interfere with the tool to work on the sheet material.
  • the separators 38 may be composed of materials such as paper, rubber and the like. These materials are expendable in that they may be cut by a cutting implement during the normal cutting operation. While the separators 38 are shown disposed between each of the seg ments 37 in this specific embodiment, it is contemplated that different configurations of segments and separators may well be used in place of the segments 37 and separators 38 as disclosed in this specific embodiment.
  • the bed segments 37 are disposed transversely of the table 11 and are supported by the perforated supporting plate 27.
  • the perforated plate 27 is preferably made from an expanded metal and spaced above the vacuum chamber 40 on spacers 28 and transverse partitions 29.
  • the arrangement of the segments 37 and the dividers 38 form sheet material holding zones that are registered with the longitudinal series of contiguous chambers 40 adjacent the gas permeable body portion 25.
  • the table 11 in this specific embodiment is constructed similarly to the applicants apparatus as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,495,492 issued Feb. I7, 1970.
  • the material used to form the bed was made of a foam pad consisting of Ethafoam having passageways or holes formed therein.
  • Ethafoam having passageways or holes formed therein.
  • a yacuum duct 31 extends the length of the table 11 and 'at 'least one opening is provided in each of the vacuum chambers 40.
  • Valve blocks 32 are used to open and close the openings leading into the vacuum duct 31 when a vacuum drag is necessary to hold the sheet material 12.
  • the valve actuators 33 are used to move the blocks 32 thereby connecting and disconnecting the vacuum source 34 to the chambers 40.
  • the guide block members 30 constitute means for connecting the vacuum'source in the chambers 40 to the gas permeable body portion 25.
  • the blocks 30 in this specific embodiment are gas impermeable and include channels 30a through which the vacuum may .be drawn within the flexible bristle body portion 25. It is noted herein that the penetrable bed forming the supporting surface 24 in this invention may be used in combination with the automatic valve control mechanism as disclosed in the applicants prior U.S. Pat. No. 3,495,492 which is incorporated herewith.
  • the bed support plate 41 In the embodiment as shown in FIG. 5, the bed support plate 41 .includes openings 42 disposed along the longitudinal edge of the table 11. Air permeable guide blocks 43 are located along the longitudinal edge of the table and disposed adjacent the gas permeable body portion 25 and the layup 12. The air impermeable layer 36 is draped over the top of the layup l2 and over the side member 20.
  • This structure specifically eliminates the need for perforations extending all the way across the width of the table 11 because the vacuum cannot be drawn through the gas impermeable base portion 26.
  • the basic operation of the valve 32 in conjunction with the vacuum source 34 and vacuum duct 31 remains the same as in the embodiment described hereinabove.
  • Vacuum chambers 44 are disposed along the longitudinal edges of the segments 37 and extend to the side members 45 of the vacuum hold-down apparatus. Each of the chambers 44 is formed between dividers 46 thereby forming a longitudinal series of contiguous chambers defining vacuum zones adjacent the gas permeable body portion 25. Valve blocks 46 are moved by actuators 47 to open and close the openings 48.
  • the top cover 49 extends along the edge of the table 50 to form the top of the chambers 44.
  • the top cover 49 may be hinged to the side members 45 or simply rest firmly along the edge of the table 50. It is important that appropriate sealing be effected between the top covers 49 and the side members 45 so that the vacuum will be directed only toward the bristle body portion 25.
  • FIG. 6 shows vacuum chambers 44 extending along either edge of the segments 37, it is within the contemplation of this invention that the vacuum chamber may be located along only one side thereof.
  • the most important parameter is that the chamber capacity is effective enough to pull a suitable vacuum across the entire width of the gas permeable body portion 25. Factors such as width of the table, strength of the vacuum source 34, the specific materials used in the gas permeable body portion 25 and the sheet material being worked on must be considered when determining the structural relationships between the various elements in the vacuum holddown apparatus of this disclosure.
  • a substantially air impervious panel may be provided for overlaying at least an associated portion of the upper surface of sheet material received on the sheet material supporting surface.
  • This setup for the cutting operation may be used in combination with the vacuum hold-down apparatus in the manner as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,495,492.
  • a vacuum holddown apparatus for holding sheet material in place while being worked on by a tool comprising:
  • a. means defining a generally horizontally disposed upwardly facing sheet material supporting surface
  • said supporting surface defining means including a bed of material adjacent said supporting surface
  • said bed including a gas impermeable base portion and a gas permeable body portion disposed above said base portion,
  • d. means providing a vacuum source
  • gas permeable body portion includes a plurality of flexible bristles which are fixedly connected to the base portion and extend generally perpendicularly to the supporting surface.
  • said bed including a plurality of segments extending transversely of said table and being disposed longitudinally therealong,
  • said bed having a plurality of transversely extending air impermeable divider means inserted between at least some of said segments of the bed to divide said supporting surface into a plurality of sheet material holding zones,
  • said divider means being effective to prevent the longitudinal dissipation of vacuum from each of the holding zones
  • said connecting means including means for selectively connecting said vacuum source to individual ones of said holding zones.
  • each of said divider means is composed of a thin strip of material that may readily be cut by the tool.
  • said bed segments extend transversely of said table for a distance shorter than the distance between said side members
  • said vacuum connecting means includes a first gas passage means located along one of said side members of the table and disposed between such one side member and the associated side edge of said bed.
  • said vacuum connecting means includes a second gas passage means located along the other of said side members and disposed between said other side member and the associated side edge of said bed.
  • the first gas passage means in the vacuum connecting means comprises a channel member interposed between the one of said side members of the table and the associated side edge of the bed and defining a gastransmitting channel communicating with the body portion.
  • the first gas passage means in the vacuum connecting means comprises an air permeable block extending lat- 65 erally adjacent the one side edge of the body portion.
  • the first gas passage means in the vacuum connecting means includes a vacuum chamber structure located along the one of said side members of the table and the associated side edge of the bed, the chamber structure forming a gas passageway between the vacuum source 5 and the station laterally adjacent the body portion of the bed.
  • said bed includes a plurality of transversely extending divider means disposed in said bed to divide it into a longitudinal series of contiguous sheet material holding zones,
  • said divider means being air impermeable to prevent the longitudinal dissipation of vacuum from each of the sheet material holding zones
  • said connecting means including means for selectively connecting said vacuum source to individual ones of said holding zones.
  • said apparatus having a generally horizontally disposed upwardly facing sheet material supporting surface, a tool, a bed of material penetrable by the tool and means for moving the tool and said bed of penetrable material with respect to each other, the combination comprising:
  • said penetrable bed including a gas impermeable base portion and a gas permeable body portion disposed on said base portion,
  • c. means providing a vacuum source
  • said gas permeable body portion of said bed is comprised of a plurality of flexible bristles which are fixedly connected to said gas impermeable base portion and extend generally perpendicularly to the supporting surface.
  • said bed includes a plurality of transversely extending air impermeable separators disposed in said bed to divide it into a longitudinally extending series of contiguous sheet material holding zones,
  • said separators being effective to prevent the longitudinal dissipation of vacuum from each of the sheet material holding zones
  • said connecting means including means for selectively connecting said vacuum source to individual ones of said holding zones.
  • said supporting surface means includes an elongated table having a longitudinal series of contiguous chambers defining vacuum zones adjacent at least one edge of said gas permeable body portion,
  • said penetrable bed including a plurality of segments disposed longitudinally along said table and extending transversely of said table
  • said bed having air impermeable divider means capable of being cut by said cutting tool disposed between selected segments of the penetrable bed to define sheet material holding zones generally longitudinally aligned with said vacuum zones,
  • said connecting means including means for selectively connecting said vacuum source to selected ones of said contiguous chambers, and
  • said divider means being effective to prevent the longitudinal dissipation of vacuum from each of the sheet material holding zones.
  • a vacuum holddown apparatus for holding sheet material in place while being worked on by a tool comprising:
  • a bed of bristles projecting from one side of a nonpermeable supporting base in the bed, the free ends of the bristles defining a supporting surface for supporting sheet material to be worked upon,
  • c. means for connecting said vacuum source to the region between the one side of the supporting base and the supporting surface defined by the free ends of the bristles so that air may flow through the bristles from said supporting surface to the vacuum source.
  • a vacuum holddown apparatus as defined in claim 15 further characterized by said supporting base being a gas impermeable base,
  • said means for connecting the vacuum source to the region between the one side of the base and the supporting surface including means extending along atleast one lateral side edge of said bed for removing air from said region along said lateral side edge of the bed.
  • -A vacuum holddown apparatus as defined in claim 16 further characterized by said bed of bristles providing a plurality of contiguous holding zones arranged in a series extending longitudinally of said bed, and
  • said connecting means including means for selectively connecting said vacuum source to the region between the one side of the support base and the supporting surface within individual ones of said holding zones.
  • a vacuum holddown apparatus as defined. in claim 17 further characterized by a plurality of transversely extending gas impermeable divider strips disposed in the region of said bed between the one side of the supporting base and the supporting surface and dividing said bed into said holding zones.
  • a vacuum holddown apparatus for holding sheet material in place while being worked on by a tool comprising:
  • a sheet material supporting bed including a gas impermeable base portion and a gas permeable body portion disposed on said base portion with said gas permeable body portion defining a sheet material supporting surface
  • said connecting means including means defining a plurality of vacuum chambers arranged in a series extending longitudinally of said bed and separated from one another by a plurality of partitions extending transversely of said bed,
  • said connecting means further including means for selectively connecting said vacuum source to individual ones of said vacuum chambers, and

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