US3835747A - Fabric web hold-down apparatus for tailoring machines - Google Patents

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US3835747A
US3835747A US38456273A US3835747A US 3835747 A US3835747 A US 3835747A US 38456273 A US38456273 A US 38456273A US 3835747 A US3835747 A US 3835747A
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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
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06H—MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS
    • D06H7/00—Apparatus or processes for cutting, or otherwise severing, specially adapted for the cutting, or otherwise severing, of textile materials
    • 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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    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/647—With means to convey work relative to tool station
    • Y10T83/6579—With means to press work to work-carrier
    • 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
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    • Y10T83/748—With work immobilizer

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  • the carrier may be reciprocated, and the vacuum chamber series may be fixed relative to-the cutting tool in the direction of carrier reciprocation.
  • the cutting tool may be reciprocable relative to a stationary vacuum chamber series, and chamberevacuating means may be operable to change the absolute subatmospheric pressures, though not their relative pressure differentials, in synchronism with such reciprocation.
  • the present invention relates to apparatus for holding fabric webs on an air-pervious carrier by means of suction during tailoring of the fabric by a cutting tool.
  • the foregoing object can be accomplished in accordance with the present invention by providing a series of vacuum chambers on the side of the fabric carrier opposite the fabric webs, which chambers are gradationally evacuated so that the chamber located directly in the cutting area has a pressure farther below atmospheric than the chamber adjacent to it. It is advantageous to provide vacuum chambers which are stationary to avoid the problems of air leakage associated with movable chambers.
  • a modification of the present invention is to provide in conjunction with a cutting area movable lengthwise relative to the fabric carrier, a series of vacuum chambers arranged along the carrier having a gradational pressure system which is variable in synchronism with travel of the cutting area, so that the subatmospheric pressure in particular chambers is variable to create stronger or weaker suction on the fabric lay-up as required.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal section through tailoring mechanism showing one form of a gradational suction system according to the present invention, for use with a reciprocable fabric carrier; and FIG. 2 is a similar view of a modified suction system.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic longitudinal section through tailoring mechanism showing another form of gradational suction system, for use with a cutting tool reciprocable lengthwise of a series of vacuum chambers.
  • the stack 2 of fabric webs is covered by a foil or paper overlayer l and lies on a perforated backing sheet 20.
  • the composite layup is carried on an airpervious fabric carrier 3 supported by rollers 30 for lengthwise reciprocation in the direction of arrows P1 and P2 relative to a cutting tool 4.
  • Such cutting tool is vertically movable toward and away from carrier 3, and
  • the leading edge of the paper or foil overlayer l which extends beyond the leading edge of fabric stack 2 and backing sheet 20 is first subject to a relatively weak suction force from chamber 5 upon transition from the suction-free area to the suction area.
  • a relatively weak suction force is sufficient to hold the composite lay-up l, 2, 20 firmly on fabric carrier 3 during the forward travel of the lay-up toward the cutting region.
  • the strong suction force necessary to hold the fabric web stack 2 in fixed position on the carrier 3 against the cutting force is not applied to the overlayer 1 or fabric 2 until the lay-up is moved to a position over chamber 6 located beneath the cutting tool 4. As the leading edge of the lay-up moves to a position overlying chamber 7, the suction is reduced.
  • FIG. 2 A series of five chambers 52, 62, 72, 82 and 92 is shown in FIG. 2 located below the perforate carrier 3, which chambers are connected to a vacuum system (not shown) by conduits 53, 63, 73, 83 and 93, respectively.
  • the conduits can be regulated as described in connection with FIG. 1 to achieve selectively the desired relative pressures and the desired degree of evacuation necessary for different types of fabric in the cutting region. All of the chambers will be evacuated to subatmospheric pressures, but chamber 72, which is located in the cutting region, will have the lowest pressure.
  • the adjacent chambers 62 and 82 immediately fore and aft of chamber 72, respectively, will have a pressure higher than chamber 72 but lower than the pressure in outwardly-adjacent chambers 52 and 92.
  • the air pressure therefore increases in the individual chambers with increased distance from cutting tool 4, or, stated conversely, the suction forces on the lay-up decrease with increased distance from the cutting tool. It has been found that the combined effect of the gradational suction system holds the lay-up so securely that the relatively low suction from the outer chambers 52 and 92 is sufficient to hold the portions of fabric stack 2 in their effective regions on the carrier 3 sufficiently securely so that the fabric webs wont slip relative to each other or relative to the carrier.
  • the present invention is advantageously applicable to a tailoring machine having a stationary fabric carrier 32, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the cutting tool is mounted for horizontal travel in the directions of both the X and Y coordinates of the cutting line, as well as such tool being movable in a vertical direction to be withdrawn from and inserted into the fabric stack 2.
  • the cutting tool 40 is mounted on a conventional carriage 41.
  • four vacuum chambers 54, 64, 74 and 84 are shown as being arranged in series to maintain the fabric webs of the stack 2 in their positions on the carrier 3, the lay-up including a backing sheet and an overlayer 1 of paper or foil.
  • each of the vacuum chambers has two evacuating conduits, of which only the conduits 55 and 56 for chamber 54 are shown.
  • Each conduit is closed by a valve or other closure member 57,58, 67,68, 77,78, 87,88, each of which members includes an actuation lever.
  • Cutting tool carriage 41 carries two arms 42 and 43 extending lengthwise relative to carrier 32.
  • Arm 42 is located to engage selectively the levers of the valves 57, 67, 77 and 87 connected in the lower capacity vacuum system for opening them, and projects substantially further fore and aft of carriage 41 than does arm 43.
  • Arm 42 is located to engage selectively the levers of the valves 57, 67, 77 and 87 connected in the lower capacity vacuum system for opening them, and projects substantially further fore and aft of carriage 41 than does arm 43.
  • chamber 74 is located in the cutting region defined by the area around cutting tool 40.
  • Closure member 77 is opened by arm 42, and closure member 78 is opened by arm 43, so that chamber 74 is evacuated to create a strong suction force sufficient to hold the fabric web securely during cutting.
  • arm 42 opens closure members 67 and 87 of vacuum chamber 64 and 84, which chambers are contiguous with cutting region chamber 74, so that the adjacent chambers are evacuated to a lesser degree than chamber 74 to create a gradationally weaker suction force than is effective in chamber 74.
  • high evacuating capacity closure member 68 is opened by arm 43 so that a strong suction force is produced in the newlylocated cutting region, while closure member 78 is released to reduce the suction force in chamber 74.
  • low capacity closure member 67 is maintained in its open condition as arm 42 projects progressively further beyond it toward the corresponding member 47 in chamber 57 immediately ahead of the cutting region chamber 64.
  • Closure member 87 is correspondingly released by arm 42 so that chamber 84 which is now remote from the cutting area is no longer subjected to evacuation.
  • apparatus for a tailoring machine for cutting fabric webs having a cutting tool, a cutting region surrounding the cutting tool, an air-pervious fabric carrier for supporting a stack of fabric webs in the cutting region through which suction force can be applied to 2.
  • the evacuating means includes regulating means operable to vary the degree of evacuation in each vacuum chamber for effecting selectively stronger and weaker suction forces, and selecting means for operating said regulating means in response to movement of the cutting region for effecting stronger suction forces in the one chamber of the series located in the cutting region, and weaker suction forces in the chambers adjacent to such cutting region chamber.

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