WO2017160138A1

WO2017160138A1 - Brush bar pasting machine

Info

Publication number: WO2017160138A1
Application number: PCT/MY2017/000013
Authority: WO
Inventors: Lee Fook YUEN
Original assignee: Lee Fook Yuen
Priority date: 2016-03-18
Filing date: 2017-03-17
Publication date: 2017-09-21
Also published as: CN109068842A; PH12017501779A1; MY176432A; CN109068842B; PH12017501779B1

Abstract

The present invention provides a brush bar painting machine with automated application of the felt. The machine comprises a base frame, a brush bar felt main drill guide, a felt roller guide, an insert felt holder, a brush bar main guide, a cylinder and a displacement sensor. The brush bar felt main drill guide is attached at a vertically top portion of the base frame. The felt roller is connected to at-least four corners of the base frame. The insert felt holder forms a base for the felt roller guide and a felt roll. The brush bar main guide is attached at a vertically below position of the brush bar felt main drill guide, at a center and a bottom positon of the base frame. The cylinder is attached at a horizontally adjacent position of the felt roller guide. The cylinder houses a High Speed Steel (HSS).

Description

BRUSH BAR PASTING MACHINE

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to an automated pasting apparatus and particularly relates to a brush bar pasting machine for brush bar with felt. The present invention more particularly relates to a brush bar pasting machine with dynamic adjustment mechanism according to a brush bar design.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump (a centrifugal fan in all but some of the very oldest models), to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and from other surfaces such as upholstery and draperies. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal. Vacuum cleaners, which are used in homes as well as in industry, exist in a variety of sizes and models— small battery-powered hand-held devices, wheeled canister models for home use, domestic central vacuum cleaners, huge stationary industrial appliances that can handle several hundred litres of dust before being emptied, and self- propelled vacuum trucks for recovery of large spills or removal of contaminated soil. Specialized shop vacuums can be used to suck up both dust and liquids. The vacuum cleaner uses a brushbar wrapped with a felt for cleansing of floor.

One of the prior art discloses a felt pad having a bevelled front end is produced from a workpiece having a flat bottom with an adhesive thereon covered with a strip of paper or the like and a straight front end. The apparatus includes a rotatable shaft having mounted thereon an abrasive wheel and a wire brush wheel including a cylindrical portion of the same diameter as the abrasive wheel abutting the abrasive wheel and a tapered portion extending toward the shaft axis.

A shear plate provides a cutting surface with the abrasive wheel. The workpiece is mounted on a table and fed parallel to the shaft axis with its forward end also parallel thereto. The rotating brush bevels the front end of the pad and fuzz still attached to the pad is removed as it passes between the abrasive wheel and shear plate. A shroud surrounds the wheels and a suction is applied thereto to draw off the materials removed from the workpiece.

However, the prior arts are limited in automated production of the brush bar pasted with felt. Further the prior arts fail to provide a uniform paste of the felt over brush bar.

In the view of foregoing, there is a need for an automated brush bar pasting machine. Further there is a need for a brush bar pasting machine with a uniform paste of the felt over brush bar. Also there is a need for a brush bar pasting machine with application of the felt from a plurality of direction and orientations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary embodiment of the present invention is to provide an automated brush bar pasting machine. Another embodiment of the present invention is to provide a brush bar pasting machine with a uniform paste of the felt over brush bar.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention is to provide a brush bar pasting machine with application of the felt from a plurality of direction and orientations.

The various embodiments of the present invention provide a brush bar painting machine with automated application of the felt. The machine comprises a base frame, a brush bar felt main drill guide, a felt roller guide, an insert felt holder, a brush bar main guide, a cylinder and a displacement sensor. The brush bar felt main drill guide is attached at a vertically top portion of the base frame. The felt roller is connected to at-least four corners of the base frame. The insert felt holder forms a base for the felt roller guide and a felt roll. The brush bar main guide is attached at a vertically below position of the brush bar felt main drill guide, at a center and a bottom positon of the base frame. The cylinder is attached at a horizontally adjacent position of the felt roller guide. The cylinder houses a High Speed Steel (HSS). The displacement sensor is connected to the cylinder. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the brush bar main guide houses a packaging mechanism. The packaging mechanism senses a brush bar of a predetermined length and activates a felt insertion through the felt roller guide. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the brush bar is automatically pushed through the brush bar felt main drill guide. The brush bar main guide automatically adjusts orientation as per an orientation of the pushed brush bar. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the displacement sensor senses the felt application over a brush bar. The displacement sensor activated the HSS to cut the felt.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the felt roller guide adjusts an orientation of the felt according to an orientation of the brush bar.

These and other aspects of the embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following descriptions, while indicating preferred embodiments and numerous specific details thereof, are given by way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the embodiments herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the embodiments herein include all such modifications.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description when read with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views: FIG. 1 illustrates a side perspective view of a brush bar pasting machine with the felt, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of a brush bar main guide and a felt roller guide, according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 illustrates a top view of the brush bar pasting machine with the felt, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates a side view of the brush bar pasting machine with felt, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 illustrates a side perspective view of a brush bar pasting machine with the felt, according to one embodiment of the present invention. With respect to FIG. 1 , the machine 100 comprises a base frame 101, a brush bar felt main drill guide 102, a felt roller guide 103, an insert felt holder 104, a brush bar main guide 105, a cylinder 106 and a displacement sensor. The brush bar felt main drill guide 102 is attached at a vertically top portion of the base frame 101. The felt roller guide 103 is connected to at-least four corners of the base frame 101. The insert felt holder 104 forms a base for the felt roller guide 103 and a felt roll 107. The brush bar main guide 105 is attached at a vertically below position of the brush bar felt main drill guide 102, at a center and a bottom positon of the base frame 101. The cylinder 106 is attached at a horizontally adjacent position of the felt roller guide 103. The cylinder 106 houses a High Speed Steel (HSS). The displacement sensor is connected to the cylinder 106. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the brush bar main guide houses a packaging mechanism. The packaging mechanism senses a brush bar of a predetermined length and activates a felt insertion through the felt roller guide.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the brush bar is automatically pushed through the brush bar felt main drill guide. The brush bar main guide automatically adjusts orientation as per an orientation of the pushed brush bar.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the displacement sensor senses the felt application over a brush bar. The displacement sensor activated the HSS to cut the felt.

FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of a brush bar main guide and a felt roller guide, according to one embodiment of the present invention. With respect to FIG. 2, the pasting process start with one or multiple felts (raw material) placing at the felt roller guide 103. A brush bar is installed with the brush bar felt main drill guide at the end of one side of brush bar. The design of the brush bar main drill guide allows the brush bar to be placed into the machine with one orientation direction. This orientation can be reversed to another side of the brush bar as the brush bar main drill guide is design to match with any two side of the brush bar. The brush bar along with the brush bar main drill guide is placed into the machine at its center. The felt is automatically pasted with a current piece of the brush bar at the initial setup. The cylinder presses a moving brush bar through the brush bar main guide. The brush bar main guide can be one or multiple sets at the pasting machine depend on the brush bar design in terms of length, width and size. The cylinder presses the brush bar through the pasting machine with one stroke which depends upon the design of the brush bar in order to justify a press stroke length. When the cylinder completes the press stroke, the displacement sensor is activated resulting into pasting of the brush bar with one or multiple felts.

FIG. 3 illustrates a top view of the brush bar pasting machine with the felt, according to one embodiment of the present invention. With respect to FIG. 3, the felt rolls and the felt roller guide 103 rest on a safety cover (insert felt holder) 104. The felt roller guide is installed as a block 301 and is exchangeable in nature during excessive wearing conditions. FIG. 4 illustrates a side view of the brush bar pasting machine with felt, according to one embodiment of the present invention. With respect to FIG. 4, the cylinder 106 for gripping and holding the brush bar during a felt pasting is placed below the safety cover 104. The brush bar machine in the present invention is automated in nature and dynamically adapts an orientation of the brush bar and felt to enable an optimal pasting of the felt over the brush bar. Also the felt block is exchangeable in nature allowing a multi-parametric brush bar pasting.

Although the embodiments herein are described with various specific embodiments, it will be obvious for a person skilled in the art to practice the invention with modifications. However, all such modifications are deemed to be within the scope of the claims.

As will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, the present invention may easily be produced in other specific forms without departing from its essential characteristics. The present embodiments is, therefore, to be considered as merely illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all changes which come within therefore intended to be embraced therein.

Claims

A brush bar pasting machine with automated application of the felt, the machine comprises:

a base frame;

a brush bar felt main drill guide, wherein the brush bar felt main drill guide is attached at a vertically top portion of the base frame;

a felt roller guide, wherein the felt roller is connected to at-least four corners of the base frame;

an insert felt holder, wherein the insert felt holder forms a base for the felt roller guide and a felt roll;

a brush bar main guide, wherein the brush bar main guide is attached at a vertically below position of the brush bar felt main drill guide, at a center and a bottom positon of the base frame;

a cylinder attached at a horizontally adjacent position of the felt roller guide, wherein the cylinder houses a High Speed Steel (HSS);

a displacement sensor connected to the cylinder wherein, the displacement sensor is activated when the cylinder presses the brush bar main guide through one stroke thereby resulting in pasting of the brush bar with one or multiple felts.

The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the brush bar main guide houses a packaging mechanism, wherein the packaging mechanism senses a brush bar of a predetermined length and activates a felt insertion through the felt roller guide.

The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the brush bar is automatically pushed through the brush bar felt main drill guide, wherein the brush bar main guide automatically adjusts orientation as per an orientation of the pushed brush bar.

The machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displacement sensor senses the felt application over a brush bar, wherein the displacement sensor activated the HSS to cut the felt. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the felt roller guide adjusts orientation of the felt according to an orientation of the brush bar.