Positioning and automatic adjusting device, and corresponding method, for one or more cleaning brushes in a fabric finishing machine, and finishing machine comprising said device
First Claim
1. Positioning and adjusting device for a cleaning brush of a fabric finishing machine such as a teaseling machine, a fluffing machine or similar, comprising;
- a plurality of rotating chocks having needles or pointed protuberances,said at least one cleaning brush comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments suitable to remove, during use, possible residues of fabric or other types of residue from said chocks,image acquisition means, disposed in proximity to said at least one cleaning brush and suitable to acquire images of the zone of proximity and/or contact between the ends of said fibers and the ends of said needles in order to find a distance between the latter;
control means, connected to said image acquisition means and which are suitable to receive and process said images in order to find said distance, andmovement means commanded by said control means and suitable to move said cleaning brush toward said chocks so that said cleaning brush is positioned, in use, in a position such that said fibers penetrate into said chocks to a desired depth.
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Abstract
Positioning and adjusting device for at least a cleaning brush of a fabric finishing machine such as a teaseling machine, a fluffing machine or similar, which includes a plurality of rotating chocks having needles or pointed protuberances, where the cleaning brush has a plurality of fibers or filaments suitable to remove, during use, possible residues of fabric or other types of residue from the chocks, the device further including image acquisition means, disposed in proximity to the cleaning brush and suitable to acquire images of the zone of proximity and/or contact between the ends of the fibers and the ends of the needles in order to find the distance between the latter.
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9 Claims
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1. Positioning and adjusting device for a cleaning brush of a fabric finishing machine such as a teaseling machine, a fluffing machine or similar, comprising;
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a plurality of rotating chocks having needles or pointed protuberances, said at least one cleaning brush comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments suitable to remove, during use, possible residues of fabric or other types of residue from said chocks, image acquisition means, disposed in proximity to said at least one cleaning brush and suitable to acquire images of the zone of proximity and/or contact between the ends of said fibers and the ends of said needles in order to find a distance between the latter; control means, connected to said image acquisition means and which are suitable to receive and process said images in order to find said distance, and movement means commanded by said control means and suitable to move said cleaning brush toward said chocks so that said cleaning brush is positioned, in use, in a position such that said fibers penetrate into said chocks to a desired depth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Method for positioning and adjusting at least a cleaning brush of a fabric finishing machine such as a teaseling machine, a fluffing machine or similar, comprising a plurality of rotating chocks having needles or pointed protuberances, the method comprising
a cleaning step in which said cleaning brush having a plurality of fibers or filaments removes possible residues of fabric or other types of residue from said chocks, an acquisition step in which image acquisition means, disposed in proximity to said at least one cleaning brush, acquire images of a zone of contact between the ends of said fibers and the ends of said needles in order to find a distance between the latter, a control step in which control means, connected to said acquisition means, receive and process said images in order to determine said distance and, a positioning step in which movement means commanded by said control means move said cleaning brush automatically toward said needles of said chocks, and position said cleaning brush so that said fibers penetrate into said chocks between said needles to a desired depth.
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