APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF FOLDING AND WINDING A BAND OF NON-WOVEN FABRIC OF A PREDETERMINED LENGTH

• US 20190330009A1
• Filed: 07/11/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Automatec Sp. z o.o.
• Original Assignee: Automatec Sp. z o.o.
• Inventors: SIWEK, Wojciech, MALEJKI, Artur
• Granted Patent: US 10,947,081 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 1/04 the articles being napkins, handkerchiefs, towels, doilies, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 16/00 Unwinding, paying-out webs reel-to-reel type web winding and unwinding mechanisms B65H18/103, B65H18/145
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 20/00 Advancing webs
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2220/01 indicating an entity as a function of which control, adjustment or change is performed, i.e. input
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/4474 Pair of cooperating moving elements as rollers, belts forming nip into which material is transported
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/174 Textile, fibre for filamentary material B65H2701/31 and subgroups
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/18486 Non-cylindrical form, e.g. flat bobbin
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 45/12 Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines B65H20/28 takes precedence; pleating, kilting or goffering textile fabrics D06J
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 54/585 Reels for rolling tape-like material, e.g. flat hose or strap, into flat spiral form; Means for retaining the roll after removal of the reel

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for folding and winding a predetermined length of non-woven fabric used for the industrial production of moistened wipes. The apparatus for folding and winding a predetermined length of non-woven fabric from a roll wound on a core is mounted on a countertop, equipped with a housing, provided with a drive unit. Mounted on a hub (1) is a cylinder (2), to which eccentrically attached are rods (3) from which at a certain distance is mounted a linear feed (4). The hub assembly (1) with the cylinder (2) with the rods (3) and the linear feed (4) can be mounted vertically or horizontally.

Claims

1. A method of folding and winding a predetermined length of non-woven fabric from a roll wound on a core, characterized in that a rolled out band of material (W) is inserted between rods (3), followed by cutting and followed by the rotational movement of a cylinder (2), resulting in folding, followed by moving longitudinally a hub assembly (1) with the cylinder (2) with the rods (3) in the direction of a linear feed (4), and followed by the rods (3) being retracted towards the cylinder (2), and the folded band of material (W) being taken up by means of the linear feed (4).