Separating device for winding devices for material webs, longitudinally divided into several partial webs

• US 6,082,660 A
• Filed: 11/20/1997
• Issued: 07/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Beloit Technologies, Inc. (Komatsu Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Beloit Technologies, Inc. (Komatsu Ltd.)
• Inventors: Meyer, Gero
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, JOHN QUOC
• Application Number:
  US08/952,622
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• Field of Search: 242/548, 242/615.2, 242/615.4, 242/615.21
• US Class Current: 242/548
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2220/02 indicating an entity which is controlled, adjusted or changed by a control process, i.e. output
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 23/0258 with a bowed axis
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/351 parallel to the direction of displacement
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/4148 slitting
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2511/22 Distance
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/02 from or with longitudinal slitters or perforators

Abstract

A separating device for winding devices for material webs, particularly of paper or the like, which are longitudinally divided into several partial webs, with at least two rolls (1, 2) being essentially parallel to each other and flexed, or bowed, essentially in the same direction, with a stand (10) for the pivotable arrangement of the rolls about a common swivelling axis, with a support frame (9) for the rotatable mounting arrangement of the rolls about their respective axis of rotation and for the horizontal sweep of the rolls with respect to the stand (10) about the common swivelling axis, whereby at least one transmission pair (3, 5, 8; 8, 6, 4) for the simultaneous, automatic angular movement of the deflection line of the flexed rolls during the turning about a horizontal axis of the support frame with respect to the stand is provided in such a way, that the transmissions, or angular movement of the deflection lines, all the two rolls (1, 2) are necessarily operated by the turning movement. The basic concept is that through a turning the support frame of the two rotary web spreaders, or stretchers, the arc alignment of the rotary stretchers is necessarily adjusted with respect to the entering or exiting web. Thereby, any type of subsequent alignment of the arcs of the rotary web stretchers in the separating device to maintain the several partial webs in the predetermined spread-apart distance is completely eliminated.

Claims

1. A device for laterally separating a plurality of traveling partial webs which have been slit longitudinally in a web of material, such as paper, to be wound into corresponding web rolls on a winding apparatus, the device having two rolls which are disposed to rotate substantially parallel with one another, the rolls each having a cylindrical surface bowed to form a crown having a crown vector, the crown vectors of the two rolls extending in substantially parallel planes, but extending in opposed directions, such that the partial webs are separated laterally a predetermined distance from one another when the partial webs pass over the bowed surface on one, upstream roll and such distance is maintained when the partial webs pass under the bowed surface of the other, downstream roll, comprising, in combination.

a stand;

a support frame pivotally mounted about an axis in the stand so as to be capable of rotating about the axis parallel to the plane of the traveling web and to be fixed at a predetermined angular position, as desired;

the rolls rotatably mounted in the support frame in spaced, parallel adjacency each roll mounted on one side of the pivot of the support frame;

roll controlling means operatively associated with each roll, the support frame and the stand, the roll controlling means including a first roll turning means mounted on each roll for positioning each roll to selectively position the roll crown vector, the roll controlling means further including a second roll turning means fixedly mounted to the stand relative to the support frame in operative association with the first roll turning means;

the first roll turning means comprises an adjustment lever attached to each roll for angularly turning the corresponding roll about the axis of rotation of the roll;

the second roll turning means includes a stand lever fixedly mounted to the stand about the pivotable axis of the support frame;

the roll controlling means further includes an extendable pressure/slide rod having one end attached to the adjustment lever and the other end attached to the stand lever for each roll;

whereby turning movement of the support frame about the support frame pivot axis causes the extendable pressure/slide rods to move the adjustment lever of each roll to cause the crown vectors of the rolls to turn substantially equally about the axes of roll rotation in a direction opposite to the direction of support frame pivotal movement while remaining parallel to one another at desired crown vector locations.

2. A device for laterally separating a plurality of traveling partial webs which have been slit longitudinally in a web of material, such as paper, to be wound into corresponding web rolls on a winding apparatus, the device having two rolls which are disposed to rotate substantially parallel with one another, the rolls each having a cylindrical surface bowed to form a crown having a crown vector, the crown vectors of the two rolls extending in substantially parallel planes, but extending in opposed directions, such that the partial webs are separated laterally a predetermined distance from one another when the partial webs pass over the bowed surface on one, upstream roll and such distance is maintained when the partial webs ass under the bowed surface of the other, downstream roll, comprising, in combination:

a stand

a support frame pivotally mounted about an axis in the stand so as to be capable of rotating about the axis parallel to the plane of the traveling web and to be fixed at a predetermined angular position, as desired;

the rolls rotatably mounted in the support frame in spaced, parallel adjacency, each roll mounted on one side of the pivot of the support frame;

roll controlling means operatively associated with each roll, the support frame and the stand, the roll controlling means including a first roll turning means mounted on each roll for positioning each roll to selectively position the roll crown vector, the roll controlling means further including a second roll turning means fixedly mounted to the stand relative to the support frame in operative association with the first roll turning means;

the first roll turning means comprises a first gear wheel attached to each roll for angularly turning each roll about the axis of rotation of the roll;

the second roll turning means comprises a second gear wheel fixedly mounted to the stand for each first gear wheel and coaxially with the rotational axis of the support frame;

looped means extending between each of the first and second sets of gear wheels for linking said gear wheels such that pivotal movement of the support frame causes the rolls and the associated crown vectors of said rolls to pivot about the axes of rotation of the rolls while the crown vectors remain parallel and positioned at desired locations;

whereby, turning movement of the support frame about the support frame axis selectively moves each roll equally angularly relative to the stand and rotationally about the axis of rotation of each roll in a direction opposite to the direction of the support frame so as to maintain the crown vectors parallel and positioned relative to the traveling webs through the roll control means as desired.

3. A device for laterally separating a plurality of traveling partial webs, as set forth in claim 2, wherein:

the looped means comprises a belt or chain.

4. A device for laterally separating a plurality of traveling partial webs which have been slit longitudinally in a web of material, such as paper, to be wound into corresponding web rolls on a winding apparatus, the device having two rolls which are disposed to rotate substantially parallel with one another, the rolls each having a cylindrical surface bowed surface to form a crown having a crown vector, the crown vectors of the two rolls extending in substantially parallel planes, but extending in opposed directions, such that the partial webs are separated laterally a predetermined distance from one another when the partial webs pass over the bowed surface on one, upstream roll and such distance is maintained when the partial webs pass under the bowed surface of the other, downstream roll, comprising, in combination:

a stand;

a support frame pivotally mounted about an axis in the stand so as to be capable of rotating about the axis parallel to the plane of the traveling web and to be fixed at a predetermined angular position, as desired;

the rolls rotatable mounted in the support frame in spaced, parallel adjacency, each roll mounted on one side of the pivot of the support frame;

roll controlling means operatively associated with each roll, the support frame and the stand, the roll controlling means including a first roll turning means mounted on each roll for positioning each roll to selectively position the roll crown vector, the roll controlling means further including a second roll turning means fixedly mounted to the stand relative to the support frame in operative association with the first roll turning means;

the first roll turning means comprises a first gear wheel attached to each roll to rotate with the roll about the axis of rotation of the roll;

the second roll turning means comprises a second gear wheel for each first gear wheel, each second gear wheel fixedly mounted to the stand concentric about the support frame axis of rotation;

the roll control means further includes a third gear wheel for each first and second gear wheels, each third gear wheel rotatably mounted relative to the support frame to move therewith, the third gear wheel operatively engaging the first and second gear wheels for each roll;

p1 whereby turning movement of the support frame about the support frame pivot axis causes the first, second and third gear wheels for each roll to operatively engage to cause the crown vectors to turn substantially equally about the axes of roll rotation while remaining parallel to one another at desired crown vector locations.

5. A device for laterally separating a plurality of traveling partial webs, as set forth in claim 4, wherein;

the roll control means includes a gear wheel lever mounted concentric with the rotational axis of the support frame on the stand, and fixedly on the support frame;

the third gear wheel is mounted to the gear wheel lever so as to continuously engage both the first and second gear wheels as the support frame is rotated.