Method of manufacturing sheets based on hydraulic binder, production line for producing such sheets and apparatus for making an impression

• US 7,790,090 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2003
• Issued: 09/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Continental Building Products Operating Company, Llc (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Original Assignee: Lafarge Platres (Holcim Limited)
• Inventors: Rigaudon, Michel, Jallon, Paul, Laurent, Jean Louis, Solomut, Jean Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Daniels; Matthew J.
• Application Number:
  US10/505,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20050139052A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,751 Days
• Field of Search: 264/163, 264/162, 264/148, 264/151, 264/333, 264/293, 83/761
• US Class Current: 264/333
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 11/08 for reshaping the surface, e.g. smoothing, roughening, corrugating, making screw-threads
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 11/0863 for profiling, e.g. making grooves
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 11/166 with devices for determining the correct cutting moment, e.g. measuring rollers or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 19/0092 to webs, sheets or the like, e.g. of paper, cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/162 With control means responsive to replaceable or selectable information program

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing sheets based on hydraulic binder, particularly sheets of plasterboard with feathered edges. The method comprises the steps of (I) making a mark (301) on a facing (2 or 3) of the preform (5), (II) detecting the mark (301), and (III) sending an actuating signal to a device (9) for cutting the preform (5). The invention also relates to a production line for producing such sheets, and to an apparatus, particularly for making an impression (12, 12bis) in a preform (5). The apparatus comprises a frame (101), first (102, 103) and second (105, 106) pulleys, two belts (108, 109) wrapped around the pulleys (102, 103, 105, 106), and at least one wire (111) extending between these belts (108, 109) so that its axis is parallel to the axis of the pulleys (102, 103, 105, 106).

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a sheet based on hydraulic binder from a preform intended to be cut, this method comprising the step of providing an apparatus for making an impression in a preform based on hydraulic binder, this apparatus comprising at least:

a frame;

two first pulleys supported at a first end of the frame and two second pulleys at a second end of the frame;

the first pulleys and second pulleys being in parallel planes;

the pulleys of the first pulleys and second pulleys facing each other being identical;

two transmission belts wrapped respectively around the first pulleys and the second pulleys; and

at least one wire fixed removably to the belts and extending across a gap between the two transmission belts so that its longitudinal axis is parallel to the axis of rotation of the pulleys and so that the longitudinal axis of the at least one wire is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the two transmission belts,

actuating said apparatus on a preform so that the at least one wire makes an impression on the preform, and

actuating a cutting device to cut the preform.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of cutting the preform at the impression or opposite the place where the impression has been made.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic binder contains plaster.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of wires, at least two of the wires being adjacent each other.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the two first pulleys are provided on the first end of the frame on a side of the preform that is parallel to a moving direction of the preform, and the two second pulleys are provided on the second end of the frame that is opposite the first end and on the other opposing side of the preform, such that the two first pulleys are separated from the two second pulleys by the width of the preform, the width of the preform being transverse to the moving direction.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the two transmission belts has a width that is smaller than a width of the preform, the width of the preform being transverse to a moving direction of the preform.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the frame is H-shaped.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the two first pulleys are provided on one leg of the H-shaped frame, and the two second pulleys are provided on the opposing parallel leg of the H-shaped frame.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the parallel planes are on opposites sides of the frame, and the two first pulleys are provided in one of the parallel planes and the two second pulleys are provided in the other of the parallel planes.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is actuated from above the preform or from below the preform.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the two first pulleys have different sizes.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the two first pulleys are separated from the two second pulleys horizontally across a width of the preform, the width of the preform being transverse to a moving direction of the preform.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gap is the width of the preform.