Braiding apparatus capable of generating one rope with different braid densities
US10513808B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD07B2207/4095
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A braiding apparatus includes a base, a strand supplier supplying a core strand, strand carriers shuttling on the base and providing carrier strands that wrap the core strand and twist together to form a rope, a guiding pulley disposed above the strand carriers to feed the rope to a strand collector, and a control device having a driving source connected to the guiding pulley, at least one recognition unit arranged on the guiding pulley, a sensor disposed relative to the guiding pulley, and a controller electrically connected to the sensor and the driving source. The sensor counts the number of the recognition unit passing the sensor when the guiding pulley rotates to measure lengths of divided sections of the rope. Concurrently, the controller controls the driving source and the guiding pulley to have different rotational speeds, thereby controlling different braid densities of different sections of the same rope precisely.
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