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CA1147764A - Offset overlapped needles system for material positioning - Google Patents

Offset overlapped needles system for material positioning

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CA1147764A
CA1147764A CA000349057A CA349057A CA1147764A CA 1147764 A CA1147764 A CA 1147764A CA 000349057 A CA000349057 A CA 000349057A CA 349057 A CA349057 A CA 349057A CA 1147764 A CA1147764 A CA 1147764A
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needles
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Nabil Kamal
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41WEARING APPAREL
    • A41HAPPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H43/00Other methods, machines or appliances
    • A41H43/02Handling garment parts or blanks, e.g. feeding, piling, separating or reversing
    • A41H43/0271Registering

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Abstract

OFFSET OVERLAPPED NEEDLES
SYSTEM FOR MATERIAL POSITIONING

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A method and apparatus for positioning and transferring two or more pre-cut pieces of material superimposed in a predetermined relative position to each other. A guide cavity is provided to effect the predetermined positioning of the pre-cut pieces. A
transfer mechanism engages and displaces the super-imposed material while maintaining the pieces of material in the predetermined position. A displaceable body member transfers the superimposed pieces of material to a holding device.

Description

li47~64 BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
(a~ ~ield of Invention.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for positioning pre-cut pieces of material superimposed in predetermined position relative to each other.
The inventive method and apparatu~ is especially useful for po~itioning two or more pre-cut pieces of material of different sizes and ~hape configuration in a predetenmined position relative to one another and in a predetermined location.
(b) ~escription of Prior Art.
In the needle trade industry a common job function is to overlap pre-cut pieces of material and place them in a predetermined locat~on. Quite often, the pre-cut pieces are of different shape and different sizes, and they must be disposed in a predetermined location and in predetermined positions relative to each other. This i8 now being done by hand resulting in misalignment in positioning or locating or both of the superimposed materials and consequently inferior end products. For example, if it is necessary to place a backing material on a facing material, the backing material must be precisely positioned as when edge seam~
are formed both material~ are overlapped and any misalignment will result in a portion of an edge seam being empty of the backing material and the other portion having too many layers of material making it very thick. This position is particularly important when the overlapped materials have irregular shapes as when the overlapping is done along sharp contoured edge3, a ~47764 plurality of layers of fabric may result making a bulgy part, or conversely an insufficient amount of fabric may be provided resulting in a thin part and the imperfect end product usually has to be discarded. Another S disadvantage of thi~ manual operation is that it i3 time-consuming. The end result is that the cost of effecting this job operation i8 very expensive both from a labor point of view and a material waste point of view.
a~E~
It i~ a feature of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for positioning two or more pre-cut pieces of material superimpo~ed in a predetermined po~ition.
Another feature of the present invention i9 to provide a method and apparatus for positioning two or more pieces of pre-cut material superimposed in a predetermined position and transferring these material~
while maintaining them in the predetermined position whereby to position them on a holding device.
Another feature of the present invention iB
to provide a method and apparatus for positioning two or more pieces of pre-cut material superimposed in a predetermined position and which sub~tantially overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art.
It is a ~till further feature of the pre~ent invention to provide an apparatu~ and method for po~itioning two or more pre-cut pieces of material in a predetermined position relative to each other and for transferring the positioned materials to a predeter-mined location, such a~ a cavity of a creasing die or onto a belt of a fusing machine or to a holding device.

'764 According to the above features, from a broad aspect, the present invention provides a material positioning apparatus comprising a base guide cavity is dimensioned to receive a first pre-cut piece of mate-S rial in close fit therein. A movable cavity side wall is positioned over the base guide cavity and actuable to move in position over the base guide cavity after the first piece of material is positioned therein and to form a superimposed guide cavity of smaller size and configu-ration to receive one or more further pre-cut pieces of material to be superimposed at a predetermined position on the first piece of material. Transfer means are provided for engaging and displacing the superimposed material to a predetermined location while maintaining the pieces of material in the precise predetermined posi-tion. Discharge means is further provided for removing the pieces of material from the transfer means and positioning them on a holding means while maintaining them in said predetermined position.
According to a further broad aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of super imposing pre-cut pieces of material and transferring same in their superimposed position. The method compr~ses placing a first pre-cut piece of fabric in close fit in a base cavity. A movable cavity side wall is then displaced over the base cavity to define a superimposed guide cavity of smaller size and configuration. A further pre-cut piece of material is then placed in close fit in the superimposed guide cavity. The superimposed pieces of material are then engaged and displaced for discharge B

~i47764 thereof on a holding means while maintaining the materials superimposed in their predetermined position.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
An example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a schematic side elevation, partly sectioned illustrating the positioning apparatus and the first step of operation, FIGURES 2 to 9 are schematic side elevations showing the further steps of operation, and - 4a -B

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FIGURE 10 iS a perspective schematic view showing the apparatus of this invention.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to the drawings, there is shown generally at 10 the material positioning apparatus and comprising guide means 21, 22, transfer mean3 12 and holding means 13. A first and a second pre-cut piece of material 14 and 15 respectively are superimposed in the guide mean~ 21, 22, engaged by the transfer means 12 while maintained in a predetermined superimposed position and discharged by the displaceable body 16 of the transfer means 12 onto the holding means 13.
As shown more clearly in Figures 1 and 10, the transfer means comprises a transfer body 17 having a plurality of material engaging needles 18 secured at a reinforced end 19 thereof to the transfer body 17.
The needles have a pointed end 20 to penetrate and hold the superimposed pieces of material 14 and 15 in a predetermined position. This predetermined position i8 establi3hed by the guide means which will now be described.
The guide means 21, 22 is constituted by a base guide cavity 21 dimensioned to receive the first pre-cut piece of material 14 in close fit therein. A
movable cavity side wall portion 22 is positioned immediately above the base guide cavity 21 and is actuable to a first position, as shown at 23 in Figure 1, to per~it loading of the base guide cavity 21 and to a second position 24, as shown in Figure 2, to receive a second pre-cut piece of ma$erial 15 in close ~14~764 fit therein for superimposition at a predetermined location on the first piece of material 14. Of course, the movable cavity side wall part 22 may define one or more cavities or guide walls if it is required to super-impose, in a planar alignment, two or more additional pieces of pre-cut material. Still further, although not shown, a third movable side wall part may be posi-tioned over the second wall part to align a still further layer of material for superimposition.
Referring again more particularly to Figure 1, the displaceable body 16 i8 displaceably secured relat~ve to the transfer body 12 by means (not shown) and is provided with orifice~ 25 to permit the free passage of the needles 18 therein. The displaceable body 16 is displaceable along the needles 18 to a position wherein the front face 26 thereof protrudes beyond the pointed ends 20 of the needles 18. This location is clearly shown in Figure 7. As shown in Figure 10, the transfer mean~ 12 is a tran~fer plate and the displaceable body 16 is a discharge plate juxtaposed with the transfer plate. Also, as ~hown, the needle~ 18 are ~ecured in spaced apart position on the tran~fer plate. In this particular arrangement they are positioned in spaced apart pairs along the plates to permit engagement in a substantial area of the material ~o be transferred and repositioned on the holding means 13.
The holdin~ means 13 is constituted by a further plurality of needles 28 positioned in axial alignment and extending vertically above a support surface 27.
These needles also have a pointed end 29 disposed upper-most of the support surface. Also, the needles 28 extend ~4'7764 parallel to the needles 18 in the transfer means and are axially offset therefrom. As shown in Figures 6 and 7, the displaceable plate 16 is provided with a plurality of ~ through bores ~ therein and axially aligned with the respective one of the pins 28 whereby the displaceable plate 16 may move downwardly toward the support surface 27 or the top of a stack of pieces of material engaged by the pins 28 to effect the transfer of the superimposed pieces of material.
The operation of the apparatus will now be described with reference to Figures 1 to 9. As ~hown in Figures 1 and 2, the fir~t step in the operation is to place the fir~t piece of material 14 in the base guide cavity 21. The ~uperimposed second piece of material is then placed in the movable cavity ~ide wall portion 22 which haR now moved to its loading position. The transfer body 17 i8 then moved to its engag~ng position as shown in Figure 3 and is moved downwardly to penetrate the superimposed fabric materials 14 and 15, as shown in Figure 4. The base wall 31 of the ba~e guide cavity 21 is provided with holes 32 to receive an end portion of the needles 18 therein whereby the pieces of materials 14 and 15 are engaged along the length of the needles 18.
The movable cavity 22 is then retracted to the po~ition as shown in Figure 5 and the transfer body 17 is lifted from the guide means 11 and moved onto a predetermined position with respect to the holding means 13, as shown in Figure 6. The displaceable plate 16 then moves downwardly along the needles 18 to a position as shown in Figure 7 where both superimposed layers of materials 76~

14 and 15 are transferred onto the holding needles 28.
The displaceable plate 16 is then retracted as shown in Figure 8 and the transfer body 17 is moved to its initial position as Qhown in Figure 9. By that time the operator may have reloaded the guide means 11 and the transfer body 17 may then be immediately moved above the guide means to pick up the next superimposed pieces of material.
The transfer means will then deposit these superimposed pieces onto the holding needles 2a above the previously positioned pieces.
Although not shown, after a predetermined number of operations of the transfer body 17, the holding means 13 may be transferred to a storage position or to another position where the pieces may then be used to effect another function thereto, for example, stitching, over-lapping, or creasing. The support surface 27 of the holding means may be, for example, a displaceable block.
Furthermore, the apparatus herein shown may operate diffèrently in that the tran~fer ~ody 17 may be a stationary body with the guide means 11 and the holding mean~ 13 being poQitioned in alternating side-by-~ide relationship on a turret with the transfer body moving along a vertical axis to pick up the material from the guide means 11, and depoqiting them on the holding means in a stepping sequence of the turret.
It is within the present invention to cover any obvious modifications of the preferred example described herein, provided such modifications fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (9)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive proproperty or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A material positioning apparatus comprising a base guide cavity dimensioned to receive a first pre-cut piece of material in close fit therein, a movable cavity side wall positioned over said base guide cavity and actuable to move in position over said base guide cavity after said first piece of material is positioned therein and to form a superimposed guide cavity of smaller size and configuration to receive one or more further pre-cut pieces of material to be superimposed at a predetermined position on said first piece of material, transfer means for engaging and displacing said superimposed material in said cavity while maintaining said pieces of material in said predetermined position, and discharge means for removing said pieces of material from said transfer means and posi-tioning them on a holding means while maintaining them in said predetermined position.
2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said transfer means comprises a transfer body having a plurality of material engaging elements extending there-from for positively engaging said superimposed material and maintaining same in position thereon for transfer.
3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said discharge means comprises a displaceable body member displaceably secured relative to said transfer body, said engaging elements extending through respec-tive orifices in said displaceable body, said displace-able body being displaceable to disengage said pieces of material from said engaging elements.
4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein said material engaging elements are needles secured at a reinforced end to said transfer body, said needles having a pointed end to penetrate and hold said super-imposed material in said predetermined position.
5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said transfer body is a transfer plate, said displaceable body being a discharge plate juxtaposed with said transfer plate, said needles being secured in spaced-apart position on said transfer plate, said discharge plate being displaceable transverse to the longitudinal axis of said needles to slide said juxtaposed material engaged thereon along said needles and free from their pointed end.
6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said holding means comprises two or more needles secured to a support surface and extending vertically therefrom, said needles each having a pointed end positioned upper-most of said support surface.
7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said needles secured to said transfer body extend parallel to said needles in said support surface and axially offset therefrom, said needles in said transfer body having their free ends extending beyond the free ends of said needles in said support surface.
8. A method of superimposing pre-cut pieces of material and transferring same in their superimposed position comprising the steps of:
(i) placing a first pre-cut piece of fabric in close fit in a base cavity;
(ii) displacing a movable cavity side wall over said base cavity to define a superimposed guide cavity of smaller size and configuration;
(iii) placing a further pre-cut piece of material in close fit in said superimposed guide cavity;
(iv) engaging said superimposed pieces of material;
(v) displacing said engaged superimposed pieces of material; and (vi) discharging said superimposed pieces of material on a holding means while maintaining said superimposed position.
9. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein after said step (iv) there is provided the step of retracting said movable cavity side wall clear of said base cavity.
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EP0345865A3 (en) * 1988-06-07 1991-07-03 RIMOLDI S.r.l. Assembling device for fabric layers, particularly designed for machines of the manufacturing industry
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0345865A3 (en) * 1988-06-07 1991-07-03 RIMOLDI S.r.l. Assembling device for fabric layers, particularly designed for machines of the manufacturing industry
EP3822049A1 (en) * 2019-11-13 2021-05-19 Open Mind Ventures, S.L.U. System for picking-up elements
WO2021094640A1 (en) * 2019-11-13 2021-05-20 Open Mind Ventures, S.L.U. System for picking up elements
CN114929438A (en) * 2019-11-13 2022-08-19 开放思维风险投资个人有限公司 System for picking up components
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