公开(公告)号：US06991447B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-31

申请号：US10205043

申请日：2002-07-24

申请人： Harold G. LeClare ,  Kevin E. Welch ,  Kevin L. Egbert ,  Andrew R. Elliott ,  James P. Morris ,  Gary R. Hannah

发明人： Harold G. LeClare ,  Kevin E. Welch ,  Kevin L. Egbert ,  Andrew R. Elliott ,  James P. Morris ,  Gary R. Hannah

IPC分类号： B29C53/22

CPC分类号： B31D5/04 ,  D06J1/02

摘要： A pleating machine (20) is provided which allows extremely rapid, uniform pleating of flexible, tubular bodies (28), thereby eliminating the arduous and time-consuming task of manual pleating. The machine (20) includes an upper, stationary, female tubular jaw (90) and a lower, reciprocal, male tubular pleating jaw (92) which are oriented in superposed, substantially axial alignment, along with a drive assembly (26) serving to vertically reciprocate lower jaw (92). An elongated rod-type body support (24) extends downwardly through the upper jaw (90) and presents a pleating surface (88a), so that upon reciprocation of lower jaw (92), the jaw lugs (105) successively engage the body (28) to form pleats (162, 164). The pleats (162, 164) are retained by keeper structure including inwardly extending female jaw segments (98) and weighted slide (89) mounted on support (24).

摘要翻译： 提供一种打褶机（20），其允许灵活的管状体（28）的极快速均匀的褶皱，从而消除手动打褶的艰巨和耗时的任务。 机器（20）包括上部，固定的阴形管状夹爪（90）和下部的往复的阳性管状打褶钳口（92），其与叠置的大致轴向对准定位，驱动组件（26） 垂直往复运动下颚（92）。 细长的杆状主体支撑件（24）向下延伸穿过上钳口（90）并且具有打褶表面（88a），使得当下颚（92）往复运动时，钳口突起（105）连续地接合身体 （28）以形成褶（162,164）。 褶（162,164）通过保持器结构保持，包括向内延伸的阴爪部分（98）和安装在支撑件（24）上的加权滑块（89）。