Pleating machine for manufacturing corrugated wire mesh
AssigneeIndustrial Climate Solutions, Inc.
InventorHossein Khorshidian
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Abstract
A pleating machine and a method of corrugating a blank. The blank defines a starting plane. The pleating machine includes a first blade pair and a second blade pair. The first blade pair is configured to anchor the blank at a first location of the blank and the second blade pair is configured to anchor the blank at a second location of the blank. The first blade pair moves vertically with respect to the starting plane during a corrugation operation, and the second blade pair is constrained to move within the starting plane during the corrugation operation. The first blade pair and the second blade pair move cooperatively to form a corrugation in the blank.
Claims14
A pleating machine, comprising:
- a first blade pair configured to anchor a blank at a first location of the blank, the blank defining a starting plane, wherein the first blade pair is configured to move vertically with respect to the starting plane during a corrugation operation;
- a second blade pair configured to anchor the blank at a second location of the blank and constrained to move within the starting plane during the corrugation operation, wherein the first blade pair and the second blade pair move cooperatively along a length of the starting plane to form a corrugation in the blank during the corrugation operation;
- a fixed stop;
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- a movable stop configured to move toward the fixed stop during the corrugation operation.
A method of corrugating a blank, comprising:
- anchoring the blank at a first location via a first blade pair and at a second location via a second blade pair, the blank defining a starting plane and disposed between a fixed stop and a movable stop;
- moving the first blade pair vertically out of the starting plane to corrugate the blank at the first location during a corrugation operation;
- moving the second blade pair along a length of the starting plane and within the starting plane to corrugate the blank at the second location;
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- moving the movable stop toward the fixed stop as the blank is being corrugated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.