Device for guiding a knitted or woven fabric
AssigneeTorri Winding Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorSoichi Torii
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Abstract
A device for guiding a knitted or woven fabric flattened or folded into half-width which prevents creases or wrinkles from occurring in the conveyed fabric. The guiding device comprises a plurality of fabric guiding surfaces wich are rotatable around an axis, which axis is perpendicular to the conveying direction of said fabric; and a plurality of spaces for receiving a part of the fabric, provided between two adjacent fabric guiding surfaces. The fabric guiding surfaces are composed of a plurality of roller-shaped bars. Alternatively, the fabric guiding surfaces are composed of parts of the circumferential surface of a cylindrical roller, each said part extending axially and separated from adjacent parts by grooves, which grooves act as the spaces for receiving a part of the fabric.
Claims9
A device for guiding a knitted or woven fabric flattened or folded into a half width, to form a fabric having an inside half and an outside half, conveyed by means of a taking-up mechanism which comprises:
- a plurality of fabric guiding surfaces extending parallel to and arranged equidistant radially around an axis, said axis being perpendicular to the conveying direction of the fabric and parallel to the surface of the flattened or folded fabric, said fabric guiding surfaces being rotatable about said axis, for transverse contact with the inside half of the guided fabric on which inside half is superposed the outside half, and a plurality of spaces for receiving a longitudinal part of the inside half of the fabric, said spaces being formed between adjacent fabric guiding surfaces.
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