Apparatus and method for aligning and splicing strip members

A strip material aligning and splicing method for forming a desired belt material comprising the steps of cutting a continuous strip material into a plurality of strips each having a predetermined length while intermittently feeding a continuous strip material in a direction traversing a conveyer and aligning and splicing the cut strips in sequence on the conveyer while intermittently moving said conveyer to thereby form the desired belt material, said method making use of an aligning and splicing apparatus comprising a first guide having a bottom plate for supporting a rear edge of said strip material and a side plate for regulating the position of said rear edge of said strip material and arranged along a feeding path through which said strip material is fed to said conveyer, a vertically movable second guide having a side plate for regulating the position of a front edge of said strip material and a splicing press movable vertically along said second guide, and wherein the width of said feeding path regulated by said first and second guides is set substantially the same as the width of said strip material thereby aligning said strip material along said second guide.

A strip material aligning and splicing apparatus for forming a desired belt material in such a manner that a continuous strip material is sequentially cut into a plurality of strips each having a predetermined length while the strip material is intermittently fed in a direction traversing a conveyer and the cut strips are sequentially aligned and spliced on the conveyer while the conveyer is moved intermittently, said apparatus being provided, along a feeding path through which said strip material is carried to said conveyer, with a first guide having at least a bottom plate for supporting a rear edge of said strip material, a vertically movable second guide having a side plate for regulating the position of a front edge of said strip material and a splicing press capable of moving vertically along said second guide, said first guide being made movable forward and backward in a direction normal to the side guide surface thereof.

A strip material aligning and splicing method for forming a desired belt material comprising the steps of cutting a continuous strip material into a plurality of strips each having a predetermined length while intermittently feeding a continuous strip material in a direction traversing a conveyer and aligning and splicing the cut strips in sequence on the conveyer while intermittently moving said conveyer to thereby form the desired belt material, said method making use of an aligning and splicing apparatus comprising a first guide having at least a bottom plate for supporting a rear edge of said strip material and arranged along a feeding path through which said strip material is fed to said conveyer, a vertically movable second guide having a side plate for regulating the position of a front edge of said strip material and a splicing press movable vertically along said second guide, said first guide being made movable forward and backward in a direction normal to the side guide surface thereof, and wherein the width of said feeding path regulated by said first and second guides is set larger than the width of said strip material and after completion of feeding of said strip material, said first guide is caused to advance toward said second guide thereby aligning said strip material along said second guide.