Braider and tube body
AssigneesMurata Machinery, Ltd., Gifu University
InventorsRyosuke Tahara, Tadashi Uozumi, Akio Ohtani
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Abstract
A braider and a tube body in which braids are arranged on an outer peripheral surface of a mandrel uniformly even if the diameter of the mandrel is uneven. A braider 1 has bobbin carrier conveyance mechanisms 50A and 50B in which bobbin carriers 40A and 40B are conveyed from traveling tracks W1 and W2 to an outside of the traveling tracks W1 and W2 so as to stop winding of braids Y1 and Y2 onto a mandrel 2 and the bobbin carriers 40A and 40B are conveyed from the outside of the traveling tracks W1 and W2 to the traveling tracks W1 and W2 so as to start the winding of the braids Y1 and Y2 onto the mandrel 2.
Claims6
A braider wherein, while a mandrel is moved relatively to a support member in which a traveling track for a bobbin carrier is provided, the bobbin carrier travels along the traveling track so that strands spanned between the bobbin carrier and the mandrel are wound onto an outer peripheral surface of the mandrel, comprising:
- a bobbin carrier conveyance mechanism in which the bobbin carrier is conveyed from the traveling track to an outside of the traveling track so as to stop winding of the strands onto the mandrel and the bobbin carrier is conveyed from the outside of the traveling track onto the traveling track so as to start the winding of the strands onto the mandrel,
- wherein a missing part is formed in the traveling track, and
- the bobbin carrier conveyance mechanism comprises:
- a movable member in which an outer complementary track part and an inner complementary track part are formed and which can be moved between a supply position at which the outer complementary track part complements the missing part of the traveling track and the inner complementary track part is not included in the traveling track and a separation position at which the inner complementary track part complements the missing part of the traveling track and the outer complementary track part is not included in the traveling track, and
- an actuator which moves the movable member between the supply position and the separation position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.