US3199220A - Cylinder-drying machine - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a cylinder-drying machine having a plurality of drying cylinders forming one or a plurality of groups of such drying cylinders.
- the drive of the individual drying cylinders of a cylinder-drying machine is brought about generally by a general belt drive, a V-belt drive, a chain drive or a gear drive equally for the entire group of drying cylinders.
- a drying machine consists of a plurality of groups, a compensator is arranged in many instances between the individual groups, in order to equalize occurring tensions in the fabric due to the shrinking occurring during the progressive drying process.
- the requirements for the tension-free dry particularly in the treatment of sensitive fabrics have recently appreciably increased. P or this reason each drying cylinder should be driven possibly in such manner that no pull is exerted upon the fabric or goods and that the goods are guided through the entire machine completely without any tension.
- Another type of driving means provides an elastic drive by means of a spring drive over an intermediate drive for each cylinder, the driving side of the spiral spring drive yielding upon occurring of over-tension, and the running-oft" side being released from the tension again, whereby the cylinder is correspondingly driven at a lower speed.
- This drive was likewise not individually controllable and was subjected to a rather fast wear for a longterm operation.
- a cylinder-drying machine which includes a drive means which permits a drying with a controllable tensioning up to a completely tension-free drying.
- an individual pressure cylinder is coordinated to each of the friction coupling discs, and all pressure cylinders are connected to a common pressure fiuid conduit, whereby, in order to control the friction pressure between their pressure conduit and each of the pressure cylinders, an adjustment valve is always provided.
- the piston rod of the pressure piston of the pressure cylinder does not operate directly on the friction coupling disc, rather to connect the piston rod indirectly to the pressure coupling discs by means of a control lever, in which the control lever itself is formed as a double-armed swinging lever with different lever lengths, whereby the length of the lever arm, cooperating with the friction coupling disc, is a multiple of the length of the other of the arms of the lever, on which the piston rod operates.
- a control lever in which the control lever itself is formed as a double-armed swinging lever with different lever lengths, whereby the length of the lever arm, cooperating with the friction coupling disc, is a multiple of the length of the other of the arms of the lever, on which the piston rod operates.
- FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a cylinder-drying machine, shown schematically;
- FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary view of one drying cylinder indicating in axial section the drive for said cylinder.
- the first cylinder is driven by an unlimited speed variation means, whereby the speed of the goods is determined.
- the drive of the first drying cylinder it is transmitted by any conventional drive means, as a belt drive it or the like, to the following cylinders, and to a driving disc 11, respectively, which driving disc 11 is driven by a disc lill and belt 11 rotated by a motor M (FIG. 1), the latter being mounted freely rotatably on the drive shaft 12 of the drying cylinder 19.
- a friction coupling disc 35 is mounted on the drive shaft 12, which friction coupling disc 13 is non-rotatable on the drive shaft 12 by means of a key 14, however, is mounted for axial movement on the drive shaft 12.
- a pressure fluid drive is provided, by using hydraulical or pneumatic means, whereby a particular pressure cylunder 1.? is coordinated to each friction coupling disc 13, all the pressure cylinders 15 communicating with a com mon pressure fluid conduit 16.
- An adjustment valve 17 is provided between the pressure fluid conduit 16 and each of the pressure cylinders 15.
- the pressure within the common pressure fluid conduit 16 can be produced in known manner by any known pressure creating device, whereby the pressure is set by means of a main control valve 18, and the pressure can be read on a pressure indicator 19 disposed downstream behind the main ont l valve 18 in the pressure fluid conduit 16.
- a double arm swinging lever 20 and 21 is provided, which is mounted in a bearing 22 forming a pivot 23.
- the lever arm 21 is in direct connection with the piston rod 24 extending from the pressure piston 25, While the lever arm 20 exert pressure on a ball bearing 26 of the friction coupling disc 13, and, thus, transmits the axial pressure onto the driving disc 11, so that the friction coupling disc 13 joins the rotation and the drying cylinder starts in turn the rotation.
- This device is absolutely safe for operation, and also the wear in the friction layer, as well as small structural
- the shown and described embodiment'of the present invention amounts to merely an example of the present invention, and the latter is not limited to this structure, rather other embodiments and applications are possible within the framework of the present invention.
- This relates not only to the constructive arrangement of the drive, but also to the drive means which can be applied in deviation of the described drives, the scope of the present invention being determined by the objects and the claim.
- a cylinder-drying machine for tension-free drying comprising 7 V p a plurality'of rotating drying cylinders forming at least one group of said drying cylinders, V a drive shaft coordinated to each of said drying cylinders, said drying cylinders including a first drying cylinder and a plurality of additional drying cylinders, a driving disc freely rotatable on each of said drying shafts, a a friction coupling means between each of said driving discs and the corresponding of said driving shafts, each of said driving discs being driven by means of a common continuous belt,
- a common pressure fluid means for including a com mon pressure fluid line applying pressure simultaneously to each of said friction coupling means
- valve means for adjusting the pressure of said pressure fluid means associated with and acting on each of said friction coupling means
- said friction coupling means comprising a friction coupling disc non-rotatably but axially movably secured to said drive shaft of each of said drying cylinders,
- one end of said double-armed control lever being pivotally connected to said piston rod
- said friction coupling disc being mounted on said shaft for fixed rotation therewith, but for fixed axial movement and having a friction face perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said drive shaft for engagement with a complementary face of said driving disc, and
- said friction coupling disc being engaged by said other end of said double control lever and imparting motion by axial movement of said friction coupling disc to said other end of v said lever to vary the pressure in said common pressure fluid line.
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Aug. 10, 1965 J. KUPPERS 3,199,220
CYLINDER-DRYING MACHINE Filed Nov. 13, 1961 g Sheets$heet 1 INVE N701? Aug. 10, 1965 J. KUPPERS 3,199,220
CYLINDER-DRYING MACHINE Filed Nov. 15, 1961 g Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 2
w w m United States Patent 0 3,19%,220 YLiNDER-DRYING MACHINE Josef Kiippers, h iouchen-Gladbach, Rhineiand, Germany, assignor to Firma Franz Muller Maschinenfabrilr, hionchen-Giadbach, Germany, a corporation of Germany Filed Nov. 13, 196i, er. No. 151,669 Claims priority, application Germany, Feb. 21, 1% M 48,105 1 Qiairn. (ill. 34- 1121) The present invention relates to a cylinder-drying machine having a plurality of drying cylinders forming one or a plurality of groups of such drying cylinders.
The drive of the individual drying cylinders of a cylinder-drying machine is brought about generally by a general belt drive, a V-belt drive, a chain drive or a gear drive equally for the entire group of drying cylinders. If a drying machine consists of a plurality of groups, a compensator is arranged in many instances between the individual groups, in order to equalize occurring tensions in the fabric due to the shrinking occurring during the progressive drying process. The requirements for the tension-free dry particularly in the treatment of sensitive fabrics, have recently appreciably increased. P or this reason each drying cylinder should be driven possibly in such manner that no pull is exerted upon the fabric or goods and that the goods are guided through the entire machine completely without any tension.
In order to bring about this result, machines have been proposed, in which each of the drying cylinders has been driven by a separate friction drive. It is clear, however, that the expenses for such arrangement are extremely high, and a correct adjustment can hardly be obtained for a long time operation.
Another type of driving means provides an elastic drive by means of a spring drive over an intermediate drive for each cylinder, the driving side of the spiral spring drive yielding upon occurring of over-tension, and the running-oft" side being released from the tension again, whereby the cylinder is correspondingly driven at a lower speed. This drive was likewise not individually controllable and was subjected to a rather fast wear for a longterm operation.
it is, therefore, one object of the present invention to provide a cylinder-drying machine which includes a drive means which permits a drying with a controllable tensioning up to a completely tension-free drying.
it is another object of the present invention to provide a cylinder-drying machine, where in a group of drying cylinders always the first drying cylinder of this group, and in case of a plurality of groups, only the first drying cylinder of the first of the groups, has a self-drive while all following drying cylinders are driven from this first drying cylinder, whereby a friction coupling with adjustable friction pressure is provided between the drive of each of the following drying cylinders and the cylinders of said following drying cylinders and their driving shafts, respectively.
In this arrangement an individual pressure cylinder is coordinated to each of the friction coupling discs, and all pressure cylinders are connected to a common pressure fiuid conduit, whereby, in order to control the friction pressure between their pressure conduit and each of the pressure cylinders, an adjustment valve is always provided.
For a practical embodiment of the present invention, it is favorable and suitable, if the piston rod of the pressure piston of the pressure cylinder does not operate directly on the friction coupling disc, rather to connect the piston rod indirectly to the pressure coupling discs by means of a control lever, in which the control lever itself is formed as a double-armed swinging lever with different lever lengths, whereby the length of the lever arm, cooperating with the friction coupling disc, is a multiple of the length of the other of the arms of the lever, on which the piston rod operates. In this manner a particularly favorable ratio of transmission is brought about, whereby a reliable adjustment is favored.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a cylinder-drying machine in which always only the first drying cylinder is self-driven, While all following drying cylinders are driven from said first cylinder, and it is found advantageous, to arrange the drive of the following cylinders in such manner that a driving disc is provided freely rotatable on each driving shaft of the drying cylinders, which driving disc is connected by means of a belt drive or the like with the self-driven first drying cylinder, while a friction coupling disc, which is nonrotatable and axially movable on the end of the driving shaft of each of the drying cylinders cooperates with this driving disc.
It is now possible, with this new cylinder-drying mah in which only the first drying cylinder is self-driven, while all following cylinders are driven by an intermediate arrangement of a friction coupling for each of the cylinders from the first cylinder, to treat the fabrics in accordance with the requirements for such fabrics in a dryisi; process correspondingly free of tension and with a controllable tension, respectively, to an extent not achieved until now and also reliably. This end is brought about with structurally simple, yet eifective means.
With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention will be clearly understood in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a cylinder-drying machine, shown schematically; and
FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary view of one drying cylinder indicating in axial section the drive for said cylinder.
Referring now to the drawings, it should be emphasized at first that in accordance with the shown embodiment of the cylinder-dryin machine, the first drying cylinder of a group only and in case of arranging a plurality of groups, likewise the first cylinder of the first group only is self-driven, while all following cylinders it) are driven by the first cylinder. The first cylinder is driven by an unlimited speed variation means, whereby the speed of the goods is determined.
The drive of the first drying cylinder it is transmitted by any conventional drive means, as a belt drive it or the like, to the following cylinders, and to a driving disc 11, respectively, which driving disc 11 is driven by a disc lill and belt 11 rotated by a motor M (FIG. 1), the latter being mounted freely rotatably on the drive shaft 12 of the drying cylinder 19. In addition a friction coupling disc 35 is mounted on the drive shaft 12, which friction coupling disc 13 is non-rotatable on the drive shaft 12 by means of a key 14, however, is mounted for axial movement on the drive shaft 12. In order to produce an axial control movement of the friction coupling disc 13', a pressure fluid drive is provided, by using hydraulical or pneumatic means, whereby a particular pressure cylunder 1.? is coordinated to each friction coupling disc 13, all the pressure cylinders 15 communicating with a com mon pressure fluid conduit 16. An adjustment valve 17 is provided between the pressure fluid conduit 16 and each of the pressure cylinders 15. The pressure Within the common pressure fluid conduit 16 can be produced in known manner by any known pressure creating device, whereby the pressure is set by means of a main control valve 18, and the pressure can be read on a pressure indicator 19 disposed downstream behind the main ont l valve 18 in the pressure fluid conduit 16.
In order to transmit the pressure between the pressure cylinder 15 and the friction coupling disc 13 of each of the drying cylinders, a double arm swinging lever 20 and 21 is provided, which is mounted in a bearing 22 forming a pivot 23. The lever arm 21 is in direct connection with the piston rod 24 extending from the pressure piston 25, While the lever arm 20 exert pressure on a ball bearing 26 of the friction coupling disc 13, and, thus, transmits the axial pressure onto the driving disc 11, so that the friction coupling disc 13 joins the rotation and the drying cylinder starts in turn the rotation.
Due to the controllable pressure, equal pressure of the friction coupling disc 13 is exerted onto the driving disc 11 of each of the cylinders 10, with the exception of the first cylinder in the group. One is, thus, in a position to control and to adjust the pulling force of all pressure cylinders selectively, up to the completely tensionfree drying, whereby the pressure is so reduced, that the drying cylinders 10 are just driven.
This device is absolutely safe for operation, and also the wear in the friction layer, as well as small structural As already stated, the shown and described embodiment'of the present invention amounts to merely an example of the present invention, and the latter is not limited to this structure, rather other embodiments and applications are possible within the framework of the present invention. This relates not only to the constructive arrangement of the drive, but also to the drive means which can be applied in deviation of the described drives, the scope of the present invention being determined by the objects and the claim.
I claim: 1 A cylinder-drying machine for tension-free drying, comprising 7 V p a plurality'of rotating drying cylinders forming at least one group of said drying cylinders, V a drive shaft coordinated to each of said drying cylinders, said drying cylinders including a first drying cylinder and a plurality of additional drying cylinders, a driving disc freely rotatable on each of said drying shafts, a a friction coupling means between each of said driving discs and the corresponding of said driving shafts, each of said driving discs being driven by means of a common continuous belt,
a common pressure fluid means for including a com mon pressure fluid line applying pressure simultaneously to each of said friction coupling means,
valve means for adjusting the pressure of said pressure fluid means associated with and acting on each of said friction coupling means,
said friction coupling means comprising a friction coupling disc non-rotatably but axially movably secured to said drive shaft of each of said drying cylinders,
a pressure cylinder coordinated to each of said friction coupling means, 7
a piston having a piston rod reciprocating in said pressure cylinder,
a double-armed control lever pivotallypmounted intermediate its ends,
one end of said double-armed control lever being pivotally connected to said piston rod,
the other end of said double-armed control lever engaging said friction coupling drive,
said friction coupling disc being mounted on said shaft for fixed rotation therewith, but for fixed axial movement and having a friction face perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said drive shaft for engagement with a complementary face of said driving disc, and
said friction coupling disc being engaged by said other end of said double control lever and imparting motion by axial movement of said friction coupling disc to said other end of v said lever to vary the pressure in said common pressure fluid line.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,131,401 3/15 MacPherson l92-85 1,433,399 10/22 Modine 19285 1,595,237 8/26 Minton' 34-9 2,144,074 1/ 39 Maybach 192-85 2,248,333 7/41 Burbank 226 37 2,599,632 6/52 Hindmarch 192-87 2,966,746 1/61 Mellbin 34-121 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,043,072 11/53 France.
WILLIAM F. ODEA, Acting Primary Examiner. NORMAN YUDKOEF, Examiner.
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