DEVICE FOR PRODUCTION OF WIRE NAP Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: production of tools intended for surface conditioning. SUBSTANCE: free end of wire 13 from pack 12 is secured in the bottom hole of drum 3. Drive 8 is actuated, drum 3 starts rotating , and carriage 11 starts moving. Wire is reeled on drum 3 turn to turn and simultaneously coated with finishing compound. Then, adhesive tapes are sticked to wire nap due displacement of the carriage, carrying the packs with adhesive tapes, along the drum axle. Tapes are sticked in circumference with a space equal to the nap length. At sticking of adhesive tapes free ends are left on one side of the drum, and no free ends-on the other. Drum 3 has a longitudinal slot, and when blade 5 enters the slot it cuts the wire layer. Nappy cloth is removed from drum 3 and gets on a slide. The device uses stop 37 installed at distance πD from the drum axle, where D is the drum diameter. Guillotine clipper 33 is installed between stop 37 and drum 3, it is used to cut nappy cloth into strips. Then, strips are reeled on a rotating mandrel. After all strips are reeled, the mandrel is removed, a new one is installed and the cycle repeats. EFFECT: enhanced capacity and quality. 3 dwg