IP Library Granted Patent US 7,533,844
Granted Patent B2
US 7,533,844 · App. 11/528,355 · Granted May 19, 2009

Paper splicing apparatus

Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,533,844
App. No.
11/528,355
Granted
May 19, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a paper splicing apparatus that can improve workability of an operator and splicing accuracy at low cost with a simple construction. Thus, a paper splicing apparatus that carries out paper splicing by sticking together a tip of a new web pulled out from a rolled web to an old web drawn out from another rolled web comprises a first reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in an approaching/departing direction to/from a surface of the old web, a second reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in the approaching/departing direction independently of the first reciprocating member, a first roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to the first reciprocating member, and a second roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to the second reciprocating member with the new web fastened between the first roller and the second roller.

Claims (30)

1. A paper splicing apparatus that carries out paper splicing to feed paper continuously by sticking a tip of a new web pulled out from a rolled web to an old web drawn out from another rolled web, comprising:

a first reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in a direction toward or away from a surface of the old web;

a second reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in the direction toward or away from the surface of the old web independently of said first reciprocating member;

a first roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to said first reciprocating member; and

a second roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to said second reciprocating member for fastening the new web between said first roller and said second roller,

wherein the second roller is arranged to press the new web directly against the first roller to sandwich the web between the first and second rollers and therefore fasten the new web therebetween.

2. The paper splicing apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a rotating member that is mounted securely on said first roller and has a rotation surface that moves rotationally as said first roller rotates; and

a member provided in rows that is in contact with the rotation surface of said rotating member and causes said rotating member to rotate as said first reciprocating member reciprocates.

3. A paper splicing apparatus that carries out paper splicing to feed paper continuously by sticking a tip of a new web pulled out from a rolled web to an old web drawn out from another rolled web, comprising:

a first reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in a direction toward or away from a surface of the old web;

a second reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in the direction toward or away from the surface of the old web independently of said first reciprocating member;

a first roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to said first reciprocating member;

a second roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to said second reciprocating member for fastening the new web between said first roller and said second roller;

a rotating member that is mounted securely on said first roller and has a rotation surface that moves rotationally as said first roller rotates;

a member provided in rows that is in contact with the rotation surface of said rotating member and causes said rotating member to rotate as said first reciprocating member reciprocates; and

a brake member for constraining rotation of said rotating member with respect to said first reciprocating member.

4. The paper splicing apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising:

a rotation detecting means for detecting an amount of rotation of said first roller by said member provided in rows, wherein

said brake member constrains rotation of said rotating member when the amount of rotation detected by said rotation detecting means becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.

5. The paper splicing apparatus according to claim 4 wherein

said member provided in rows is arranged more closely on the rolled web side of said fastened new web than a moving track of a central point of said first roller related to reciprocation of the first roller.

6. The paper splicing apparatus according to claim 3 wherein

said member provided in rows is arranged more closely on the rolled web side of said fastened new web than a moving track of a central point of the first roller related to reciprocation of said first roller.

7. A paper splicing apparatus that carries out paper splicing to feed paper continuously by sticking a tip of a new web pulled out from a rolled web to an old web drawn out from another rolled web, comprising:

a first reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in a direction toward or away from a surface of the old web;

a second reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in the direction toward or away from the surface of the old web independently of said first reciprocating member;

a first roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to said first reciprocating member;

a second roller pivotally supported on the second reciprocating member so as to be freely rotate with respect to said second reciprocating member and movable with the second reciprocating member toward a position wherein the new web can be clamped between said first roller and said second roller; and

a brake member for constraining rotation of said rotating member with respect to said first reciprocating member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2010
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES PRINTING & PACKAGING MACHINERY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024879/0833 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2006
From: MIZUTANI, HIDEKI; HARADA, YOSHIO; MIYAKE, TAKAYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 018624/0882 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-286421 · Sep 30, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070075179A1 · Apr 5, 2007