IP Library Granted Patent US 11,518,108
Granted Patent B2
US 11,518,108 · App. 16/984,298 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Manufacturing apparatus

Inventors: Shigehiko Sasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Wataru Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Taichi Yamada (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
B29C64/393B29C64/321B33Y30/00B33Y50/02
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Patent No.
US 11,518,108
App. No.
16/984,298
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and an elimination unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information relating to an accumulation amount of a twisting force generated in a linear manufacturing material during applying. The elimination unit is configured to eliminate the twisting force based on the information relating to the accumulation amount.

Claims (27)

1. A manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to:

acquire and store a value relating to an accumulation amount of a twisting force generated in a linear manufacturing material during applying, and

determine whether the value relating to the accumulation amount exceeds a preset threshold value; and

a cutting machine configured to eliminate the twisting force based on the value relating to the accumulation amount by cutting the manufacturing material,

wherein the processor is further programmed to control the cutting machine to eliminate the twisting force before the value relating to the accumulation amount exceeds a preset threshold value.

2. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to acquire the value relating to the accumulation amount from an application path along which the manufacturing material is applied.

3. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the value relating to the accumulation amount is right and left direction change amounts on the application path.

4. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the direction change amounts are the numbers of changes in right and left directions.

5. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the cutting machine eliminates the twisting force based on the value relating to the accumulation amount and information on the manufacturing material.

6. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the cutting machine eliminates the twisting force based on the value relating to the accumulation amount and information on the manufacturing material.

7. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the cutting machine eliminates the twisting force based on the value relating to the accumulation amount and information on the manufacturing material.

8. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a detector configured to detect a twisted state of the manufacturing material, and

the processor is programmed to acquire the value relating to the accumulation amount based on the twisted state detected by the detector.

9. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the detector detects the twisted state by measuring a force in a twist direction generated in the manufacturing material.

10. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the detector detects the twisted state based on an appearance of the manufacturing material.

11. A manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to:

acquire and store a value relating to an accumulation amount of a twisting force generated in a linear manufacturing material during applying, and

determine whether the value relating to the accumulation amount exceeds a preset threshold value; and

an elimination unit configured to eliminate the twisting force based on the value relating to the accumulation amount,

wherein the processor is further programmed to control the elimination unit to eliminate the twisting force before the value relating to the accumulation amount exceeds a preset threshold value,

wherein the elimination unit eliminates the twisting force by changing an application path along which the manufacturing material is applied based on the value relating to the accumulation amount so as to reduce the twisting force.

12. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the value relating to the accumulation amount is a number of degrees.

13. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the value relating to the accumulation amount is a number of rotations of the manufacturing material.

14. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor configured to measure a twisting force of the manufacturing material in the twisting direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2020
From: SASAKI, SHIGEHIKO; SUZUKI, WATARU; YAMADA, TAICHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053392/0237 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-224660 · Dec 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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