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Apparatus and method for joining sheets of woven material

a technology of woven materials and apparatuses, applied in the direction of layered products, chemistry apparatus and processes, synthetic resin layered products, etc., can solve the problem that the production of bulk rolls of wire cloth having greater than standard widths is not generally employed

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-11-28
FAIR ROBERT WOOD
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As will be appreciated, apparatus and methods for joining ends of wire cloth such as disclosed by Sellers, Sinclair and Svensson, while suitable for producing a mesh form suitable for particular applications, are not generally employed to production of bulk rolls of wire cloth having greater than standard widths.

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[0019] With reference now to the figures and in particular with reference to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a high-level perspective view of an apparatus for joining widths of wire cloth in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As depicted, apparatus 10 includes a support rack 12 that supports two or more supply rolls 14 of convolute wire cloth, as shown in detail at reference numeral 16. Each supply roll 14 may have any width, but widths of standard rolls typically range between 24 and 72 inches, as noted above. Support rack 12 preferably supports at least some supply rolls 14 at differing axial alignments so that the raw edges of multiple sheets 18a, 18b of wire cloth will not snag or interfere as they are payed out. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention (not illustrated), support rack 12 can be eliminated, and sheets 18 can be received directly from looms for weaving wire cloth.

[0020] The multiple wire cloth sheets 18 are unwound from supp...

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Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for joining sheets of woven material such as wire cloth in side-by-side relation to form a unitary sheet of material having a greater width. In accordance with one preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a joining mechanism for joining the multiple sheets to form a unitary sheet, and optionally, either or both of a planarizing mechanism for reducing (or eliminating) differences in the thickness of the joint(s) from the bulk of the unitary sheet and a coating mechanism for coating at least areas of the unitary sheet near a joint. Following processing, the unitary sheet can be wound on a spindle to form a roll of woven material having greater than standard width.

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[0001] 1. Technical Field[0002] The present invention relates in general to apparatus and methods for joining sheets of material and, in particular, to apparatus and methods for joining two or more sheets of woven material to form a sheet of greater width or length.[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art[0004] Wire cloth (also referred to as wire mesh) is a fabric formed by weaving strands of wire. Although other materials may be employed, the wires comprising the wire cloth are typically made of common metals, such as steel, stainless steel, copper, aluminum, nickel, or their alloys. The selection of the wire material depends upon the intended use of the wire cloth, environmental concerns such as corrosion, abrasion and heat resistance or use of the wire material in food production, and suitability of the wire material for secondary processing such as welding, forming, and applying coatings.[0005] Wire cloth has a broad range of commercial, residential and industrial applications,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B21F33/00D06H5/00
CPCD06H5/00B21F33/007
Inventor FAIR, ROBERT WOOD
Owner FAIR ROBERT WOOD
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