Apparatus for and method of folding and winding a band of non-woven fabric of a predetermined length

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for folding and winding a predetermined length of non-woven fabric used for the industrial production of moistened wipes. The apparatus for folding and winding a predetermined length of non-woven fabric from a roll wound on a core is mounted on a countertop, equipped with a housing, provided with a drive unit. Mounted on a hub (1) is a cylinder (2), to which eccentrically attached are rods (3) from which at a certain distance is mounted a linear feed (4). The hub assembly (1) with the cylinder (2) with the rods (3) and the linear feed (4) can be mounted vertically or horizontally.

Claims

1. An apparatus that is mounted on a countertop, equipped with a housing, and provided with a drive unit, wherein the apparatus comprises: a hub; a cylinder mounted on the hub; rods eccentrically attached to the cylinder, wherein the rods are retractable toward the cylinder; a knife; and a linear feed mounted at a distance from the hub, the cylinder and the rods, wherein the apparatus folds and winds a non-woven fabric from a roll wound on a core, wherein the cylinder folds the non-woven fabric by a rotational movement, and then the knife cuts the folded non-woven fabric into a predetermined length, and wherein the hub, the cylinder and the rods are movable toward the linear feed and back in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the cylinder.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hub, the cylinder, the rods and the linear feed are mounted vertically or horizontally.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rods are attached to a circular base of the cylinder.

Description

(1) The subject of this invention is presented in an embodiment in the attached drawing, in which

(2) FIG. 1 shows a side view of the apparatus, and

(3) FIG. 2 shows a view of the folding table in perspective,

(4) FIG. 3 shows the folding table in operation mode.

(5) An apparatus for folding and winding a predetermined length of non-woven fabric from a roll wound on a core, mounted on a countertop equipped with a housing, is provided with a drive unit. To a hub 1 is mounted a cylinder 2, to which eccentrically attached are rods 3, from which at a certain distance is mounted a linear feed 4. The hub assembly 1 with the cylinder 2 with the rods 3 and the linear feed 4, can be mounted vertically or horizontally.

(6) A method of folding and winding a predetermined length of non-woven fabric from a roll wound on a core is characterized in that a band of a material W unrolled from a bale is inserted between rods 3, followed by cutting and the rotational movement of a cylinder 2, resulting in folding, followed by the material moving longitudinally along a hub assembly 1 with the cylinder 2 with the rods 3 in the direction of a linear feed 4, followed by the rods 3 being retracted towards the cylinder 2, and the folded band of material W being taken up by means of the linear feed 4.