Fiber holding device, high pressure gas tank manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9393742-B2
Application number	US-201314432314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2013
Priority date	Oct 1, 2012
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

There is provided a fiber holding device, comprising: a bobbin supported to be rotatable about an axis and configured to hold a fiber wound thereon; a release member configured to apply a force to the fiber drawn from the bobbin in a direction from the axis of the bobbin toward outer periphery; a tension applying member configured to apply tension to the fiber drawn from the bobbin; and an extended section extended from the bobbin and arranged to integrally hold the release member and the tension applying member in a sequence of the release member and the tension applying member toward downstream in a drawing direction of the fiber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fiber holding device, comprising:
a bobbin supported to be rotatable about an axis and configured to have a main unit that holds a fiber wound thereon and a plate member that is rotatable independently of the main unit;
a release member configured to apply a force to the fiber drawn from the main unit in a direction from the axis of the bobbin toward outer periphery;
a tension applying member configured to apply tension to the fiber drawn from the main unit;
an extended section extended from the plate member and arranged to integrally hold the release member and the tension applying member in a sequence of the release member and the tension applying member toward downstream in a drawing direction of the fiber; and
wherein the extended section is rotatable in the opposite direction from a rotating direction of the main unit during drawing of the fiber from the main unit, together with rotation of the plate member.

2. The fiber holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the extended section is extended in the direction from the axis of the bobbin toward the outer periphery.

3. The fiber holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the release member and the tension applying member are arranged to be approximately parallel to the axis of the bobbin, and
the tension applying member has a length in an axial direction longer than a length of the axis.

4. The fiber holding device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an assist member configured to assist drawing of the fiber from the bobbin when the extended section is rotated to a predetermined position.

5. The fiber holding device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the release member is configured to eject a gas toward the bobbin, so as to serve as the assist member.

6. The fiber holding device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the release member is made of a porous metal to be formed hollow and is configured to eject the gas through pores of the porous metal in all directions toward outside of the release member, so as to serve as the assist member.

7. The fiber holding device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the release member is vibrated, so as to serve as the assist member.

8. The fiber holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the release member and the tension applying member are formed in rod-like shape to be extended approximately parallel to the axis, and
the extended section is provided to be extended from one plate member of the bobbin such as to hold one end of the release member and one end of the tension applying member.

9. The fiber holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the release member and the tension applying member are formed in rod-like shape to be extended approximately parallel to the axis, and
the extended sections are provided to be extended from both plate members of the bobbin, such that one extended section is arranged to hold one end of the release member and one end of the tension applying member and the other extended section is arranged to hole the other end of the release member and the other end of the tension applying member.

10. A high pressure gas tank manufacturing apparatus, comprising:
the fiber holding device according to claim 1 .

11. The fiber holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the release member increases the force applied to the fiber in the direction toward the outer periphery, associated with rotation of the extended section in a reverse direction to a rotating direction of the main unit during drawing of the fiber from the main unit.

12. The fiber holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the extended section is pressed in a rotating direction of the main unit during drawing of the fiber from the main unit.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hatta Ken
• Nakamura Daigoro
• Tanigawa Motohiro
• Uozumi Tadashi

Classifications

• B65H2701/38

  Thread sheet, e.g. sheet of parallel yarns or wires · CPC title

• B29L2031/712

  Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages (closures therefor B29L2031/56; ink or toner cartridges B29L2031/7678; squeeze tubes B29L2023/20; suitcases B29L2031/7418) · CPC title

• B29L2031/7172

  Fuel tanks, jerry cans · CPC title

• B29C53/58

  helically · CPC title

• B65H2701/314

  Carbon fibres · CPC title