Apparatus for adhering a soft slab and a covering material together

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9486958-B2
Application number	US-201414267489-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2014
Priority date	Nov 1, 2011
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for adhering a soft slab and a covering material together. The apparatus for adhering the soft slab and the covering material together includes: a moving unit consisting of a plurality of rollers for moving the soft slab; a conveyor unit including a belt configured such that air passes through the top and bottom surface thereof, and a driving unit for driving the belt, the conveyor unit being intended for transferring a covering material seated on the top surface of the belt toward an adhesive surface of the soft slab; and an air suction unit provided at the bottom surface of the belt so as to suction air such that the covering material is tightly attached onto the top surface of the belt, thereby attaching the covering material onto the adhesive surface of the soft slab without generating pleats.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for adhering a soft slab and a covering material together, comprising:
a moving unit ( 100 ) comprising a plurality of rollers and moving the soft slab (S);
a conveyor unit ( 500 ) comprising a belt ( 520 ) configured to allow air to pass through upper and lower surfaces thereof, and a drive unit ( 540 ) provided to move the belt ( 520 ), the conveyor unit ( 500 ) transferring the covering material placed on the upper surface of the belt ( 520 ) towards an adhesive surface of the soft slab;
an air suction unit ( 700 ) provided below the lower surface of the belt ( 520 ), the air suction unit ( 700 ) sucking air such that the covering material comes into close contact with the upper surface of the belt ( 520 ) whereby the covering material adheres to the adhesive surface of the soft slab (S) without creasing; and
a covering jig ( 800 ) including a covering seating depression ( 840 ) having a shape equal to a shape of the covering material (L), wherein the covering material (L) is seated onto the covering seating depression ( 840 ), and the covering jig ( 800 ) is placed on the upper surface of the belt ( 520 ) of the conveyor unit ( 500 ) and transferred towards the adhesive surface of the soft slab (S).

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising
a heating unit ( 300 ) heating the adhesive surface of the soft slab (S) that is moved by the moving unit ( 100 ),
wherein the conveyor unit ( 500 ) transfers the covering material (L) towards the adhesive surface that has been heated.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising
an adhesive applying unit ( 300 ) applying an adhesive to the adhesive surface of the soft slab (S) that is moved by the moving unit ( 100 ),
wherein the conveyor unit ( 500 ) transfers the covering material (L) towards the adhesive surface to which the adhesive has been applied.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the soft slab (S) is made of sponge, and the covering material is made of natural leather.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the moving unit ( 100 ) comprises a feed roll ( 120 ) and a collecting roll ( 140 ) respectively disposed at both sides of the apparatus, and a guide roller 160 provided between the feed roll ( 120 ) and the collecting roll ( 140 ), the guide roller ( 160 ) guiding the adhesive surface of the soft slab (S) to a position adjacent to the covering material placed on the upper surface of the belt ( 520 ) of the conveyor unit to enable the covering material to adhere to the adhesive surface of the soft slab.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the moving unit ( 100 ) further comprises a compression roller ( 180 ) provided between the collecting roll ( 140 ) and the guide roller ( 160 ), the compression roller ( 180 ) compressing the soft slab (S) to which the covering material has adhered.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of vent holes are formed in the belt ( 520 ) of the conveyor unit ( 500 ) to enable air to pass through the upper and lower surfaces of the belt.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the belt ( 520 ) of the conveyor unit ( 500 ) is made of porous material to enable air to pass through the upper and lower surfaces of the belt.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the drive unit ( 540 ) of the conveyor unit ( 500 ) transfers the belt ( 520 ) in a direction equal to a direction in which the soft slab (S) is transferred, whereby the covering material placed on the belt ( 520 ) is transferred in the direction equal to the direction in which the soft slab (S) is transferred, and then adheres to the adhesive surface of the soft slab (S).

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the drive unit ( 540 ) comprises drive units respectively provided at front and rear positions, the drive units circulating the belt ( 520 ), and the air suction unit ( 700 ) are installed between the drive units ( 540 ) below the lower surface of the belt ( 520 ), the air suction unit ( 700 ) sucking air from the upper surface of the belt ( 520 ) towards the lower surface thereof.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the covering jig ( 800 ) is configured such that air can pass through upper and lower surfaces thereof, whereby the covering materials (L) in the covering seating depression ( 840 ) is brought into close contact with the covering jig ( 800 ) by the air suction unit ( 700 ) so that the covering material (L) can adhere to the adhesive surface of the soft slab (S) without creasing.

Assignees

• Hyundai Dymos Inc

Inventors

• Joung Ha Gyun
• Cho Jin Bae
• Lee Man Ho

Classifications

• B65H2220/01

  indicating an entity as a function of which control, adjustment or change is performed, i.e. input · CPC title

• B65H2301/44734

  overhead, i.e. hanging material ba attraction forces, e.g. suction, magnetic forces · CPC title

• B65H2301/4191

  for handling articles of limited length, e.g. AO format, arranged at intervals from each other · CPC title

• B32B37/0007

  involving treatment or provisions in order to avoid deformation or air inclusion, e.g. to improve surface quality · CPC title

• B32B37/1284

  Application of adhesive · CPC title