Method and device for grinding strand-like fibrous material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9540745-B2
Application number	US-201414158399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2014
Priority date	Mar 5, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A method and a device for grinding strand-like fibrous material, wherein the strand-like fibrous material is fed towards the cutting edge of a cutting mechanism and wherein a moveable striking mechanism for grinding the fibrous material cooperates with the cutting mechanism. Associated with the cutting mechanism is a moveable clamping mechanism, by means of which the fibrous material is clamped in an oscillating manner. To produce optimally uniform fibrous shreds, as defined by the position of the cutting edge, the fibrous material is guided through an oscillating clamping gap formed between the clamping mechanism and the cutting mechanism, wherein the clamping mechanism is guided in a back and forth clamping movement relative to the cutting mechanism. For this purpose, the clamping gap is formed by arranging the clamping mechanism and the cutting mechanism opposite one another in a clamping plane.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for grinding fibrous material, having a cutting mechanism which features a cutting edge extending transversely to the fibrous material, a movable striking mechanism, which cooperates with the cutting mechanism to grind the fibrous material at a short distance from the cutting edge, and a clamping mechanism arranged at the cutting mechanism, by means of which the fibrous material may be clamped in an oscillating manner,
wherein the clamping mechanism and the cutting mechanism are arranged opposite one another in a clamping plane to form a clamping gap, wherein the clamping mechanism may be moved back and forth relative to the cutting mechanism in a clamping movement.

2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping mechanism is guided by a mechanical linkage for producing a superimposed advancing movement.

3. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping mechanism is formed by multiple adjacent movable clamping jaws, in that the clamping jaws are divided into multiple drive units, and the clamping jaws of adjacent drive units are moved asynchronously and the clamping jaws of one of the drive units are moved synchronously.

4. A device according to claim 3 , wherein the clamping jaws of the clamping mechanism in each case may be moved in an elliptical guide path by the mechanical linkage.

5. A device according to claim 2 , wherein the mechanical linkage may be powered by a drive shaft and a controllable electric motor, which is connected to a controller.

6. A device according to claim 2 , wherein the clamping jaws feature a clamp section and a guide section, in that the clamp section of the clamping jaw is oriented parallel to a knife plate forming the cutting edge of the cutting mechanism and that the guide section of the clamping jaw is connected to gear elements of the mechanical linkage by multiple pivots.

7. A device according to claim 6 , wherein the drive shaft features multiple eccentric plates and multiple cam disks, in that one of the eccentric plates on each clamping jaw is connected to one of the pivots by a connecting rod of the clamping jaw, and in that one of the cam disks on each clamping jaw cooperates with a guide surface formed on the guide section of the clamping jaw.

8. A device according to claim 6 , wherein in each case, the guide sections of the clamping jaws are connected to one of a multiple sliding blocks, which are moved along a guide rail, by a further pivot on a lead end.

9. A device according to claim 8 , wherein the guide rail for the sliding blocks is attached by a height-adjustable rail support, wherein a clearance between the clamp section of the clamping jaw and the knife plate of the cutting mechanism may be adjusted by adjusting the guide rails.

10. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the striking mechanism is formed by multiple striking elements arranged on a rotating drum, which are distributed on the circumference of the drum and which are positioned at a short distance from the cutting edge of the cutting mechanism.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Stelzer Norbert
• Schwarz Olaf
• Mahlmann Ingo

Classifications

• B02C2018/188

  Stationary counter-knives; Mountings thereof · CPC title

• B02C18/145

  with knives spaced axially and circumferentially on the periphery of a cylindrical rotor unit · CPC title

• D01B9/00 Primary

  Other mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments · CPC title