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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1994
Atsushi Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
Hidetoshi Ishihara, Nagoya, JP;
Kouichi Jinno, Nagoya, JP;
Kimiharu Fujihashi, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuo Kitajima, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Asaoka, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for spreading rectangular cloth including a suction duct having many holes on the half surface on the cloth edge side on the cloth running surface of the mounting stand, comprises belt moving/stopping units which are arranged on the mounting stand and each of which comprises a unit base on a fixed member above the mounting stand, an operating lever rotating around the fixed shaft of the unit base, a brake roller which is mounted to the operating lever and simultaneously drives and stops a single or plural conveyor belts, an air actuator for operating the operating lever, and a sensor for detecting the side edge of the cloth drawn at right angles to the conveyor running direction; and a control circuit which issues a command to the air actuator based on the cloth detection signal generated by the sensor for each of the belt moving/stopping unit; and the apparatus additionally have a cloth position control function to stop a single or plural conveyors by applying brake upon receipt of the cloth passage detection signal generated by the sensor for each of the belt moving/stopping unit when the cloth is placed on the mounting stand and the conveyor belt starts running.