Fabric welding and cutting wheel assembly

摘要

A welding and cutting wheel for permanently bonding micro-denier fabrics is provided. The wheel assembly comprises a first rotatable wheel equipped with a plurality of spikes along its perimeter, the first rotatable wheel being positioned to rotate around a first axis, a second rotatable wheel equipped with a plurality of holes along its planar face, the second rotatable wheel being positioned to rotate around a second non parallel axis in relation to the first axis, and an energy source operably connected to at least one of the rotatable wheels, to activate an adhesive material used in the bonding process.

主权项

1. A welding and cutting wheel assembly that simultaneously, permanently joins a plurality of pieces of fabric and precision forms holes in the joined plurality of pieces of fabric by a mating action, the wheel assembly comprising:
a first rotatable wheel positioned to rotate around a first axis, the first rotatable wheel comprising a first perimeter and a first planar face, the first perimeter being equipped with a first plurality of spikes along the first perimeter of the first rotatable wheel; a second rotatable wheel positioned to rotate around a second axis, the second axis being at an angle from the first axis, the second rotatable wheel comprising a second perimeter and a second planar face, the second planar face being equipped with a first plurality of holes on the second planar face of the second rotatable wheel, wherein the first plurality of holes on the second planar face of the second rotatable wheel are aligned to receive the first plurality of spikes of the first perimeter of the first rotatable wheel as the wheels are rotated; and an energy source operably connected to at least one of the first rotatable wheel or the second rotatable wheel, such that energy may be transferred from the energy source to at least one of the first rotatable wheel or second rotatable wheel and then to the plurality of pieces of fabric simultaneously joining and forming holes in the plurality of pieces of fabric as the plurality of pieces of fabric are moved through and in between the first rotatable wheel and the second rotatable wheel.