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3.6 Feeding mechanism of the top roller
3.6.1 Description
The starting movement for the drive of the top roller feeder is
the bottom feeding shaft. From this shaft, the movement is
transmitted by the indented belt (1) onto the top feeding shaft
(2). A component part of the transmission by indented belt is
the pulley (3), the tensioning roller (4), the roller (5) and the
pulley (6). Starting from the shaft (2), the movement is further
transmitted through the wheels (7 and 8) ontothe articulated
shaft (9). From this articulated shaft, the movement is
transmitted by a cone transmission, situated in the holder
(10), onto the feeder wheel (11). The shaft of the wheel (8) is
mounted in the screw (12) on bearings. The articulated shaft
(9) contains two joints (15) and a telescopic part (16). Both
these elements secure the lifting and the tilting of the top
roller.
3.6.2 Feeding clutch
3.6.2.1
Description
The feeding clutch serves for changing the oscillating motion
to the rotating one. It is formed by the clutch cover (1) which is
locked in the bedplate using the pin (2), by the clutch star (4)
driven by the draw bar (3) from the feeding mechanism and by
the carrier disk (5) which is firmly connected with the shaft (6).
The draw bar (3) imparts the clutch its oscillating motion.The
clutch is being engaged by means of the wedge (7) on the
connecting rod (8) through the eccentric (9) which is situated
on the bottom shaft (10). In the position, when the wedge is
disengaged, the star (4) is pulled out from its friction
engagement with the lining of the carrier disk (5) by means of
an elastic washer (11). The disk lining (5) is then pushed by
the flat profiled spring (12) against the clutch cover (1). In this
position, the shaft (6) does not perform any movement.
In the position, when the wedge is engaged, the star (4) is
pushed against the lining of the disk (5) and, at the same time,
the connection with the clutch cover (1) is disengaged and the
oscillating motion from the connecting rod (3) is transmitted
to the rotating motion of the shaft (6). During a short moment,
when engaging and disengaging with the carrier disk (5), both
the cover (1) and the star (4) are engaged, namely in the extreme
dead centre of the connecting rod (3). The clutch change over
is to be set in tightening or loosening the nut (13).
3.6.2.2 Setting of the feeding pitch
The lever (1) transmitting the feeding motion by means of the
connecting rod (3) onto the feeding clutch must be set in such
a way, so that, in the bottom dead centre of the needle, the axis
of the star part (2) is in the axis of the screw (4).
Caution! Danger of injury!
Switch off the main switch! Before starting the
setting operation, wait until the motor stops!
Lever (1) displacement
- Loosen the screw (6).
- Set the maximum stitch length.
- Set the angle 180
°
on the handwheel.
- Unscrew the screw (5) and put the needle shank in its hole.
-
Turn the lever (1), until the needle fits into the hole in the star
part (2).
- Side set the lever (1) to the measure A= 0.5 to 1 mm.
- Tighten the screw (6).
- Screw in the screw (5) and seal it with the Loctite cement.
6
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5
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4
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15
9
16
15
10
11
8
13
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6
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