Description:FORM – 2

THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 OF 1970)

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See Section 10; Rule 13)

“A WICK-MAKING MACHINE”

SRISTI INNOVATIONS
A Sec 8 company Registered under Companies Act, 1956 having its address at
AES Boys Hostel Campus, Navrangpura,
near Gujarat University Library & SBI Bank,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009.

The following specification particularly describes the nature of the invention and the manner in which it is performed:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION:

The present invention relates to a wick-making machine. More particularly, it relates to a wick-making machine which use to create income sources for physical disable persons and old persons who cannot able to work hard. The presently wick-making machine can be installed at old age houses and charitable trusts where the village women are works and in industrial sectors, and mills. The presently wick-making machine is capable to work automatically without any external human support required.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:

Wick-making machines that process prepared cotton roving into workable thread. Such machinery can be dated back centuries. During the 18th and 19th centuries, as part of the Industrial Revolution cotton-spinning machinery was developed to bring mass production to the cotton industry. Cotton spinning machinery was installed in large factories, commonly known as cotton mills.

In conventional technologies wick-making machine is a manual process wherein a lump of cotton may be taken and spun with hand to form wicks. The process is very taking a long time and the process involve in making the wick is quite skilled work, moreover, uniformity is not maintained so, according to the use of cotton for preparing the wicks are also very which may also increase the material cost and non-uniformity in the work. To create uniformity in the work and for the bulk preparation of the wick on a small scale level, the device is required to prepare the wick through the automatic machine which will make the work faster. Presently there are some machines available for preparing wicks but most of the machines are for long wicks and some machines are very complex to operate. However, each of these machines is very big and has very complex consisting parts arrangements, which has required a skilled person to operate. Also, there is a semi-automatic machine available in the market but the limitation of the machine is a person can manually enter the cotton roll, which can decrease the efficiency of production and is not user-friendly.

To overcome the problem associated with the prior art, the inventors of the present invention came up with an innovation which is the wick-making machine. The presently wick-making machine is automatically run without any human or external support. Different compartments can increase the bulk production of a wick. The present invention operates automatically, and the uniformity, accuracy, and production are very high capacity. Also, the entire process is very fast which increase efficiency and increase productivity. The cotton roll converts them into pre-defined wicks before eventually dropping them off.

PRIOR ART AND ITS DISADVANTAGES:

DE10113843C1 patent document discloses a method for monitoring the arrangement of the wick in candles in a candle-making machine compares the length of the wick used in a candle production stage with a desired value and adjusting the machine if this exceeds the acceptable tolerance. An Independent claim is included for a machine for use in the process with an incremental wick feed that passes the wick to the main feed, a signal being produced corresponding to the length of wick used in the candle-making stage. This is then compared with a desired value and adjustments are made if this exceeds the acceptable tolerance.

The above-mentioned prior art is focused on candles and which is candle making machines. The above-mentioned invention cannot be automatic, it is complicated and does not suffice a simple need for wick formation in a cost-efficient manner.

IN3799/MUM/2013 patent document discloses a wick-making machine adapted to make round and long neck wicks, said wick making machine comprises: a) at least a rotor adapted to hold at least a needle head, and at least a pair of needles, said needle head being located operatively downwards from said rotor; and b) at least a block coaxial to said needle head and said pair of needles, respectively, characterized, in that, said block comprising a slit adapted to receive said pair of needles, per needle head, and wick; wherein, said at least a rotor is angularly displaceable to further angularly displace said needle head and corresponding needles, and further wherein a clearance between each of said pairs of needles is adapted to grip thread and/or fiber and angularly displace said thread and/or fiber in said block to tum said thread and/or fiber in to said round and long neck wicks.

The above-mentioned prior art discloses a wick-making machine. The prior art cannot automatic machine, It is a semi-automatic machine. As disclosed in the figure and invention, the roll of cotton need to insert every time manually, when the wick is prepared and the wick production is less because the machine has less needle arrangement so it is difficult to make multiple and/or bulk productions of wick in real-time. So, the machine is less efficient. The above-mentioned prior art is less accurate, more power consume, and more time consume ad it is required human effort and/or external effort in real-time. The capacity of production is less, the machine required input every time and it is a more complex and long process. The above-mentioned invention is not user-friendly.

CN201512618U patent document discloses an improved structure of parts of a cotton spinning machine in the textile industry, in particular, an improved structure of an auto-leveling mechanism of a cotton spinning drawing frame, which comprises an input belt pulley and an output belt pulley as well as a servo motor and is characterized in that the mechanism further comprises a differential gear train consisting of a sun gear, a planet carrier gear and a plurality of planetary gears, wherein the sun gear is connected with the servo motor, the input belt pulley is connected with the planet carrier gear and the planetary gears are connected with the output belt pulley.

The above-mentioned prior art is focused on a cotton spinning machine, it is complicated and does not suffice a simple need for wick formation in a cost-efficient manner.

DISADVANTAGES OF THE PRIOR ART:

Conventional wick-making machine systems suffers from all or at least one of the following disadvantages:
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine that automatically operates without any human or external support.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine that is more efficient, more accurate, and less power consumption.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine that can operate any person and which use to create income sources for physical disable persons and old persons who cannot able to work hard.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine that can be easy to install, more reliable, and economical.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine with having gear transmission unit that can provide rotational movement.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine having a crankshaft mechanism, the crankshaft is operatively coupled with the motor and gear transmission unit to provide the reciprocating movements to release the pressure in the crank and the crankshaft is capable to control the speed and regulate the speed of the motor.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine having a needle accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace the thread in each of the compartments to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine having a needle capable to provide support to help the user to add fix amount of cotton to make a wick.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine that is easy to transport and user-friendly.
• Most or all of the prior art fails to provide a wick-making machine that needs less required maintenance.
Hence there is an unmet need for an invention that overcomes the problems mentioned in the above prior arts.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION:
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine that automatically operates without any human or external support.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine that is more efficient, more accurate, and has less power consumption.

Another object of the present invention is to provide the wick-making machine which can operate any person and which use to create income sources for physical disable persons and old persons who cannot able to work hard.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine that can be easy to install, more reliable, and economical.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide the wick-making machine with having gear transmission unit that can provide rotational movement.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine with having crankshaft mechanism, the crankshaft is operatively coupled with the motor and gear transmission unit to provide the reciprocating movements to release the pressure in the crank and the crankshaft is capable to control the speed and regulate the speed of the motor.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide the wick-making machine having a needle accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace the thread in each of the compartments to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

One more object of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine having a needle capable to provide support to help the user to add fix amount of cotton to make a wick.

One more object of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine that is easy to transport and user-friendly.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine that needs less required maintenance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main aspect of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine comprising a housing having plurality of compartments, each of the compartments making the wick; said housing is fixed with a frame from an outer part; plurality of legs provide the support of said housing; plurality of a motors operatively connected with said compartments; a gear transmission unit operatively coupled with said motors to provide rotational movement inside the compartments; a rotating unit located upper side of said housing; said rotating unit coupled with each compartments; a roll of said wick is mounted on said rotating unit through a pulley to narrow the size and transmit the compartments; a sensor; said each of the compartments comprising a crankshaft, a conveyor belt, and a cutting unit; said crankshaft is operatively coupled with the motor and gear transmission unit to provide the reciprocating movements to release the pressure in the crank ; said crankshaft being capable to control the speed and regulate the speed of motor; said conveyor belt is connected with the rotating unit and compartments; said cutting unit means a needle; wherein, said gear transmission unit and the crankshaft operatively coupled with a needle capable for reciprocating movement; said needle is accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace said thread in each of the compartments in order to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

As per another aspect of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine. The wick fell in a vessel attached to the lower side, once the wick is prepared. The rotating unit inside the rubber can narrow the wick size. Also, the needle has a slit on the top side for passing the wick.

As per another aspect of the present invention is to provide a gear transmission speed revolution that can determine the prescribed time and rotation accordingly through the crankshaft. The motor generates the power for rotating and reciprocating movement to gear transmission and crankshaft to prescribe period; said crankshaft sets the parameter of a limit switch and a speed controller configured to regulate the speed of the motor through the crank; said needle can warp the wick and turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

As per another aspect of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine, the needle is covered with the slit of blocks. The present invention provides the PNP sensor which can auto on and off the machine.

As per another aspect of the present invention is to provide the wick-making machine, wherein said process of making a wick has the following steps:
a. connecting the roll of the wick to the rotating unit;
b. rotating the roll of the wick to narrow the size through rubber;
c. conveying into the crank shafting through the conveyor belt and releasing the pressure in the crankshaft and reciprocating movement;
d. cutting the wick through the cutting unit means needle; gripping thread and angularly displacing thread in each of the compartments;
e. turning the thread to round and long slug wicks;
f. falling in the vessel after step e.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING:

Fig. 1 Shows the schematic diagram of the wick-making machine.
Fig.2 Shows the schematic diagram of the housing along with the foot and motor arrangement.
Fig.3 Represent the crankshaft mechanism and needle in the wick-making machine.

List of the reference numerals of the component parts of the present system for the wick-making machine
100 Wick-making machine
101 Housing
102 Frame
103 Legs
104,104a,104b Motor
105 Gear transmission unit
106 Rotating unit
107 Crankshaft
108 Compartments
109 Pulley
110 Conveyor Belt
111 Needle or cutting unit
112 Vessel

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:

The embodiment of the present invention is to provide a wick-making machine (100) comprising:
a housing (101) having plurality of compartments (108), each of the compartments (108) making the wick; said housing (101) is fixed with a frame (102) from an outer part; plurality of legs (103) provides the support of said housing (101);
plurality of a motors (104, 104a, 104b) operatively connected with said compartments (108);
a gear transmission unit (105) operatively coupled with said motors (104, 104a, 104b) to provide rotational movement inside the compartments (108);
a rotating unit (106) located upper side of said housing (101); said rotating unit (106) coupled with each compartments (108); a roll of said wick is mounted on said rotating unit (106) through a pulley (109) to narrow the size and transmit the compartments (108);
a sensor;
said each of the compartments (108) comprising a crankshaft (107), a conveyor belt (110), and a cutting unit (111);
said crankshaft (107) is operatively coupled with the motor (104) and gear transmission unit (105) to provide the reciprocating movements to release the pressure in the crank; said crankshaft (107) is capable to control the speed and regulate the speed of the motor (104);
said conveyor belt (110) is connected with the rotating unit (106) and compartments (108); said cutting unit (111) means a needle (111);
wherein, said gear transmission unit (105) and the crankshaft (107) are operatively coupled with a needle (111) capable of reciprocating movement; said needle (111) is accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace said thread in each of the compartments (108) to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the present invention, said housing (101) configured to the plurality of compartments (108) means the process of making a wick in each compartment (108). The leg (103) is capable to provide support and the wick-making machine (100) is mounted on the legs (103). The frame (102) is coated from the outer side of the wick-making machine (100). The main motor (104) is located on the lower side and is coupled with a gear transmission unit (105). The main motor (104) converts the angularly displaces the rotor, and the rotor transmits such angular displacement to the pair of needles (111). Said the rotating unit (106) located on the upper side of the machine (100). The roll of the cotton wick is mounted on the rotating unit (106). Said rotating unit (106) coupled with the compartments (108) through a conveyor belt (110). The motor (104) is coupled with the rotating unit (106). Said roll of the cotton wick is rotating and converts into a narrow in the size of cotton wick roll through the rotating unit (106).

Continuously referring to Fig. 1, the rotating unit (106) is operatively coupled with the gear transmission unit (105) and crankshaft (107). The thin cotton wick passes through the conveyor belt (110) to the crankshaft (107). The crank mechanism in the crankshaft (107) can provide the reciprocating movement. The crankshaft (107) is operatively coupled with the gear transmission unit (105) and the rotating unit (106). The gear transmission unit (105) provides pre-defined rotational movement and the crank mechanism provides reciprocating movements to create pressure in the wick.

Said gear transmission unit (105) has a gearbox that can operate with the pre-defined speed and the motor (104a) converts the angularly displaces the rotor. Said rotating unit (106) configured the rubber membrane which can decrease the broadness of the cotton wick roll. Said crankshaft (107) coupled with the cutting unit (111) means needle (111).

Referring to Fig 2 and Fig 3, the crankshaft (107) can set the parameter of a limit switch and a speed controller configured to regulate the speed of the motor (104a) through the crank, and the needle (111) can warp the wick and turn the thread to round and long slug wicks. Said needle (111) covered with silted box and attached DC motor (104b) peripherally to the crankshaft (107) and needle (111). The clearance gap is created between each needle (111) grips thread from (such as cotton) and angularly displaces thread from yarn or fiber (such as cotton) inside the slit block. Due to the pre-defined shape of the slit block, the thread from the yarn or the lump of cotton or thread any fiber turns into a round and long slug of wicks. The motor (104b) has provided high torque and high speed, due to this high torque and speed the wick automatically leaves the block and fall towards the base. Said vessel (112) can store the wick temporarily attached lower part of the machine (100) and once the wick is prepared, the wick is fell in the vessel (112).

As per detailed embodiment of the present invention is to provide the wick-making machine (100) having a main motor (104) which is a single-phase motor (104). The main motor (104) can be fixed on the lower side of the machine (100) and coupled with the gear transmission unit (105). The gear transmission unit (105) is operatively coupled with the rotating unit (106) and the rotating unit (106) has a separate motor (104a) for rotational movement attached peripherally. The crankshaft (107) mechanism and gear transmission unit (105) have pre-define speed for reciprocating movements and the needle (111) can rotate accordingly. The needle (111) has a DC motor (104b) which is fixed peripherally to needle (111) to provide the torque. The gear transmission unit (105) and the crankshaft (107) are operatively coupled with a needle (111) to create the pressure and are capable of reciprocating movement and the needle (111) is accommodated to grip thread and angularly displaces said thread in each of the compartments (108) to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

As per the detailed embodiment of the present invention to provide a PNP sensor. The sensor can sense the pre-defined time limit to turn on and off in real-time. The PNP sensor can sense continuously and turn off and on automatically.

As per detailed embodiment of the present invention is to provide the wick-making machine (100), the process of making a wick has the following steps:
a. connecting the roll of the wick to the rotating unit (106);
b. rotating the roll of the wick to narrow the size through rubber;
c. conveying into the crank shafting (107) through the conveyor belt (110) and releasing the pressure in the crankshaft (107) and reciprocating movement;
d. cutting the wick through the cutting unit (111) means needle (111); gripping thread and angularly displacing thread in each of the compartments (108);
e. turning the thread to round and long slug wicks;
f. falling in the vessel (112) after step e.

As per detailed embodiment of the present invention is provide a wick-making machine (100). The gear transmission unit (105) and crankshaft mechanism is provides the rotational and reciprocating movement and the needle (111) can up-down accordingly. The needle (111) is accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace thread in each of the compartments (108) to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.
WORKING OF THE INVENTION:

The present invention is to provide a wick-making machine (100), the wick-making machine (100), first the main motor (104) turn on and provides the power supply and rotor rotate to produce the torque, the gear transmission unit (105) being capable to provide the rotational movement having gearbox which can rotate on pre-define speed. The rotating unit (106) is rotating accordingly peripherally coupled with the motor (104), the roll of cotton wick can be mounted on the rotating unit (106) and can narrow down by the rubber membrane which is fixed in the rotating unit (106). The plurality of compartments (108) is coupled with the rotating unit (106). The conveyor belt (110) is capable to convey the narrowed cotton wick roll through the pulley (109). The pulley (109) can also create the rotating movement in the rotating unit (106). The crankshaft mechanism is capable to provide reciprocating movement and is operatively coupled with the gear transmission unit (105).

Said crankshaft (107) mechanism having pre-define speed and time. Said crankshaft (107) to set the parameter of a limit switch and a speed controller configured to regulate the speed of the motor (104) through the crank; Said needle (111) operatively coupled with the crankshaft (107) to warp the wick and turn the thread to round and long slug wicks. Said needle (111) is peripherally connected to the motor (104b). Each needle (111) has a motor (104b). The cotton wick roll travel from the conveyor belt (110) and moves to the crankshaft (107) in the compartments (108), the crankshaft mechanism is capable to provide the reciprocating movement to release the pressure and coupled with the needle (111) as a cutting unit (111). The crankshaft (107) is for the proper operation of the cotton wick and converting a linear motion to a rotational motion. Said cutting unit (111) means a needle (111) is accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace thread in each of the compartments (108) to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks and fall in the storage unit which is attached lower part. The sensor used PNP sensor can turn off the machine (100) automatically after the complete entire process of the wick-making machine (100).
ADVANTAGES OF INVENTION:

• The present invention provides the wick-making machine (100) which is capable to make a wick from cotton roll.

• The present invention provides the wick-making machine (100) which automatically operates without any human or external support.

• The present invention provides the wick-making machine (100) that is more efficient, more accurate and has less power consumption.

• The present invention provides the wick-making machine (100) which can operate any person and which use to create income sources for physical disable persons and old persons who cannot able to work hard.

• The present invention provides a wick-making machine (100) that can be easy to install, more reliable, and economical.

• The present invention provides the wick-making machine (100) with having gear transmission unit (105) that can provide rotational movement.

• The present invention provides the wick-making machine (100) having crankshaft (107) mechanism, the crankshaft (107) is operatively coupled with the motor (104) and gear transmission unit (105) to provide the reciprocating movements to release the pressure in the crank and the crankshaft (107) being capable to control the speed and regulate the speed of the motor (104).

• The present invention provides the wick-making machine (100) having a needle (111) accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace the thread in each of the compartments (108) to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

• The present invention provides a wick-making machine (100) having a needle (111) capable to provide support to help the user to add fix amount of cotton to make a wick.

• The present invention provides a wick-making machine (100) that is easy to transport and user-friendly.

• The present invention provides a wick-making machine (100) that needs less required maintenance.

, Claims:We claim:

1. A wick-making machine (100) comprising:
a housing (101) having plurality of compartments (108), each of the compartments (108) making the wick; said housing (101) is fixed with a frame (102) from an outer part; plurality of legs (103) provides the support of said housing (101);
plurality of motors (104, 104a, 104b) operatively connected with said compartments (108);
a gear transmission unit (105) operatively coupled with said motors (104, 104a, 104b) to provide rotational movement inside the compartments (108);
a rotating unit (106) located upper side of said housing (101); said rotating unit (106) coupled with each compartment (108); a roll of said wick is mounted on said rotating unit (106) through a pulley (109) to narrow the size and transmit the compartments (108);
a sensor;
said each of the compartments (108) comprising a crankshaft (107), a conveyor belt (110), and a cutting unit (111);
said crankshaft (107) is operatively coupled with the motor (104) and gear transmission unit (105) to provide the reciprocating movements to release the pressure in the crank; said crankshaft (107) is capable to control the speed and regulate the speed of the motor (104b);
said conveyor belt (110) is connected with the rotating unit (106) and compartments (108); said cutting unit (111) means a needle (111);
wherein, said gear transmission unit (105) and the crankshaft (107) are operatively coupled with a needle (111) capable of reciprocating movement; said needle (111) is accommodated to grip thread and angularly displace said thread in each of the compartments (108) to turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

2. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wick fell in a vessel (112) attached to the lower side, once the wick is prepared.

3. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rotating unit (106) inside the rubber can narrow the wick size.

4. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said needle (111) having a slit on the top side for passing the wick.

5. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gear transmission (105) speed revolution can determine the prescribed time and rotation accordingly through the crankshaft (107).

6. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said motor (104) generates the power for rotating and reciprocating movement to gear transmission (105) and crankshaft (107) to prescribe period; said crankshaft (107) to set parameter of a limit switch and a speed controller configured to regulate the speed of the motor (104) through the crank; said needle (111) can warp the wick and turn the thread to round and long slug wicks.

7. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said needle (111) is covered with the slit of blocks.

8. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said can be selected from but not limited to the PNP sensor can sense the pre-defined time limit to turn on and off in real-time.

9. The wick-making machine (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said the process of making a wick have following steps:
a. connecting the roll of the wick to the rotating unit (106);
b. rotating the roll of the wick to narrow the size through rubber;
c. conveying into the crank shafting (107) through the conveyor belt (110) and releasing the pressure in the crankshaft (107) and reciprocating movement;
d. cutting the wick through the cutting unit (111) means needle (111); gripping thread and angularly displacing thread in each of the compartments (108);
e. turning the thread to round and long slug wicks;
f. falling in the vessel (112) after the step e.
Dated this 12th day of May 2023.

Gopi J. Trivedi (Ms)
IN/PA/993
Authorized Agent of Applicant
To,
The Controller of Patents,
The Patent Office,
At Mumbai.