A Wick Making Machine.


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Abstract

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 co-axial to said needle head and said pair of needles, respectively, characterised, 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 in order 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 fibre and angularly displace said thread and / or fibre in said block in order to turn said thread and / or fibre in to said round and long neck wicks

Information

Application ID 3799/MUM/2013
Invention Field TEXTILE
Date of Application
Publication Number 32/2015

Applicants

Name Address Country Nationality
SOLANKI VIJAYBHAI HARILAL C/O GUJARAT GRASSROOTS INNOVATION AUGMENTATION NETWORK (GIAN) SATELLITE COMPLEX, MANSI CROSS ROAD, SATELLITE, AHMEDABAD - 380015 GUJARAT, INDIA India India
VYAS DIPAKBHAI VRAJLAL C/O GUJARAT GRASSROOTS INNOVATION AUGMENTATION NETWORK (GIAN) SATELLITE COMPLEX, MANSI CROSS ROAD, SATELLITE, AHMEDABAD - 380015 GUJARAT, INDIA India India

Inventors

Name Address Country Nationality
SOLANKI VIJAYBHAI HARILAL C/O GUJARAT GRASSROOTS INNOVATION AUGMENTATION NETWORK (GIAN) SATELLITE COMPLEX, MANSI CROSS ROAD, SATELLITE, AHMEDABAD - 380015 GUJARAT, INDIA India India
VYAS DIPAKBHAI VRAJLAL C/O GUJARAT GRASSROOTS INNOVATION AUGMENTATION NETWORK (GIAN) SATELLITE COMPLEX, MANSI CROSS ROAD, SATELLITE, AHMEDABAD - 380015 GUJARAT, INDIA India India

Specification

FORM -2
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 of 1970)
As amended by the Patent (Amendment) Act, 2005
AND
The Patent Rules, 2003
As amended by the (Amendment) Rules, 2006
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See Section 10 and rule 13)
TITLE OF THE INVENTION
A wick making machine.
APPLICANT(S)
Solanki Vijaybhai Harilal and Vyas Dipakbhai Vrajlal having address at C/o Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN) Satellite Complex, Mansi Cross Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad 380015 Gujarat, India; both Indian Nationals.
INVENTOR(S)
Solanki Vijaybhai Harilal and Vyas Dipakbhai Vrajlal having address at C/o Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN) Satellite Complex, Mansi Cross Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad 380015 Gujarat, India; both Indian Nationals.
PREAMBLE TO THE DESCRIPTION
The following specification particularly describes the nature of this invention and the manner in which it is to be performed:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of mechanical engineering, mechanical apparatus, and mechanical assemblies.
Particularly, this invention relates to a wick making machine.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Typically, a wick is any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action.
Specifically, a candle wick is a wick which is usually braided cotton that holds the flame of a candle or oil lamp. It is a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame.
Typically, a candle wick works by capillary action, conveying ("wicking") the fuel to the flame. When the liquid fuel, typically melted candle wax, reaches the flame, it vapourizes and combusts. The candle wick influences how the candle burns. Important characteristics of the wick include diameter, stiffness, fire-resistance, and tethering.
Wicks are sometimes braided flat, so that as they burn they also curl back into the flame, thus making them self-consuming. Prior to the introduction of these wicks, special scissors were used to trim the excess wick without extinguishing the flame.
There is a need for a wick making machine.

PRIOR ART
Wick making is a fairly manual process wherein a lump of cotton may be taken and spun with hand to form wicks. Additionally, yarns may be taken from which threads are drawn and then turned and / or twisted to make wicks.
In the world of automated wick making machines, US1803871 discloses a wick threading machine. It describes means to properly and accurately center the candles for efficient and expeditious threading thereof
Also, US2578449 discloses a wick holder loading machine. It describes the use of multiple sources of continuous wick material and conveyor for conveying the wick holders.
Further, DE10113843 discloses a method for monitoring arrangement of wick in candle making machine compares length of wick used in candle production stage with desired value and adjusting machine if this exceeds acceptable tolerance. This machine is also used in the process with an incremental wick feed (7) which passes wick to the main feed
However, each of these machines are complicated and do not suffice a simple need for wick formation in a cost-efficient manner. Hence, there is a need for a simple and automated wick making machine which takes fibre and converts them into wicks before eventually dropping them off.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide a machine which enables wick making.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine which enables wick making, in an automatic manner.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to this invention, there is provided 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 co-axial to said needle head and said pair of needles,
respectively, characterised, 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 in order 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 fibre and angularly displace said thread and / or fibre in said block in order to turn said thread and / or fibre in to said round and long neck wicks.
Typically, said needle head is mounted on shaft of said rotor.
Typically, a motor drives said rotor through belts and pulleys.
Typically, a motor drives said rotor through belt(s) and pulley(s), characterised in that, said motor and said rotor being arranged in a same plane in a manner such that said motor can transmit motion to said rotor through timing belt(s) and

pulley(s), said timing pulley(s) being mounted on said motor and on said rotor, said timing belt(s) being provided to transmit motion of said motor to said rotor.
Typically, said block comprising an operatively downward located groove in communication with said slit.
Preferably, said block is a wooden block.
Typically, said block being placed in a manner such that each of said pairs of needles are set in said slit of said block.
According to this invention, there is also provided a wick making machine adapted to make round and long neck wicks, said wick making machine comprises:
a. at least a motor adapted to hold at least a needle head and at least a pair of
needles, said needle head being located operatively downwards from said
motor; and
b. at least a block co-axial to said needle head and said pair of needles,
respectively, characterised, in that, said block comprising a slit adapted to
receive said pair of needles, per needle head, and wick;
wherein, said at least a motor is angularly displaceable in order 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 fibre and angularly displace said thread and / or fibre in said block in order to turn said thread and / or fibre in to said round and long neck wicks.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described in relation to the accompanying drawings, in
which:
Figures 1 to 5 illustrate various views of the wick making machine.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
According to this invention, there is provided a wick making machine. This machine (100) is adapted to make round and long neck wicks (11).
Figures 1 to 5 illustrate various views of the wick making machine (100).
In accordance with an embodiment of this invention, there are provided at least a rotor (12) adapted to hold at least a needle head (16) and at least two needles (20), each. There are at least two needles per needle head (16). The needle head (16) is mounted on a shaft of the rotor (12). The needle head (16) is located operatively downwards from said rotor (12). The rotor is driven by a motor (13) through belt(s) (14) and pulley(s) (15). Typically, the motor (13) and rotor (12) is arranged in a same plane in a manner such that the motor (13) can transmit motion to the rotor (12) through the belt(s) (14) and pulley(s) (15). The belt (14) may be a timing belt and the pulley (15) may be a timing pulley. The pulley(s) (15) is mounted on the motor (13) and on the rotor (12). The belt(s) (14) is provided to transmit motion of motor (13) to the rotor (12). In at least one other alternative embodiment, the at least a needle head (16) and at least two needles (20) are mounted directly on to at least a motor.

In accordance with another embodiment of this invention, instead of timing belt and pulleys, a pair of gears or any other motion transmission mechanism(s) can be adapted.
In accordance with another embodiment of this invention, there is provided at least a block (17) co-axial to the needle head (16) and needle pair (20), respectively. Typically, the block is a wooden block. Each block comprises a slit adapted to receive the pair of needles (20), per needle head, and wick. The block (17) is placed in a manner that needles (20) in the needle head (16) are set in the openings of the blocks (17).
In accordance with yet another embodiment of this invention, there is provided a voltage regulator (18) adapted to supply required voltage and DC current to the motor (13).
Typically, a switch (19) is provided to ON/OFF the machine (100).
The motor (13) angularly displaces the rotor (12) and the rotor (12), in turn, angularly displaces the needle head (16) and corresponding pair of needles (20). Each needle head (16) comprises two needles (20). A clearance between each pair of needles grips thread from yarn and / or fibre (such as cotton) and angularly displaces thread from yarn or a fibre (such as cotton) inside the block (17). Due to shape of the block, the thread from the yarn or from the lump of cotton or any fibre turns into round and long neck wicks (21). The motor (13) is a high torque and high speed, due to this high torque and speed the wick automatically leaves the block and fall down towards base.

While this detailed description has disclosed certain specific embodiments of the present invention for illustrative purposes, various modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, and it is to be distinctly understood that the foregoing descriptive matter is to be interpreted merely as illustrative of the invention and not as a limitation.

We Claim,
1. A wick making machine adapted to make round and long neck wicks, said wick
making machine comprising:
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 co-axial to said needle head and said pair of needles,
respectively, characterised, 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 in order to further angularly displace said needle head and corresponding needles, and farther wherein a clearance between each of said pairs of needles is adapted to grip thread and / or fibre and angularly displace said thread and / or fibre in said block in order to turn said thread and / or fibre in to said round and long neck wicks.
2. The wick making machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said needle head is mounted on shaft of said rotor.
3. The wick making machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein a motor drives said rotor through belts and pulleys.
4. The wick making machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein a motor drives said rotor through belt(s) and pulley(s), characterised in that, said motor and said rotor being arranged in a same plane in a manner such that said motor can transmit motion to said rotor through timing belt(s) and pulley(s), said timing pulley(s) being mounted on said motor and on said rotor, said timing belt(s) being provided to transmit motion of said motor to said rotor.

5. The wick making machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said block comprising an operatively downward located groove in communication with said slit.
6. The wick making machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said block is a wooden block.
7. The wick making machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said block being placed in a manner such that each of said pairs of needles are set in said slit of said block.
8. A wick making machine adapted to make round and long neck wicks, said wick making machine comprising:
a. at least a motor adapted to hold at least a needle head and at least a pair of
needles, said needle head being located operatively downwards from said
motor; and
b. at least a block co-axial to said needle head and said pair of needles,
respectively, characterised, in that, said block comprising a slit adapted to
receive said pair of needles, per needle head, and wick;
wherein, said at least a motor is angularly displaceable in order 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 fibre and angularly displace said thread and / or fibre in said block in order to turn said thread and / or fibre in to said round and long neck wicks.

Documents

Name Date
ABSTRACT1.jpg 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-FORM 3.pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-FORM 2(TITLE PAGE).pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-FORM 2.pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-FORM 1.pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-DRAWING.pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-CORRESPONDENCE.pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-CLAIMS.pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-DESCRIPTION(COMPLETE).pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-ABSTRACT.pdf 2018-08-11
3799-MUM-2013-FER.pdf 2018-09-26
3799-MUM-2013-FORM 13 [26-01-2019(online)].pdf 2019-01-26
3799-MUM-2013-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [26-01-2019(online)].pdf 2019-01-26
3799-MUM-2013-CLAIMS [26-01-2019(online)].pdf 2019-01-26
3799-MUM-2013-ABSTRACT [26-01-2019(online)].pdf 2019-01-26
3799-MUM-2013-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [19-09-2019(online)].pdf 2019-09-19
3799-MUM-2013-FORM 13 [19-09-2019(online)].pdf 2019-09-19
3799-MUM-2013-ORIGINAL UR 6(1A) FORM 26-041019.pdf 2019-10-09
3799-MUM-2013-AMENDED DOCUMENTS [26-01-2019(online)].pdf 2019-01-26
3799-mum-2013-Correspondence to notify the Controller [25-12-2020(online)].pdf 2020-12-25
3799-mum-2013-MARKED COPY [02-01-2021(online)].pdf 2021-01-02
3799-mum-2013-Written submissions and relevant documents [02-01-2021(online)].pdf 2021-01-02
3799-MUM-2013-IntimationOfGrant26-02-2021.pdf 2021-02-26
3799-MUM-2013-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-29-12-2020).pdf 2021-10-03
3799-MUM-2013-PatentCertificate26-02-2021.pdf 2021-02-26
3799-MUM-2013-FER_SER_REPLY [26-01-2019(online)].pdf 2019-01-26
3799-MUM-2013-DRAWING [26-01-2019(online)].pdf 2019-01-26

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