HK1138338B - Woven fabric with weft wires, method of making, method of installing and method of winding the fabric - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a fabric with barbed wire, in particular to a full metal fabric with barbed wire.

Fabrics, especially metal fabrics, are being used for increasingly diverse tasks. A very popular use in recent times is as facade covering for buildings. Often, separate objects are placed on fabrics. In the case of facade covering, these can be, for example, support rods with LEDs or other light sources, which are either aligned so that they illuminate the fabric, or shine away from the fabric.

The fixing of the objects to the fabric is not always easy and often requires a lot of labor time, which makes a fabric equipped with objects quite expensive to install. In most cases, an attempt is made to either lay an object to be fixed to the fabric directly on the fabric and then fix it with fastening wires. If the object is not to be directly on the fabric, it has until now been considered essential to first fix a holder on the fabric that protrudes outwards. At the protruding end of which the actual object can then be mounted.

The purpose of the invention is to improve the state of the art.

The wire in the fabric is particularly suitable for attaching objects of any kind, both in a fabric which has no metallic components beside the wire and in a fully metallic fabric, and the wire can therefore be chosen favourably for this task. While conventional wire is at least essentially one-dimensional, the invention allows for a considerably easier attachment of objects to the wire.

The threads or wires can be made of any material, but metal or plastic is preferred, depending on the purpose of the application, monofile or multifile wires are suitable. A fabric with a braided wire to carry objects through a processing room is known from EP 0 478 925 A1. An object to be transported through the processing room of a machine is placed on the woven process tape. EP 1 428 458 A1 shows a metal fabric which is resistant to vandalism. In DE 25 32 908 A1 an electrically woven matrix is shown.The loops are cut and can be connected by connecting wires of circuit elements, the circuit elements being placed on a base plate. US 2002/0107569 A1 is the manufacture of a metal fabric by the intertwining of spiral wires, In EP 1 486 598 A2 a metal fabric with integrated light conductors is shown, which can be used in architecture as a space divider. DE 33 32 536 A1 shows a textile structure for decorative purposes, in which electric luminaires of any pattern are fitted, which are capable of being connected to a power source for illumination by means of electrical wires provided for the textile. Other metal fabrics are, for example, US 4,The Commission has not yet decided whether to grant the aid.

The purpose of the invention is to improve the state of the art.

The wire in the wire is particularly suitable for attaching objects of any kind, both in a wire which has no metallic components beside the wire and in a fully metallic wire, and the wire can therefore be chosen favourably for this task. While conventional wire is at least essentially one-dimensional, the invention allows for a considerably easier attachment of objects to the wire.

The threads or wires can be made of any material, but metal or synthetic soap is preferred.

The curve in the barbed wire can be particularly U-shaped. A U-shaped curve is particularly easy to make by machine and creates a groove that protrudes from the uncoupled part of the barbed wire.

This is particularly true if the crown has at least two, and in particular four, right angles, in particular if the first design is made at a right angle to the wire, so that the wire is drawn out of the fabric at a vertical angle to its remaining point of contact, is bent at two further right angles to a U-shape, and then dipped back into the fabric at a right angle.

However, regardless of its exact shape, the advantage is that the curtain protrudes from the fabric, making it more accessible for both manual and mechanical connections.

The degree to which the curve protrudes from the tissue depends on many circumstances. First of all, it is important how stable the wire is and what load it should bear in operation. Also, the design function can specify appropriate dimensions This is for example the case when supports are to be arranged at the tips of the protruding curves on the tissue for light sources that illuminate the tissue.

In manufacturing, it is advantageous if the curb is in the course of the barbed wire, i.e. between two chains and not at the edge of the fabric. If the curb is in the fabric, both the thigh of the barbed wire that takes it out of the fabric and the one that brings the barbed wire back into the fabric can be statically supported at the adjacent chains.

The tissue is particularly stable when the crevice lies between two adjacent chains.

In order to store and transport a fabric of the proposed type before its final use in a way that is space-saving and easy to handle, it is proposed that the braided wire can be rotated around an axis defined by its part in the fabric and thus laid quite flat on the fabric.

It is clear that the fabric can be used to its advantage with a single curb, but in particular it can also have a multiple-curb barbed wire and/or multiple-curb barbed wire. The curbs along the single-curb barbed wire can be equally spaced, as can the several-curb barbed wire.

In order to fix two curves at an angle to each other and/or to the fabric after the fabric has been installed, it is proposed that a thread be provided for this purpose. The thread may in particular run along all curves of the fabric which are lined up in a linear fashion, so that if necessary several threaded fasteners are also provided. Ideally, each curve shall have a fastener with a threaded fastener.

It is understood that the task underlying the invention is also solved by a process as described in claim 13. It is immediately apparent that such a fabric recovery process results in a fabric of the type described above. It is therefore mechanically possible to perform the crochet within the braided celts without any problems, so that the actual weaving process is completely unaffected by the crochet in the barbed wire. The crochet can easily lead the barbed wire almost as far from its axis as the chain is crocheted in the loom. For example, if the tray size in the loom is 20 cm, it is possible to easily determine the tray size of the barbed wire 19 cm.

Because a fabric described above is used as the basic structure for carrying an object separate from the fabric, it is suggested that the object be carried on the crotch. It has already been explained that the crotch is particularly easy to access for attaching the objects and that the possible distance from the fabric plane brings further advantages for special functions, for example when the object has an electronically controllable light source, for example, to be used to illuminate the fabric.

The above also shows that the problem can be solved by a method according to claim 14, whereby a fully metallic fabric is particularly suitable as a building cladding. This is also particularly advantageous in relation to its light reflections, as soon as networked light sources, especially networked LEDs, are provided that reproduce photos or films via a control electronics.

In addition, as explained above, a procedure as described in claim 15 can also solve the problem, since a fabric so rolled up can then be transported to its later use, for example to a building whose wall it is intended to form, in a particularly space-saving manner.

The invention is explained in more detail below by means of an example of an embodiment, referring to the drawing. Show it Figure 1 shows a side view of a full metal fabric with two braided threaded ends.Figure 2 shows a side view of the fabric from Figure 1 according to the labelling II-II,Figure 3 shows a detail from Figure 1 with a braid in the thread,Figure 4 shows a side view of the detail from Figure 3 according to the labelling IV-IV.Figure 5 shows a top view of the detail from Figure 3 according to the labelling V-V andFigure 6 shows the sides of Figure 4 with the braided thread in a folded and flattened position:

The metal fabric 1 shown in Figures 1 to 6 is essentially made up of metal threads (numbered 2, 3 in some cases) and conventional thread (numbered 4, 5 in some cases).

The metal fabric 1 differs from a conventional fabric, however, in that in those places where in a conventional fabric there would still be thread 4, 5 at regular intervals, there are two thread 6, 7 in the fabric.

In the course of each curved wire 6, 7 the wire is however at a first point 8 (example only shown on the wire 6) curved 90° and from there leads out of a fabric plane 9; in its course 10 the wire is slightly curved but continues steadily, approximately at right angles, to the fabric plane 9 from this.

At a considerable distance from the weft plane 9, the curved thread 6 is again essentially at right angles at a second position 11 and now runs essentially parallel to its original course 12 and to the weft plane 9. However, before it has crossed a field width 13 between the adjacent chains 2, 3, it is again bent 90° at a third position 14 and leads parallel to the course 10 to that in a parallel course 15 (covering the further course 10) back to the weft plane 9.

At the second right angle 11 and at the third right angle 14 the wire 6 is not simply bent - as at right angles 8 and 16 - but slightly curved so that a visible U-contoured nut 17 appears in the transverse direction as shown in Figures 2, 4 and 6. In each nut 17 a at least partially translucent tube 18 is inserted. The tubes 18 are equipped with light emitters, preferably LEDs. These are individually adjustable and switchable via a central control cable to the LEDs or other electronic components or other light emitters can be placed in the tubes 18 unobtrusively and are thus led, for example, to the edge of the fabric 1.

In this way, the metal fabric 1 can be illuminated statically and dynamically by means of the LEDs in the tubes 18 preferably LEDs or other light emitting devices in red, green and blue (preferably in a 2:2:1 ratio) so that the fabric 1 can be illuminated in a wide variety of colors.

It can be seen that the curved threads 6, 7 can be easily twisted almost at right angles around their areas 12 running in the 9 weft, i.e. to a position in which the bolts 21, 22 are also flat on the rest of the fabric. Such a position is illustrated in Figure 6. The U-shaped head of the tube 17 carries the tube 18 with the LEDs in a folded position of the bead 21 and can easily be twisted along a shaft 20 into a transport position quite flat on the 9 weft (17', 18').

To fix the supporting brackets 21, 22 in their inclined position for operation, two strap sides 23, 24, 25, 26 are attached to fabric 1 which lead to and are also fixed to fabric 17. The strap sides 23, 24 and 25, 26 form a triangle in relation to the fabric plane in the side view (see Figure 2.4) so that a leaning of a supporting bracket 21, 22 and/or clamping 17 immediately puts one of the strap sides 23 or 24 and/or 25 or 26 under the train and thereby keeps it in the unfolded position.

In the folded position, the respective light sources in the support tubes 18 cast a large light cone (limits marked with reference numbers 27) against the fabric if they are suitably designed. The tubes 18 can be easily rotated around their longitudinal axis (shown by the twisting arrow 28), so that the light cone 27 of the light emitters on each support tube 18 can still be individually adjusted. The clamping brackets 17 can be designed so that, by the mere force of the grip or clamping, they secure the tubes 18 in their orientation for operation.

In detail, the chains 2, 3 are formed as threefold grouped wires.

It should be noted that the tissue view in Figures 1 and 2 can also represent only a fragment of a larger tissue. The invention makes sense in particular for such fabrics where a tube 18 of a light-emitting lamp is held by at least two grooves 21 or 22 along a bullet wire 6 or 7 respectively.

The precise attachment of the tubes or other objects separated from the fabric to the tip of the U-shaped support brackets 21, 22 can be done in a variety of ways, for example, in addition to the clamping or grating shown, by small metal wires, plastic clips or other means.

The essential feature of the invention is that a continuously manufactured fabric has supporting structures that protrude from the fabric plane, namely the braided braids.

It should be noted that the tension ropes fulfil their function not only when they connect a supporting bracket directly to the rest of the fabric, but also when tension ropes are attached between the supporting brackets, whereby only one, preferably two, brackets must be fixed at their angle of rotation.

In use, the fabrics of the invention can be mounted and used in a variety of sizes, starting with a small decorative fabric paint, for example, in the window size, to curtains for entire building facades, which can even extend over entire high-rise buildings, whereby - as indicated above as wearable objects - the use of tubes can end, which are targeted with current via a multimedia control electronics, so that light sources integrated in them emit colored light either towards the fabric and/or away from the fabric. The first variant is particularly suitable for immersing the color in static effects that can also change over time.

Claims (15)

1. A fabric (4) with warp threads or wires (2, 3) and with weft wires (4, 5, 6, 7), a weft wire (6, 7) being bent and the fabric being configured as a basic structure for supporting an object, characterized in that the fabric is configured as a building hanging, a rigidity of the bent weft wire (6, 7) resulting, when used as a building hanging, in a bracket (21, 22) protruding from the fabric, with a capacity for supporting objects and an object being attached to the bend for support, separately from the fabric.
2. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to claim 1, characterized in that the bend is U-shaped.
3. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the bend has at least two, more specifically four, right angles.
4. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the bend drives a bent weft wire (6, 7) further out of the fabric than the distance between two warps, more specifically further than twice the distance between two warps.
5. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that in the course of the weft wire, the bend lies between two warps (2, 3).
6. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to claim 5, characterized in that the bend lies between neighboring warps (2, 3).
7. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the bent weft wire (6, 7) can be turned around an axis defined by its part located in the fabric and thus be laid quite flat against the fabric.
8. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized by a repeatedly bent weft wire and/or by several bent weft wires (6, 7)
9. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to claim 8, characterized in that the bends, respectively the bent weft wires are equally spaced.
10. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized by a tension thread (23, 24, 25, 26) that fixes two bends at an angle relative to each other and/or to the fabric.
11. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the fabric is made of metal.
12. The fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the attached object is an electronically actuatable light source.
13. A method for manufacturing a fabric (1) configured as a building hanging with warp threads or wires (2, 3) and with weft wires (4, 5, 6, 7), the warp being shedded by the size of a shed, in order to allow for the weft wire to be passed through, characterized in that the weft wire (6, 7) has a bend and subsequently continues along its original axis, the bend preferably having a smaller size than the size of the shed, which results, because of a rigidity of the bent weft wire, in a bracket (21, 22) with a capacity for supporting objects, protruding from the fabric, when used as a building hanging, so that an object can be attached to the bend for support, separately from the fabric.
14. A method for installing a building hanging with networked light sources capable of media playback, characterized in that

    ■ at least one fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the claims 1 to 12 is hanged onto the building and subsequently,

    ■ a support of the light sources is attached, more specifically clipped onto the bends.
15. A method for rolling in a fabric configured as a building hanging according to one of the claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the bend is laid flat onto the fabric during rolling in.