US2207588A - Apparatus for transferring thread - Google Patents

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US2207588A
US2207588A US47884A US4788435A US2207588A US 2207588 A US2207588 A US 2207588A US 47884 A US47884 A US 47884A US 4788435 A US4788435 A US 4788435A US 2207588 A US2207588 A US 2207588A
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Walter F Knebusch
Foster F Hillix
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
    • D01D10/00—Physical treatment of artificial filaments or the like during manufacture, i.e. during a continuous production process before the filaments have been collected
    • D01D10/04—Supporting filaments or the like during their treatment
    • D01D10/0436—Supporting filaments or the like during their treatment while in continuous movement
    • D01D10/0454—Supporting filaments or the like during their treatment while in continuous movement using reels

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  • Patent No. 2,131,723 there have been de-' scribed a method and means. for positively and with. certainty producing a free leading end when the thread reaches the discharge end ofv a reel, as by breaking, tearing or otherwise severing the thread at a point back of theactual leading end, which may have washed under, to'insure thereby a free leading end.
  • Said application. further discloses means by which the newly established leading end is freed from the reel in such manner that it can carry over to the next succeeding reel; ual one and the mechanism describedrequires the attention of an operator in order to effect each transfer.
  • object of the invention is to provide roe tary means for automatically forming a new leading end on the thread capable of automatiss cally removing such leading thread. end irom As described in apcontinuous Such method however, a man- Consequently, where a large.
  • Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a continuous spinning machine with the thread-forming mechanism in place;
  • Figure 2 is a section taken along the line 22 of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a vertical section, somewhat enlarged, through two of the threadremoving mechanisms in operative position;
  • Figure 4 is a section taken along the line 4-4 of Figure 3.
  • the drawings show a portion of a spinning machine with rotatable thread-removing devices in operative position so as to carry out the method described and also show .a preferred form of the thread-severing are shown as mounted in a frame of which one of the uprights is shown.
  • Each horizontal row of reels is surrounded by a housing 5 which confines the liquid showered onto the reel, except in the case of the upper row, where the housing is left'open at the top. to permit the thread to be brought manually fromthe spin bath to the reel.
  • 'A guard t is provided in this instance to deflect spray from the front of the installation.
  • liquid which may be any one of the various solutions or washing liquids applied to the thread during the process of treatment, is distributed over the reel and thread by a perforated pipe I, a trough, or any other suitable device.
  • the liquid is collected in the housing in a trough 8 at to the starting end of such reel l, which has previously been started rotating.
  • Eachreel consists of two interdigitatin-g cages made up of bars 12 and bars [3, each set of bars going to make up one of the cages.
  • the cages are canted with respect to each other and rotate eccentrically about the centers 14 and 15 This results in movement of the bars l2 with respect to the bars l3, so that the thread is alternately carried first by one set and then by the other.
  • the thread is advanced along the reel. This results in the thread being wound on the reel in a single layer and spread out so as to be eifectually processed by liquid applied to the reel,
  • the present invention concerns particularly the handling of the thread when it has reached the end of the reel and it is desired to transfer it to another reel to perform a different treating operation.
  • the thread-severing means Hi includes a disk-like member H having.
  • the disk is rotated in the same direction as the reel with which it cooperates, thus causing the contacting surfaces ofthe two parts to move in opposite directions.
  • a thread traveling along the reel in'a path which, while not a true circular helix, may be considered as substantially such. is immediately severed by the rotating disk so as to pro vide a free thread end regardless of any underwind or under-wash of the thread.
  • the thread-severing device it is mounted in a combination housing and bracket i8 which is bodily inserted into an opening in the housing 5, in which it is resiliently mounted by means of a rubber gasket I9.
  • a clip 20 on the housing 5 assists in retaining the bracket in the opening in the housing.
  • the disk i! is mounted on a spindle 2
  • jack shaft 24 there is one of these pulleys suitably mounted on jack shaft 24, there being a jack shaft for each horizontal row of thread-severing devices.
  • Each jack shaft is driven by means of a spiral gear 25 meshing with another gear 26 at right angles thereto and keyed to a shaft 2'! driven by a motor (not shown).
  • This driving arrangement for the thread-severing devices is independent of the drive for the reels which have their own pulleys 28 and 29 driven by belts it! which are operated by another motor.
  • the bracket l8 which, together with the thread-severing device, is removable as a unit from the housing, holds the disk I? resiliently against the surface of the reel I with just enough contact so that the thread, traveling in a helical path, is cut or otherwise severed. Adjustment of the disk with relation to the surface of the reel may be had by means of the screw bolt 32 carrying a lug 33 bearing against the lower part of the bracket 18.
  • the screw bolt lies below the housing 5, which is shown as being recessed to receive it, although this is not essential, and is equipped with nuts 35 bearing against bracket 36.
  • Pressure may thereby be exerted against the lower part of the bracket 18 to swing the same about clip 20 as a pivot, forcing the bracket against the lower part of the gasket i9 and thus bringing the disk H closer to the reel. Loose ing the nuts effects the opposite result.
  • the disks H are rotated rapidly in the same direction as the spinning reels are rotated, the surfaces of contact moving in opposite directions, during the time that the continuous spinning machine is being set in operation and their action is such that the helically traveling thread is immediately severed when it reaches the zone of contact of the disk with the reel.
  • the severed end thus formed is thereby removed from the surface of the reel, whether such surface is wet or not, partly due to the windage set up by the high speed of rotation of the disk I'i.- This causes the severed end toleave the surface of the reel as indicated at 31.
  • the free end then billows out as indicated by the inter mediate position 38 until it contacts with the surface of the reel 2 and is quickly drawn straight, as it commences winding on the latter reel; so that it assumes the position 39, running direct from reel to reel. This completes the transfer of the thread fromlthe first reel to the second. Openings at and 6i are provided in the casing of the upper and lower reels, respectively,to permit the thread to run from one reel to another.
  • the thread-severing device cannot again out it, since the thread willnot travel beyond the point at which it runs off to the subsequent reel; on the other hand, if the threadbreaks between two reels, it is free to travel across the first of such reels until'it again reaches.
  • the device includes a rotatable shaft and driving means therefor, the shaft carrying radi-' ally disposed blades which constitute the thread-' severing elements of the device. These blades are intended to be rotated in the same direction as that of the spinning reel adjacent which they are mounted, thus causing the blades to move in' the opposite direction to the reel surface at the point of contact. These blades project between two disk-like plates, hereinafter called shrouds,'
  • shrouds one of which rotates with the shaft and the other of which is stationary, the purpose of the shrouds being to exclude thread ends from contact with" moving parts of the wheel'and prevent conse-' quent clogging of the mechanism by a collection of these thread ends.
  • the shrouds also aid in posed blades are mounted on a ring of flexible material, such as rubber, secured around the shaft by appropriate annular members, such resilient mounting being for the purpose of causing the heads of the blades to contact with the reel on which the thread to be severed is wound, with a somewhat yielding action which severs the thread but does not cause severe wear between the two oppositely rotating surfaces.
  • the mechanism consists of the spindle 42 carrying a pulley 43 rigidly mounted on the shank thereof against the button head 44, the belt 22 running over this pulley and one of the pulleys 23.
  • the spindle carries a rotating shroud 45 held on the shaft by means of a nut 46 engagingwith the threaded end of the spindle.
  • a stationary shroud 41 is positioned back of the rotating shroud and has an annular portion 48 which surrounds the spindle for a portion of its length and has a threaded outer surface engaging with a threaded shoulder 49 on the bracket 18.
  • the inner surface of the portion 48 surrounds and securesBabbit bearings 5i and felt oil retainers 52, in which the spindle 42 rotates.
  • the rotating shroud 45 and stationary shroud 41 are curved toward each other'at the periphery of the disk to provide a narrow circumferential slot through which the radially disposed blades 63 project.
  • a ring 5.3 of some resilient material, such as soft rubber, is positioned around the spindle 42, such ring being held within the space provided between an inner retaining cup 54 and an outer retaining cup 55. Both of these cups have flanges extending fora short distance radially along the blades'to constitute a support for the latter at right angles to the axis of rotation for a portion of their length.
  • the blades 63 are bent orfformed at their inner ends to a right angle foot'56 adapted to rest on the ring 53, the blades being of such number and thefeet of such width as to completely fill the inner circumference of the outer retaining cup with approximately .002" to- .003" clearance between each blade.
  • the inner retaining cup 54 passes through the hole in the ring 53 and supports the ring against the blade feet;
  • this resilient mounting of the blades 63 is to permit a slight radial movement thereof inwardly toward the axis of the spindle and also a slight angular movement thereof along the periphery of the wheel so that the blades 53, when they encounter the surface of the spinning reel, tend to be pushed closer to the center of the wheel, due to the combined radial and angular motion made possible by the resilient mounting, and thus cause the wheel to yield somewhat as it contacts with the spinning reel, to reduce wear, while yet accomplishing effective severance of the thread on the reel.
  • the slight clearance between the feet of the blades 63 allows freedom of motion forthe angular movement of the blades as described.
  • Adjustmentof the degree of flexibility with which the blades are displaced upon contact with the reel may be had by varying the size of the cavity provided between the retaining cups 54 and 55 for a given amount of rubber or by varying the amount of rubber which is disposed in a cavity of given size, thus altering the pressure under which the rubber is retained and, consequently, the rigidity of the material.
  • any desired degree of flexibility may be obtained.
  • the outer ends of the blades 63 are bent or coined so as to form heads 5'! which present cutting edges for the severance of the thread.
  • a narrow slot is necessarily provided through which the blades 63 extend, this slot being located be tween the inwardly curved peripheries of the two shrouds.
  • thread ends produced by the action of the wheel would pass through this slot and gradually build up around the rotating parts in' parallel to the axis of the spindle 42, should' overlie the inwardly curved edges of both shrouds in order to prevent thread ends from working into the center of the wheel.
  • the spindle 42 may be made of common steel and the drive pulley 43 of fiber.
  • the belt 22 may be made of rubber composition or other material suitable for itsfunction without regard "silient mounting 53 for the blades.
  • jack shaft 24 drives pulleys 23 over which runs a belt 22 which, in turn, drives the spindle 42 of the transfer mechanism or Wheel.
  • the heads 5'! of the blades 63 strike the surface of the reel, they sever the thread which has reached or nearly reached the end of the reel and the thread end snaps away from the reel and into the air stream from the wheel.
  • the blades 63 contact with the reel, they are pushed back slightly by the friction and are thus angularly displaced so as to bring a given head 51 nearer to the axis of the wheel as it slides by the reel and thus reduce wear on the contacting surfaces.
  • This action is possible due to the re- At the same time, air will be drawn in through the passages 58 and blown out between the shrouds 45 and 47 so as to increasethe windage available for removing the thread.
  • the series of thread-severing devices which have transferred .the thread in turn from reel to reel are preferably stopped from rotating until another transfer is necessary. It might be expected that the wheels, permanently positioned adjacent the reels so as to sever the thread on such reels, would cause wear of the reel surface and blade heads since the spinning reel continues to rotate.
  • a device for transferring thread comprising a shaft, a hub on said shaft, outwardly extending inserts mounted in said hub and shrouds partially enclosing said inserts.
  • a device for transferring thread comprising a shaft, flanges on said shaft providing an annular space, resilient filling materialin said annular space, metallic inserts mounted in said filling material extending radially outward from said shaft, and means for compressing said filling material.
  • a device for transferring thread comprising a shaft, a stationary shroud, a rotatable shroud, and thread-engaging members mounted between said shrouds.
  • Apparatus for transferring thread from athread-storage, thread-advancing device comprising a plurality of spaced transfer elements having at their extremities heads adapted to contact with thethread to be transferred in such manner that the thread to be transferred is en'- gaged and severed.
  • Apparatus for transferring thread from a thread-storage, thread-advancing device comrising a plurality of transfer elements and resilient mounting means for said transfer elements, said resilient mounting means supporting said transfer elements in contact with the thread to be transferred in such manner that the thread t be transferred is engaged and severed.
  • Apparatus for transferring thread from a thread-storage, thread-advancing device comprising spaced shrouds, transfer elements disposed between said shrouds, and rotatable means supporting said transfer elements in contact with the thread to be transferred in such manner that the thread to be transferred is engaged and severed.
  • Apparatus for transferring thread from a thread-storage, thread-advancing device comprising a series of circumferentially arranged thread-engaging elements and, associated therewith, a body of elastic material disposed centrally of said circumferentially arranged elements, the extremities of said thread-engaging elements being adapted to contact with the thread-bearing surfaces of said thread-storage,
  • a device for transferring thread comprising a shaft, a hollow member on said shaft, re-
  • a device for transferring thread comprising a shaft, an annular member on said shaft, and, resiliently mounted in said annular member in a manner permitting circumferential movement, a series of outwardly extending thread-engaging elements.

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DEI48668D DE654408C (de) 1933-07-10 1933-12-28 Vorrichtung zum selbsttaetigen Abtrennen und Abheben eines Kunstseidefadens von einer Trommel, um welche der Faden schraubenfoermig gefuehrt wird
FR767084D FR767084A (fr) 1933-07-10 1933-12-30 Procédé et appareil pour l'enlèvement de bouts de fils, notamment de soie artificielle
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