CA1045477A - Method and apparatus for false twisting yarn - Google Patents
Method and apparatus for false twisting yarnInfo
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
- D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
- D02G1/00—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics
- D02G1/02—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics by twisting, fixing the twist and backtwisting, i.e. by imparting false twist
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A system for applying a false twist to a continuously traveling synthetic yarn utilizing a plurality of axially spaced disks mounted for rotation upon spaced, parallel shafts. At least two disks are mounted upon each shaft, with one of the disks on each shaft having a yarn-engaging fric-tion surface for cooperating in partial-overlapping peripheral relation with a disk on the other shaft to form yarn seats. The yarn-engaging surfaces of all disks are rectilinear, and increased surface contact with the traveling yarn is achieved due to the angle of the yarn passing in direct engagement and across the disks as the yarn passes to opposite sides of a plane extend-ing through the shaft axes while engaging the disks.
A system for applying a false twist to a continuously traveling synthetic yarn utilizing a plurality of axially spaced disks mounted for rotation upon spaced, parallel shafts. At least two disks are mounted upon each shaft, with one of the disks on each shaft having a yarn-engaging fric-tion surface for cooperating in partial-overlapping peripheral relation with a disk on the other shaft to form yarn seats. The yarn-engaging surfaces of all disks are rectilinear, and increased surface contact with the traveling yarn is achieved due to the angle of the yarn passing in direct engagement and across the disks as the yarn passes to opposite sides of a plane extend-ing through the shaft axes while engaging the disks.
Description
Brief Summary and Objects of the Invention This invention relates generally to a system for applying a false twist to a continuously traveling yarn, and more particularly to a system for imparting a false twist to yarn by friction contact with rotating surfaces.
Friction twisting apparatus presently available and utilizing disks or grooved rollers, as disclosed, for example, in United States Patent Nos.
1,030,179; 3,668,853; 2,939,269; and 3,156,084 permits slippage of the yarn resulting in a variation in the number of turns in the yarn per unit length and irregu~arities in the yarn. In many instances the friction disks are mounted to engage the yarn on one side only and the yarn is not retained in non-slipping engagement with the disks.
The friction twisting system of the present invention utilizes a series of yarn engaging disks axially spaced and mounted for rotation upon spaced, substantially parallel shafts. At least one disk on each shaft has a rectilinear yarn engaging peripheral frictional surface for cooperating in partial overlapping relation with a disk mounted on the other shaft to define seats for receiving the running yarn. As the yarn passes from one pair of cooperating disks to another pair of cooperating disks, it follows a tortuous course passing from one side of a plane extending through the Z axes of the disk shafts to the opposite side of the plane thereby retaining the yarn in engagement with the disks to impart efficient rotation and even twist to the yarn. Increased yarn contact with the surfaces of the friction disks is achieved due to the angle of the yarn across each disk friction surface. Guides are provided above and below the disks, and preferably have a guiding surface aligned within the plane passing through the axes of the disk shafts. An S or Z twist may be applied to the yarn depending upon the yarn path, engagement with the disks, and rotation of the disks.
One of the primary objects of the invention is the provision of a new method and apparatus for applying a false twist to yarns by direct 1(~45477 frictional contact with rotating surfaces.
Another object of the invention is the provision of a new and improved system for imparting twist to yarn by urging the yarn into friction-al engagement with a plurality of disks rotating at the same speed and in the same direction.
A further object of the invention is the provision of a friction twist spindle assembly wherein yarn is drawn over the peripheral, rectilinear frictional surfaces of driven disks at an angle to increase the frictional contact and eliminate slippage between the disks and yarn.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent when considered in view of the following detailed description.
Brief Description of the Drawing Figure 1 is a schematic, front elevational view of one embodiment of the friction twist assembly of the present invention in which yarn passes through a heating zone and a cooling zone and engages the rotating disks of the friction twist assembly before being directed to a yarn take-up assembly;
Figure 2 is an enlarged, front elevational view of the friction twist assembly of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the friction twist assembly of Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the friction twist assembly;
Figure 5 is an enlarged, perspective view of the friction disk and rotatable shafts of the friction twist assembly of Figures 2-4;
Figure 6 is a top plan view of the friction twist assembly and illustrating the two uppermost cooperating disks, one middle disk and one disk having a friction surface7 with yarn engagement therewith;
Figure 7 is an enlarged, perspective view of two driven disks having rectilinear yarn engaging surfaces illustrating the angular yarn friction contact with the friction disk and the direction of rotation of 1~45477 the disk for imparting a twist to the yarn;
Figure 8 is a schematic view illustrating a yarn path with respect to a plane passing through the axes of rotation of the disks and the shaft supporting the disks; and Figure 9 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the friction twist spindle assembly of the present invention.
Detailed Description of the Invention Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 schematically illustrates a portion of a twister machine which includes conventional apparatus such as a frame, drive mechanism, yarn guides and feed rolls, supply and take-up packages, etc. The machine generally includes a plurality of substantially identical assemblies mounted side-by-side on an elongated frame, with each assembly including an apparatus for applying a false twist (FT) to a yarn.
The thermoplastic yarn Y is directed from a supply package S, over roll or guide 10, through feed rolls and twist trap (FR-TT) of conventional construc-tion, through heating zone H having a heating unit 11 and a cooling zone C, through the false twist applying apparatus FT, between take-up rolls 12 to a take-up package W. The rolls 10, FR-TT~ and 12 may cooperate in a conven-tional manner to obtain the desired yarn conditions such as tension and rate of yarn travel, as the yarn is drawn from the supply package S and through the heating zone H. In addition, suitable yarn tensioning and guiding means may be provided, as required. From the feed rolls 12, the yarn Y is wound on the package W by a winding assembly according to conventional methods with suitable yarn and traverse guides.
Referring to Figures 2-4 the false twist apparatus FT is of the friction twist type and includes a bracket 14 having openings 16 for facili-tating adjustably mounting the false twist apparatus FT upon a machine frame.
The friction twist assembly FT also includes a pair of rotatable spindles or shafts 18 and 20 supported by bearings 22 upon the bracket 14. The bearings _~
1~34S477 for each shaft may be secured by fasteners 28 upon a plate 26 which, in turn, is adjustably secured to the bracket 14 by fasteners 24. The plates 26, 26 preferably are mounted upon bracket 14 separately to provide adjustment to and from each other to align and position the shafts 18, 20 selectively.
The shafts 18, 20 are rotatably supported in spaced, parallel alignment with each other. At least one of the shafts, shaft 20, is provided with a whorl 30 which frictionally engages and is driven by a belt 32. A pulley 34 is secured to each of shafts 18 and 20 for receiving one or more endless fric-tion bands 36. Displacement of the drive belt 32 rotates the whorl 30 of shaft 20 and the shaft 18 is driven at the same speed and in the same direc-tion as shaft 20 by the pulleys 34 and bands 36. The drive belt 32 may extend the entire length of the machine to rotate the shafts of a plurality of friction twist assemblies FT. Also, separate drive means for each unit may be employed, if desirable. A plurality of axially spaced yarn engaging disks are fixedly mounted upon each of the shafts 18 and 20 such that select-ed disks are in opposed, overlapping relation, as shown by Figures 2-7. The .. . .. . . ..
disks 38 selectively positioned upon shafts 18 and 20 have a circular peri-phery with relatively thick friction surfaces 40 of polyurethane or other suitable material for forming a yarn engaging surface having a high co-efficient of friction to grip the yarn and prevent unnecessary slippage and to impart twist thereto. Also mounted upon each of the shafts 18 and 20 are thin metal disks 42 with cylindrical yarn-engaging surfaces. The metal disk 42 on shaft 18 cooperates in slightly overlapping peripheral relation with the friction-covered disk 38 on shaft 20. While the metal disk 42 on shaft 20 cooperates in partial overlapping peripheral relation with the friction disk 38 of shaft 18.
The yarn-engaging surfaces of each of the friction disks 38 and the metal disks 42 are rectilinear in the yarn path. As shown by Figure 8, the overlapping relation of cooperating metal and friction disks and the 11~45477 rectilinear yarn-engaging surfaces provide increased surface contacts for the traveling yarn Y resulting in a section of the traveling yarn Y engaging the friction surfaces 40 of the disks 38 at an angle and to contact the cir-cumferential edges of each of the disks for increased frictional contact and guidance. The yarn ext~nds across the frictional yarn-engaging surfaces of the disks at an angle relative to the axis of rotation of the disk and the direction of rotation of the disks. As the disks 38 and 40 are driven in the same direction of rotation, a false twist is applied to the yarn.
In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 2-5, three friction disks 38 and two metal disks 42 have been provided on each of the shafts 18 and 20. However, the number type, size and combinations of various disks pro-vided on the shafts 18 and 20 may vary depending upon the required false twist applied to the yarn Y achievable through the frictional coefficient between the yarns used and the contact surfaces. As the yarn Y enters and exits from the false twist assembly FT, a single disk 38 cooperates with a single metal disk 42 while the intermediate sections of the false twist apparatus FT includes single metal disks, each cooperating with two friction disks 38~ with the friction disks being on each side of and in close proxim-ity to a metal disk 42. Alternatively, a single friction disk or roller, provided with a groove for receiving a portion of a metal disk 42, may be substituted for two closely spaced disks 38.
As the traveling yarn Y progresses through the friction twist assembly FT, the yarn follows a path which alternates from one side to the other of a plane Z, Figures 6 and 8, passing through the axes of the shafts 18 and 20, due to the overlapping relation of the disks which form yarn-receiving throats or seats 44 for the continuous yarn. Since all disks 38 and 42 rotate in the same direction, the peripheral surfaces of the disks at the seats 44 move in opposite directions thereby imparting a twisting action to the yarn in the throats or seats 44. The tortuous course of the yarn Y
~C~45477 maintains the yarn in engagement with all clisks 38 and 42. The path of the yarn to be friction twisted is guided by ceramic tubular guides 46 and 48 before engaging the first disk in the yarn path and after leaving the last disk in the yarn path. The guide 38 may be supported by a bracket 50. Pre-ferably the tubular guides 46 and 48 are axially aligned with a plane passing through the axes of the shafts 18 and 20.
Figure 9 refers to a modified embodiment of the friction twist assembly wherein yarn Y engages a different combination of friction disks 38' and thin metal disks 42' mounted upon spaced, parallel shafts 18' and 20'. The shafts 18' and 20' are coupled for rotation at the same speed and in the same direction of rotation by endless bands 36' which pass around pulleys 34' and the driven belt 32' which frictionally engages whorl 30'.
In Figure 8, the alternate positioning of the traveling yarn is shown in engagement with the metal and friction disks with the designation T referring to Top and B referring to Bottom when the apparatus is viewed when the yarn is traveling horizontally and the disks are overlapping each other to some extent.
Although the disks 42 have been indicated to be made of metal for control purposes in order to guide yarn in its directed path of travel, these disks may be made of a suitable hard urethane or other material which has a lower coefficient of friction than the yarn twisting disks 38, but the sur-face engagement should be such that the friction imparted to the continuously traveling yarn will assist in twisting the yarn or resist slippage of the yarn as it is twisted by the surface frictional contact with the disks 38.
Some slippage of the yarn on the disks 42 is permissible and, as will be de-scribed, highly desirable in some application where the twist may back up or ram back to build up greater twist in some twist zones depending upon the specific yarns being processed as well as taking into consideration the speeds of yarn travel. It is further contemplated that the friction disk 38 may vary 1~)45477 in axial width in that, for one twist complement zone of two friction disks 38 and one control disk 42, one friction disk 38 may be wider axially than the other which may be desirable to vary the yarn tension into and out of the twist zone or stage depending upon the yarns used and the end result desired.
It may further be desirable to vary the diameter of the disks 38 and 42 on their respective shafts 18 and 20 in order to generate a back up or cramming control of the twist in one or more stages or zones. A variation of the relative speed between the shafts will produce such twist back up or cramming depending upon the number of twist zones or stages employed in the assembly.
Should wear on the frictional surfaces for disks 38 become exces-sive, the sides of the disks 38 may either be faced with harder or denser material at one or both perimetrical edges thereby permitting a greater angle of traverse into the next stage thereby reducing undue drag or wear on the corners or edges of the friction disks. It should be readily recog-nized that although the preferred embodiments shown include control disks that rotate, stationary guides may be substituted for guiding the yarn in juxtaposition to the rotating frictional surfaces of the disks 38.
Friction twisting apparatus presently available and utilizing disks or grooved rollers, as disclosed, for example, in United States Patent Nos.
1,030,179; 3,668,853; 2,939,269; and 3,156,084 permits slippage of the yarn resulting in a variation in the number of turns in the yarn per unit length and irregu~arities in the yarn. In many instances the friction disks are mounted to engage the yarn on one side only and the yarn is not retained in non-slipping engagement with the disks.
The friction twisting system of the present invention utilizes a series of yarn engaging disks axially spaced and mounted for rotation upon spaced, substantially parallel shafts. At least one disk on each shaft has a rectilinear yarn engaging peripheral frictional surface for cooperating in partial overlapping relation with a disk mounted on the other shaft to define seats for receiving the running yarn. As the yarn passes from one pair of cooperating disks to another pair of cooperating disks, it follows a tortuous course passing from one side of a plane extending through the Z axes of the disk shafts to the opposite side of the plane thereby retaining the yarn in engagement with the disks to impart efficient rotation and even twist to the yarn. Increased yarn contact with the surfaces of the friction disks is achieved due to the angle of the yarn across each disk friction surface. Guides are provided above and below the disks, and preferably have a guiding surface aligned within the plane passing through the axes of the disk shafts. An S or Z twist may be applied to the yarn depending upon the yarn path, engagement with the disks, and rotation of the disks.
One of the primary objects of the invention is the provision of a new method and apparatus for applying a false twist to yarns by direct 1(~45477 frictional contact with rotating surfaces.
Another object of the invention is the provision of a new and improved system for imparting twist to yarn by urging the yarn into friction-al engagement with a plurality of disks rotating at the same speed and in the same direction.
A further object of the invention is the provision of a friction twist spindle assembly wherein yarn is drawn over the peripheral, rectilinear frictional surfaces of driven disks at an angle to increase the frictional contact and eliminate slippage between the disks and yarn.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent when considered in view of the following detailed description.
Brief Description of the Drawing Figure 1 is a schematic, front elevational view of one embodiment of the friction twist assembly of the present invention in which yarn passes through a heating zone and a cooling zone and engages the rotating disks of the friction twist assembly before being directed to a yarn take-up assembly;
Figure 2 is an enlarged, front elevational view of the friction twist assembly of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the friction twist assembly of Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the friction twist assembly;
Figure 5 is an enlarged, perspective view of the friction disk and rotatable shafts of the friction twist assembly of Figures 2-4;
Figure 6 is a top plan view of the friction twist assembly and illustrating the two uppermost cooperating disks, one middle disk and one disk having a friction surface7 with yarn engagement therewith;
Figure 7 is an enlarged, perspective view of two driven disks having rectilinear yarn engaging surfaces illustrating the angular yarn friction contact with the friction disk and the direction of rotation of 1~45477 the disk for imparting a twist to the yarn;
Figure 8 is a schematic view illustrating a yarn path with respect to a plane passing through the axes of rotation of the disks and the shaft supporting the disks; and Figure 9 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the friction twist spindle assembly of the present invention.
Detailed Description of the Invention Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 schematically illustrates a portion of a twister machine which includes conventional apparatus such as a frame, drive mechanism, yarn guides and feed rolls, supply and take-up packages, etc. The machine generally includes a plurality of substantially identical assemblies mounted side-by-side on an elongated frame, with each assembly including an apparatus for applying a false twist (FT) to a yarn.
The thermoplastic yarn Y is directed from a supply package S, over roll or guide 10, through feed rolls and twist trap (FR-TT) of conventional construc-tion, through heating zone H having a heating unit 11 and a cooling zone C, through the false twist applying apparatus FT, between take-up rolls 12 to a take-up package W. The rolls 10, FR-TT~ and 12 may cooperate in a conven-tional manner to obtain the desired yarn conditions such as tension and rate of yarn travel, as the yarn is drawn from the supply package S and through the heating zone H. In addition, suitable yarn tensioning and guiding means may be provided, as required. From the feed rolls 12, the yarn Y is wound on the package W by a winding assembly according to conventional methods with suitable yarn and traverse guides.
Referring to Figures 2-4 the false twist apparatus FT is of the friction twist type and includes a bracket 14 having openings 16 for facili-tating adjustably mounting the false twist apparatus FT upon a machine frame.
The friction twist assembly FT also includes a pair of rotatable spindles or shafts 18 and 20 supported by bearings 22 upon the bracket 14. The bearings _~
1~34S477 for each shaft may be secured by fasteners 28 upon a plate 26 which, in turn, is adjustably secured to the bracket 14 by fasteners 24. The plates 26, 26 preferably are mounted upon bracket 14 separately to provide adjustment to and from each other to align and position the shafts 18, 20 selectively.
The shafts 18, 20 are rotatably supported in spaced, parallel alignment with each other. At least one of the shafts, shaft 20, is provided with a whorl 30 which frictionally engages and is driven by a belt 32. A pulley 34 is secured to each of shafts 18 and 20 for receiving one or more endless fric-tion bands 36. Displacement of the drive belt 32 rotates the whorl 30 of shaft 20 and the shaft 18 is driven at the same speed and in the same direc-tion as shaft 20 by the pulleys 34 and bands 36. The drive belt 32 may extend the entire length of the machine to rotate the shafts of a plurality of friction twist assemblies FT. Also, separate drive means for each unit may be employed, if desirable. A plurality of axially spaced yarn engaging disks are fixedly mounted upon each of the shafts 18 and 20 such that select-ed disks are in opposed, overlapping relation, as shown by Figures 2-7. The .. . .. . . ..
disks 38 selectively positioned upon shafts 18 and 20 have a circular peri-phery with relatively thick friction surfaces 40 of polyurethane or other suitable material for forming a yarn engaging surface having a high co-efficient of friction to grip the yarn and prevent unnecessary slippage and to impart twist thereto. Also mounted upon each of the shafts 18 and 20 are thin metal disks 42 with cylindrical yarn-engaging surfaces. The metal disk 42 on shaft 18 cooperates in slightly overlapping peripheral relation with the friction-covered disk 38 on shaft 20. While the metal disk 42 on shaft 20 cooperates in partial overlapping peripheral relation with the friction disk 38 of shaft 18.
The yarn-engaging surfaces of each of the friction disks 38 and the metal disks 42 are rectilinear in the yarn path. As shown by Figure 8, the overlapping relation of cooperating metal and friction disks and the 11~45477 rectilinear yarn-engaging surfaces provide increased surface contacts for the traveling yarn Y resulting in a section of the traveling yarn Y engaging the friction surfaces 40 of the disks 38 at an angle and to contact the cir-cumferential edges of each of the disks for increased frictional contact and guidance. The yarn ext~nds across the frictional yarn-engaging surfaces of the disks at an angle relative to the axis of rotation of the disk and the direction of rotation of the disks. As the disks 38 and 40 are driven in the same direction of rotation, a false twist is applied to the yarn.
In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 2-5, three friction disks 38 and two metal disks 42 have been provided on each of the shafts 18 and 20. However, the number type, size and combinations of various disks pro-vided on the shafts 18 and 20 may vary depending upon the required false twist applied to the yarn Y achievable through the frictional coefficient between the yarns used and the contact surfaces. As the yarn Y enters and exits from the false twist assembly FT, a single disk 38 cooperates with a single metal disk 42 while the intermediate sections of the false twist apparatus FT includes single metal disks, each cooperating with two friction disks 38~ with the friction disks being on each side of and in close proxim-ity to a metal disk 42. Alternatively, a single friction disk or roller, provided with a groove for receiving a portion of a metal disk 42, may be substituted for two closely spaced disks 38.
As the traveling yarn Y progresses through the friction twist assembly FT, the yarn follows a path which alternates from one side to the other of a plane Z, Figures 6 and 8, passing through the axes of the shafts 18 and 20, due to the overlapping relation of the disks which form yarn-receiving throats or seats 44 for the continuous yarn. Since all disks 38 and 42 rotate in the same direction, the peripheral surfaces of the disks at the seats 44 move in opposite directions thereby imparting a twisting action to the yarn in the throats or seats 44. The tortuous course of the yarn Y
~C~45477 maintains the yarn in engagement with all clisks 38 and 42. The path of the yarn to be friction twisted is guided by ceramic tubular guides 46 and 48 before engaging the first disk in the yarn path and after leaving the last disk in the yarn path. The guide 38 may be supported by a bracket 50. Pre-ferably the tubular guides 46 and 48 are axially aligned with a plane passing through the axes of the shafts 18 and 20.
Figure 9 refers to a modified embodiment of the friction twist assembly wherein yarn Y engages a different combination of friction disks 38' and thin metal disks 42' mounted upon spaced, parallel shafts 18' and 20'. The shafts 18' and 20' are coupled for rotation at the same speed and in the same direction of rotation by endless bands 36' which pass around pulleys 34' and the driven belt 32' which frictionally engages whorl 30'.
In Figure 8, the alternate positioning of the traveling yarn is shown in engagement with the metal and friction disks with the designation T referring to Top and B referring to Bottom when the apparatus is viewed when the yarn is traveling horizontally and the disks are overlapping each other to some extent.
Although the disks 42 have been indicated to be made of metal for control purposes in order to guide yarn in its directed path of travel, these disks may be made of a suitable hard urethane or other material which has a lower coefficient of friction than the yarn twisting disks 38, but the sur-face engagement should be such that the friction imparted to the continuously traveling yarn will assist in twisting the yarn or resist slippage of the yarn as it is twisted by the surface frictional contact with the disks 38.
Some slippage of the yarn on the disks 42 is permissible and, as will be de-scribed, highly desirable in some application where the twist may back up or ram back to build up greater twist in some twist zones depending upon the specific yarns being processed as well as taking into consideration the speeds of yarn travel. It is further contemplated that the friction disk 38 may vary 1~)45477 in axial width in that, for one twist complement zone of two friction disks 38 and one control disk 42, one friction disk 38 may be wider axially than the other which may be desirable to vary the yarn tension into and out of the twist zone or stage depending upon the yarns used and the end result desired.
It may further be desirable to vary the diameter of the disks 38 and 42 on their respective shafts 18 and 20 in order to generate a back up or cramming control of the twist in one or more stages or zones. A variation of the relative speed between the shafts will produce such twist back up or cramming depending upon the number of twist zones or stages employed in the assembly.
Should wear on the frictional surfaces for disks 38 become exces-sive, the sides of the disks 38 may either be faced with harder or denser material at one or both perimetrical edges thereby permitting a greater angle of traverse into the next stage thereby reducing undue drag or wear on the corners or edges of the friction disks. It should be readily recog-nized that although the preferred embodiments shown include control disks that rotate, stationary guides may be substituted for guiding the yarn in juxtaposition to the rotating frictional surfaces of the disks 38.
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PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A method of false twisting a continuously traveling synthetic yarn in which the yarn passes through a heating zone and the twist is set in a cooling zone after emerging from the heating zone, comprising the steps of: guiding the yarn in a continuous rectilinear path of travel, displacing the yarn from its rectilinear path of travel by a relatively thin control disc, engaging a relatively small increment of yarn with said control disc, directing said yarn from the control disc to a relatively thick, spaced friction disc, engaging a larger increment of yarn with said friction disc, and incrementally rectilinearly rotating the guided yarn to apply a twist thereto extending through the cooling zone and at least into the heating zone.
2. The method of false twisting a continuously traveling yarn as recited in claim 1, wherein the yarn is displaced equally to opposite sides of the rectilinear path of travel.
3. The method of false twisting a continuously traveling yarn as recited in claim 1, wherein the yarn is guided and rotated at spaced intervals by frictionally engaging, driven cooperating rotary members forming at least one seat for the yarn.
4. The method of false twisting a continuously traveling yarn as recited in claim 3, wherein the yarn extends across the peripheral surface of a rotating member at an angle with respect to the axis of rotation and the direction of rotation of the rotating member.
5. The method of false twisting a continuously traveling yarn as recited in claim 1, wherein the guided, displaced yarn follows a tortuous course.
6. Apparatus for imparting a false twist to a continuously traveling yarn comprising; support means, a pair of parallel shafts mounted for rotation upon said support means, a plurality of axially spaced members mounted upon each shaft for rotation, each member having a cylindrical, peripheral yarn engaging sur-face, each member on one shaft cooperating in partial overlapping relation with a member on the other shaft to define yarn-receiving seats on opposite sides of a plane passing through the axes of said shafts, means for guiding the yarn prior to and upon emerging from said plurality of axially spaced mem-bers, said yarn guiding means having yarn guide surfaces aligned within the plane passing through the axes of said shafts, said guide means directing the yarn across the yarn engaging surfaces of selected members at an angle with respect to the direction of rotation and the axis of rotation of said selected members, each pair of cooperating members defining yarn seats being spaced apart sufficiently to permit the running yarn to alternate between yarn seats at opposite sides of the plane passing through the axes of said shafts, and means for rotating said members to impart twist to the yarn.
7. Apparatus for imparting a frictional false twist to a continuously traveling yarn as recited in claim 6, wherein the yarn-engaging peripheral surface of at least one member on each shaft is rectilinear and includes a yarn-engaging surface having a high coefficient of friction.
8. Apparatus for imparting a false twist to a continuously traveling yarn as recited in claim 6, wherein a rotatable yarn engaging surface of a member on one shaft is substantially wider than the yarn engaging surface of a cooperating member mounted upon the other shaft.
9. Apparatus for imparting a frictional false twist to a continuously traveling yarn as recited in claim 6, wherein the outer surface of a yarn-engaging member on one shaft is grooved to receive the yarn-engaging surface of a member on the other shaft.
10. Apparatus for imparting a false twist to a continuously traveling yarn as recited in Claim 6, wherein the yarn-engaging peripheral surfaces of all members are rectilinear, and the yarn-engaging surfaces of each cooperating pair of members are of different widths.
11. Apparatus for imparting a false twist to a continuously traveling yarn as recited in Claim 6, wherein said plurality of axially-spaced members rotate in the same direction and at the same speed.
12. Apparatus for imparting a false twist to a continuously traveling synthetic yarn which passes through a heating zone and the twist is set in a cooling zone after emerging from the heating zone comprising: support means, a shaft rotatably mounted on said support means, yarn engaging twist member mounted on said shaft for a rotation therewith, said yarn-engaging twist member having a cylindrical, peripheral yarn-engaging surface, means for guid-ably supporting the continuously traveling yarn across the peripheral yarn-engaging surface of said twist member at an angle thereto, and means for ro-tating said shaft.
13. Apparatus for imparting a false twist to a continuously traveling yarn as recited in Claim 12, a second yarn-engaging twist member mounted on said shaft in spaced-axial relation to said other yarn-engaging twist member and having a cylindrical, peripheral yarn-engaging surface forming a yarn-re-ceiving throat therebetween, said yarn-engaging twist members straddling said means for guidable supporting the continuously traveling yarn whereby the yarn engages the cylindrical, peripheral yarn-engaging surfaces of both of said twist members when said yarn emerges from the yarn-receiving throat betweeen said twist members.
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| CH544822A (en) * | 1972-05-03 | 1973-11-30 | Heberlein & Co Ag | Friction false twist device |
| US3820377A (en) * | 1972-08-30 | 1974-06-28 | Hurco Mfg Co Inc | Gauging apparatus for presses and the like |
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1974
- 1974-05-22 US US472101A patent/US3921379A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1975
- 1975-05-21 CA CA227,499A patent/CA1045477A/en not_active Expired
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| GB1513956A (en) | 1978-06-14 |
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