CN101857990B - Bracket aggregate for a stretcher of a textile machine - Google Patents
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01H—SPINNING OR TWISTING
- D01H5/00—Drafting machines or arrangements ; Threading of roving into drafting machine
- D01H5/18—Drafting machines or arrangements without fallers or like pinned bars
- D01H5/26—Drafting machines or arrangements without fallers or like pinned bars in which fibres are controlled by one or more endless aprons
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
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- D01H13/04—Guides for slivers, rovings, or yarns; Smoothing dies
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- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01H—SPINNING OR TWISTING
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- D01H5/70—Constructional features of drafting elements
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Abstract
The present invention describes a bracket aggregate for a stretcher of a textile machine. The bracket aggregate comprises a bracket for guiding two guide aprons looping a pressure roller twin. An exchangeable bracket support (13) and an exchangeable guiding element (14) for guiding a fiber composite are provided. The bracket support and the guiding element are detachably fastened with each other, and are attached to the bracket. The bracket support and the guiding element can respectively comprise at least one supporting surface which directly abut against the bracket.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to the support group of a kind of drafting system for textile machinery (Streckwerk)
it is with the support of two pilot tapes (F ü hrungsriemchen) for guiding the twin pressure roller (Druckwalzenzwilling) being wound around drafting system
with removable support bearing
and with the removable induction element for guiding fiber skein (Faserverband).The invention still further relates to the support bearing for support group and induction element.
Background technology
Known such support group from file DE 102 52 631 A1.Holding element is utilized directly to be fixed on support place with the induction element of pole form.The support bearing being called " spacing washer " in file DE 102 52 631A1 assembles (anbringen) at support place in the mode of separating with induction element.
In the owner of textile machinery, often there is such hope, that is, to older, the induction element at existing support group place retrofit (nachr ü sten).Because when induction element known from file DE 102 52 631 A1 is directly fixed on support, so recurrent, existing support does not allow this fixing of induction element.So must change whole support.The owner of replacing for textile machinery of support has higher transformation cost (Umbauaufwand), and in addition, compared to additionally buying induction element, this transformation cost explicit costs is higher.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is, improves support group, induction element and support bearing.
This object realizes by with under type, that is, make support bearing and induction element interfix in discerptible mode and be assemblied in support place.
Owing to making support bearing and induction element interfix, therefore in order to these two parts what be jointly assemblied in support place is fixedly only once needs.Can so design support bearing and induction element, that is, make this fixing feasibility existed at support place
enough.No longer need to change support when retrofiting to the induction element for main drawing zone (Hauptverzugszone) the middle guiding fiber skein at drafting system.Alternatively, can only traditional support bearing be assemblied in existing support place or the support bearing with induction element can be assemblied in existing support place.Thus, same existing support group can utilize less transformation cost and match from different requirements in the most suitable mode of cost.
Known a kind of support group from this type of file CN 201045153 Y non-, in this support group, induction element is connected with support bearing in inseparable mode.The direct injection moulding of induction element (anspritzen) is to support bearing place.Support bearing and induction element form all-in-one-piece component and no longer can change individually thus.In order to meet required support bearing and the modification be necessary of induction element diverse location, the different component of quite large quantity is necessary.But, in order to the drawing effect realizing optimizing is usually required, does not depend on the position of induction element and regulate A/F (Maulweite).In order to according to the whole combination of position meeting A/F and induction element in the embodiment of file CN 201045153 Y, the different parts of quite large quantity are necessary, and the owner of textile machinery stock must have all these parts.Equally when a large amount of different component (these parts are only slightly different), there is high confusion risk, thus there is this risk, that is, do not regulate all support groups of machine in an identical manner.Thus, the variable mass of the yarn produced.
Support group according to the present invention can be imagined two kinds of modification that how support bearing and induction element can be arranged in support place.In the first modification, support bearing is directly fixed on support place and induction element is fixed on support bearing place.In the second modification, induction element is directly fixed on support place and then support bearing is fixed on induction element place.These two kinds of modification all allow to use existing support and are the support bearing without induction element and the fixture (Befestigungsmittel) that designs originally.Thus, can continue without problems to use existing support.All favourable the producer of this owner for textile machinery and support group.The producer of support group can continue the instrument for the manufacture of support and the apparatus that use its past when not making a change.Only must replace existing support bearing.But support bearing is a kind of simple component, its cost is lower and its replacing means that not having larger transformation spends equally.When making machine mate with other fibrous material, frequent replaceable holder bearing.
By the discerptible replaceability of support bearing and induction element, each support group is only needed respectively a set of for regulating the induction element of the support bearing of different openings width and a set of different position with guide surface.After this combination of required support bearing and induction element can be assemblied in support place as requested.Thus, the diversity of parts keeps lower.Thus, the support bearing of the vicious size of error ground assembled belt or the risk of induction element equally can be quite low.Preferably, the identification of modification is guaranteed by painted mark.
Because induction element and support bearing are can the component of individual transaction, can be therefore induction element and support bearing requirement patent protection independent of support group.Induction element according to the present invention has the fixture for being connected with support bearing.Support bearing according to the present invention has the fixture for being connected with the induction element for fiber skein.Can realize thus, support bearing and induction element can interfix.Induction element or support bearing have the fixture for being connected with support.Fixture for being connected with support matches with the fixture existed at support place.Advantageously, kayser all anchor designs is become to connect (Schnappverbindung).Preferably, kayser connection is formed at the protuberance of the pin shape (zapfenartig) at a parts place and the relevant recess at another parts place by least one.Thus, all parts quite easily can be clamped mutually (klipsen) and can again be separated from each other without problems equally.
Be arranged in favourable design of the present invention, support bearing and induction element have at least one bearing-surface respectively for directly abutting in support place.The bearing-surface directly abutting in support place directly ensures locating quite accurately of support bearing and induction element by support.Although support bearing and induction element interfix, the site error that the change of in two parts is large can not be there is due to the addition of manufacturing tolerance.Support bearing and induction element as far as possible directly located by support by bearing-surface independently of one another.Make the adjustability of separating of support bearing and induction element and goodish accuracy in quite favourable mode and be combined with each other in simply remodeling property at existing support place.
Be arranged in other favourable design, the guide surface for fiber skein at induction element place is by bar, pref. cylindrical bar and being formed.Preferably, induction element has keeper, is furnished with fixture at this keeper place.Keeper directly can be injected into the bar place comprising guide surface.In support bearing advantageously, in support bearing, be provided with the recess with the region of bearing-surface for induction element.
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Of the present invention other advantage and feature draw from the hereafter description of embodiment.
Wherein:
Figure 1A and 1B shows the support group according to the drafting system for textile machinery of the present invention with the diagram of two perspectives,
Fig. 2 shows the side view being upward through the partly cut-away of the drafting system of textile machinery in the side of the arrow II of Figure 1A,
Fig. 3 A and 3B respectively illustrates the diagram of the perspective of the amplification according to support bearing of the present invention,
Fig. 4 A and 4B respectively illustrates the diagram of the perspective according to induction element of the present invention,
Fig. 5 A and 5B shows when mounting bracket group two the different preproduction phase.
Detailed description of the invention
Support group 1 shown in Figure 1A, 1B consists essentially of twin pressure roller 2, support 3 and two pilot tapes 4 and 4 '.Twin pressure roller 2 is formed by two top rolls (Oberwalze) 5 and 5 ', and this top roll 5 and 5 ' is arranged on fixing axle 6 in rotatable mode.Support has the accommodation section 7 for axle 6.In addition, support 3 two of having for pilot tape 4 and 4 ' turn to edge (Umlenkkante) 8 and 8 '.Additionally, be provided with for pilot tape 4 at support 3 place, the side direction guiding piece (Seitenf ü hrung) 9 of 4 '.
Support group 1 can be used for the drafting system 10 and 10 ' of two vicinities of textile machinery, preferably can use in ring spinning frame.Support group 1 is at unshowned load support body
in remain on axle 6 place.By this load support body top roll 5 and 5 ' against can driven lower roll (Unterwalze) 12 and 12 ', refer to Fig. 2.
In addition, the support group 1 illustrated in fig. 1 and 2 comprises support bearing 13 and for guiding the induction element 14 of fiber skein 15.The function of support bearing 13 and induction element 14 is explained by means of Fig. 2.
Diagrammatically illustrate drafting system 10 in fig. 2.Support group 1 is associated with lower roll 12 with its top roll 5, support 3 and pilot tape 4.The fiber skein 15 of (verziehen) to be tensioned passes roller to (Walzenpaar) 12,5 on carriage direction A.Lower roll 12 is associated with pilot tape 16, and this pilot tape 16 is directed additionally by lower band guiding piece 17.Lower roll 12 and lower band guiding piece 17 are in the upper extension of the drafting system 10,10 ' of multiple vicinity.At roller to 12, be furnished with roller after 5 to 18,19, this roller to 18,19 can be higher peripheral speed driven.At roller to 12,5 and roller to 18, between 19, the fiber skein 15 be made up of artificial fibre (Stapelfaser) is stretched, to make at roller to 18, there are thinner fiber skein after 19.Drafting system can comprise other unshowned roller pair.
Roller between drawing zone 20 in stretching during fiber skein 15 by pilot tape 16,4 is directed.In order to make the fiber skein 15 in drawing zone 20 can not be extruded (zusammendr ü cken) too consumingly by pilot tape 16 and 4, be arranged to, the edge 8 that turns to for upper band 4 has the distance of restriction at a distance of the edge 21 that turns to of lower band guiding piece 17.This distance between edge 21 and 8 is turned to be called A/F.A/F can be changed by using different support bearings 13.In order to improve the guiding of the fiber skein 15 in drawing zone 20, there is the guide surface 22 of induction element 14 in the arranged downstream of pilot tape 16 and 4.Guide surface 22 is convexs.Guide surface 22 is formed preferably by the periphery of the bar extended in whole support group 1.Preferably, so orientation direction face 22, namely, fiber skein 15 is made easily to depart from (auslenken) imaginary connecting line, this connecting line by pilot tape 16, the outlet (Austritt) of 4 and roller to 18, the shortest connection between the clamping lines of 19 and being formed.Induction element 14 directed force be applied on the fiber skein 15 in drawing zone 20 substantially depend on fiber skein 15 depart from the size of the shortest imaginary connecting line.Therefore be arranged to, the position of guide surface 22 changes by using different induction elements 14.
By means of Fig. 3 to Fig. 5 explain further support bearing 13 and induction element 14 according to design of the present invention.Support bearing 13 has the accommodation section 23 for the channel form of support 3.Support bearing 13 utilizes accommodation section 23 to be pulled to exterior region 35 place of support 3.Accommodation section 23 comprises bearing-surface 24, and this bearing-surface 24 guarantees the location of support bearing at support 3 place.In addition, support bearing 13 has two bearing-surfaces 25 for lower band guiding piece 17.Different A/Fs can be regulated in drafting system 10 by support bearing 13 (location of bearing-surface 25 is different in this support bearing 13).Choose corresponding support bearing 13 according to required A/F and pressed from both sides (aufklipsen) on support 3.Support bearing 13 comprises the fixture 26 for being connected with support 3.Fixture 26 is designed to the form of recess, and this recess can be caught on the protuberance 27 of the pin shape of support 3.The support 3 before and after folder upper bracket bearing 13 can be seen in Fig. 5 A and 5B.In addition, support bearing 13 comprises the fixture 28 for being connected with induction element 14.The protuberance 29 of two pin shapes is used as fixture 28.Support bearing 13 comprises recess 30, can not be completely covered between bearing-surface 25 to make support 3.The region of leading edge 35 keeps to enter from outside.
Induction element 14 has the fixture 31 for being connected with support bearing 13.Fixture 31 and fixture 28 match.Fixture 31 is formed by recess, and this recess can be caught on the protuberance 29 of pin shape.At induction element 14, place is furnished with bearing-surface 32, and this bearing-surface 32 is used as directly to abut in support 3 place.Therefore, the guide surface 22 of the manufacturing tolerance not depending on support bearing 13 and the location of 22 ' can be ensured.Bearing-surface 32 to extend in the recess 30 of support bearing 13 and be bearing in support 3 by recess 30 discharge on the region of (freilassen).Especially can see in fig. ib and extend in recess 30.Fixture 31,28 and 26,27 are designed to kayser connects, to make all parts can be quite simple and mounted and be disassembled when not using aid.As can be seen especially in figures 4 a and 4b, guide surface 22 and 22 ' is formed by bar 33.Induction element 14 has keeper 34, is furnished with fixture 31 at this keeper 34 place.Preferably, keeper 34 directly can be injected into bar 33 place.
When induction element 14 being retrofitted into existing support group 1 place, do not need now to change support 3.As long as the existing support bearing of support group 1 is taken away and replaced by new support bearing 13.New support bearing 13 prepares for holding induction element 14 and utilizing the protuberance 27 of the pin shape of support 3 and match with existing support 3.New support bearing 13 is now provided for the fixture 28 of induction element 14.Therefore, utilize and quite simple and cost is suitable mode can realize the remodeling of existing drafting system 10 according to support bearing according to the present invention 13 and relevant induction element 14.
Certainly can be arranged to equally in unshowned design, first induction element 14 to be placed on support 3 and to be fixed on protuberance 27 place of pin shape.Be provided with the fixture for being connected with support bearing so in this case, these fixtures make support bearing be fixed on induction element 14 place becomes possibility.
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1. the drafting system (10 for textile machinery, 10 ') support group (1), described support group (1) is with two pilot tapes (4 for guiding winding twin pressure roller (2), 4 ') support (3), with removable support bearing and with the removable induction element for guiding fiber skein (15), it is characterized in that, described support bearing (13) and described induction element (14) interfix in discerptible mode and are assemblied in described support (3) place.
2. support group according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described support bearing (13) and described induction element (14) have at least one bearing-surface (24 respectively; 32), described bearing-surface (24; 32) described support (3) place is directly abutted in.
3. support group according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described support bearing (13) is directly fixed on described support (3) place and described induction element (14) is fixed on described support bearing (13) place.
4. support group according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described induction element (14) is directly fixed on described support (3) place and described support bearing (13) is fixed on described induction element (14) place.
5. the induction element of the support group (1) with support (3) in the drafting system for textile machinery (10), described induction element comprises the guide surface (22) of the fiber skein (15) at least one drawing zone for described drafting system (10) (20), it is characterized in that, described induction element (14) has the fixture (31) for being connected with support bearing (13).
6. induction element according to claim 5, is characterized in that, described induction element (14) has at least one bearing-surface (32) for directly abutting in described support (3) place.
7. the induction element according to claim 5 or 6, is characterized in that, described guide surface (22) is formed by bar (33).
8. the induction element according to claim 5 or 6, is characterized in that, described induction element (14) has keeper (34), is furnished with described fixture (31) at described keeper (34) place.
9. the support bearing of the support group (1) with support (3) in the drafting system for textile machinery (10), described support bearing comprises at least one bearing-surface (25) for lower band guiding piece (17), it is characterized in that, described support bearing (13) has the first fixture (28) for being connected with the induction element (14) for fiber skein (15).
10. support bearing according to claim 9, is characterized in that, described support bearing (13) has the second fixture (26) for being connected with described support (3).
11. support bearings according to claim 9 or 10, it is characterized in that, described support bearing (13) has at least one bearing-surface (24) for directly abutting in described support (3) place.
12. support bearings according to claim 9 or 10, it is characterized in that, described support bearing (13) comprises the recess (30) for such region of described induction element (14), that is, described region has the bearing-surface (32) for directly abutting in described support (3) place.
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