EP0013169B1 - An improvement of a combing roller utilized for an open-end spinning machine - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a combing roller utilized for an open-end spinning machine and, more particularly, relates to an improved combing roller wherein the roller is provided with a metallic wire mounted on the peripheral surface thereof without a free space where fibers can not receive effective combing action.
- a bundle of fibers supplied from an upstream supplying mechanism is opened by means of a combing roller, so as to separate the bundle into individual fibers, and the separated fibers are carried into a twisting mechanism so as to form a twisted yarn.
- a combing roller provided with a metallic wire helically secured on the peripheral surface of the main body of the combing roller is utilized.
- the above mentioned metallic wire is provided with a cross-section comprising a laterally expanded base portion and a teeth portion projected upward from the base portion.
- the base portion of the metallic wire is pressed into a helical groove formed on the peripheral portion of the main body of the combing roller by means of a press roller, so that the metallic wire can be rigidly mounted on the main body of the combing roller.
- the helical groove is formed on the peripheral portion of the main body with a pertinent pitch along the axial direction of the combing roller.
- the main body is coaxially provided with a flange at each end thereof.
- cylindrical spaces are formed on the peripheral portion of the main body between the two flanges and the corresponding starting and terminal portions of the metallic wire spiral.
- the axial size of those cylindrical spaces has been almost the same as the pitch of the helical groove and the wire therein. Since the mounting of the metallic wire on the main body of the combing roller is carried out by pressing the shoulder of the base portion of the metallic wire into the helical groove of the main body by means of a pressing disc having a certain thickness, it is necessary to have a space for carrying out the pressing operation when the pressing operation is carried out on the portions of the wire closest to the above-mentioned flanges.
- US Application 3,968,542 discloses a combing roller in which the wire is pre-set to a diameter smaller than that of the drum on which it is mounted and to which it is also fixed with adhesive. However, in that construction also a space is left between the trailing end of the spiral (when in use) and the adjacent flange.
- the open-end spinning method it is essential to feed well separated individual fibers into a yarn forming mechanism, such as a spinning rotor, and the function of the combing roller is to do this. Therefore, the body of the combing roller and the metallic wire are made with precision, and the mounting of the metallic wire on the main body of the combing roller is carried out precisely, so as to ensure the function of the combing roller.
- the combing roller is made with precision, it is quite difficult to eliminate possible creation of slubby portions in the twisted yarn, and one reason for the creation of such slubby portions is due to the defective functioning of the conventional combing roller which results from the above mentioned cylindrical spaces.
- the principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved combing roller which does not give rise to the above mentioned defective function of the conventional combing roller.
- the inventors of the present invention have devised an improved combing roller for use in an open-end spinning machine, wherein a metallic wire is mounted on a body of the combing roller, which body comprises a main cylindrical body and a pair of flanges coaxially formed one at each end of the main body the wire being in the form of a helix base portion of the metallic wire being pressed into a groove in the cylindrical body and the working direction of the metallic wire coinciding with the rotational direction of the combing roller, characterized in that the free space formed on the body between a tooth point on the trailing end of the wire helix in the working direction and the adjacent flange is made as small as possible, either by providing the metallic wire with a laterally expanded base portion projected toward that side of the helix on which the leading end in the working direction is located, and with a substantially flat side surface at the side opposite to the laterally expanded base portion, the base portion of the wire being pressed into the groove with the flat side surface at the trailing
- the concept of the present inventors that, if the above-mentioned first free space is restricted so that it is as small as possible, the problem due to the possible creation of slubby portions of yarn and possible breakage of yarn during the spinning operation can be eliminated.
- the axial size of the above-mentioned second free space is not serious, because of the tendency of fibers not to be introduced into this second free space and, therefore, it is essential to satisfy the condition that the second free space can be larger than the first free space.
- Fig. 4 indicating the conventional combing roller 5
- the helical angle of the right hand groove is represented by 9.
- the conventional process of mounting the metallic wire 8 on the main body 5a of the combing roller 5 by utilizing a pressing disc 10 is hereinafter explained, with reference to Figs. 2 and 4. That is, a starting end of the metallic wire 8 having a cross section as shown in Fig. 4 is firstly pressed into a starting point P i .
- the base portion 8a of the metallic wire 8 is continuously pressed into the helical groove 9 by pressing the shoulder 8b of the metallic wire 8, by means of a pressing disc 10 which is in rotatable contact with the shoulder 8b, toward the working direction W (Fig. 1) of the metallic wire and into the helical groove 9.
- the pressing roller 10 is displaced toward a direction a, which is parallel to the axial direction of the body of the combing roller 5, since the pressing roller 10 is displacably mounted on a shaft (not shown) which is parallel to the axial direction of the body of the combing roller 5.
- the metallic wire 8 is continuously supplied from a supply roll of the metallic wire (not shown). In such a mounting operation, since the pressing disc 10 is always located at a position separated from any portion of the helical groove 9 into which the metallic wire 8 has not been pressed, there is no possibility of damaging the helical groove 9 before the base portion 8a of the metallic wire is pressed into the groove 9.
- the distance from the starting end of the helical groove 9, containing the metallic wire 8, to the flange 5b is represented by x
- the width of the shoulder 8b which is almost equal to the distance from the tip of the teeth 8c to the shoulder side of the metallic wire 8 is represented by y.
- the axial size L 1 of the first free space is a sum of x and y.
- the problem we have to solve is how to restrict the axial size of the fir-:t free space.
- the combing roller 5 is provided with a metallic wire 8 mounted on the main body 5a in such a condition that the base portion 8a of the metallic wire 5 is pressed into the right hand helical groove 9 by pressing the shoulder portion 8b by means of the pressing disc 10.
- the cross section of the metallic wire 8 is different from that of the conventional combing roller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. That is, in this embodiment, the sholllder portion 8b of the metallic wire 8 is projected toward the side of the main body 5a at which the leading end of the wire is opposite to that of the metallic wire 8 illustrated in Fig. 4.
- the metallic wire 8 has a laterally expanded base portion 8a which is projected toward that flange 5b of the main body 5a adjacent which the leading end of the wire 8 (when in use) is located. If such a construction is applied to the combing roller 5, the size L, of the first free space can be reduced to x, and the influence of the width y of the shoulder portion 8b of the metallic wire 5 can be completely eliminated. On the other hand the axial size L 2 of the second free space is x+y. However, as discussed in previous paragraphs, even if the size L, of the first free space can be remarkably reduced, the basic requirements of preventing any possible damage to the teeth portion 8c of the metallic wire and the helical groove 9 during the mounting operation must be met.
- the metallic wire 8 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6 has a unique construction and the mounting thereof is also unique. Because of these two factors, since the axial size L, of the first free space is remarkably reduced, the problem due to insufficient opening action of the conventional combing roller 5 can be effectively eliminated.
- the other embodiment of the improved combing roller 5 according to the present invention is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 7.
- the metallic wire 8 having the cross section illustrated in Fig. 7 is mounted on the left hand helical groove 9 in such condition that the mounting operation is started at the terminal position P 2 of the wire 8 of the conventional combing roller of Figs. 3 and 5, and is completed at the starting position P, of the wire 8 of the conventional combing roller 5 illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5.
- the pressing disc 10 presses on the shoulder portion 8b of the metallic wire 8 in the direction reverse to the working direction of the metallic wire 8.
- the bending angle of those teeth, m,, m 2 , m 3 , m 4 and m 5 is represented by a in Fig. 8. Therefore, the axial size L 1 of the first free space is reduced by providing such bent teeth in the terminal portion of the metallic wire 8. Since the metallic wire 8 is rigidly mounted in the right hand helical groove 9, the distance L between the tip of the bent teeth (m j , m 2 , m 3 , m 4 and m 5 ) and the flange 5b is gradually increased as illustrated in Fig. 8.
- the combing roller 5 rotates in the counter-clockwise direction in this drawing, even if only the above-mentioned terminal tooth m, is bent, the group of fibers introduced into this first free space can receive the opening action of this tooth m 1 , so that the problem regarding neps when utilizing the conventional combing roller can be eliminated. Since in this embodiment, the five teeth, m 1 , m 2 , m 3 , m 4 and m 5 , are bent toward the flange 5b, the group of fibers introduced into the first free space receive the effective action of those teeth. As illustrated in Fig.
- the combing roller 5 rotates at a very high speed in comparison with the feeding speed of the sliver S, for example, between 5000 and 10000 rpm, and therefore, in the practice, the group of fibers introduced into the above-mentioned space can received sufficient opening action by the teeth formed on the metallic wire portion adjacent to the alignment of the teeth m 1 , m 2 , m 3 , m 4 and m 5 . Consequently, it is clear that the above-mentioned formation of the bent tooth or teeth in the terminal portions of the metallic wire adjacent to the flange 5b is an excellent solution to elimination of the problem concerning generation of slubby portions of yarn with the conventional combing roller.
- a tool of special design is utilized to bend the tooth portion 8c of the teeth of the terminal portion metallic wire.
- the operation of bending the tooth portion 8c is carried out after rigidly mounting the metallic wire in the helical groove 9.
- the axial distance L 2 is not of serious concern regarding the possible creatin of stubby yarn.
- the teeth of this terminal portion may be bent toward the flange 5c, even though if there is only a very small probability of introducing fibers into the second free space.
- the teeth 8c of the terminal portion of the metallic wire 5 adjacent to the flange 5b are bent toward the flange 5b so that the axial size of the first free space L, can be effectively reduced, as can be clearly understood from the drawing of Fig. 10.
- the terminal portion of the metallic wire 8 is rigidly inserted into a portion 9a (Fig. 9) of the helical groove 9, wherein the groove of this portion 9a is formed with a certain angle corresponding to the bending angle in Fig. 8 with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the combing roller 5, even if the tooth portion 8c of the metallic wire is not bent, a result similar to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 can be created.
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- The present invention relates to a combing roller utilized for an open-end spinning machine and, more particularly, relates to an improved combing roller wherein the roller is provided with a metallic wire mounted on the peripheral surface thereof without a free space where fibers can not receive effective combing action.
- In a known embodiment of the open-end spinning machine, a bundle of fibers supplied from an upstream supplying mechanism is opened by means of a combing roller, so as to separate the bundle into individual fibers, and the separated fibers are carried into a twisting mechanism so as to form a twisted yarn. In such an open-end machine, a combing roller provided with a metallic wire helically secured on the peripheral surface of the main body of the combing roller is utilized.
- It is well known that the above mentioned metallic wire is provided with a cross-section comprising a laterally expanded base portion and a teeth portion projected upward from the base portion. When the metallic wire is mounted on the peripheral surface of the main body of the combing roller, the base portion of the metallic wire is pressed into a helical groove formed on the peripheral portion of the main body of the combing roller by means of a press roller, so that the metallic wire can be rigidly mounted on the main body of the combing roller. To attain an effective action of the combing roller, the helical groove is formed on the peripheral portion of the main body with a pertinent pitch along the axial direction of the combing roller. It is well known that the main body is coaxially provided with a flange at each end thereof. Therefore, in such a combing roller, cylindrical spaces are formed on the peripheral portion of the main body between the two flanges and the corresponding starting and terminal portions of the metallic wire spiral. The axial size of those cylindrical spaces has been almost the same as the pitch of the helical groove and the wire therein. Since the mounting of the metallic wire on the main body of the combing roller is carried out by pressing the shoulder of the base portion of the metallic wire into the helical groove of the main body by means of a pressing disc having a certain thickness, it is necessary to have a space for carrying out the pressing operation when the pressing operation is carried out on the portions of the wire closest to the above-mentioned flanges.
- US Application 3,968,542 discloses a combing roller in which the wire is pre-set to a diameter smaller than that of the drum on which it is mounted and to which it is also fixed with adhesive. However, in that construction also a space is left between the trailing end of the spiral (when in use) and the adjacent flange.
- Specification DE-A-2 221 591 describes a combing roller in which a toothed wire having a laterally expanded base portion is pressed into a helical channel in the cylindrical body of the roller but the stated objective of this construction is to space the rows of teeth further apart and, it is further proposed that, at the ends of the wire, teeth may be removed in order to secure the wire in the channel.
- Hitherto, it has not been recognized that the cylindrical spaces at the two end portions of the main body of the combing roller give rise to a serious problem.
- In the open-end spinning method, it is essential to feed well separated individual fibers into a yarn forming mechanism, such as a spinning rotor, and the function of the combing roller is to do this. Therefore, the body of the combing roller and the metallic wire are made with precision, and the mounting of the metallic wire on the main body of the combing roller is carried out precisely, so as to ensure the function of the combing roller. However, even if the combing roller is made with precision, it is quite difficult to eliminate possible creation of slubby portions in the twisted yarn, and one reason for the creation of such slubby portions is due to the defective functioning of the conventional combing roller which results from the above mentioned cylindrical spaces.
- Therefore, the principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved combing roller which does not give rise to the above mentioned defective function of the conventional combing roller.
- To attain the purpose of the present invention, an analysis of the action of the conventional combing roller was carefully carried out, and it was found that the above-mentioned cylindrical spaces formed at both of the axial end portions of the main body of the combing roller are free from the combing action even though a part of a supplied bundle of individual fibers is introduced therein. Consequently, it is possible for blocks of entangled fibers to be fed into the yarn forming mechanism, such as the spinning rotor. The above-mentioned cylindrical spaces are hereinafter referred to as free spaces.
- Based on the above-mentioned result, the inventors of the present invention have devised an improved combing roller for use in an open-end spinning machine, wherein a metallic wire is mounted on a body of the combing roller, which body comprises a main cylindrical body and a pair of flanges coaxially formed one at each end of the main body the wire being in the form of a helix base portion of the metallic wire being pressed into a groove in the cylindrical body and the working direction of the metallic wire coinciding with the rotational direction of the combing roller, characterized in that the free space formed on the body between a tooth point on the trailing end of the wire helix in the working direction and the adjacent flange is made as small as possible, either by providing the metallic wire with a laterally expanded base portion projected toward that side of the helix on which the leading end in the working direction is located, and with a substantially flat side surface at the side opposite to the laterally expanded base portion, the base portion of the wire being pressed into the groove with the flat side surface at the trailing end as close as possible to the adjacent flange, or by, at the trailing end of the metallic wire, inclining at least one tooth towards the adjacent flange.
- To practically satisfy the above-mentioned condition, the following two types of combing roller are embodied.
- (1) In a first type of the combing roller according to the present invention, the metallic wire is mounted on the main body of the combing roller in such condition that a laterally expanded base portion of the metallic wire faces the flange of the combing roller located at that side in the second free space of the combing roller.
- (2) In a second type of the combing roller according to the present invention, the metallic wire is mounted on the main body of the combing roller in such condition that a terminal portion of the metallic wire adjacent to the above-mentioned first free space is provided with at least one tooth inclined toward the flange at the position. adjacent to the first free space of the combing roller.
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- Fig. 1 is a schematic side view, partly in section, of the known open-end spinning unit;
- Fig. 2 is a schematic front view of a combing roller utilized for the open-end spinning unit illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the combing roller is provided with a metallic wire rigidly inserted into a right hand helical groove of formed on the main body thereof;
- Fig. 3 is a schematic front view of a combing roller utilized for the open-end spinning unit illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the combing roller is provided with a metallic wire rigidly inserted into a right hand helical groove formed on the main body thereof;
- Fig. 4 is a schematic sectional view of an end portion of the combing roller illustrated in Fig. 2, wherein a metallic wire is mounted in the known condition;
- Fig. 5 is a schematic sectional view of an end portion of the combing roller illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein a metallic wire is mounted in the known condition;
- Fig. 6 is a schematic sectional view of an end portion of the combing roller illustrated in Fig. 2, wherein a metallic wire is mounted in the particular condition according to the present invention;
- Fig. 7 is a schematic sectional view of an end portion of the combing roller illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein a metallic wire is mounted in the particular condition according to the present invention.
- Fig. 8 is a schematic front view, partly in section of an embodiment of the combing roller according to the present invention,
- Fig. 9 is a schematic front view, partly in section of a part of another embodiment of the combing roller according to the present invention,
- Figs. 10 and 11 are cross-sectional view of a part of the combing roller according to the present invention respectively.
- Before explaining the preferred embodiments of the present invention, for the sake of a clearer understanding the present invention, the structure of the conventional combing roller and the defect thereof will first be explained in detail, with reference to the attached drawings of Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. It is possible to manufacture the following four types of combing rollers.
- (1) In the case of mounting a
metallic wire 8 on amain body 5a provided with a right handhelical groove 9 in such condition that the working surface of each tooth faces toward the counter-clockwise rotational direction of the combing roller 5:- (a) the shoulder side of the
metallic wire 8 faces that side of the main body at which the leading end of the wire (when in use) is located. - (b) the shoulder side of the
metallic wire 8 faces that side of the main body at which the trailing end of the wire (when in use) is located.
- (a) the shoulder side of the
- (2) In the case of mounting a
metallic wire 8 on themain body 5a provided with a left handhelical groove 9 in such condition that the working surface of each tooth faces toward the counter-clockwise rotational direction of the combing roller, there are the same two alternative possibilities (a) and (b). - It is well known that when the
metallic wire 8 is pressed into thehelical groove 9, thebase portion 8a of themetallic wire 8 is continuously pressed into thehelical groove 9 toward the working direction W (in Fig. 1) of themetallic wire 8. However, to prevent any possible damage to the working face and point of each tooth of themetallic wire 8, and also, to prevent any possible damage too of thehelical groove 9, in the mounting operation of the metallic wire on themain body 5a of the combing roller, only the two conditions (1)-(a) and (2)-(a) mentioned above can be practically applied. That is, thecombing rollers 5 having the construction illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, and Figs. 3 and 5 are utilized at present. - In the case of utilizing the
combing roller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, when a sliver S is fed to thecombing roller 5, since thecombing roller 5, provided with ametallic wire 8 mounted thereon in a right hand helical groove, is rotated counter-clockwise, there is a tendency to displace the fibers towards that side of themain body 5a at which the trailing end of the wire is located. Such displacement tendency of the bundle of fibers S is represented by a two dot broken line in Fig. 2. It is understood that, according to the above-mentioned displacement, a plurality of fibers are introduced into the free space, that is the first free space, between aflange 5b and the adjacent terminal of themetallic wire 8. On the other hand, there is a tendency not to supply fibers into the second free space between the other flange and the end of themetallic wire 8 adjacent thereto. It must be recognised that the fibers introduced into the working zone of thecombing roller 5 receive desirable opening action by imparting the combing action of the teeth of themetallic wire 8. However, in the above-mentioned first free space, since there are no teeth of the metallic wire on the peripheral surface of themain body 5, it is impossible to apply any combing action of the teeth of themetallic wire 8 to the fibers introduced into the yarn forming mechanism so that slubby portions are created in the yarn. Accordingly, it is the concept of the present inventors that, if the above-mentioned first free space is restricted so that it is as small as possible, the problem due to the possible creation of slubby portions of yarn and possible breakage of yarn during the spinning operation can be eliminated. On the other hand, the axial size of the above-mentioned second free space is not serious, because of the tendency of fibers not to be introduced into this second free space and, therefore, it is essential to satisfy the condition that the second free space can be larger than the first free space. - In Fig. 4 indicating the
conventional combing roller 5, the helical angle of the right hand groove is represented by 9. The conventional process of mounting themetallic wire 8 on themain body 5a of thecombing roller 5 by utilizing apressing disc 10 is hereinafter explained, with reference to Figs. 2 and 4. That is, a starting end of themetallic wire 8 having a cross section as shown in Fig. 4 is firstly pressed into a starting point Pi. Thebase portion 8a of themetallic wire 8 is continuously pressed into thehelical groove 9 by pressing theshoulder 8b of themetallic wire 8, by means of apressing disc 10 which is in rotatable contact with theshoulder 8b, toward the working direction W (Fig. 1) of the metallic wire and into thehelical groove 9. In the above-mentioned operation, thepressing roller 10 is displaced toward a direction a,, which is parallel to the axial direction of the body of thecombing roller 5, since thepressing roller 10 is displacably mounted on a shaft (not shown) which is parallel to the axial direction of the body of thecombing roller 5. As is well known, themetallic wire 8 is continuously supplied from a supply roll of the metallic wire (not shown). In such a mounting operation, since thepressing disc 10 is always located at a position separated from any portion of thehelical groove 9 into which themetallic wire 8 has not been pressed, there is no possibility of damaging thehelical groove 9 before thebase portion 8a of the metallic wire is pressed into thegroove 9. It must be further recognized that since thehelical groove 9 is formed in the condition of right hand thread, when thebase portion 8a of themetallic wire 8 is pressed into thehelical groove 9, theteeth portion 8c of themetallic wire 8 has a tendency to slightly incline toward the axial direction opposite to theflange 5b, and there is no possibility of damaging theteeth portion 8c of themetallic wire 8 by its coming into contact with thepressing disc 10. It should be noted that it is possible to carry out the above mentioned mounting operation without damaging thegroove 9 orteeth portion 8c because awire 8 having the cross section illustrated in Fig. 4 is utilized in the conventional combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. - Referring to Figs. 2 and 4, the distance from the starting end of the
helical groove 9, containing themetallic wire 8, to theflange 5b is represented by x, while the width of theshoulder 8b, which is almost equal to the distance from the tip of theteeth 8c to the shoulder side of themetallic wire 8, is represented by y. In the conventional combing roller, in order to accommodate thepressing disk 10, the axial size L1 of the first free space is a sum of x and y. - In the case of the conventional combing
roller 5 illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, a similar condition to the above-described combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 can be observed, except that in the case of Figs. 3 and 5 thebase portion 8a of themetallic wire 8 is pressed into the left handhelical groove 9 formed in themain body 5a of the combingroller 5. Therefore, elements having the same functions as those of the combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 are represented by identical reference numerals, and the explanation thereof is omitted here. - Therefore, in the conventional combing roller, it is usual to have such construction that the axial size of the first free space is larger than the second free space, because the axial size of the above-mentioned first free space is x+y, while that of the second free space can be reduced to almost x. However, the problem we have to solve is how to restrict the axial size of the fir-:t free space.
- After a careful study of the construction and the function of the conventional combing roller, two solutions were arrived at to satisfy the purpose of the present invention, which will be hereinafter explained in detail.
- The construction and function of the improved combing roller of the first type, according to the present invention will now be explained in detail.
- Referring to Figs. 2 and 6, wherein one of the embodiments of the improved combing roller according to the present invention is illustrated, the combing
roller 5 is provided with ametallic wire 8 mounted on themain body 5a in such a condition that thebase portion 8a of themetallic wire 5 is pressed into the right handhelical groove 9 by pressing theshoulder portion 8b by means of thepressing disc 10. It must be noted that the cross section of themetallic wire 8 is different from that of the conventional combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. That is, in this embodiment, thesholllder portion 8b of themetallic wire 8 is projected toward the side of themain body 5a at which the leading end of the wire is opposite to that of themetallic wire 8 illustrated in Fig. 4. In other words, themetallic wire 8 has a laterally expandedbase portion 8a which is projected toward thatflange 5b of themain body 5a adjacent which the leading end of the wire 8 (when in use) is located. If such a construction is applied to the combingroller 5, the size L, of the first free space can be reduced to x, and the influence of the width y of theshoulder portion 8b of themetallic wire 5 can be completely eliminated. On the other hand the axial size L2 of the second free space is x+y. However, as discussed in previous paragraphs, even if the size L, of the first free space can be remarkably reduced, the basic requirements of preventing any possible damage to theteeth portion 8c of the metallic wire and thehelical groove 9 during the mounting operation must be met. - To find a solution to the question of how to meet the above-mentioned requirements, repeated experiments were conducted. It was finally concluded that, if the pressing of the
metallic wire 8 into thehelical groove 9 is started at the terminal end P2 in the mounting operation of themetallic wire 8 to produce the conventional combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, and completed at the starting point P, of the above-mentioned mounting operation of themetallic wire 8 to produce the combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, the second requirement of preventing any possible damage tohelical groove 9 can be satisfied. The reason for this is the same as that mentioned in the case of the mounting operation for the conventional combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. - A more delicate problem to solve was the first requirement of preventing damage to the
teeth portion 8c. It will be remembered that in the mounting operation of themetallic wire 8 on themain body 5a of the conventional combingroller 5, thepressing disc 10 continuously presses on theshoulder portion 8b of themetallic wire 8 in the same direction as the working direction of the metallic wire so as to prevent any possible damage to or deformation of theteeth portion 8c of themetallic wire 8 during the operation. However, in the mounting operation of themetallic wire 8 to produce the combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6, since the operation is carried out in the reverse direction to the operation for producing the conventional combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, thepressing disc 10 must be continuously moved in the reverse direction to the working direction W (Fig. 1 of themetallic wire 8. However, after repeated experiments, it was concluded that such a mounting operation does not actually create the possibility of damaging theteeth portion 8c of themetallic wire 8. The main reason for this was found to be that, when the mounting operation is carried out, theteeth portion 8c of themetallic wire 8 has a tendency to incline slightly in the axial direction toward theflange 5b, so that possible contact of thepressing disc 10 with theteeth portion 8c of themetallic wire 8 can be sufficiently prevented. - As mentioned above, the
metallic wire 8 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6 has a unique construction and the mounting thereof is also unique. Because of these two factors, since the axial size L, of the first free space is remarkably reduced, the problem due to insufficient opening action of the conventional combingroller 5 can be effectively eliminated. - The other embodiment of the improved combing
roller 5 according to the present invention is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 7. In this embodiment, themetallic wire 8 having the cross section illustrated in Fig. 7 is mounted on the left handhelical groove 9 in such condition that the mounting operation is started at the terminal position P2 of thewire 8 of the conventional combing roller of Figs. 3 and 5, and is completed at the starting position P, of thewire 8 of the conventional combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5. During the mounting operation of themetallic wire 8 of the present invention, thepressing disc 10 presses on theshoulder portion 8b of themetallic wire 8 in the direction reverse to the working direction of themetallic wire 8. However, for the same reason as in the case of the combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6, no serious problems are created during the mounting operation of themetallic wire 8 on themain body 5a of the combingroller 5. In the second embodiment of the combingroller 5 illustrated in Figs. 3 and 7, since the axial size of the first free space L2 is remarkably restricted, the same as the first free space Li of the first embodiment of the present invention, a similar result to that of the first embodiment can be created. Next the construction and functions of the improved combing roller of the second type, according tu the present invention, will be hereinafter explained in detail. - Referring to Fig. 8, wherein the
metallic wire 8 is rigidly inserted into a right handhelical groove 9 the shoulder side of themetallic wire 8 faces theflange 5b adjacent to the trailing end of thewire 8 when in use. In this case the working surface of teeth of the metallic wire coincide with the rotational direction of the combingroller 5 which rotates in the counter-clockwise direction as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6. Therefore, as already discussed, when a bundle of fibers S is supplied to the combingroller 5 while the combingroller 5 is rotating in the counter-clockwise direction, the bundle of fibers S is displaced toward the side of theflange 5b, while being carried in the rotational direction of the combingroller 5. Such phenomenon is represented by two a dot broken line in Fig. 8. Therefore, if a conventional combing roller is utilized, in the first free space formed between theflange 5b and the terminal portion of themetallic wire 8 adjacent to theflange 5b, a group of fibers introduced into this free space can not receive any combing action by themetallic wire 5. However, in the combingroller 5 of the present invention illustrated in Fig. 8, five teeth, m1, m2, m3, m4 and m5, of the terminal portion of themetallic wire 8, that is, the five teeth from the first tooth m, at the starting point P, to the fifth tooth m5 from the tooth m1, are bent toward theflange 5b. The bending angle of those teeth, m,, m2, m3, m4 and m5, is represented by a in Fig. 8. Therefore, the axial size L1 of the first free space is reduced by providing such bent teeth in the terminal portion of themetallic wire 8. Since themetallic wire 8 is rigidly mounted in the right handhelical groove 9, the distance L between the tip of the bent teeth (mj, m2, m3, m4 and m5) and theflange 5b is gradually increased as illustrated in Fig. 8. However, since the combingroller 5 rotates in the counter-clockwise direction in this drawing, even if only the above-mentioned terminal tooth m, is bent, the group of fibers introduced into this first free space can receive the opening action of this tooth m1, so that the problem regarding neps when utilizing the conventional combing roller can be eliminated. Since in this embodiment, the five teeth, m1, m2, m3, m4 and m5, are bent toward theflange 5b, the group of fibers introduced into the first free space receive the effective action of those teeth. As illustrated in Fig. 8, because the teeth m1, m2, m3, m4 and m5 are bent toward theflange 5b, the axial distance Q between those teeth and the laterally adjacent teeth of themetallic wire 8 formed in the next helical portion of thehelical groove 9 is enlarged from the normal pitch R ofgroove 9. However, since themetallic wire 8 is rigidly inserted into thehelical groove 9, a group of fibers introduced into the space corresponding to the above-mentioned enlarged axial distance Q receives at least one action of one of the teeth formed on the metallic wire portion adjacent to the alignment of the teeth m1, m2, m3, m4 and m5 when the combingroller 5 makes one rotation. If is known that the combingroller 5 rotates at a very high speed in comparison with the feeding speed of the sliver S, for example, between 5000 and 10000 rpm, and therefore, in the practice, the group of fibers introduced into the above-mentioned space can received sufficient opening action by the teeth formed on the metallic wire portion adjacent to the alignment of the teeth m1, m2, m3, m4 and m5. Consequently, it is clear that the above-mentioned formation of the bent tooth or teeth in the terminal portions of the metallic wire adjacent to theflange 5b is an excellent solution to elimination of the problem concerning generation of slubby portions of yarn with the conventional combing roller. - To carry out the above-mentioned construction of the combing
roller 5, a tool of special design is utilized to bend thetooth portion 8c of the teeth of the terminal portion metallic wire. The operation of bending thetooth portion 8c is carried out after rigidly mounting the metallic wire in thehelical groove 9. - Regarding the second free space between the
flange 5c and the terminal portion of themetallic wire 8 adjacent to theflange 5c, the axial distance L2 is not of serious concern regarding the possible creatin of stubby yarn. However, the teeth of this terminal portion may be bent toward theflange 5c, even though if there is only a very small probability of introducing fibers into the second free space. - In the above-mentioned embodiment illustrated in Fig. 8, five teeth m1, m2, m3, m4 and m5 are bent toward the
flange 5b. However, according to the experience of the present inventors, the number of such bent teeth may be changed. For example, in the case of spinning a yarn of synthetic fibers having a thickness coarser than the thickness of cotton fiber, at least 9 teeth from the tooth formed at the starting terminal of themetallic wire 5 may be bent toward theflange 5b, and if necessary, such number of teeth bent toward theflange 5b may be increased to 20. It is also applicable to non-successively bend a tooth or some teeth toward theflange 5b in the terminal portion of themetallic wire 5 to attain the purpose of the present invention. In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 9, seven successive teeth, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6 and m7, in the starting portion of themetallic wire 8 are bent toward theflange 5b. In this embodiment the bending angles a of those teeth toward theflange 5b are gradually reduced to zero, for example the bending angle a2 of the tooth m2 is larger than the bending angle as of the tooth m5. - In the above-mentioned embodiments illustrated in Figs. 6, and 7, the
teeth 8c of the terminal portion of themetallic wire 5 adjacent to theflange 5b are bent toward theflange 5b so that the axial size of the first free space L, can be effectively reduced, as can be clearly understood from the drawing of Fig. 10. However, if the terminal portion of themetallic wire 8 is rigidly inserted into a portion 9a (Fig. 9) of thehelical groove 9, wherein the groove of this portion 9a is formed with a certain angle corresponding to the bending angle in Fig. 8 with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the combingroller 5, even if thetooth portion 8c of the metallic wire is not bent, a result similar to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 can be created. - In the case of rigidly mounting the
metallic wire 8 in a left handhelical groove 9 formed on themain body 5a of the combingroller 5, as illustrated in Fig. 3, a similar technical idea to the above-mentioned embodiments illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 is applied to the terminal portion of the metallic wire adjacent to theflange 5c of the combingroller 5 which rotates in the clockwise direction, and a similar effect to that of the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 can be created. Therefore, a detailed explanation thereof is omitted. - As mentioned above, it is clear that, if at least one tooth of the terminal portion of the
metallic wire 5 adjacent the flange of the combingroller 5, located on the side of the roller to which supplied fibers are axially displaced during the rotation of the combing roller is directed toward that flange, the group of fibers introduced into the first free space formed between the that flange and the adjacent portion of the metallic wire can be effectively opened by such that tooth or teeth of the metallic wire. As a result, the possible creation of slubby yarn and possible yarn breakage due to such creation of slubby yarn can be prevented.
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