EP0038025A2 - An apparatus for regulating tension in warps of a weaving machine - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for regulating tension in warps of a weaving machine, such as a power loom, an air jet loom or a water jet loom, which is conventionally well known.
- warps delivered from a warp beam are fed to heddles through a plurality of rollers, such as a back roller and a tension roller.
- a tension lever type tension regulating apparatus has been commonly utilized.
- the apparatus comprises a tension lever for supporting a tension roller; and a loading means, such as a weight or a spring, connected to said tension lever in order to create a desired tension in warps by displacing said tension roller.
- such a conventional apparatus has a disadvantage in that the adjusting of the loading means based on the kind of warps or the type of the woven fabrics is troublesome. Accordingly, the weaving operation is often deteriorated because of unsatisfactory adjustment of the loading means, such as a weight or a spring. More specifically, if the tension in warps created by the loading means is small, the response of the regulating apparatus becomes slow. Contrary to this, if the tension in warps created by the loading means large, the response of the regulating apparatus becomes excessively high and adversely affects the weaving operation.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating-tension in warps, by which the disadvantage involved in the adjustment of the loading means of the conventional apparatus can be eliminated.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating tension in warps, which is provided with a means for varying a lever ratio and by which the tension in warps can easily be adjusted in a wide range without changing the load of the loading means.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating tension in warps, which is provided with a guide roller means and by which lever ratio varying operation can readily be carried out.
- Fig. 1 denotes a shaft of a warp beam which is rotatably supported on a machine frame 2 of a weaving machine and which detachably supports a warp beam 3 between the shaft 1 and the side of the machine frame 2 facing the shaft 1.
- Reference numeral 4 denotes a speed change device disposed on one side of the machine frame 2.
- the speed change device 4 has: an input shaft 4a driven by a conventional drive shaft (not shown) of the weaving machine, via a toothed belt 5; and an output shaft 4b transmitting the output power which is obtained by changing the speed by means of the speed change device 4.
- the output shaft 4b has a pinion 6 attached thereto which engages with a spur gear 7.
- a bevel gear 8 coaxial with the spur gear 7 engages with another bevel gear 9 which is coaxial with a worm 10 meshing with a worm wheel 11 attached to one end of the shaft 1 of the warp beam.
- the output power of the speed change device 4 is transmitted to the shaft 1 of the warp beam through the pinion 6, the spur gear 7, the bevel gears 8 and 9, the worm 10 and the worm wheel 11.
- the warp beam 3 is positively rotated in synchronization with the shedding operation of the weaving machine as the drive shaft rotates.
- Reference numeral 12 denotes a back roller which is rotatably supported between the left ends of the machine frame 2 at a location above the warp beam 3 and which guides warps W delivered from the warp beam 3.
- Reference numeral 13 denotes tension levers (only one of which is illustrated in Fig. 1) rotatably supported by means of a shaft 15 on a pair of support mounts 14 fixed on both sides of the machine frame 2.
- a roller 16 for regulating tension in warps is rotatably supported between the rear ends of the tension levers 13.
- Reference numeral 17 denotes a weight lever swingably supported on the machine frame 2 by means of a shaft 18.
- the weight lever 17 has a pin 17b secured to the left end thereof which serves to hang down a hanging hook 19 with balance weights 20 or to connect a tension spring 20' which is illustrated by a dot and dash line in Fig. 1.
- a connecting rod 21 has: a compression spring 22 at the upper end thereof for connecting to the right end of the tension lever 13; and a connecting pin 23 at the lower end thereof for connecting to the portion adjacent to the right end of the weight lever 17.
- a speed change lever 24 connected to a speed change shaft 4c of the speed change device 24 is connected to the weight lever 17 by way of a synchronizing link 25, so that the reduction ratio of the speed change device 4 is varied in accordance with the tilting movement of the weight lever 17 caused by the change in tension in warps, and so that the rotational speed during unwinding operation of the warp beam 3 is controlled in order to maintain an adquate tension in warps regardless of the change in tension.
- the tension T being exerted on the warps W is balanced with the weight 20 or the spring 20'. Accordingly, theoretically the adjustment of the tension T in warps upon, for example, the change of the type of woven fabric can be carried out by changing the total weight of the weight 20 or the spring force exerted by a spring 20'.
- the above-explained conventional apparatus for regulating tension in warps has a specially designed construction by which the degree of the response of the lever mechanism is varied in accordance with change in tension T in warps W. More specifically, the location of the connecting pin 23 connecting the weight lever 17 and the connecting rod 21 is varied so that the ratio of the distance t between the shaft 18 and the working point of the weight 20 to the distance A between the shaft 18 and the connecting pin 23 (which ratio l 1 /l 2 is referred to as a lever ratio of the weight lever 17) is varied and so that the degree of response is adjusted.
- the connecting pin 23 is located at a position A in Fig.
- the stably operative region Z 1 and the unstable and inoperative region Z 2 can be determined as illustrated in Fig. 2.
- the lines A and B in Fig. 2 also illustrate the maximum ranges of tension T in warps W, in which ranges the weaving operation can stably done, when the connecting pin 23 is located at positions A and B in Fig. 1.
- the location of the connecting pin 23 is varied so that the lever ratio of the weight lever 17 is varied.
- one of the objects of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating tension in warps, which is provided with a means for varying the lever ratio so that the tension in warps can easily be adjusted in a wide range without changing the weight or spring force.
- FIG. 3 the parts which have constructions and functions similar to those of the conventional apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in Fig. 1, and their further explanation is omitted.
- Reference numeral 26 denotes a pair of tension levers, (only one of which is illustrated in Fig. 3) which have a tension roller 16 rotatably supported therebetween by means of a shaft 27.
- the tension levers 26 have circular arc-shaped elongated holes formed therein.
- An intermediate lever 13' is located beneath the tension lever 26 and is swingably supported by means of a shaft 29.
- the lower end of an adjusting link 28 is connected to the left end of the intermediate lever 13'.
- a connecting pin 31 is connected to the upper end of the adjusting link 28 and is pivotally connected to the elongated hole 26a in such a manner that the connecting pin 31 is movable along the elongated hole 26a.
- the ratio of the distance Q 3 between the shaft 15 of the tension lever 26 and the connecting pin 31 to the distance l 4 between the shaft 15 and the shaft 27 of the tension roller 16 can be varied.
- the ratio l 3 /l 4 is referred to as a lever ratio of the tension lever.
- the apparatus for regulating tension in warps constructed in such a manner as explained above operates as follows.
- the solid lines in Fig. 3 illustrate a condition wherein the connecting pin 31 of the adjusting link 28 is located at one end of the elongated hole 26a near the shaft 15 so that the lever ratio of the tension lever 26 is minimum, and wherein the connecting pin 23 of the connecting rod 21 is located at position A far from the shaft 18 so that the lever ratio of the weight lever is also minimum.
- the lever ratio e from the weight lever to the tension lever and the tension t in warps W are illustrated in the lower left corner of Fig. 4.
- the adjusting link 28 When enlargement of the tension adjusting region is required, while a heavier weight 20 is used and the connecting pin 23 is located at position A, the adjusting link 28 is moved along the elongated hole 26a from one end e to the other end f. As a result, the tension T in the warps W is varied as illustrated by A' while the heavier weight 20 is unchanged. When the adjusting link 28 is moved along the elongated hole 26a from one end e to the other end f after the connecting pin 23 is moved to position B, the tension T in the warps W is varied as illustrated by B' while the heavier weight 20 is unchanged.
- the adjusting link 28 which is capable of adjustment of the lever ratio of the tension lever 26 is disposed between the tension lever 26 and the intermediate lever 13', the tension T in warps can stably be adjusted in a wide range compared with the conventional apparatus for regulating tension in a warps while the weight 20 is unchanged.
- the tension in warps can easily be adjusted by a simple operation wherein the position of the adjusting link 28 is varied.
- the weight 20 is changed at two stages in the above-explained embodiment so that the tension T in warps is varied in a remarkably wide range, the weight 20 does not drop if the weight 20 is fixed to the hanging hook 19 once the weight 20 is changed.
- the present invention can actually be constructed in the following embodiments.
- a guide roller means is disposed at a space, where the link means is connected to the tension lever, so that the guide roller means serves to guide relative movement between the link means and the tension lever. Accordingly, the relative movement can smoothly be carried out.
- FIG. 11 An embodiment will now be explained with reference to Figs. 11 through 17.
- This embodiment has the same construction as that illustrated in Fig. 3 except for the connection between the tension lever 26 and the adjusting link 28, and accordingly, only the construction of this connection will be explained in detail.
- a pair of tension levers 26 (one of which is illustrated in Fig. 11) are swingably supported on a shaft 15 located at the upper portion of a machine frame 2 and support a tension roller 18 therebetween by means of a shaft 27.
- Each tension lever 26 has an elongated hole 26a formed therein and extending vertically.
- Reference numeral 32 denotes a support member supported on the top of an adjusting link 28 via a universal joint 38 (Fig. 13). As illustrated in Fig. 12, the support member 32 has: an engaging surface 32a formed on the upper surface thereof and facing the lower side of the tension lever 26; and two pairs of rollers 33 and 34 rotatable along the lower surface of the tension lever in a direction of the elongated hole 26a, one pair is at the right and the other pair is at the left of the adjusting link in Fig. 12.
- Reference numeral 35 denotes an index formed in a triangular prism shape and inserted into the elongated hole 26a as illustrated in Fig. 14 so that it corresponds to the graduations 36 formed on the tension lever 26.
- Reference numeral 37 illustrated in Figs. 12 through 14 denotes a securing member formed in a hexagonal prism and having a bulged portion 37a and a male thread portion 37b.
- the securing member 37 also serves as a handle during the adjusting operation.
- the male thread portion 37b of the securing member 37 passes through the elongated hole 26a formed in the tension lever 26 and meshes with a female thread formed on the engaging surface 32a, so that the bulged portion 37a is in abutment with the upper surface of the tension lever 26, and so that the tension lever 26 is securely sandwhiched between the bulged portion 37a and the support member 32.
- the adjusting link 28 is integrally connected to the tension lever 26 and is swingable about the universal joint 38, and the lever ratio t 3 / t 4 of the tension lever 26 is set as illustrated in Fig. 11.
- the rollers 33 turn along the lower surface of the tension lever 26 so that the support member 32 is smoothly moved in a direction the same as that designated by the arrow A. Based on the indication between the index 35 and the graduations 36, the movement of the support member 32 is stopped at an appropriate position, and then, the securing member is tightened in a manner as explained above.
- the securing member 37 is swung in a direction designated by the arrow B (Fig. 17). Then the other rollers 24 serve as a fulcrum P, and the support member 21 moves in a direction the same as that designated by the arrow B.
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- The present invention relates to an apparatus for regulating tension in warps of a weaving machine, such as a power loom, an air jet loom or a water jet loom, which is conventionally well known.
- In a weaving machine, warps delivered from a warp beam are fed to heddles through a plurality of rollers, such as a back roller and a tension roller. Conventionally an apparatus for regulating tension in warps is widely utilized for regulating the tension in the warps in accordance with, for example, the type of the woven fabric so that woven fabrics having a ground weave and hand which are in demand as manufactured fabrics can be manufactured. A so called weight lever type tension regulating apparatus has been commonly utilized. The apparatus comprises a tension lever for supporting a tension roller; and a loading means, such as a weight or a spring, connected to said tension lever in order to create a desired tension in warps by displacing said tension roller.
- However, such a conventional apparatus has a disadvantage in that the adjusting of the loading means based on the kind of warps or the type of the woven fabrics is troublesome. Accordingly, the weaving operation is often deteriorated because of unsatisfactory adjustment of the loading means, such as a weight or a spring. More specifically, if the tension in warps created by the loading means is small, the response of the regulating apparatus becomes slow. Contrary to this, if the tension in warps created by the loading means large, the response of the regulating apparatus becomes excessively high and adversely affects the weaving operation.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating-tension in warps, by which the disadvantage involved in the adjustment of the loading means of the conventional apparatus can be eliminated.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating tension in warps, which is provided with a means for varying a lever ratio and by which the tension in warps can easily be adjusted in a wide range without changing the load of the loading means.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating tension in warps, which is provided with a guide roller means and by which lever ratio varying operation can readily be carried out.
- A conventional apparatus and some embodiments of the present invention will now be explained in detail with reference to the attached drawings, wherein:
- Fig. 1 is a side view of a conventional apparatus for regulating tension in warps;
- Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating a warp tension controlling property of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a side view of an apparatus for regulating tension in warps of the present invention;
- Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a warp tension controlling property of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 3;
- Figs. 5 through 10 are partial side views of other embodiments of the present invention;
- Fig. 11 is a partially enlarged side view of a still further embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 12 is a partially enlarged cross sectional side view of Fig. 11;
- Fig. 13 is a cross sectional view taken along line XIII-XIII in Fig. 12;
- Fig. 14 is a partial plan view of Fig. 12; and
- Figs. 15 through 17 are partially enlarged cross sectional views which are utilized to explain the movement of a support member installed in the apparatus of Fig. 12.
- A conventional weight lever type apparatus for regulating tension in warps will now be explained first with reference to Fig. 1. In Fig. 1, 1 denotes a shaft of a warp beam which is rotatably supported on a
machine frame 2 of a weaving machine and which detachably supports awarp beam 3 between theshaft 1 and the side of themachine frame 2 facing theshaft 1.Reference numeral 4 denotes a speed change device disposed on one side of themachine frame 2. Thespeed change device 4 has: aninput shaft 4a driven by a conventional drive shaft (not shown) of the weaving machine, via atoothed belt 5; and anoutput shaft 4b transmitting the output power which is obtained by changing the speed by means of thespeed change device 4. Theoutput shaft 4b has apinion 6 attached thereto which engages with aspur gear 7. Abevel gear 8 coaxial with thespur gear 7 engages with another bevel gear 9 which is coaxial with aworm 10 meshing with a worm wheel 11 attached to one end of theshaft 1 of the warp beam. Accordingly, the output power of thespeed change device 4 is transmitted to theshaft 1 of the warp beam through thepinion 6, thespur gear 7, thebevel gears 8 and 9, theworm 10 and the worm wheel 11. As a result, thewarp beam 3 is positively rotated in synchronization with the shedding operation of the weaving machine as the drive shaft rotates. -
Reference numeral 12 denotes a back roller which is rotatably supported between the left ends of themachine frame 2 at a location above thewarp beam 3 and which guides warps W delivered from thewarp beam 3. -
Reference numeral 13 denotes tension levers (only one of which is illustrated in Fig. 1) rotatably supported by means of ashaft 15 on a pair ofsupport mounts 14 fixed on both sides of themachine frame 2. Aroller 16 for regulating tension in warps is rotatably supported between the rear ends of the tension levers 13. As a result of the above-explained construction, warps W delivered inclinedly and upwardly from thewarp beam 3 through theback roller 12 are fed to heddles (not shown) through thetension roller 16. The change in tensions in warps is detected by the tilting movement of thetension lever 13 caused by the vertical movement of thetension roller 16. -
Reference numeral 17 denotes a weight lever swingably supported on themachine frame 2 by means of ashaft 18. Theweight lever 17 has apin 17b secured to the left end thereof which serves to hang down ahanging hook 19 withbalance weights 20 or to connect a tension spring 20' which is illustrated by a dot and dash line in Fig. 1. A connectingrod 21 has: acompression spring 22 at the upper end thereof for connecting to the right end of thetension lever 13; and a connectingpin 23 at the lower end thereof for connecting to the portion adjacent to the right end of theweight lever 17. As a result of this construction, as the tilting movement of thetension lever 13 caused by the change in tension in warps, theweight lever 17 is also tilted by means of the connectingrod 21. - A
speed change lever 24 connected to a speed change shaft 4c of thespeed change device 24 is connected to theweight lever 17 by way of a synchronizinglink 25, so that the reduction ratio of thespeed change device 4 is varied in accordance with the tilting movement of theweight lever 17 caused by the change in tension in warps, and so that the rotational speed during unwinding operation of thewarp beam 3 is controlled in order to maintain an adquate tension in warps regardless of the change in tension. - In the conventional apparatus for regulating tension in waprs explained above, the tension T being exerted on the warps W is balanced with the
weight 20 or the spring 20'. Accordingly, theoretically the adjustment of the tension T in warps upon, for example, the change of the type of woven fabric can be carried out by changing the total weight of theweight 20 or the spring force exerted by a spring 20'. However, in actual fact, if the tension T in warps-is- excessively small because of an excessively light weight, the response of the lever mechanism for actuating thetension roller 16, the mechanism comprising thetension lever 13 and the connectingrod 21, becomes slow. Accordingly, the speed change operation of thespeed change device 4 cannot smoothly be done. As a result, there occurs a disadvantage in that the weaving operation is adversely affected. - Contrary to this, if the tension W in warps is excessively large due to the
heavy weight 20, the response of the lever mechanism for actuating thetension roller 16 becomes too fast to stably effect the speed change operation of thespeed change device 4. As a result, there occurs a similar disadvantage in that the weaving operation is also adversely affected. - To obviate the above-explained disadvantages, the above-explained conventional apparatus for regulating tension in warps has a specially designed construction by which the degree of the response of the lever mechanism is varied in accordance with change in tension T in warps W. More specifically, the location of the connecting
pin 23 connecting theweight lever 17 and the connectingrod 21 is varied so that the ratio of the distance t between theshaft 18 and the working point of theweight 20 to the distance A between theshaft 18 and the connecting pin 23 (which ratio ℓ1/ℓ2 is referred to as a lever ratio of the weight lever 17) is varied and so that the degree of response is adjusted. When the tension T in warps W is small, the connectingpin 23 is located at a position A in Fig. 1, so that the lever ratio of theweight lever 17 is decreased, and so that the degree of the response is enhanced. When the tension T in warps W is large, the connectingpin 23 is moved to position B in Fig. 1, so that the lever ratio of theweight lever 17 is increased, and so that the degree of the response is decreased. As a result, the weaving operation is intended to be stably carried out regardless of the change in tension T in warps T. - Incidentally, according to experimental tests concerning weaving operation, based on the tension T in warps W, i.e., the amount of the
weight 20, and the lever ratio of theweight lever 17, the stably operative region Z1 and the unstable and inoperative region Z2 can be determined as illustrated in Fig. 2. In addition, the lines A and B in Fig. 2 also illustrate the maximum ranges of tension T in warps W, in which ranges the weaving operation can stably done, when the connectingpin 23 is located at positions A and B in Fig. 1. As is obvious from Fig. 2, in order to stably adjust the tension T in warps W in a wide range, it is desirable that the location of the connectingpin 23 is varied so that the lever ratio of theweight lever 17 is varied. However, in either case A or B in Fig. 2, the maximum range between tl and t2 , or t3 and t4 of the tension T in warps W is narrow. Furthermore, the adjustment of theweight 20 or the spring 20' (Fig. 1) is unavoidable and is troublesome. - As described above, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for regulating tension in warps, which is provided with a means for varying the lever ratio so that the tension in warps can easily be adjusted in a wide range without changing the weight or spring force.
- An embodiment of the present invention will now be explained with reference to Figs. 3 and 4.
- In Fig. 3, the parts which have constructions and functions similar to those of the conventional apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in Fig. 1, and their further explanation is omitted.
Reference numeral 26 denotes a pair of tension levers, (only one of which is illustrated in Fig. 3) which have atension roller 16 rotatably supported therebetween by means of ashaft 27. The tension levers 26 have circular arc-shaped elongated holes formed therein. An intermediate lever 13' is located beneath thetension lever 26 and is swingably supported by means of ashaft 29. The lower end of an adjustinglink 28 is connected to the left end of the intermediate lever 13'. A connectingpin 31 is connected to the upper end of the adjustinglink 28 and is pivotally connected to theelongated hole 26a in such a manner that the connectingpin 31 is movable along theelongated hole 26a. When the location of the connectingpin 31 is adjusted between the ends e and f of theelongated holes 26a, the ratio of the distance Q3 between theshaft 15 of thetension lever 26 and the connectingpin 31 to the distance ℓ4 between theshaft 15 and theshaft 27 of thetension roller 16 can be varied. The ratio ℓ3/ℓ4 is referred to as a lever ratio of the tension lever. - The apparatus for regulating tension in warps constructed in such a manner as explained above operates as follows. The solid lines in Fig. 3 illustrate a condition wherein the connecting
pin 31 of the adjustinglink 28 is located at one end of theelongated hole 26a near theshaft 15 so that the lever ratio of thetension lever 26 is minimum, and wherein the connectingpin 23 of the connectingrod 21 is located at position A far from theshaft 18 so that the lever ratio of the weight lever is also minimum. The lever ratio e from the weight lever to the tension lever and the tension t in warps W are illustrated in the lower left corner of Fig. 4. When the location of the connectingpin 31 is moved from position e to position f along theelongated hole 26a in Fig. 3 while theweight 20 or the spring 20' is maintained constant, the moment exerted on thetension lever 26 caused by theweight 20 through theweight lever 17 and the adjustinglink 28 is increased due to the change of the lever ratio of the tension lever. As a result, the tension T in warps W is increased from t to t2 along line A as illustrated in Fig. 4 while the weight is unchanged. - When the connecting
rod 23 illustrated in Fig. 3 is moved from position A to position B, the lever ratio of the weight lever is increased, and accordingly, the tension T in the warps W is increased. As the connectingpin 31 together with the adjustinglink 28 is moved along theelongated hole 26a from one end e to the other end f, the total lever ratio is changed from e to fB and the tension T in the warps W is increased from tl' to t2'. Therefore, the tension can be adjsuted in a wide range. - When enlargement of the tension adjusting region is required, while a
heavier weight 20 is used and the connectingpin 23 is located at position A, the adjustinglink 28 is moved along theelongated hole 26a from one end e to the other end f. As a result, the tension T in the warps W is varied as illustrated by A' while theheavier weight 20 is unchanged. When the adjustinglink 28 is moved along theelongated hole 26a from one end e to the other end f after the connectingpin 23 is moved to position B, the tension T in the warps W is varied as illustrated by B' while theheavier weight 20 is unchanged. - As explained above, since in this apparatus, the adjusting
link 28 which is capable of adjustment of the lever ratio of thetension lever 26 is disposed between thetension lever 26 and the intermediate lever 13', the tension T in warps can stably be adjusted in a wide range compared with the conventional apparatus for regulating tension in a warps while theweight 20 is unchanged. In addition, the tension in warps can easily be adjusted by a simple operation wherein the position of the adjustinglink 28 is varied. - Please note that, although the
weight 20 is changed at two stages in the above-explained embodiment so that the tension T in warps is varied in a remarkably wide range, theweight 20 does not drop if theweight 20 is fixed to the hanginghook 19 once theweight 20 is changed. - The present invention can actually be constructed in the following embodiments.
- (1) In an embodiment illustrated in Fig. 5, a
weight lever 17 has a circular arc shapedelongated hole 17a formed terein. The upper end of a connectingrod 21 is pivoted to the right end of a tension lever 13-in an-apparatus constructed in such a manner similar to that illustrated in Fig. 1 or the right end of an intermediate lever 13' in an apparatus constructed in such a manner similar to that illustrated in Fig. 3. The lower end of the connecting rod is pivoted to theweight lever 17 in such a manner that it is movable along theelongated hole 17a. - (2) In another embodiment illustrated in Fig. 6, a
tension lever 13 in an apparatus constructed in such a manner similar to that illustrated in Fig. 1 or an intermediate lever 13' in an apparatus constructed in such a manner similar to that illustrated in Fig. 3 is used. Thetension lever 13 or 13' has a plurality of holes at positions A, B and C formed therein. Theweight lever 17 similarly has a plurality of holes at positions A, B and C formed therein. The upper and lower ends of a connectingrod 21 are selectively connected to the holes so that the lever ratio can be varied. - (3) In a further embodiment illustrated in Fig. 7, an intermediate lever 13' has a circular arc shaped elongated hole 13'a formed at the front end thereof. The lower end of the adjusting
link 28 connected to atension lever 26 is connected to the elongated hole 13'a in such a manner that the position of the adjustinglever 28 can be adjusted along the elongated hole 13'a. - (4) In a still further embodiment illustrated in Fig. 8, a pair of tension levers 13, (only one of which illustrated in Fig. 8) have straight elongated
holes 13a formed at the left ends thereof. Ashaft 27 of atension roller 16 is engaged with and secured to theelongated holes 13a in such a manner that the position of thetension roller 16 is adjustable along theelongated holes 13a. Instead of theelongated holes 13a, a pair ofelongated holes 13b may be formed on the tension levers 13 as illustrated by a broken line, so that the tension levers 13 are swingably supported by ashaft 15 in such a manner that the fulcrum of the tension levers 13 can be varied along theelongated holes 13b. - (5) In a further embodiment illustrated in Fig. 9, which is constructed in a manner similar to that of Fig. 3, an adjusting
link 28 has a pair of turn buckles connected therein so that the length of the adjustinglink 28 is adjustable. - (6) In a still further embodiment illustrated in Fig. 10, the tension lever, for example, illustrated in Fig. 3, is divided into two
pieces 26 and 26', and the angle e formed between thepieces 26 and 26' is adjustable. - In the apparatus explained with reference to Figs. 3 and 4, when the tension T in warps is changed while the
weight 20 is maintained constant, the position where theelongated hole 26a formed in thetension lever 26 and the connectingpin 31 attached to the upper end of the adjustinglink 28 are connected to each other must be changed so that the lever ratio of thetension lever 26 is changed. However, during the changing operation, since the inner side of theelongated hole 26a and the connectingpin 31 are exposed to a load exerted by theweight 20, the adjusting operation is often not easy because their relative location may easily be changed, and furthermore, theelongated hole 26a may be deformed or the connectingpin 31 may be bent. - According to a still further embodiment of the present invention, a guide roller means is disposed at a space, where the link means is connected to the tension lever, so that the guide roller means serves to guide relative movement between the link means and the tension lever. Accordingly, the relative movement can smoothly be carried out.
- An embodiment will now be explained with reference to Figs. 11 through 17. This embodiment has the same construction as that illustrated in Fig. 3 except for the connection between the
tension lever 26 and the adjustinglink 28, and accordingly, only the construction of this connection will be explained in detail. A pair of tension levers 26 (one of which is illustrated in Fig. 11) are swingably supported on ashaft 15 located at the upper portion of amachine frame 2 and support atension roller 18 therebetween by means of ashaft 27. Eachtension lever 26 has anelongated hole 26a formed therein and extending vertically. -
Reference numeral 32 denotes a support member supported on the top of an adjustinglink 28 via a universal joint 38 (Fig. 13). As illustrated in Fig. 12, thesupport member 32 has: an engagingsurface 32a formed on the upper surface thereof and facing the lower side of thetension lever 26; and two pairs ofrollers elongated hole 26a, one pair is at the right and the other pair is at the left of the adjusting link in Fig. 12.Reference numeral 35 denotes an index formed in a triangular prism shape and inserted into theelongated hole 26a as illustrated in Fig. 14 so that it corresponds to thegraduations 36 formed on thetension lever 26. -
Reference numeral 37 illustrated in Figs. 12 through 14 denotes a securing member formed in a hexagonal prism and having a bulgedportion 37a and amale thread portion 37b. The securingmember 37 also serves as a handle during the adjusting operation. Themale thread portion 37b of the securingmember 37 passes through theelongated hole 26a formed in thetension lever 26 and meshes with a female thread formed on theengaging surface 32a, so that the bulgedportion 37a is in abutment with the upper surface of thetension lever 26, and so that thetension lever 26 is securely sandwhiched between the bulgedportion 37a and thesupport member 32. - The operation for securing the
support member 32 at a desired position relative to thetension lever 26 will now be explained. As illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13, while theengaging surface 32a of thesupport member 32 is in contact with the lower surface of thetension lever 26, the securingmember 37 is tightened. After the bulgedportion 37a of the securingmember 37 abuts the upper surface of thetension lever 26, thesupport member 32 is lifted. Then, the engagingsurface 32a of thesupport member 32 is urged to the lower surface of thetension lever 26, so that the location of thesupport member 32 is secured. Under this condition, therollers link 28 is integrally connected to thetension lever 26 and is swingable about theuniversal joint 38, and the lever ratio t 3/t 4 of thetension lever 26 is set as illustrated in Fig. 11. - Operation for moving the
support member 32 in order to vary the lever ratio will now be explained. The securingmember 37 is loosened, and then, the securingmember 37 is swung in a direction designated by the arrow A in Fig. 15. Accordingly, thesupport member 32 is swung around a fulcrum P which is the right end of theengaging surface 32a facing the lower surface of thetension lever 26. When the securingmember 37 which now serves as a handle is further swung, the end of the engaging surface also separates from the lower surface of thetension lever 26, and the fulcrum P displaces onto one pair ofrollers 33. Therollers 33 turn along the lower surface of thetension lever 26 so that thesupport member 32 is smoothly moved in a direction the same as that designated by the arrow A. Based on the indication between theindex 35 and thegraduations 36, the movement of thesupport member 32 is stopped at an appropriate position, and then, the securing member is tightened in a manner as explained above. - Contrary to this, if the support member is required to be moved in a reverse direction, the securing
member 37 is swung in a direction designated by the arrow B (Fig. 17). Then theother rollers 24 serve as a fulcrum P, and thesupport member 21 moves in a direction the same as that designated by the arrow B. - Since the lever ratio varying operation explained above can be performed by only swinging the securing
member 37 after it is loosened, the operation can be carried out while the weaving machine is operating. - The following embodiments which are not illustrated are also available.
- (1) In spite of a
universal joint 38, asupport member 21 and an adjustinglink 28 may be swingably connected to each other by way of another pivot member. - (2) If the
support member 32 can be rigidly secured to atension lever 26, it is unnecessary forrollers tension lever 26 when thesupport member 32 is secured to a desired position.
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