EP0088189A1 - Yarn unwinding machines - Google Patents

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EP0088189A1
EP0088189A1 EP82306712A EP82306712A EP0088189A1 EP 0088189 A1 EP0088189 A1 EP 0088189A1 EP 82306712 A EP82306712 A EP 82306712A EP 82306712 A EP82306712 A EP 82306712A EP 0088189 A1 EP0088189 A1 EP 0088189A1
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Trevor Adrian Moss
Roger Edward Moss
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/023—Hank to spool winders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H57/00—Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor
    • B65H57/18—Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor mounted to facilitate unwinding of material from packages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments

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  • the invention relates to machines for unwinding yarn from a hank.
  • Yarn is obtained in the form of a hank from various manufacturing processes such as dyeing, finishing or the unroving of knitted fabric. Such yarn needs to be unwound before it can be further processed, for example by winding onto a cone, spool, bobbin or like package, as a preliminary to further treatment.
  • the hank may be supported on a swift or supplied loose and mounted on an adjustable swift before unwinding.
  • a machine comprises means for securing a swift, an axle mountable coaxially with the swift on the securing means, a rotary sweep arm attached transversely to the axle, an eyelet connected to the arm for movement in a circle of greater diameter than the swift, and a fixed eyelet on the axis of the swift.
  • the said means preferably secures the swift non-rotatably, and the axle is preferably rotatable in a hub of the swift.
  • the sweep arm can then be made fast to the axle.
  • the axle might itself be non-rotatable and the sweep arm attached rotatably to the axle, possible in a bearing.
  • the sweep arm can be made fast by passing through the axle and being secured by means of a grub screw.
  • the eyelet is preferably connected to one end of the arm and counterbalanced by means of a weight attached to the arm on the other side of the axle.
  • the positions of the arm on the axle and of the counterbalance weight are preferably adjustable, and the weight securable by means of a grub screw.
  • the swift being non-rotatable means that both the swift itself and the hank of yarn thereon remain stationary during unwinding, and the only parts rotating are the arm, the eyelet thereon and possibly the axle. These rotating parts are of relatively low inertia, so there is little chance of the yarn breaking on starting up or snagging, and high unwinding speeds can be attained.
  • the yarn is drawn off through the eyelet connected to the sweep arm and the fixed eyelet by the further processing machine, for example a cone winder, to which the yarn is directed.
  • the machine comprises a base 10 for securing a swift 12.
  • An axle 14 is rotatably mounted in a hub 13 of r the swift 12 and in a hole 15 containing a bearing-grade nylon bush continuing from the swift 12 through the base 10.
  • a rotary sweep arm 20 passes through the axle 14, and is made fast therein by a grub screw (not shown) entering from the end of the axle 14.
  • An eyelet 22 is connected to a (lower) end of the arm 20, and is movable on rotation of the axle 14 in a circle normal to the plane of the paper and of greater diameter than the swift 12.
  • An eyelet 24 is fixed on a support 26 in a position on the axis of the swift 12.
  • Yarn follows a path 30, on unwinding from a hank (not shown) on the swift 12, through the eyelets 22, 24, is unwound from the swift 12 by the rotation of the arm 20, and is drawn to a waxer tension unit 32 of a cone winder 34.
  • the base 10 is secured to an arm 40 fixed to the cone winder 34.
  • the arm 40 is laid back from the vertical so that the axle 14 will remain in position without locking means during operation.
  • the swift 12 is secured with respect to the base 10 by balls 101 urged by coil springs 103 into engagement with a conical portion 131 of the swift hub 13.
  • a counterbalance weight 23 secured by means of a grub screw (not shown).

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Abstract

A machine for unwinding yarn from a hank comprises a base (10) for securing a swift (12) non-rotatably, and an axle (14) rotatable in a hub of the swift (12) and in a hole 15 continuing through the base (10). A rotary sweep arm (20) passes through the axle (14) and is attached therein. An eyelet (22) is connected to a lower end of the arm (20) for movement around the the swift (12) in a plane transverse to the paper. A fixed eyelet (24) is provided on the axis of the swift (12). Yarn is unwound from a hank (not shown) on the swift (12), and passes along a path (30) through the eyelets (22, 24) to a waxer (32) and a cone winder (34).

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    Technical Field
  • The invention relates to machines for unwinding yarn from a hank.
    • Background Art
  • Yarn is obtained in the form of a hank from various manufacturing processes such as dyeing, finishing or the unroving of knitted fabric. Such yarn needs to be unwound before it can be further processed, for example by winding onto a cone, spool, bobbin or like package, as a preliminary to further treatment. The hank may be supported on a swift or supplied loose and mounted on an adjustable swift before unwinding.
    • The Invention
  • A machine according to the invention comprises means for securing a swift, an axle mountable coaxially with the swift on the securing means, a rotary sweep arm attached transversely to the axle, an eyelet connected to the arm for movement in a circle of greater diameter than the swift, and a fixed eyelet on the axis of the swift.
  • The said means preferably secures the swift non-rotatably, and the axle is preferably rotatable in a hub of the swift. The sweep arm can then be made fast to the axle. Alternatively the axle might itself be non-rotatable and the sweep arm attached rotatably to the axle, possible in a bearing. The sweep arm can be made fast by passing through the axle and being secured by means of a grub screw. The eyelet is preferably connected to one end of the arm and counterbalanced by means of a weight attached to the arm on the other side of the axle. The positions of the arm on the axle and of the counterbalance weight are preferably adjustable, and the weight securable by means of a grub screw.
  • The swift being non-rotatable means that both the swift itself and the hank of yarn thereon remain stationary during unwinding, and the only parts rotating are the arm, the eyelet thereon and possibly the axle. These rotating parts are of relatively low inertia, so there is little chance of the yarn breaking on starting up or snagging, and high unwinding speeds can be attained. The yarn is drawn off through the eyelet connected to the sweep arm and the fixed eyelet by the further processing machine, for example a cone winder, to which the yarn is directed.
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    • Figure 1 shows a machine according to the invention arranged for unwinding yarn from a hank and winding it onto a cone; and
    • Figure 2 shows a horizontal arrangement of the same machine. A single set of reference numerals have been used in both Figures.
    Best Mode
  • With particular reference to Figure 1, the machine comprises a base 10 for securing a swift 12. An axle 14 is rotatably mounted in a hub 13 of r the swift 12 and in a hole 15 containing a bearing-grade nylon bush continuing from the swift 12 through the base 10. A rotary sweep arm 20 passes through the axle 14, and is made fast therein by a grub screw (not shown) entering from the end of the axle 14. An eyelet 22 is connected to a (lower) end of the arm 20, and is movable on rotation of the axle 14 in a circle normal to the plane of the paper and of greater diameter than the swift 12. An eyelet 24 is fixed on a support 26 in a position on the axis of the swift 12. Yarn follows a path 30, on unwinding from a hank (not shown) on the swift 12, through the eyelets 22, 24, is unwound from the swift 12 by the rotation of the arm 20, and is drawn to a waxer tension unit 32 of a cone winder 34.
  • The base 10 is secured to an arm 40 fixed to the cone winder 34. The arm 40 is laid back from the vertical so that the axle 14 will remain in position without locking means during operation. The swift 12 is secured with respect to the base 10 by balls 101 urged by coil springs 103 into engagement with a conical portion 131 of the swift hub 13. At the (upper) end of the sweep arm 20 remote from the eyelet 22 is a counterbalance weight 23 secured by means of a grub screw (not shown).

Claims (5)

1. A machine for unwinding yarn from a hank characterized by means (10)for securing a swift (12), an axle (14) mountable coaxially with the swift (12) on the securing means (10), a rotary sweep arm (20) attached transversely to the axle (14), an eyelet (22) connected to the arm (20) for movement in a circle of greater diameter than the swift (12), and a fixed eyelet (24) on the axis of the swift (12).
2. A machine according to claim 1
characterized in that the means (10) secures the swift (12) non-rotatably, and the axle (14) is rotatable in a hub of the swift (12).
3. A machine according to claim 1
or claim 2 characterized in that the sweep arm (20) is made fast by passing through the axle (14) and being secured by means of a grub screw.
4. A machine according to any
preceding claim characterized in that the eyelet (22) is connected to one end of the arm (20) and counterbalanced by means of a weight (23) attached to the arm (20) on the other side of the axle (14).
5. A machine according to any
preceding claim characterized in that the positions of the arm (20) and of the weight (23) are adjustable.
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Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE683892C (en) * 1936-08-19 1939-11-17 Paul Rose Device for unwinding threads
DD122502A1 (en) * 1975-11-06 1976-10-12
US4056243A (en) * 1976-04-02 1977-11-01 Celanese Canada Limited Apparatus for uniformly unwinding a yarn package
GB2084618A (en) * 1980-09-25 1982-04-15 Bicc Ltd Wire pay-off

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE683892C (en) * 1936-08-19 1939-11-17 Paul Rose Device for unwinding threads
DD122502A1 (en) * 1975-11-06 1976-10-12
US4056243A (en) * 1976-04-02 1977-11-01 Celanese Canada Limited Apparatus for uniformly unwinding a yarn package
GB2084618A (en) * 1980-09-25 1982-04-15 Bicc Ltd Wire pay-off

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