EP0994206A1 - Yarn heat treatment device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to, for example, a yarn heat treatment device such as a first heater device used in a draw texturing machine, wherein the first heater device is used to heat a yarn that has been pulled from a yarn supplying package and drawn and false-twisted, wherein a cooling plate (also referred to as a "balloon plate" due to its function to restrict yarn from ballooning) is subsequently used to cool the yarn, wherein a second heater device is then used to heat the yarn again in order to reduce torque, and wherein the yarn is then wound around a package via an oiling member or the like.
- the second heater device may be omitted, and in this case, the heater device comprises only the first heater device.
- a non-contact type high-temperature heater is known as a yarn heat treatment device such as a first heater device used in a draw texturing machine.
- a non-contact type high-temperature heater if the yarn is broken and tops in a heating space in the first heater device, the broken yarn comes in contact with the yarn guides disposed in the first heater device and may melt and become stuck to the yarn guides. When operations are resumed, new yarn my come in contact with melted yarn that is stuck to the yarn guide and my be broken again.
- yarn heat treatment devices used in a draw texturing machine and including a first heater device wherein the temperature is set so as to avoid temperatures at which yarn processing cannot be quickly resumed due to the aforementioned melting, wherein yarn guides each incorporate a self-cleaning heating coil for burning and carbonizing a yarn molted and stuck to the yarn guides for self-cleaning, or wherein upon a yarn broken, the yarn guides that are constantly held by an electromagnet are released from the holding effected by the electromagnet so as to eject the yarn from the first heater device (Unexamined Japanese Patent Application Publication (Tokkai-hei) Number 3-234834, and 3-174047).
- the yarn processing temperature is correspondingly limited.
- yarn guides each incorporate a self-cleaning heating coil for burning and carbonizing yarn melted and stuck to the yarn guides, the shape of the yarn guides is not only limited but the yarn guides also become expensive, thereby increasing the manufacturing costs of the draw texturing machine and the costs of the manufactured processed yarns.
- An objective of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional yarn heat treatment devices such as a first heater device used in a draw texturing machine and to provide a yarn heat treatment device that can be configured as a compact short heater.
- a first aspect of the present invention provides a yarn heat treatment device having yarn guides in a heating space in a non-contact type heater, having disposed therein a means to operate, when a yarn is broken, to inject compressed air in the direction in which the yarn is separated from the yarn guides.
- the means for injecting compressed air is disposed in the heating space.
- the means for injecting compressed air is operated by a yarn breakge detection device disposed between a first and a second feed roller.
- a yarn heat treatment device will be described below in conjunction with a first heater device in a draw texturing machine.
- the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Any other embodiment examples can be used as long as the principal idea of this invention is included.
- a yarn heat treatment device will be described below in conjunction with a first heater device in a draw texturing machine.
- the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Any other embodiment examples can be used as long as the principal idea of this invention is included.
- each yarn 3 pulled from a yarn supplying package 2 supported by the creel stand 1 is introduced to a first feed roller 5 via an appropriate guide 4.
- the yarn 3 is inserted and passed through the first heater device H1.
- the yarn 3 from the first heater device H1 enters a cooling plate 8, is then twisted by a false twisting member 9, and is subsequently introduced to a second feed roller 11 via an appropriate guide 10.
- the yarn 3 from the second feed roller 11 is wound around a winding package 16 via a second heater device H2, a guide 12, a third feed roller 13, an oiling roller (not shown in the drawing), and guides 14 and 15.
- the first heater device H1 is described chiefly with reference to Figures 2 and 3.
- sheath heater 17 is a sheath heater placed in an approximately prism-shaped heater block 18 formed of metal such as brass having a high heat conductivity, and a cross section of the heater block 18 perpendicular to the vertical direction is formed like a rectangle. According to this embodiment, two sheath heaters 17 are installed in parallel in the vertical direction and along the longitudinal direction.
- 19 is a horizontal heat insulating member placed at the top of the heater block 18 and composing a plate-shaped heat insulating material.
- 20 is side heat insulating members placed along the respective sides of the heater block 18 in the horizontal direction and composing a plate-shaped heat insulating material.
- 21 is an intermediate heat insulating member placed so as to extend downward from the bottom surface of the heater block 18 and approximately parallel with the side heat insulating members 20.
- a bottom surface 20a of the side heat insulating members 20 and a bottom surface 21a of the intermediate heat insulating member 21 are configured to be approximately flush with each other.
- the heater block 18 incorporating the sheath heaters 17 and the horizontal heat insulating member 19, side heat insulating members 20, and intermediate heat insulating member 21 disposed around the heater block 18 are integrated in an inner case 22 of an approximately U-shaped cross section.
- the outer case 24 covers the bottom surface 20a of the side heat insulating members 20 and lower sides of the side heat insulating member 20 closer to the intermediate heat insulating meter 21.
- 25 is a cover that covers the bottom of the intermediate heat insulating member 21.
- the side heat insulating member 20 located on the left side and the intermediate heat insulating member 21, and the side heat insulating member 20 located on the left side and the intermediate heat insulating member 21 form two slit-shaped heating spaces 26, as shown in Figure 2.
- the heating space 26 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction so as to be shaped like an inverted trapezoid that is tapered toward a yarn insertion opening 26a of each heating space 26, the air in the heating space 26 heated by the heater block 18 incorporating the sheath heaters 17 can be effectively protected from heat radiation.
- the yarn guide 27 is a yarn guide disposed in the heating space 26 at the side of the heater block 18 and an appropriate number of yarn guides 27 are disposed along the longitudinal direction of the heating space 26 at predetermined intervals. As shown in Figure 3, the yarn guides 27 are arranged along the heating space 26 in the horizontal direction in such a way as to bend downward.
- the yarn guide 27 is molded from abrasion resistant ceramic material and shaped like a hourglass, and has formed therein a guide groove 27a with which the yarn 3 engages.
- 27b is a horizontal shaft formed on a side of the yarn guide 27, and by fitting the horizontal shaft 27b in a hole drilled in the side heat insulating member 20, an appropriate number of yarn guides 27 are disposed on the side heat insulating member 20 at predetermined intervals.
- the yarn 3 is designed to be guided by the yarn guides 27 in such a way as to keep in contact with the bottom surfaces of the yarn guides 27.
- Plate-shaped yarn guide members (not shown in the drawings) placed so as to correspond to the heating spaces 26 and in which are a pair of slits are mounted on the yarn input and output sides of the first heater device H1.
- the compressed air supply pipe 28 is a compressed air supply pipe disposed in a space section formed between the yarn guides 27 and the horizontal heat insulating member 19 so as to extend approximately over the heating space 26 in the horizontal direction along the heating space 26.
- the compressed air supply pipe 28 is disposed above the yarn 3 being guided by the yarn guide 27.
- One end of the compressed air supply pipe 28 is closed, and a connection pipe 30 connected to a compressed air supply source (not shown in the drawings) is connected to an open end of the pipe 28 via a solenoid valve 29.
- an appropriate number of air injection holes 28a for injecting compressed air downward are drilled in that part of the compressed air supply pipe 28 that is located within the heating space 26, at predetermined intervals.
- yarn breakge detection device 31 is a yarn breakge detection device disposed between the first heater device H1 and the cooling plate 8, and whether mechanical or photoelectric, various yarn breakge detection devices can be used as the yarn breakge detection device 31.
- the yarn breakge detection device 31 detects a breakge in the yarn 3, as is shown in the block diagram in Figure 4, a yarn breakge signal is transmitted to a control section 32 incorporating a microcomputer, and the solenoid valve 29 is opened via the control section 32 to supply compressed air to the compressed air supply pipe 28 disposed above the yarn 3 being guided by the yarn guides 27.
- a timer 33 is operated for a predetermined amount of time via the control section 32.
- the solenoid valve 29 is closed to stop supplying compressed air to the compressed air supply pipe 28.
- the amount of time during which compressed air is supplied to the compressed air supply pipe 28 under the control of the timer 33 may be, for example, 0.1 to 0.5 seconds.
- the yarn 3 instantaneously separates from the yarn guides 27 due to the injection of compressed air through the air injection holes 28a and falls through the yarn insertion opening 26a of the heating space 26 due to its weight and despite the stoppage of the injection of compressed air through the air injection holes 28a.
- the position of the yarn breakge detection device 31 is not limited to the position between the first heater device H1 and the cooling plate 8 but the yarn breakge detection device 31 may be disposed in any appropriate position. If, however, the yarn 3 is broken between the first feed roller 5 and the second feed roller 11, the broken yarn 3 located at the first feed roller 11 side will stop within the first heater device H1 and will melt and stick to the yarn guides 27.
- the yarn breakge detection device 31 is provided between the first feed roller 5 and the second feed roller 11 so that compressed air is instantaneously injected through the air injection holes 28a to separate the yarn 3 from the yarn guides 27 if the yarn 3 is broken between the first feed roller 5 and the second feed roller 11. Even if the yarn 3 is broken at a position other than the one between the first feed roller 5 and the second feed roller 11, since the yarn 3 continues to move between the first feed roller 5 and the second feed roller 11, the second feed roller 11 allows the yarn 3 to travel continuously. As a result, operations continue thereby preventing the broken yarn 3 from stopping within the first heater device H1, so the broken yarn 3 is unlikely to be melted and stick to the yarn guides 27.
- the yarn breakge detection device 31 is provided between the outlet of the first heater device H1 and the second feed roller 11.
- the above embodiments have shown examples in which when the yarn 3 is broken, compressed air is injected against the yarn 3 located within the heating space 26 of the first heater device H1.
- the compressed air supply pipes 28 with the air injection holes 28a drilled therein my be disposed near the inlet and outlet of the first heater device H1 so that compressed air is injected to separate the yarn 3 located near the inlet or outlet of the first heater device H1 to separate the yarn 3 from the yarn guides 27.
- a plurality of heating spaces 26 are formed in the first heater device H1 and a plurality of yarns 3 are inserted and passed through the first heater H1 as in this embodiment and when one of the yarns 3 is broken and compressed air is injected against the broken yarn 3 near the inlet or outlet of the first heater device H1, the compressed air is injected against the unbroken yarn 3, thereby adversely affecting the heat treatment for the unbroken yarn 3.
- compressed air is preferably injected against the yarn 3 located within the heating space 26 of the first heater device H1.
- an air suction force can be used to separate the yarn 3 from the yarn guides 27.
- a suction pipe that is open toward a yarn guide can be placed on the yarn input side of the heater body so that a signal from the yarn breakge detection device can operate the valve to instantaneously suck out the yarn retaining within the heating space.
- the device has disposed therein the means for injecting compressed air in the direction in which the yarn 3 is separated from the yarn guides 27, the yarn 3 can be instantaneously separated from the yarn guides so as not to melt and become stick to the yarn guides 27.
- the yarn 3 Since the yarn 3 is instantaneously separated frown the yarn guides 27 when the yarn 3 is broken, it is prevented from being melted and stick to the yarn guides 27, thereby enabling the temperature of the first heater device H1 to be arbitrarily set without the need to pay attention to the possible melting and sticking of the yarn 3 to the yarn guides 27.
- the yarn 3 can be prevented from melting and sticking to the yarn guides 27 by using the simple system in which the yarn guides each incorporate a heating coil and which has disposed therein the means for instantaneously separating the yarn 3 from the yarn guides 27 when the yarn 3 is broken, rather than a complicated process for burning and carbonizing the melted and stuck yarn.
- the means for injecting compressed air is disposed in the heating space 26, if the plurality of yarns 3 are inserted and passed through the first heater device H1, the unbroken yarn 3 is precluded from being adversely affected.
- the yarn breakge detection device 31 is disposed between the first feed roller 5 and the second feed roller 11, when the yarn 3 breaks between the first feed roller 5 and the second feed roller 11, compressed air is immediately injected through the air injection holes 28a to instantaneously separate the yarn 3 from the yarn guides 27, thereby preventing the yarn 3 from melting and sticking to the yarn guides 27.
- the present invention employs compressed air to instantaneously eject the yarn 3 from the first heater device H1.
- the yarn guides held by the electromagnet are disposed in the first heater device, so the yarn guides are heated and the yarn 3 may be melted if it comes in contact with the yarn guides.
- the present invention uses the simple mechanism to eject the yarn 3 from the first heater device H1, thereby requiring almost no adjustments or maintenance for the ejection mechanism and requiring only low-cost maintenance.
- the present invention Compared to the method in which the broken yarn is drawn out out of the first heater device by releasing the holding effect of the electromagnet when the yarn is broken, as described above, requires the yarn guides to be recovered after the ejection of the yarn from the first heater device.
- the present invention employs compressed air, thereby eliminating the need for the recovery operation and thus it has no mechanism for this operation enabling the structure to be simplified and time to be saved, thereby improving the working efficiency.
- the present invention employs compressed air and only requires power consumption for a short time and only if the yarn is broken, thereby saving energy. Compressed air may be stored as the air used in a false twister to thread the yarn, and no new compressed air source need be installed, thereby contributing to energy saving.
- the present invention has disposed therein a means operating when a yarn is broken to inject compressed air in the direction in which the yarn is separated from the yarn guides.
- a means operating when a yarn is broken to inject compressed air in the direction in which the yarn is separated from the yarn guides.
- the means for injecting compressed air is disposed in the heating space, if the plurality of yarns are inserted and passed through the first heater device, compressed air is precluded from being injected against the unbroken yarn, thereby preventing the heat treatment of the unbroken yarn from being adversely affected.
- the means for injecting compressed air is disposed between the first and second feed rollers, the broken yarn can be prevented from melting and sticking to the yarn guides.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method in which a yarn heat treatment device
having yarn guides 27 is provided in a heating space in a non-contact type heater
H1, having disposed therein a means 28, 28a operating when a yarn 3 is broken and
injecting compressed air in the direction in which the yarn 3 is separated from the
yarn guides 27. The present invention has disposed therein a means 28, 28a
operating upon a yarn broken to inject compressed air in the direction in which the
yarn is separated from the yarn guides, so upon a yarn broken, the yarn can be
instantaneously separated from the yarn guides and prevented from melting and
sticking to the yarn guides.
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- The present invention relates to, for example, a yarn heat treatment device such as a first heater device used in a draw texturing machine, wherein the first heater device is used to heat a yarn that has been pulled from a yarn supplying package and drawn and false-twisted, wherein a cooling plate (also referred to as a "balloon plate" due to its function to restrict yarn from ballooning) is subsequently used to cool the yarn, wherein a second heater device is then used to heat the yarn again in order to reduce torque, and wherein the yarn is then wound around a package via an oiling member or the like. The second heater device may be omitted, and in this case, the heater device comprises only the first heater device.
- A non-contact type high-temperature heater is known as a yarn heat treatment device such as a first heater device used in a draw texturing machine. In such a non-contact type high-temperature heater, however, if the yarn is broken and tops in a heating space in the first heater device, the broken yarn comes in contact with the yarn guides disposed in the first heater device and may melt and become stuck to the yarn guides. When operations are resumed, new yarn my come in contact with melted yarn that is stuck to the yarn guide and my be broken again. To solve this problem, yarn heat treatment devices used in a draw texturing machine and including a first heater device have been proposed, wherein the temperature is set so as to avoid temperatures at which yarn processing cannot be quickly resumed due to the aforementioned melting, wherein yarn guides each incorporate a self-cleaning heating coil for burning and carbonizing a yarn molted and stuck to the yarn guides for self-cleaning, or wherein upon a yarn broken, the yarn guides that are constantly held by an electromagnet are released from the holding effected by the electromagnet so as to eject the yarn from the first heater device (Unexamined Japanese Patent Application Publication (Tokkai-hei) Number 3-234834, and 3-174047).
- In the conventional yarn heat treatment devices such as a first heater device used in a draw texturing machine, if the temperature is set so as to avoid temperatures at which yarn processing cannot be quickly resumed due to the aforementioned melting, the yarn processing temperature is correspondingly limited. In addition, if yarn guides each incorporate a self-cleaning heating coil for burning and carbonizing yarn melted and stuck to the yarn guides, the shape of the yarn guides is not only limited but the yarn guides also become expensive, thereby increasing the manufacturing costs of the draw texturing machine and the costs of the manufactured processed yarns. Furthermore, if a yarn is broken, yarn guides that are constantly held by an electromagnet are released from the holding effected by the electromagnet so as to eject the yarn from the first heater device, the electromagnet must be constantly operated during the normal operation of the draw texturing machine thereby wasting energy. In addition, a predetermined amount of time is required to operate a yarn-lifting guide of an appropriate length and weight, thereby causing the yarn to be melted and stuck to the yarn guide.
- An objective of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional yarn heat treatment devices such as a first heater device used in a draw texturing machine and to provide a yarn heat treatment device that can be configured as a compact short heater.
- To achieve this objective, a first aspect of the present invention provides a yarn heat treatment device having yarn guides in a heating space in a non-contact type heater, having disposed therein a means to operate, when a yarn is broken, to inject compressed air in the direction in which the yarn is separated from the yarn guides. According to a second aspect of the present invention, the means for injecting compressed air is disposed in the heating space. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the means for injecting compressed air is operated by a yarn breakge detection device disposed between a first and a second feed roller.
- A yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention will be described below in conjunction with a first heater device in a draw texturing machine. The present invention, however, is not limited to this embodiment. Any other embodiment examples can be used as long as the principal idea of this invention is included.
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- Figure 1 is a schematic drawing of a draw texturing machine as an example of that to which a yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention is applied.
- Figure 2 is a sectional view of a first heater device as an example of a yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention, as seen perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the device.
- Figure 3 is a sectional view of an inner case of the first heater device as an example of a yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention, as seen in the longitudinal direction of the inner case.
- Figure 4 is a block diagram as an example of a yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention.
- Figure 5 is a sectional view of the integral part of a first heater device according to another embodiment as an example of a yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention, as seen in the longitudinal direction of the device.
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- A yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention will be described below in conjunction with a first heater device in a draw texturing machine. The present invention, however, is not limited to this embodiment. Any other embodiment examples can be used as long as the principal idea of this invention is included.
- First, yarn traveling and so on in a draw texturing machine as an example of that to which a yarn heat treatment device according to the present invention is applied is described with reference to Figure 1.
- 1 is a creel stand, and each
yarn 3 pulled from ayarn supplying package 2 supported by the creel stand 1 is introduced to afirst feed roller 5 via anappropriate guide 4. Subsequently, while being guided byappropriate guides 6 and 7 disposed on a yarn input side of a heater body of a first heater device H1, theyarn 3 is inserted and passed through the first heater device H1. Theyarn 3 from the first heater device H1 enters a cooling plate 8, is then twisted by afalse twisting member 9, and is subsequently introduced to asecond feed roller 11 via anappropriate guide 10. Theyarn 3 from thesecond feed roller 11 is wound around awinding package 16 via a second heater device H2, aguide 12, athird feed roller 13, an oiling roller (not shown in the drawing), andguides - The first heater device H1 is described chiefly with reference to Figures 2 and 3.
- 17 is a sheath heater placed in an approximately prism-
shaped heater block 18 formed of metal such as brass having a high heat conductivity, and a cross section of theheater block 18 perpendicular to the vertical direction is formed like a rectangle. According to this embodiment, twosheath heaters 17 are installed in parallel in the vertical direction and along the longitudinal direction. - 19 is a horizontal heat insulating member placed at the top of the
heater block 18 and composing a plate-shaped heat insulating material. 20 is side heat insulating members placed along the respective sides of theheater block 18 in the horizontal direction and composing a plate-shaped heat insulating material. 21 is an intermediate heat insulating member placed so as to extend downward from the bottom surface of theheater block 18 and approximately parallel with the sideheat insulating members 20. Abottom surface 20a of the sideheat insulating members 20 and abottom surface 21a of the intermediateheat insulating member 21 are configured to be approximately flush with each other. Theheater block 18 incorporating thesheath heaters 17 and the horizontalheat insulating member 19, sideheat insulating members 20, and intermediateheat insulating member 21 disposed around theheater block 18 are integrated in aninner case 22 of an approximately U-shaped cross section. - 23 is an outer circumferential heat insulating member placed in such a way as to surround the horizontal
heat insulating meter 19 and the sideheat insulating members 20, and the outer circumferentialheat insulating member 23 is accommodated in an appropriateouter case 24. Theouter case 24 covers thebottom surface 20a of the sideheat insulating members 20 and lower sides of the sideheat insulating member 20 closer to the intermediateheat insulating meter 21. 25 is a cover that covers the bottom of the intermediateheat insulating member 21. - 26 is a slit-shaped heating space formed between the side
heat insulating member 20 and the intermediateheat insulating member 21. According to this embodiment, the sideheat insulating member 20 located on the left side and the intermediateheat insulating member 21, and the sideheat insulating member 20 located on the left side and the intermediateheat insulating member 21 form two slit-shaped heating spaces 26, as shown in Figure 2. By forming a cross section of theheating space 26 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction so as to be shaped like an inverted trapezoid that is tapered toward a yarn insertion opening 26a of eachheating space 26, the air in theheating space 26 heated by theheater block 18 incorporating thesheath heaters 17 can be effectively protected from heat radiation. - 27 is a yarn guide disposed in the
heating space 26 at the side of theheater block 18 and an appropriate number ofyarn guides 27 are disposed along the longitudinal direction of theheating space 26 at predetermined intervals. As shown in Figure 3, theyarn guides 27 are arranged along theheating space 26 in the horizontal direction in such a way as to bend downward. Theyarn guide 27 is molded from abrasion resistant ceramic material and shaped like a hourglass, and has formed therein aguide groove 27a with which theyarn 3 engages. 27b is a horizontal shaft formed on a side of theyarn guide 27, and by fitting thehorizontal shaft 27b in a hole drilled in the sideheat insulating member 20, an appropriate number ofyarn guides 27 are disposed on the sideheat insulating member 20 at predetermined intervals. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, theyarn 3 is designed to be guided by theyarn guides 27 in such a way as to keep in contact with the bottom surfaces of theyarn guides 27. Plate-shaped yarn guide members (not shown in the drawings) placed so as to correspond to theheating spaces 26 and in which are a pair of slits are mounted on the yarn input and output sides of the first heater device H1. - 28 is a compressed air supply pipe disposed in a space section formed between the
yarn guides 27 and the horizontalheat insulating member 19 so as to extend approximately over theheating space 26 in the horizontal direction along theheating space 26. The compressedair supply pipe 28 is disposed above theyarn 3 being guided by theyarn guide 27. One end of the compressedair supply pipe 28 is closed, and aconnection pipe 30 connected to a compressed air supply source (not shown in the drawings) is connected to an open end of thepipe 28 via asolenoid valve 29. In addition, an appropriate number ofair injection holes 28a for injecting compressed air downward are drilled in that part of the compressedair supply pipe 28 that is located within theheating space 26, at predetermined intervals. - 31 is a yarn breakge detection device disposed between the first heater device H1 and the cooling plate 8, and whether mechanical or photoelectric, various yarn breakge detection devices can be used as the yarn
breakge detection device 31. When the yarnbreakge detection device 31 detects a breakge in theyarn 3, as is shown in the block diagram in Figure 4, a yarn breakge signal is transmitted to acontrol section 32 incorporating a microcomputer, and thesolenoid valve 29 is opened via thecontrol section 32 to supply compressed air to the compressedair supply pipe 28 disposed above theyarn 3 being guided by theyarn guides 27. Consequently, compressed air is injected downward from theair injection holes 28a in the compressedair supply pipe 28 to separate theyarn 3 being guided in such a way as to keep in contact with the bottom surfaces of theyarn guides 27, and the yarn falls through the yarn insertion opening 26a of theheating space 26. - In addition, when the yarn
breakge detection device 31 detects a breakge in theyarn 3, atimer 33 is operated for a predetermined amount of time via thecontrol section 32. When the time expires, thesolenoid valve 29 is closed to stop supplying compressed air to the compressedair supply pipe 28. The amount of time during which compressed air is supplied to the compressedair supply pipe 28 under the control of thetimer 33 may be, for example, 0.1 to 0.5 seconds. Theyarn 3 instantaneously separates from the yarn guides 27 due to the injection of compressed air through the air injection holes 28a and falls through theyarn insertion opening 26a of theheating space 26 due to its weight and despite the stoppage of the injection of compressed air through theair injection holes 28a. - According to the embodiment shown in Figure 5, instead of disposing the compressed
air supply pipe 28 in the space section formed between the yarn guides 27 and the horizontalheat insulating member 19, an appropriate number ofvertical pipes 34 penetrating the outer circumferentialheat insulating member 23 and the horizontalheat insulating member 19 are disposed in this space along the longitudinal direction of the first heater device H1 so that the tips of thepipes 34 are located above theyarn 3 being guided so as to keep it in contact with the bottom surfaces of the yarn guides 27. The upper ends of thevertical pipes 34 are connected together by ahorizontal pipe 35 connected to a compressed air supply source (not shown in the drawings) via thesolenoid valve 29, as in the above embodiment. The description of the operation of this embodiment is omitted as it is the same as in that described in the above embodiment. - Although the above embodiments have shown examples in which the yarn
breakge detection device 31 is disposed between the first heater device H1 and the cooling plate 8, the position of the yarnbreakge detection device 31 is not limited to the position between the first heater device H1 and the cooling plate 8 but the yarnbreakge detection device 31 may be disposed in any appropriate position. If, however, theyarn 3 is broken between thefirst feed roller 5 and thesecond feed roller 11, thebroken yarn 3 located at thefirst feed roller 11 side will stop within the first heater device H1 and will melt and stick to the yarn guides 27. Accordingly, it is recommended that the yarnbreakge detection device 31 is provided between thefirst feed roller 5 and thesecond feed roller 11 so that compressed air is instantaneously injected through the air injection holes 28a to separate theyarn 3 from the yarn guides 27 if theyarn 3 is broken between thefirst feed roller 5 and thesecond feed roller 11. Even if theyarn 3 is broken at a position other than the one between thefirst feed roller 5 and thesecond feed roller 11, since theyarn 3 continues to move between thefirst feed roller 5 and thesecond feed roller 11, thesecond feed roller 11 allows theyarn 3 to travel continuously. As a result, operations continue thereby preventing thebroken yarn 3 from stopping within the first heater device H1, so thebroken yarn 3 is unlikely to be melted and stick to the yarn guides 27. - In addition, if the
yarn 3 is broken between theappropriate guides 6 and 7 disposed on the yarn input side of the first heater device H1, theyarn 3 within the first heater device H1 is drawn out by thesecond feed roller 11 and is not melted. However, if the yarn is broken between an outlet of the first beater device H1 and thesecond feed roller 11, theyarn 3 will remain within the first heater device H1 and my be melted and stick to the yarn guides 27. Accordingly, it is recommended that the yarnbreakge detection device 31 is provided between the outlet of the first heater device H1 and thesecond feed roller 11. - The above embodiments have shown examples in which when the
yarn 3 is broken, compressed air is injected against theyarn 3 located within theheating space 26 of the first heater device H1. However, instead of injecting compressed air against theyarn 3 located within theheating space 26 of the first heater device H1, the compressedair supply pipes 28 with theair injection holes 28a drilled therein my be disposed near the inlet and outlet of the first heater device H1 so that compressed air is injected to separate theyarn 3 located near the inlet or outlet of the first heater device H1 to separate theyarn 3 from the yarn guides 27. If a plurality ofheating spaces 26 are formed in the first heater device H1 and a plurality ofyarns 3 are inserted and passed through the first heater H1 as in this embodiment and when one of theyarns 3 is broken and compressed air is injected against thebroken yarn 3 near the inlet or outlet of the first heater device H1, the compressed air is injected against theunbroken yarn 3, thereby adversely affecting the heat treatment for theunbroken yarn 3. Thus, if the plurality ofyarns 3 are inserted and passed through the first heater device H1, compressed air is preferably injected against theyarn 3 located within theheating space 26 of the first heater device H1. In addition, depending on the location of the air piping, an air suction force can be used to separate theyarn 3 from the yarn guides 27. For example, a suction pipe that is open toward a yarn guide can be placed on the yarn input side of the heater body so that a signal from the yarn breakge detection device can operate the valve to instantaneously suck out the yarn retaining within the heating space. - As described above, the device has disposed therein the means for injecting compressed air in the direction in which the
yarn 3 is separated from the yarn guides 27, theyarn 3 can be instantaneously separated from the yarn guides so as not to melt and become stick to the yarn guides 27. - Since the
yarn 3 is instantaneously separated frown the yarn guides 27 when theyarn 3 is broken, it is prevented from being melted and stick to the yarn guides 27, thereby enabling the temperature of the first heater device H1 to be arbitrarily set without the need to pay attention to the possible melting and sticking of theyarn 3 to the yarn guides 27. - The
yarn 3 can be prevented from melting and sticking to the yarn guides 27 by using the simple system in which the yarn guides each incorporate a heating coil and which has disposed therein the means for instantaneously separating theyarn 3 from the yarn guides 27 when theyarn 3 is broken, rather than a complicated process for burning and carbonizing the melted and stuck yarn. - Since the means for injecting compressed air is disposed in the
heating space 26, if the plurality ofyarns 3 are inserted and passed through the first heater device H1, theunbroken yarn 3 is precluded from being adversely affected. - Since the yarn
breakge detection device 31 is disposed between thefirst feed roller 5 and thesecond feed roller 11, when theyarn 3 breaks between thefirst feed roller 5 and thesecond feed roller 11, compressed air is immediately injected through the air injection holes 28a to instantaneously separate theyarn 3 from the yarn guides 27, thereby preventing theyarn 3 from melting and sticking to the yarn guides 27. - In addition, compared to the method in which the broken yarn is drawn out of the first heater device by releasing the holding effect of the electromagnet when the yarn is broken, as described above, the present invention employs compressed air to instantaneously eject the
yarn 3 from the first heater device H1. - In addition, the yarn guides held by the electromagnet are disposed in the first heater device, so the yarn guides are heated and the
yarn 3 may be melted if it comes in contact with the yarn guides. - Compared to the method in which the broken yarn is drawn out of the first heater by releasing the holding effect of the electromagnet when the yarn is broken, as described above, the present invention uses the simple mechanism to eject the
yarn 3 from the first heater device H1, thereby requiring almost no adjustments or maintenance for the ejection mechanism and requiring only low-cost maintenance. - Compared to the method in which the broken yarn is drawn out out of the first heater device by releasing the holding effect of the electromagnet when the yarn is broken, as described above, requires the yarn guides to be recovered after the ejection of the yarn from the first heater device. The present invention, however, employs compressed air, thereby eliminating the need for the recovery operation and thus it has no mechanism for this operation enabling the structure to be simplified and time to be saved, thereby improving the working efficiency.
- Compared to the method in which the broken yarn is drawn out of the first heater device by releasing the holding effect of the electromagnet when the yarn is broken as described above, which requires the electromagnet to be constantly magnetized during normal operation of the draw texturing machine when there is no breakge in the yarn. Thus, this mechanism hinders energy saving. The present invention, however, employs compressed air and only requires power consumption for a short time and only if the yarn is broken, thereby saving energy. Compressed air may be stored as the air used in a false twister to thread the yarn, and no new compressed air source need be installed, thereby contributing to energy saving.
- Due to the above configuration, the present invention provides the effects described below.
- The present invention has disposed therein a means operating when a yarn is broken to inject compressed air in the direction in which the yarn is separated from the yarn guides. Thus, when a yarn is broken, the yarn can be instantaneously separated from the yarn guides and prevented from melting and sticking to the yarn guides.
- Since the means for injecting compressed air is disposed in the heating space, if the plurality of yarns are inserted and passed through the first heater device, compressed air is precluded from being injected against the unbroken yarn, thereby preventing the heat treatment of the unbroken yarn from being adversely affected.
- Since the means for injecting compressed air is disposed between the first and second feed rollers, the broken yarn can be prevented from melting and sticking to the yarn guides.
Claims (5)
- A yarn heat treatment device having yarn guides in a heating space in a heater body, characterized in that upon a yarn broken, an air flow is allowed to act on a yarn within said heating space so that the yarn is separated from said yarn guides.
- A yarn heat treatment device having yarn guides in a heating space in a heater body as in Claim 1, characterized in that the device has disposed therein a means operating upon a yarn broken to inject compressed air in the direction in which the yarn in said heating space is separated from said yarn guides.
- A yarn heat treatment device as in Claim 2, characterized in that the mans for injecting compressed air is disposed in said heating space.
- A yarn heat treatment device as in any one of Claims 1 to 3 in a draw texturing machine comprising a first feed roller, a heater body, a cooling zone, a false twisting member, a second feed roller, and a winding unit sequentially disposed therein in the direction that the yarn travels, characterized in that the means for injecting compressed air is operated by a yarn breakge detection device disposed between the first roller and the second feed roller.
- A yarn heat treatment device as in Claim 1, characterized in that a suction member for sucking in the yarn within the heating space when the yarn is broken is disposed near an opening of yarn input side of the heater body.
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