EP1724383B1 - Bringergreifer für Webmaschinen mit einer (Anti-Schlingen-)Vorrichtung zur Vermeidung von vorzeitigem Greifen des Schussfadens - Google Patents

Bringergreifer für Webmaschinen mit einer (Anti-Schlingen-)Vorrichtung zur Vermeidung von vorzeitigem Greifen des Schussfadens Download PDF

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EP1724383B1
EP1724383B1 EP05425330A EP05425330A EP1724383B1 EP 1724383 B1 EP1724383 B1 EP 1724383B1 EP 05425330 A EP05425330 A EP 05425330A EP 05425330 A EP05425330 A EP 05425330A EP 1724383 B1 EP1724383 B1 EP 1724383B1
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Roberto Lebbolo
Silvano Testa
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D47/00—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D47/00—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms
    • D03D47/12—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms wherein single picks of weft thread are inserted, i.e. with shedding between each pick
    • D03D47/20—Constructional features of the thread-engaging device on the inserters
    • D03D47/23—Thread grippers
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D47/00—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms
    • D03D47/34—Handling the weft between bulk storage and weft-inserting means

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  • the present invention refers to a carrying gripper for weaving looms, and particularly to a gripper of this type equipped with a device to avoid anticipated gripping of the weft.
  • weft thread As is well known to people skilled in the field, during weaving of the weft thread (or of the different weft threads, in the case of weaving with wefts of a different type or colour), after the weft thread is inserted and beaten by the reed against the fabric, said weft thread is not cut off from the same fabric, but remains joined thereto until such thread is again selected by the weaving machine for a new insertion.
  • weft thread is then stretched - between the point where it is joined to the fabric (with the possible presence of a deflector if the weft threads to be woven are many and hence some wefts remain inactive for many successive loom strokes) and the corresponding weft feeder - according to an oblique line which crosses the insertion path of the carrying gripper, in order to be gripped by said gripper and then conveyed through the shed.
  • a cutting device intervenes which cuts off the weft thread end still joined to the fabric, thereby allowing correct insertion of such thread into the shed.
  • the exact instant when weft thread cutting is performed must therefore be adjusted with extreme precision; as a matter of fact, it is necessary for the cut to occur at the exact time when the weft thread has been gripped enough by the elastic gripping means of the carrying gripper so as to prevent it from slipping off the gripper in the first half of the shed, but not so much as to impair weft exchange with the drawing gripper in the middle of the shed.
  • the Applicant could finally ascertain that one of the main causes determining the gripping defects discussed above consists in the occasional irregular pattern of the weft thread in the cutting area.
  • the weft thread portion between the gripper and the fabric - i.e. precisely the portion wherein weft thread cutting later occurs before insertion of said thread into the shed - upon contact with the gripper does not always stay well taut along the oblique line as it had originally arranged itself, particularly when the weft is thin, but it is subject to the formation of randomly shaped and positioned loops.
  • gripping if cutting occurs before the desired time, gripping has an insufficient retention strength and the weft thread may be lost by the carrying gripper before such gripper arrives at the weft exchange area. If, on the contrary, cutting occurs after the theoretically-calculated ideal instant, gripping carries on with excessive wedging of the weft thread, so as to determine a thread retention strength which exceeds its own tensile strength and hence its breakage at the time of exchange with the drawing gripper.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a gripper of the above-mentioned type, which allows to handle simultaneously both thin and thicker wefts, thereby eliminating the need to change gripper upon variation of the woven item and also allowing the weaving of items having varying wefts.
  • a carrying gripper for weaving looms of the type wherein behind the gripper tip head a channel is formed for weft thread insertion into an inner area of the gripper and towards the elastic weft gripping means, said channel lying on a substantially vertical plane parallel to the direction of the waiting weft threads, the inlet of said elastic gripping means being arranged on the bottom of said channel and immediately downstream thereof, characterised in that it further comprises a weft thread deflector arranged sideways of said inlet of the elastic gripping means and on the opposite side in respect of the weft thread end joined to the fabric being woven, said deflector being apt to delay weft thread entry into said gripping means.
  • the weft thread deflector which makes up the anti-loop device of the present invention has been advantageously associated with a mobile device defining the back wall of the weft thread entry channel, which device was previously developed by the same Applicant ( EP-A-1256644 ).
  • Such device has various functions, in addition to that of forming the weft thread entry channel, and particularly of allowing channel width adjustment so as to allow to use the same gripper with threads having a different count; to hinder the further sliding of the weft thread on the back of the gripper, at the end of the sliding action on the gripper tip head, thereby preventing any problem of missed weft thread gripping inside the gripper; and finally of reducing the risk of warp yarns becoming entangled on the body of the gripper when sliding on the gripper back.
  • the structure of such device will be briefly recalled in the following to facilitate understanding of the later description of the anti-loop device which is the subject of the invention.
  • the known device defining the back wall of the weft thread entry channel is clearly illustrated in the drawings and particularly in figs. 2 and 3 . It consists of an elongated metallic element 1, fitted to a side wall of the gripper body by screws 2 which cooperate with eyelets 3 formed on a rear portion 1p of element 1, substantially planar and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the gripper.
  • the major axis of eyelets 3 is also parallel to the longitudinal axis of the gripper, so that, by loosening screws 2, it is possible to move element 1 parallel to said longitudinal axis of the gripper by a distance indeed equal to the length of eyelets 3.
  • the front portion la of element 1, itself planar, is angled to the rear portion 1p, so as to be parallel to the rear edge 4p of gripper tip head 4.
  • a constant-width channel 5 is formed, which lies on a substantially vertical plane and is inclined in respect of the longitudinal axis of the gripper, so as to be parallel to the waiting weft thread.
  • the anti-loop device of the present invention consists of a weft thread deflector 6, which develops longitudinally at the bottom of weft thread entry channel 5, starting from an area in the proximity of the inlet 7 of elastic weft thread gripping means 8, 9 and towards the rear part of the gripper.
  • deflector 6 is arranged so that the weft thread starts resting on the surface thereof as soon as it arrives at the bottom of entry channel 5 and comes near gripping means inlet 7.
  • the resting of the weft thread on deflector 6 delays the entry of said thread in the gripping means and hence still allows modest sliding of the thread on inlet 7 during the further gripper advancement, so as to allow the weft thread to be perfectly taut, with no loop formation, and adequately retained within gripping means 8, 9 when it meets the cutting means.
  • deflector 6 is formed integrally with device 1 defining the rear wall of the weft entry channel, of which it makes up a side extension.
  • the end part of such extension which indeed makes up the resting surface of the weft thread sliding on the same, is inclined sideways and downwards, as is clearly visible in the cross-section of fig. 4 , by an angle between 0 and 90° and preferably between 50 and 80°.
  • Deflector 6 further has a wide radiussing area at the front connecting it with the front portion la of device 1, so as to offer continuous and steady support to the weft thread.
  • the extent of the support imparted by deflector 6 to the weft thread and consequently the extent of the delay with which said weft thread is inserted in gripping means 8, 9 can hence be modulated at pleasure by simply varying the inclination of the deflector to the vertical plane - the delay being null when the angle is 0° and being greatest when the angle is 90°, i.e. the resting surface of the deflector is substantially horizontal - and further making the connection between portion la of device 1 and deflector 6 more or less smooth.
  • deflector 6 develops longitudinally at the bottom of weft thread entry channel 5. More precisely, the free lower edge of deflector 6 - i.e. the edge from which the weft thread frees itself at the end of the "resting" action on the deflector - must be exactly at the height of inlet 7 of elastic gripping means 8, 9 of the weft thread.
  • deflector 6 integrally with device 1, the remarkable advantage is obtained that when device 1 is moved in order to vary the width of weft thread entry channel 5, anti-loop device 6 is consequently also moved in a way perfectly suited to its function.
  • elastic gripping means 8, 9 are fixed, it is obvious that when device 1 is moved back in order to weave with higher-count threads, the front edge of deflector 6 also moves arranging itself in a position closer to inlet 7 of the gripping means and hence the "resting" effect of the weft thread shows later and to a limited extent.
  • this corresponds exactly to the gripping requirements of a higher-count weft thread which must be fastened to the gripper by a tighter gripping action; in this case it is hence correct for the delayed action of the anti-loop device to be weaker.
  • deflector 6 integrally with device 1, which defines the rear wall of weft thread entry channel 5
  • device 1 which defines the rear wall of weft thread entry channel 5

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  1. Ein Traggreifer für Webmaschine von derart, bei der hinter der Greiferspitze (4) ein Kanal (5) zum Schussfadeneintrag in den inneren Bereich des Greifers und in Richtung auf das nachgiebige Schussfadengreifermittel (8, 9) ausgebildet ist, wobei der Kanal auf einer im wesentlichen vertikalen Ebene parallel zu der Richtung der wartenden Schussfäden liegt, der Einlass (7) des elastischen Greifermittels an dem Boden des Kanals (5) und unmittelbar stromabwärts von diesem angeordnet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er weiter einen Schussfadendeflektor (6) aufweist, der seitlich dem Einlass (7) des elastischen Greifermittels (8, 9) und auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite bezüglich des Schussfadens und mit dem gerade gewebten Tuch verbunden ist, wobei der Deflektor (6) dazu in der Lage ist, den Schussfadeneintrag in das Greifermittel (8, 9) zu verzögern.
  2. Der Schussfadengreifer für Webmaschinen nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Deflektor (6) aus einem Element besteht, das an dem Greifer befestigt ist oder einstückig mit diesem ausgebildet ist, das sich in der Längsrichtung des Greifers entwickelt und eine Auflagefläche für den Schussfaden bildet.
  3. Der Schussfadengreifer für Webmaschinen nach Anspruch 2, wobei die Schussfadenauflagefläche, die an dem Deflektor (6) ausgebildet ist, von der vorderen zu der rückwärtigen Wand des Schussfadeneintragkanals (5) gekrümmt ist.
  4. Der Schussfadengreifer für Webmaschinen nach Anspruch 2, wobei die auf dem Deflektor (6) ausgebildete Schussfadenauflagefläche eine Neigung zu der vertikalen Ebene zwischen 0° und 90° hat.
  5. Der Schussfadengreifer für Webmaschinen nach Anspruch 2, wobei die auf dem Deflektor (6) ausgebildete Schussfadenruhefläche eine Neigung zu der vertikalen Ebene zwischen 50° und 80° hat.
  6. Der Schussfadengreifer für Webmaschinen nach Anspruch 2, wobei die freie untere Kante des Deflektors (6) auf derselben Höhe wie der Einlass (7) zu dem nachgiebigen Schussfadengreifmittel (8, 9) angeordnet ist.
  7. Der Schussfadengreifer für Webmaschinen nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Greifer weiter eine mobile Einrichtung (1) aufweist, die eine Rückwand des Schussfadeneingangkanals (5) definiert, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Deflektor (6) einstückig mit der Einrichtung (1) ausgebildet und mit dieser beweglich ist.
EP05425330A 2005-05-17 2005-05-17 Bringergreifer für Webmaschinen mit einer (Anti-Schlingen-)Vorrichtung zur Vermeidung von vorzeitigem Greifen des Schussfadens Active EP1724383B1 (de)

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AT05425330T ATE419416T1 (de) 2005-05-17 2005-05-17 Bringergreifer für webmaschinen mit einer (anti- schlingen-)vorrichtung zur vermeidung von vorzeitigem greifen des schussfadens
DE602005012062T DE602005012062D1 (de) 2005-05-17 2005-05-17 Bringergreifer für Webmaschinen mit einer (Anti-Schlingen-)Vorrichtung zur Vermeidung von vorzeitigem Greifen des Schussfadens
ES05425330T ES2318443T3 (es) 2005-05-17 2005-05-17 Agarre del soporte para tejer con dispositivo (anti-lazo) para impedir el agarre anticipado de la trama.
EP05425330A EP1724383B1 (de) 2005-05-17 2005-05-17 Bringergreifer für Webmaschinen mit einer (Anti-Schlingen-)Vorrichtung zur Vermeidung von vorzeitigem Greifen des Schussfadens
US11/345,377 US20060260709A1 (en) 2005-05-17 2006-02-02 Carrying gripper for weaving looms with (anti-loop) device to avoid anticipated weft gripping
TW095105654A TWI350864B (en) 2005-05-17 2006-02-20 Carrying gripper for weaving looms
CN2006100682561A CN1865562B (zh) 2005-05-17 2006-03-22 用于织机的带有防止环形成装置的运载夹纱器
KR1020060043622A KR20060119770A (ko) 2005-05-17 2006-05-16 예상되는 위사 파지를 피하기 위한 (비루프) 장치를구비하는 직기용 운반 그리퍼

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