Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D03—WEAVING
  • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
  • D03D51/00—Driving, starting, or stopping arrangements; Automatic stop motions
  • D03D51/02—General arrangements of driving mechanism

Definitions

• the invention relates to a drive for a loom with a driven by a main drive motor ratchet, which is axially displaceable between at least two switching positions, which is in a first Wegstel ⁇ ment in driving connection with two groups of elements to be driven and in a second switching position of one of Group is separatedmilatrei ⁇ bender elements, and with an active when disconnecting the Antriebsver ⁇ binding to the one group device that holds the separated of the ratchet group of elements to be driven in a definier ⁇ th position.
• a drive of the type mentioned is known from EP 0726345 A1. It has a main drive shaft mounted in the machine frame, which is driven by means of a drive motor via transmission elements, for example a drive Rie ⁇ .
• the main drive shaft is provided with an axially ver ⁇ pushable ratchet that engages in a first position both in a first gear for at least the drive of a sley and in a second gear for at least the drive of shedding means ein ⁇ . In the second switching position, it engages only in one of the two Zahnrä ⁇ a.
• the ratchet wheel and the main drive shaft are rotatably connected by means of a Verzah ⁇ voltage with each other, so that the axially movable ratchet is free of play in the main drive shaft in connection.
• a spiel ⁇ free connection in the direction of rotation is required in order to change the drive torque to be transmitted in the positive and negative directions.
• a switchable clutch and / or a switchable brake can be integrated.
• the first toothed wheel can also drive a drive for the grippers in addition to the sley.
• the ratchet wheel engages in both gears.
• shot search search of a broken weft thread
• the ratchet engages only in the gear one that drives the shedding means.
• slow operation and in the shot search of the drive motor is driven with a reduced compared to the normal weaving speed.
• a special crawler motor can be provided for the slow operation and the shot search.
• a device When separating the drive connection to one of the groups, a device is activated which engages with a mandrel in a receptacle of the gear wheel which is separated from the switching wheel and which belonged to the group of elements whose drive connection is interrupted.
• the An ⁇ drive connection can thus only be separated when facing the mandrel and the recess of this drive gear.
• the object of the invention is to improve a drive of the type mentioned in the introduction, in particular for the search for shots.
• the device has a toothed element engaging in a toothed wheel of the group of elements to be driven that is separated from the indexing wheel.
• the embodiment of the drive according to the invention has the advantage that the drive connection between the ratchet wheel and a group of the elements to be attached can be interrupted in a large number of positions, wherein the multiplicity of these positions is determined, inter alia, by the number of teeth of the relevant toothed wheel, in which engages the Zahnele ⁇ ment. This makes it possible to interrupt the drive connection in almost any position of the ratchet wheel. Such a drive is also compact and space-saving.
• the toothed element of the device is associated with a drive gear, which is in the first Heidelberg ⁇ position of the ratchet wheel with the ratchet engaged.
• the group of driven by this drive gear elements can be fixed in a variety of position.
• the toothed element of the device is in the second switching position of the switching wheel in engagement with the teeth of the drive wheel group to be driven elements in the ers ⁇ th switching wheel position with the ratchet engaged and in the second Weg ⁇ position outside engagement.
• the device with the toothed element can be arranged at the height of the ratchet wheel.
• the number of Stel ⁇ lungs, in which the drive connection can be separated is determined by the number of teeth of the drive wheel.
• This embodiment allows a particularly compact structure.
• the drive wheel, with which the ratchet wheel can be engaged is held directly, which is advantageous for a re-engagement of drive wheel and ratchet wheel.
• the device has at least one toothed segment, which is assigned to the teeth of a toothed wheel of a group of the elements to be driven.
• the relevant toothed wheel can be articulated and fixed in certain angular positions.
• the teeth of the toothed segment are expediently chosen as a function of the teeth of the toothed wheel, so that a correct engagement is achieved.
• the device includes a toothed element in the form of a toothed wheel. If this gear is not rotatably mounted, it can fix the relevant group to be driven elements in predetermined Win ⁇ kel tooen.
• the gear is connected to an auxiliary drive, which is associated with a control, with the separated of the ratchet group of elements to be driven before restoring the drive connection with the ratchet in one adapted to the position of the other group Position can be brought.
• the restoration of the drive connection can then take place without the group whose drive connection to the ratchet wheel was not interrupted changing its position.
• the drive includes an adjusting device to at least the toothed element according to the invention and preferably the Wenn ⁇ wheel together with the toothed element in the axial direction of the switching wheel between the first switching position and the second switching position to ver ⁇ push.
• the switching wheel is assigned a driven by the main drive motor drive wheel that is in both the first switching position and in the second switching position with the ratchet engaged.
• vor ⁇ seen that the ratchet wheel is connected directly to the engine motor of the Hauptantriebsmo ⁇ sector.
• FIG. 1 shows a simplified, perspective view of a drive according to the invention for a weaving machine in a first switching position of the switching wheel
• FIG. 3 shows a partially sectioned view of an embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1 in the first switching position
• FIG. 4 shows a view corresponding to FIG. 3 in the second switching position
• FIG. 5 shows an axial view of the embodiment according to FIG. 1
• FIG. 6 shows a view similar to FIG. 5 of a modified embodiment
• FIG. 7 shows a view similar to FIG. 3 with a ratchet wheel driven directly by a main drive motor
• Figure 8 - 10 views similar to Figure 3 of further modified Aust ⁇ insurance forms.
• a main drive shaft 2 is mounted in a machine frame 1 by means of roller bearings 3, 4.
• a ratchet wheel 5 is arranged, which is driven by means of a drive wheel 6 and serving as a main drive motor 7 electric motor.
• the ratchet 5 may be integral with the Haupt ⁇ drive shaft or mounted on this.
• the ratchet wheel 5 engages in an axially directed teeth having drive wheel 9, which is connected by means of a shaft 10 with one or more driven E- elements 11.
• the driven elements 11 are, for example, tray drive elements which consist of a dobby, an eccentric machine, a jacquard machine or another device for forming webs.
• the driven elements 11 may also be other devices, such as edging devices or a device for positively moving a coating tree.
• the ratchet wheel 5 is also with an axially directed teeth having drive wheel 12 into engagement, which is connected by means of a shaft 13 with further driven elements 14.
• These an ⁇ driven elements 14 are, for example, the drive means for a sley and - in a rapier loom - the Antriebseinrichtun ⁇ conditions for grippers or gripper bands.
• the driven elements 14 can also be other devices, for example edge inserters, a device for driving the tissue winding or a device for driving the waste rewinding.
• the main drive shaft 2 and the shafts 10 and 13 are arranged parallel to each other.
• the diameter of the ratchet wheel 5 is smaller than the diameter of the drive wheels 9 and 12.
• the diameter of the drive wheel 6 is smaller than the diameter of the ratchet wheel 5.
• the design has been made such that the drive wheels 9 and 12 execute one revolution per weft insertion.
• the weaving machine is ben when weaving from the main drive shaft 2 ben.
• the ratchet wheel 5 engages in both drive wheels 9 and 12, so that these drive wheels 9 and 12 are driven by the main shaft 2 via the ratchet wheel 5.
• zwi ⁇ tween the ratchet 5 via the drive wheel 9 a drive connection to a first group to be driven elements 11 and the drive wheel 12 a drive connection to a second group to be driven Elemen ⁇ te 14th
• the main drive shaft 2 is brought together with the ratchet 5 by an axial sliding in the second switching position, the is shown in Figure 2.
• the ratchet wheel 5 continues to engage the drive wheel 9, so that the drive connection to the elements 11 to be driven remains.
• the ratchet wheel 5 is separated from the An ⁇ drive wheel 12, so that the drive connection is interrupted to the driving elements 14 to be driven.
• the adjusting device 8 has a holder 16 which is connected to the Hauptan- drive shaft 2 acts together.
• the holder 16 is driven by means of a piston 17 which is arranged in a cylinder 18.
• the cylinder 18 is connected to a hydraulic or compressed air supply 19, for example, to a hydraulic supply which corresponds to that which has been explained in EP 0 726 354 A1 or in EP 0 953 073 A1.
• the holder 16 is moved hydraulically or pneumatically to the main drive shaft 2.
• a return spring 20 is provided in the exemplary embodiment.
• the adjusting device has a piston-cylinder unit for each movement direction, so that no restoring spring is required.
• the teeth of the toothing of the ratchet wheel 5 are preferably in the range of their directed to the drive wheel 12 Stirneneden 21 touched on the one hand to facilitate the engagement of the ratchet wheel 5 in the drive wheel 12 and on the other hand optionally the drive wheel 12 during insertion of the ratchet wheel 5 something to twist.
• the drive according to the invention also includes a device 15 for fixing the first group of the elements to be attached 12, 13 and 14 in the second switching position, when the drive connection to the switching wheel 5 is disconnected, in a defined position. The device 15 engages with a gear 22 in the second position of the ratchet wheel 5 in the teeth of the drive wheel 12 that belongs to this group of elements to be driven.
• the device 15 has a toothed wheel 22 which can engage in the teeth of the drive wheel 12 and which is mounted on the already mentioned holder 16.
• the gear 22 is also displaced by means of the adjusting device 8, which acts on the holder 16, together with the ratchet wheel 5 in the axial direction between the first position and the second position.
• the sliding drive takes place in one direction by means of the piston 17 and in the other direction by means of the return spring 20.
• the Teeth of the gear 22 and / or these areas facing the teeth of the drive wheel 12 touched.
• the arrangement of the gear 22 on the holder 16 and thus the orientation in the axial direction to the Wenn ⁇ wheel 5 is chosen so that the teeth of the gear 22 already engage in the teeth of the drive wheel 12 before the ratchet wheel 5 is completely off the drive wheel 12 has separated, ie before the ratchet 5 has reached the second Heidelbergstel ⁇ ment of Figure 2. In this way it is ensured that the drive wheel 12 is already fixed by means of the gear 22 when the ratchet wheel 5 and the drive wheel 12 are disconnected.
• the main drive motor 7 is a preferably with respect to speed and / or angular position and / or drive torque and / or direction of rotation controllable electric motor.
• the control is carried out via a control unit 24, the start and stop of the loom, crawl or movement for the shot search and the separation between ratchet 5 and drive wheel 12 in a ge desired angle position and the re-engagement of the two determined in a desired angular position.
• the main drive motor 7 is preferably a switchable reluctance motor which has the advantage that it can be electrically braked in certain positions. Under certain circumstances, a switchable brake can also be installed in the main drive motor 7, which is switched on when the main drive motor 7 is to be stopped in a certain angular position. Such a brake is preferably transferred by springs in the braked state and released by electromagnetic forces. In this way, the loom can be maintained in the case of a power failure in the braked state.
• the drive includes an angle encoder 23.
• This angle sensor 23 is in the illustrated embodiment me ⁇ chanically associated with the shaft 10 of the drive wheel 9. It is connected to the control unit 24. With this angle encoder 23, the angular position of the drive wheel 9 and thus also the angular position of the drive gear 2, which is constantly in communication with the main drive shaft 2 via the shift gear 5, are determined. The angular position of the main drive shaft 2 is both for the engagement and separation of ratchet 5 and drive wheel 12 important as well as for the engagement and separation of gear 22 and An ⁇ drive wheel 12th
• the signals of the angle encoder 23 are set by the control unit 24 with respect to the angular position of the main drive shaft 2.
• the angular position measured by the angle transmitter 23 in this position is stored in the control unit 24 as the zero position of the main drive shaft 2.
• Each other angular position measured by the angle transmitter 23 can then be converted into the angular position of the main drive shaft 2 via the control unit 24.
• the angular positions of the main drive shaft 2 or the angular positions of the drive wheel 9 are stored in the control unit 24, in which the teeth of the gear 22 can be inserted into the teeth of the drive wheel 12, i. when the teeth and tooth gaps are in line.
• the main drive shaft 2 Before the axial displacement of the gear 22 and the ratchet wheel 5, the main drive shaft 2 is brought into an angular position in which the teeth of the gear 22 between the teeth of the drive wheel 12 can be pushed.
• the teeth of the drive wheel 12 must be so arranged during the separation of ratchet 5 and drive wheel 12 that the teeth of the gear 22 between the teeth of the drive wheel 12 can engage ein ⁇ . If the drive wheel 12, in one example, has 112 teeth, the gear 22 can be inserted into the drive wheel 12 in 112 different angular positions of the drive wheel 12. Thus, in 112 different positions a shot search is possible. Of course, not all possible angular positions need to be used. For example, other restrictions may prevent a search for a shot in certain angular positions.
• the teeth of the drive wheel 12 When re-engaging ratchet wheel 5 and drive wheel 12, the teeth of the drive wheel 12 must also be arranged so that the teeth of the ratchet wheel 5 can intervene between them.
• the Weg 5 can be brought by means of the drive motor 7 in the required position was ⁇ in which the teeth of the ratchet wheel 5 in the teeth of the drive wheel 12th can be inserted.
• the determination of the angular positions of the main drive shaft 2 by means of the angle sensor 23 and the control unit 24 is important for the controllable drive motor 7 as feedback for controlling the angular position and / or the rotational speed and / or the drive torque of this drive motor 7.
• a control device may be associated with the drive wheel 12 to monitor whether or not it is engaged at the desired angular position.
• a non-contact End ⁇ switch 25 are assigned, which monitors whether the gear 22 engages the drive wheel 12 when the gear 22 is in the position shown in FIG.
• a non-contact limit switch 25 may also be assigned to the toothed wheel 22 or the holder 16.
• the signal of the non-contact limit switch 25, which indicates that the gear 22 is in the correct position can be used to release the start of the shot search and / or to prevent the control unit 24 from operating the weaving machine with normal action speed starts. If the gearwheel 22 or the ratchet wheel 5 are in the position according to FIG. 1, then the signal given by the limit switch 25 can be used to release the start of the weaving machine at normal speed by means of the control unit 24.
• the adjusting device 8 is controlled so that the ratchet wheel 5 is displaced into the switching position according to FIG. 2, in which the ratchet wheel 5 is separated from the drive wheel 12 and thus at least from the drive of the sley is.
• the drive connection to the drive wheel 9 and thus to drive the shed forming means remains.
• the gear 22 engages the drive wheel 12, so that the drive wheel 12 is fixed in a position which is predetermined by means of the gear 22.
• the control unit 24 operates the drive motor so that the shot search is performed at a reduced speed. Da ⁇ in the drive wheel 9 is driven until a weft thread has been exposed by the shedding means.
• the drive motor 7 is driven again in such a way that the main drive shaft 2 is again in an ner predetermined position on the angle encoder 23, for example, in the angular position in which the main drive shaft 2 was before performing the gun search.
• the ratchet wheel 5 is again brought into engagement with the drive wheel 12 and the gear wheel 22 is separated from the drive wheel 12 by the ratchet wheel 5 being returned axially by means of the adjusting device 8 to the switching position shown in FIG.
• a different angular position can also be specified for the re-engagement by the control unit 24. Then the normal web process can be started again.
• the holder 16 of the device 15 is not provided with a complete gear 22, but only with ei ⁇ NEM gear segment 26 which is designed as part of a gear. This toothed segment 26 engages in accordance with the gear 22 in the teeth of the An ⁇ drive wheel 12 a.
• the device is provided only with a gear element that forms only a single tooth, which engages between two teeth of the drive wheel 12.
• the main drive shaft 2 which has the ratchet wheel 5 and is supported by bearings 3 and 4 in the machine frame 1, the motor shaft of a drive motor 7.
• the main drive shaft 2 is designed and an ⁇ according to the description of EP 0953073 A1 orderly.
• the description of EP 0953073 A1 serves as part of the present patent application.
• the ratchet wheel 5 is driven directly by the main drive motor 7.
• the device 15 includes a drive 27 for the gear 22.
• This drive 27 includes a drive motor 28 which is mounted on the holder 16 and which can be switched by means of the control unit 24.
• the drive motor 28 may be, for example, a hydraulic motor or a stepping motor. In this embodiment, it is possible to drive the drive wheel 12 and thus the associated group to drive the elements 14, while they from the ratchet wheel 5 and the main drive shaft 2 are separated.
• a separate adjusting device 8 for moving the ratchet wheel 5 and a separate actuator 30 for the displacement of the gear 22 is provided.
• the two Stellvorrichtun ⁇ gen 8, 30 are substantially the same design and have a piston 17, a cylinder 18 and a return spring 31.
• the reset of the actuator 30 is carried out exclusively with the help of the return spring 31.
• the adjusting devices 8, 30 are preferably controlled in that the gear 22 engages the drive wheel 12 before the ratchet wheel 5 and the drive wheel 12 are completely separated.
• the control is performed so that the gear 22 is only separated from the drive wheel 12 after the ratchet wheel 5 is again in engagement with the drive wheel 12.
• the gear 22 thus engages not only in the drive wheel 12, when the ratchet wheel 5 is in the second switching position, but already when the ratchet wheel 5 is still in the first switching position.
• the ratchet wheel 5 is rotatably mounted on an axis 2 ', although slidably but not rotatably in Axial ⁇ guides 32, 33 is mounted.
• the gear 22 is rotatably mounted on the axis 2 'and axially displaceable with this axis 2'.
• the gear wheel 22 engages a toothed wheel connected to the shaft 13 in a rotationally fixed manner 34.
• the gear 22 thus ensures the rotation angle position of the shaft 13 and thus of the elements to be driven 14 in an embodiment in the modified embodiment, that the toothed wheel 22 engages in a gear that does not like the gear 34 on the Shaft 13 is arranged rotationally fixed, but is non-rotatably connected via a gear stage with the drive wheel 12.
• the shaft 2 or axle 2 ' according to the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 10 is guided so as to be non-rotatably fixed in the axial guides 32, 33, however.
• the ratchet 5 is rotatably mounted on the axle 2 'by means of bearings, not shown.
• a gear 22 is fixedly arranged on the axle 2 '.
• the invention is not limited to the illustrated and describedssens ⁇ examples. In particular, combinations between the exemplary embodiments are possible.

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