US3246091A - Electric contact bar for thread stop motions - Google Patents

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US3246091A
US3246091A US282615A US28261563A US3246091A US 3246091 A US3246091 A US 3246091A US 282615 A US282615 A US 282615A US 28261563 A US28261563 A US 28261563A US 3246091 A US3246091 A US 3246091A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H35/00—Switches operated by change of a physical condition
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D51/00—Driving, starting, or stopping arrangements; Automatic stop motions
    • D03D51/18—Automatic stop motions
    • D03D51/20—Warp stop motions
    • D03D51/28—Warp stop motions electrical

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  • the invention relates to an electric contact bar for broken thread stop motions of weaving looms, warpers-, sectional warping, knit-ting machines and the like, which stops the machine by closing an electric circuit when a thread has broken.
  • drop wire is riding on each of the threads to be controlled, and drops when the thread breaks or becomes excessively slack.
  • the drop wires are riders made of strip steel or similar material and above and/ or below the eyelet or slot through which the thread is to pass, they are provided with a slot through which a contact bar runs.
  • the latter consists of two live bans insulated from each other and connected with the opposite poles of an electric control circuit, the drop wires riding on the threads touching one only of the two live bars. If a thread breaks, the drop wire falls and in its final position touches both live bars simultaneously, thus closing the electric control circuit.
  • Known contact bars consist of a U-profile outer bar in which a fiat inner live bar is embedded with insulating material interposed, the inner live bar protruding over the outer one.
  • the upper end of the drop wire slot for the contact bar is chamfered at one side so that the fallen drop wire, which rests on the inner live bar, is shifted laterally against one side of the outer live bar.
  • this drop wire Owing to the upper end of its contact slot being chamfered at one side this drop wire is asymmetrical, which excludes it from being used on known automatic machines for drawing-in the warp through the. thread eyelet.
  • the drop wires to be used on such machines must have their head chamfered at one side so they can be presented to the drawing-in machine with their heads alternately chamfered on the right and left.
  • the drop wires hang on an auxiliary rod running through the contact slot and should form a row which is not wider than the individual drop wire itself. This requirement cannot be met by drop wires, the top end of the contact slot of which is chamfered on one side, since their longitudinal axis is always offset [from the vertical axis of the auxiliary rod.
  • the protruding edge of the inner live bar of the aforesaid contact bar may be serrated. By moving the contact bar to-and-fro, the. fallen drop wire is caught in the serration and dragged along.
  • Another type of contact bars consists of two vertical live bars, the outer one being bent hooklike on .the top and bottom, partly reaching over the inner bar, with an insulating strip intenposed. At least the outer C-profile live bar is provided with a longitudinal rib in the middle.
  • the respective drop wires are provided in the upper pant of their contact slot with two projections pointing inwards, opposite each other. If, when a warp end breaks, a drop wire falls, the same is moved laterally by the cooperation of one of the said projections in the contact slot with the longitudinal rib of the outer C-profile bar, whilst the other projection is drawn towards the inner live bar, thus short-circuiting the two live bars with one an other.
  • this known contact bar cannot be furnished with a reliable thread breakage indicator to mark the fallen drop wire.
  • the drop wire is symmetrical and is therefore suited [for automatic drawing in.
  • the pasage between the two projections in the contact slot must be at least of the same width as the contact bar.
  • the contact slot is to be of the same width, a narrower slot between the projections results, which calls for thinner and less sturdy contact bars, or otherwise the contact slot must be wider than normal. Consequently the drop wire, in order to have the same torsional strength, has to be manufactured of wider and consequently more expensive strip steel.
  • the drop wire riding on the thread can be pulled forward in the running direction of the thread since the contact slot must have more play compared with the thickness of the contact bar.
  • a further known type of contact bar also consists of an outer live. bar into which an inner flat live bar is inserted in a vertical position, with insulating material interposed.
  • the upper end of the outer live bar is strongly chamfered so that its upper edge reaches approximately the same height as the inner live bar.
  • the inner bar is laterally offset with respect to the vertical axis of the outer bar.
  • the associated drop wire has a wedge-shaped projection pointing towards the contact bar.
  • this projection wedges itself between the inner bar and the upper edge of the outer live bar and thus closes the circuit.
  • this contact bar Owing to the asymmetrical positioning of the inner live bar this contact bar is com-aparatively thick and necessitates a wider contact slot of the drop wire.
  • Such contact bars cannot be fitted with a thread breakage indicator.
  • the projection in the upper end of the contact slot pointing downwards can get entangled with the heads of neighbouring drop wires and makes it difficult to thread them on auxiliary rods.
  • fluff and fly can gather and prevent proper contact.
  • the invention has the primary object of providing an electric contact bar for thread stop motions which overcomes the disadvantages of the known types without abandoning their advantages.
  • an electric contact bar for thread stop motions comprising in combination: a U-profile outer live bar, an inner live bar arranged within the U-profile of said outer live bar insulated from the latter, and a toothing arranged on top of said inner live bar, said outer live bar having shanks of different length the longer one reaching at least to the lowest level of the bottom of said toothing of said inner live bar.
  • FIG. 1 shows part of a contact bar in perspective with a drop wire riding on a tight thread.
  • FEG. 2 is a cross-section on the line 11-11 of FIG. 1 on a larger scale through the contact bar with fallen drop wire.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-section through another type of contact bar with fallen drop wire.
  • the embodiment of the contact bar 1 according to the invention consists in a conventional U-profile outer live bar 2 with the two shanks 2a and 2b, an inner flat live bar 3 and an insulating strip 4 separating the two live bars.
  • the upper edge of the inner live bar has a transverse toothing 5 with oblique bottom 6.
  • the upper end of one shank 2a of the U-profile live bar is extended at least to the lowest level of the oblique bottom of the tooth 6.
  • a drop wire 7 is placed onto the contact bar 1.
  • An eyelet 9 with the drawn-in thread 10, on which the drop wire is riding (FIG. 1), is situated below the contact slot 8. in 11 is position the contact slot 8 can touch the outer live bar 2 only.
  • FIG. 2 shows the contact bar in cross-section on line IIH of FIG. 1, but with a broken thread 1%.
  • the drop wire 7 rests with the upper angular end of the contact slot 8 on the two live bars of the contact bar 1.
  • one of the angular edges 8a rests on the upper outer edge of the longer shank 2a of the outer live bar 2.
  • the other angular edge 8b rests on the opposite upper edge of the inner live bar 3.
  • the two live bars are short-circuited with one another and the machine is brought to a standstill.
  • the slanted edge 8b of the drop wire gets caught by the transverse toothing of the inner live bar 3, causing the drop Wire to follow its movement and to be recognized as distinct from the drop wires which have not fallen and have maintained their position.
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross-section of a similar type of contact bar 11.
  • the one shank 12a of the likewise U-profile live bar 12 having shanks 12a and 12b is extended over the inner live bar 13 and bent towards the centre line of the inner live bar 13.
  • the live bars are likewise separated by an insulating strip 14.
  • the associated drop wire 17 too has a contact slot 18 and an eyelet 19.
  • the upper end of the contact slot 18 also has symmetrical angular slanted edges 18:: and 18b.
  • the transverse toothing 15 of the inner live bar 13 is covered by the protruding shank 12a of the outer live bar and therefore facilitates the workers leaning on the contact bar 11.
  • the new contact bar as described herein has the advantage over the embodiments known hitherto, that one of its live bars has a toothing which by being moved to and fro makes it possible to quickly recognize the broken Warp end or the fallen drop Wire, respectively, and is suitable for drop wires with symmetrical contact slots.
  • This contact bar can be kept narrow since the vertical axis of its inner live bar co-incides with that of the contact bar and therefore is also suited for narrow 7 mm. or 8 mm. wide drop wires, which require correspondingly narrow contact slots.
  • Neither the inner nor outer live bar has any lateral longitudinal ribs, and no projections in the contact slot are necessary.
  • the contact bar For a given width of the con tact slot, which depends on the width of the drop wire, the contact bar can be kept thicker and thus more sturdy.
  • the contact slot of the drop Wire needs only be slightly wider than the contact bar and accordingly can be properly guided by the contact bar in the running direction of the thread.
  • An electric contact bar for thread stop motions comprising in combination: a U-profile outer live bar having shanks of difierent length, one of said shanks being of a greater length than the other, an inner live bar arranged between said shanks insulated from said outer live bar, and a series of spaced notches forming a toothing arranged on top of said inner live bar, the longer one of said shanks reaching a point adjacent the upper edge of said live bar and in the proximity of said toothing of said inner live bar.
  • An electric contact bar as claimed in claim 1, comprising drop wires having contact slots with inner edges slanting inwardly in a direction toward the center lines thereof.
  • an electric stop motion comprising in combination: an electric contact bar of U-shaped section having opposed shanks, one of said shanks being of a greater height than the other, an inner contact bar arranged between said shanks, insulating material between the inner contact bar and the contact bar of U-shaped section, said inner contact bar being provided along its upper edge with a series of spaced notches having susbtantially vertical wall portions connected by inclined floor portions, said floor portions being obliquely directed in a direction from one side of said inner contact bar to the upper edge thereof and a drop wire having a longitudinal slot for receiving said contact bars, said slot being of a length to permit said drop wire to be normally held out of engage-.

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US3358718A (en) * 1966-04-06 1967-12-19 Marshall John D Drop wire guide
US3907006A (en) * 1973-07-24 1975-09-23 Sulzer Ag Apparatus for indicating the breakage of warp threads in a loom
US4321951A (en) * 1979-04-25 1982-03-30 Sulzer Brothers Ltd. Warp yarn stop motion
US4522236A (en) * 1982-03-20 1985-06-11 Lindauer Dornier Gesellschaft Mbh Electrical system for monitoring warp yarns in weaving machines
US4646789A (en) * 1984-08-09 1987-03-03 Grob & Co. Aktiengesellschaft Contact bar assembly for a warp stop motion of a loom
US4838320A (en) * 1986-07-22 1989-06-13 Grob & Co. Aktiengesellschaft Contact bar for electrical warp stop motion

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US1899717A (en) * 1930-06-27 1933-02-28 Crompton & Knowles Loom Works Electrical warp stop motion
US2160776A (en) * 1938-11-09 1939-05-30 Draper Corp Electric warp stop motion
US2814088A (en) * 1956-06-06 1957-11-26 American Viscose Corp Stop motion assembly

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US1899717A (en) * 1930-06-27 1933-02-28 Crompton & Knowles Loom Works Electrical warp stop motion
US2160776A (en) * 1938-11-09 1939-05-30 Draper Corp Electric warp stop motion
US2814088A (en) * 1956-06-06 1957-11-26 American Viscose Corp Stop motion assembly

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3358718A (en) * 1966-04-06 1967-12-19 Marshall John D Drop wire guide
US3907006A (en) * 1973-07-24 1975-09-23 Sulzer Ag Apparatus for indicating the breakage of warp threads in a loom
US4321951A (en) * 1979-04-25 1982-03-30 Sulzer Brothers Ltd. Warp yarn stop motion
US4522236A (en) * 1982-03-20 1985-06-11 Lindauer Dornier Gesellschaft Mbh Electrical system for monitoring warp yarns in weaving machines
US4646789A (en) * 1984-08-09 1987-03-03 Grob & Co. Aktiengesellschaft Contact bar assembly for a warp stop motion of a loom
US4838320A (en) * 1986-07-22 1989-06-13 Grob & Co. Aktiengesellschaft Contact bar for electrical warp stop motion

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