US3317979A - Method and device for drawing warp threads from a creel to a warper - Google Patents

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' May 9, 1967 s. FURST 3,317,979

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING WARP THREADS FROM A CREEL TO A WARPER Filed March a, 1965 '7 Sheets- Sheet 1 F76. 1 FIG? J" Fr f-J L4 1% ,5 .fl rjl, L 1 I L 1 1 3 r- L 1 X L ,4 8 2 4 E.

S. FURST METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING WARP THREADS May 9, 1967 FROM A CREEL TO A WARPER 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 8, 1965 May 9, 1967 s. FURST 3,317,979

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING WARP THREADS FROM A CREEL TO A WARPER Filed March 1965 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 May 9, 1967 s. FURST 3,317,979

7 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING WARP THREADS FROM A CREEL TO A WARPER Filed March 8, 1965 TSheets-Sheet 4 May 9, 1967 5. METHOD AND DEVICE FO Fild March 8, 1965 FURST FROM A CREEL TO A WARPER R DRAWING WARP THREADS 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK I I May 9. 1967 R S. FURST 3,317,979

. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING WARP THREADS FROM A CREEL TO A WARPER I Filed March 8, 1965 7 Sheets-Sheet 6 May 9, 1967 s. FURST 3,317,979

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING WARP THREADS FROM A CREEL TO WARPER Filed March 8, 1965 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 United States Patent 3,317,979 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING WARP THREADS FROM A CREEL TO A WARPER Stefan iFurst, Monchen-Gladbach, Germany, assignor to Walter Reiners, Monchen-Gladbach, Germany Filed Mar. 8, 1965, Ser. No. 437,704 Claims priority, application Germany, Mar. 7, 1964, R 37,394; Mar. 14, 1964, R 37,450 24 Claims. (CI. 2832) My invention relates to a method and device for drawing warp threads from a creel to a warper.

For winding warp threads upon the beam of a warper, the individual threads from the cheeses or other supply spools stuck upon the pegs of a creel must be drawn toward the beam and individually be placed between the teeth of a guide comb. This requires a considerable amount of time, since the thread coming from each individual spool must be taken to the comb of the beaming machine, and a proper sequence of the threads must be observed when placing them successively between the comb teeth. It has been attempted to simultaneously pass the threads from several or all spools of a creel vertical row to the comb, but it has been difiicult to then hold the threads in such a manner as to prevent them from becoming entangled. Furthermore, the attending person was required to walk from the creel to the beaming machine and back at least once for each individual row of the spool array. This still requires undesirably much time, stoppage of machinery and cost of labor.

It is an object of my invention to provide a method for drawing the threads from a beaming creel to the beaming machine which greatly reduces the amount of individual activities as well as total time needed.

Another, more specific object of the invention is to provide timeand work-saving equipment universally applicable for drawing the warp threads from a creel, regardless of the particular tooth divisions of the beaming comb being used at the warping machine.

Further objects of my invention deal with facilitating and expediting the operations required when drawing the threads of an entire creel to the beaming machine and placing them accurately into the proper tooth gaps of the comb.

According to the invention, the threads coming from all spools ofa vertical row in the creel array are first fastened to a thread holder common to all of these spools or to the spools of more than one row. Thereafter the threads from several, preferably all, vertical rows of the creel are taken by means of the thread holder to the comb of the beaming machine and successively placed between the teeth of the comb.

As a result, a large number of threads are passed jointly as a unit to the com-b of the beaming machine so that the travel periods of the attendant are considerably shortened without the danger of the threads becoming entangled with one another. By virtue of the invention, the attending person need no longer walk to the beaming machine and then back to the creel for each individual vertical row of the creel. It rather suflices, for example, to walk only once along the spool array of the creel and to place the threads from each vertical row of spools into a thread holder, keep the respective thread holders together, for example by means of a supporting device to be carried on a shoulder strap or belt, and then take all of the thread holders simultaneously to the beaming machine. According to another mode of performing this method, the threads of all vertical rows of creel spools are fastened successively to a single thread holder which is then used by the attendant to take all of the warp threads simultaneously to the comb of the warper machine.

3,317,979 Patented May 9, 1967 According to another feature of the invention, the transfer of the one or more thread holders from the creel to the beaming machine is further simplified by placing the thread holding means at the creel in a suitable transporting device. While, as mentioned, such a transporting device may consist of a support fastened to the belt or a shoulder strap of the attendant person, it is preferable to design the conveying means as a wheeled vehicle to be run along the creel and up to the beaming machine.

It is sufficient in some cases if the threads of a vertical row in the creel are seized and jointly fastened to the thread holder at a single locality. In many cases, however, the drawing of the threads is facilitated and expedited by having the threads from the individual spools of a row held at the thread holder in mutually spaced relation and in the same sequence in which the spools are located on the creel. According to another feature of the invention, therefore, it is particularly advantageous to fasten the threads side by side in the thread holder in the same succession in which the threads are taken from the spool row of the creel.

A further simplification of the drawing operation and a corresponding reduction in the required amount of time are obtainable by fastening the threads to the thread holder at a mutual distance from each other which corresponds to the spacing between the teeth of the comb at the beaming machine. For this purpose, and in accordance with another feature of the invention, the threads coming from a vertical row of spools are placed over a blade-shaped edge or the like arranged at a given distance in front of the center locality of the spool row. After the threads have passed over the edge, they are fastened to the thread holder which is located between the edge and the creel at a distance from the edge corresponding to the tooth division of the comb in the beaming machine.

There are different ways of fastening the threads to the thread holder. A particularly simple way is to glue the threads to the holder by means of a conventional adhesive or by thermal welding of two foils of synthetic plastic. Another simple way of fastening the threads to the holder is to clamp the threads individually between the teeth of a comblike thread holder.

Accordingly, the device for performing the method of the invention is preferably provided with a thread holder in form of a comblike structure having wedge-shaped tooth gaps to permit clamping the individual threads into the respective gaps. The distance between the teeth may accurately correspond to the tooth division of the comb in the beaming machine so that the threads on the thread holder are spaced from each other the same distance as when they are subsequently laid into the warper comb of the machine.

However, the comblike thread holder may also be given a considerably larger number of teeth than corresponds to the number of teeth in the comb of the warper. This is of advantage in cases where the tooth division of the warper comb may be changed. For example, the tooth division on the thread holder may be an integral fraction, namely at most A2, preferably only /5 to of the tooth division on the warper comb. In this case, a thread is placed into a gap following each fifth, sixth or seventh tooth of the thread holder. Such a thread holder is universally applicable for a variety of comb divisions of the warper comb, without the necessity of providing for adjustability of the tooth division on the thread holder.

As mentioned, it is desirable that the individual threads, coming from the spools of a vertical row in the creel be rapidly but reliably placed into the thread holder in the proper sequence and in accordance with the tooth division of the warper comb. From this viewpoint, it is preferable to mount a measuring edge at a given distance in front of each vertical row of the creel at a locality in the middle of the row. All of the threads coming from the spools of a vertical row can be placed over the measuring edge, and suitable guide means are provided for positioning the thread holder at an adjustable distance between the measuring edge and the creel or spools, this distance corresponding to the tooth division of the warper comb. In such apparatus, the threads become properly placed into the thread holder in accordance with the tooth division of the warper comb without requiring appreciable attention or skill. Such a stationary measuring edge may be mounted in front of each vertical row of the creel. In somecases, however, it is preferable to provide a single measuring edge common to all of the vertical rows and extending transverse to the rows in fixed relation thereto.

For further, facilitating the operation and reducing the required amount of time, a transporting or conveying vehicle is preferably provided to travel along the creel and up to the beaming machine, the vehicle being equipped with a device for receiving the thread holder means. If a single thread holder is provided for all of the vertical rows of a creel side, the device for receiving the thread holder in the conveying vehicle may simultaneously serve for supporting and adjusting the holder during drawing and attaching the threads. If separate thread holders are provided for the respective vertical rows of the creel, the conveying vehicle may be provided with a plug board, clamping board or the like for receiving the separable thread holders, preferably in the properly aligned arrangement. This may serve to make certain that the thread holders can be individually taken off the vehicle for placing the threads into the comb of the beaming machine, without requiring the otherwise necessary sorting operation for securing the proper sequence.

The conveying vehicle may have wheels running on rails. This has the advantage that the distance of the vehicle from the creel is always accurately maintained and permits mounting the above-mentioned measuring edge on the vehicle itself. The measuring edge thus travels together with the vehicle in front of the vertical rows of the creel.

It is further of advantage to provide the conveying vehicle with a releasable latch for preventing undesired return travel, so no loosening of the threads due to back travel of the vehicle can occur. If desired, the vehicle may be provided with a working place for the attending person to travel together with the movable equipment. By making this ambulatory working place additional in height, a creel can be given a larger height beyond the reach of an average person, thus permitting a reduction in the floor space occupied by the creel.

The above-mentioned and further objects, advantages and features of my invention, said features being set forth with particularity in the claims annexed hereto, will be apparent from, and will be set forth in, the following with reference to embodiments of equipment according to the invention illustrated by way of example on the accompanying drawings in which FIG. 1 shows schematically a beaming creel with thread holder means according to the invention by a lateral view.

FIG. 2 shows schematically and in the same manner a second embodiment of a creel with thread holding means common to all of the vertical spool rows.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a creel in conjunction with thread holding and conveying means according to the invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic lateral view and FIG. 5 a plan view showing schematically a creel with thread holding and conveying equipment according to FIG. .3, and with particular reference to the insertion of the warp threads into the comb of the beam warper.

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 show respectively three different embodiments of comblike thread holders applicable in equipment as shown in the other illustrations.

FIG. 9 shows schematically and in plan view a creel and a beam warper in conjunction with thread holding and conveying equipment of the type shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 10 is a lateral view and FIG. 11 a schematic top view of still another beaming plant comprising a creel and a beam warper with thread drawing means according to the invention; and

FIGS. 12 to 20 show various details of equipment according to FIGS. 3 to 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, the threads 2 coming from the respective spools in a vertical row of a creel are to be taken to the comb of the beaming machine, such as the comb 15 in FIGS. 9 and 11, from which they pass parallel to each other onto the beam 16 of the warper. For this purpose, the threads coming from an individual vertical row are fastened in a comblike holder 3 (FIGS. 1, 6, 7, 8). After they are thus fastened, they are drawn by means of the thread holder away from the creel and to the comb of the warping machine.

As explained, it is preferable to fasten the threads side by side to the holder 3 at a distance from each other corresponding to the spacing between the teeth of the comb on the warping machine. For this purpose, a measuring edge 4 (FIG. 1) is mounted in front of the middle locality of the particular vertical spool row. All threads coming from this row are to :be laid over the edge. Since the spacing 5 between the pegs of the vertical row and between the localities where the threads issue from the creel is uniform, and since the distance 6 of the measuring edge 4 from the outlet locality of the threads from the creel is constant, the distance 7 can be determined at which the thread holder 3 must be mounted with respect to the measuring edge 4 in order to have the respective threads 2 fastened to the thread holder with a mutual spacing corresponding to the tooth division 8 of the warper comb.

While in the embodiment represented in FIG. 1 a separate thread holder 3 is used for each of the vertical rows of the creel, the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 is provided with a single thread holder 3A for all vertical rows of the creel. It is assumed in FIG. 2 that the thread holder 3A has already received the threads from one of the vertical rows and that, at the illustrated moment, the thread holder is just located in front of the second vertical row. Shown by dot-and-dash lines are the inserted threads 2 of the first row. It will be seen that the thread holder 3A, after being placed in front of the second row, was shifted downward a corresponding distance, so that the threads 2a of the second row are placed into the holder above the threads 2 of the first row but in the same spaced relation to each other. It is also apparent that the distance between the lowermost thread 2a of the second row from the uppermost thread 2 of the first row is just as large as the distances between the threads of a creel row from each other. This permits placing the common thread holder 3A in front of the warper comb and to then insert all of the threads by a single manipulation into the warper comb.

FIG. 3 shows how the threads of the individual creel rows are transported to the comb of the warper machine by means of a conveying vehicle 10. The spools 1, 1a to 1g of the illustrated horizontal tier of creel spools obscure the respective spools of the vertical rows located underneath. It will be seen that all threads 2, 2a, 2b of the respective vertical rows, after being placed into the thread holders 3, 3a, 3b, have been taken to the transporting carriage 10. The carriage is provided with a plug board 11 (FIGS. 3, 10, 11). The individual thread holders 3, 3a, 3b are plugged or clamped one after the other to the board 11. The working place of the attending person is denoted by 12 (FIG. 3), but may also be located on the carriage 10 or on a platform attached to the carriage.

FIGS. 4 and illustrate how the threads are thereafter placed into the comb of the beaming machine. Only the last four vertical rows of the creel array are shown in FIG. 4 and denoted by 1d, 1e, 1 and 1g, whereas FIG. 5 shows only the uppermost horizontal tier of spools corresponding to the same four rows. The threads were previously attached to thread holders which were clamped to the board 11 of the carriage as described with reference to FIG. 3. Then the carriage at 10 was run in front of the comb of the beaming machine. Now the last inserted thread holder 3g is pulled out of the clamping board 11, passed over the wraper comb 15, turned 90 to the illustrated position (FIG. 5) and thereafter lowered (FIG. 4) so that the individual threads 2g pass between the individual teeth of the warper comb 15. The tooth division '8 of the warper comb 15 corresponds to the spacing 8 indicated in FIG. 1. The thread holder 3g can now be removed and be returned to the carriage 10. If desired, however, the thread holder may be kept attached to the threads 2g. Then the next following thread holder 3 is taken from the clamping board 11 and the threads 2 are placed into the warper comb 15 adjacent to the threads 2g, and so forth.

The individual thread holder 3b shown in FIG. 6 has a tooth division 8 according to FIG. 1. This tooth division accurately corresponds to the division of the warper comb 15 (FIG. 5). The individual threads 2 of a creel row are either clamped into the (wedge-like gaps between the teeth of the comb 3B, or they are all knotted together behind the thread holder, as shown, after they are placed into the tooth gaps.

The thread holder shown in FIG. 7 has teeth formed by pins mounted on a strip of metal. The tooth division 9 is considerably smaller than the tooth division 8 of the warper comb 15. It will be seen that the threads 2 of a creel vertical row are placed into each second tooth gap of the comblike holder 3C.

FIG. 8 shows a thread holder 3D consisting of a strip to which the individual threads are attached by an adhesive, preferably along the lines 3D. Corresponding to FIG. 1, the adhesive line 3D is spaced from the measuring edge 4 a distance 7 so dimensioned that the threads 2 are fastened on the adhesive line 3D at mutual distances corresponding to the tooth division 8 of the warper comb.

The plan view of the beam warping equipment shown in FIG. 9 comprises a V-shaped creel Z from whose array of spools the threads pass over the warper comb 15 onto the driven beam 16. It will be recognized that the threads of the vertical spool rows are passed to the warper comb 15 and placed between the tooth gaps of the comb at the proper distance from the threads of the other rows. Employed for this purpose is a thread holder 3A according to FIG. 2 in which all threads coming from the spools of a single vertical row are held. On the left-hand side of the creel Z, the threads from the last three vertical rows are not yet placed into the thread holder 3A.

As mentioned, the method and equipment according to the invention can be performed and designed in a great variety of ways and in each case affords reducing the time required for drawing the threads from the creel to the warping machine down to a fraction of the time heretofore needed.

However, this normally simple method may involve difficulties in cases where the threads passing from the creel to the beaming machine must change their direction in order to prevent threads from rear rows to be, come entangled with threads from forward rows. It is known to employ thread deflecting means, such as eye boards or the like, which maintain the threads of the vertical rows at a proper distance from each other. When using such deflecting means, the method according to the invention, if carried out in the manner so far described, suffers delay because the thread holders with the threads must be placed individually about the deflecting eyes or other means.

According to -another feature of the invention, however, such delay is prevented by placing between the individual thread holders, mutually spaced beside each other, a dividing member and passing this member to the deflecting location of the threads at the creel. The time needed for performing the method of drawing the threads to the beam warper can be further reduced by passing all of these dividing members jointly to the deflecting location of the threads at the creel.

The individual dividing members may be placed between the thread holders prior' to placing the individual thread holders into the conveying means such as the above-described carriage. However, the dividing members may be also applied after all thread holders have been placed into the transporting means. Preferably, the dividing members are placed between the thread holders only after the carriage or other transporting means has been positioned in front of the warper comb. In this case, all dividing members, relative to a plan view of the machine, may be passed jointly by the transporting means to the deflecting locality of the threads at the creel.

The embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11 incorporates dividing members of the type just described. The creel comprises six rows 1a to 1 of supply spools whose respective threads are to be taken to the comb 15 of the warping machine 26. The threads of each vertical row 1a to 1] are inserted into a comblike thread holder 3a to 3 The thread holders 3a to 3 one for each vertical row, are stuck in the proper order upon a supporting bar 11 which, for example, is pivotally mounted on a conveyor carriage not shown in FIGS. 10, 11 but corresponding for example to carriage 10 in FIGS. 3 and 5. The supporting bar 11 is pivotally displaceable about a pivot pin 11a (FIG. 11).

A rake 20 serves as a dividing member and is hinged about a horizontal pivot pin 21 to the side of the creel facing the beaming machine. The mounting is preferably provided with a latch so that the rake member remains arrested in the full-line position shown in FIG. 10 until the bar 11 on the vehicle, filled with the individual thread holders 3a to 3 has reached the illustrated position in front of the warper comb 15 of the machine. The threads then extend as shown at 2a, 2b, 2c and so forth. Now the rake member 20 is turned downward to the broken-line position 20a in which it is arrested by a catch 22. As a result, the threads coming from each vertical row 1a to 1 and held in the holders 3a to 3 are spread apart to now extend in accordance with the dot-and- dash lines 2a, 2b and so forth shown in FIG. 11. The rake member 20 now constitutes a deflecting means so that the individual threads coming from the individual vertical rows 1a to 1]- become deflected at the respective tines of the rake 20a. Consequently, after the thread holders, for example the holder 3 are transferred to the comb 15 of the warping machine, the individual threads fastened to the holder 3 and coming from the row I), assume the position show at 27".

If desired, the respective positions of pivot pin 21 and the catch 22 according to FIG. 10 may be exchanged, so that the pivot 21 will be located beneath the lowermost spool.

A more specific design of the above-mentioned clamping board 11 for accommodating the thread holders 3, 3a, 3b (FIGS. 3, 4, 10, 11) is exemplified in FIGS. 16 through 19 and will be described presently. The board 11 is coaxially joined at both ends with respective round bodies 23, 24 (FIGS. 16, 17) which are stuck upon parallel guide rods 25, 26 respectively and are adjustable along the rods on which they can be fixed by means of set screws (not illustrated). The abutment structure which forms the measuring edge 4 is fastened to the bodies 23, 24 behind the board 11 as seen from the creel (FIGS. 17, 18, 19). The guide rods 25, 26 are mounted on the conveying carriage 10 (FIGS. 3, 5, 12, 13).

A handle 60 secured to the body 23 (FIGS. 18, 15) serves for manually displacing the carriage 10. Also fastened to the body 23 is a latching device described hereinafter with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. The thread holders 3, 3a, 3b are similar to the one shown in FIG. 6 but provided with a larger number of teeth. Each thread holder has a lateral lug 27 at its lower end (FIGS. 18, 19) provided with a slot 27 whose depth corresponds approximately to the width of the bar 11, and the bar 11, at the same locality, has a slot 11 Whose depth approximately corresponds to the width of the lug 17. It will be seen that each thread holder 3 with lug 27 can be readily stuck upon the bar 11 and just as readily be removed therefrom.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show the conveying vehicle carrying a thread holder 3A according to FIG. 2. The vehicle 10 comprises a base plate 28 on which the two vertical guide rods 25 and 26 are fastened. Respective holders 29 and 30 are displaceable on the guide rods for securing an upper clamping bar 31 in position. Further holders 32 and 33, likewise displaceable on the respective rods 25 and 26, secure a lower clamping bar 34 in position. Also displaceable on the two guide rods 29 and 30 are respective holders 35 and 36 to which the measuring-edge structure 4 is fastened. The measuring edge thus forms part of the vehicle and is displaceable together therewith.

The vertical guide bar 25 further carries a holder 37 for the above-mentioned handle 60 (FIGS. 13, 14, 15, 18) and latching mechanism. The holders 29, 30 and 32, 33 and 35, 36 and 37, after being adjusted lengthwise of the respective guide rods, can be fixed to the adjusted positions by suitable means such as set screws (not illustrated). The clamping bars 31, 34 are preferably provided with spring clamps 38, 39 (FIGS. 12, 13) into which the thread holder 3A is clamped.

The base plate 28 of the vehicle carries bearings for wheels 4% 41, 42 running on rails 43, 44, 45 (FIGS. 12, 13, 14, The wheels 41 and 42 are rigidly joined with their shaft 46. A ratchet gear 47 (FIGS. 14, 15) fixed to the shaft forms part of the latching mechanism.

The handle mounted on holder 37 has an extension 48 joined with a catch member 4% which has three lobes 50, 51, 52 with two intermediate recesses 53, 54. A lever 55 journalled on the extension 48 can be manually turned downward into one of the recesses. The turning motion of lever 55 is transmitted by an arm 56 to a connecting rod 57. When the lever 48 is placed into the recess 53, the rod 57 is lowered. The rod 57 is linked with a lever 58 which releases a latch pawl 59 to drop onto the ratchet gear 47. The return travel of the vehicle is thus blocked because the shaft 46 and consequently the wheels 41 and 42 cannot rotate.

After all of the threads are drawn through the warper comb 15, the vehicle must be run back to the starting position at the creel. For this purpose, the latching mechanism must be released. This is done by turning the lever 55 into the recess 54 (FIG. 15 Now the lever 58 presses upon the pawl and lifts it out of the ratchet teeth.

To those skilled in the art, it will be obvious, upon a study of this disclosure, that my invention is amenable to a great variety of modifications and may be given embodiments other than illustrated and described herein, without departing from the essential features of my invention and within the scope of the claims annexed hereto.

I claim:

1. The method of drawing the threads from the spool array of a creel through the thread comb of a beam warper, which comprises fastening the threads from all spools of a vertical row of the creel array in thread holder means common to the spools of at least said one vertical row, jointly passing the thread holder means with the threads from several vertical rows to the comb of the warper, and laying the threads sequentially between the comb teeth.

2. The method of drawing the threads from the spool array of a creel through the thread comb of a beam warper, which comprises fastening the threads from the spools of a vertical row of the creel arra yin thread holder means common to the spools of at least said one vertical the threads from all said spools of the entire array to the comb of the warper, and laying the threads sequentially between the comb teeth.

3. The method of drawing the threads from the spool array of a creel through the thread comb of a beam warper, which comprises fastening the threads from the spools of a vertical row of the creel array in thread holder means common to the spools of at least said one vertical row, conveying the holder means with the attached threads away from the creel to the comb of the warper, and placing the threads by means of the holder means into respective tooth gaps of the comb.

4. The method according to claim 1, which comprises fastening the threads to the thread holder in mutually spaced relation and side by side in the spool sequence of the row.

5. The method according to claim 1, which comprises fastening the threads to the thread holder side by side in the spool sequence of the row and at a mutual distance substantially equal to the tooth spacing of the comb.

6. The method of drawing the threads from the spool array of a creel through the thread comb of a beam warper, which comprises placing the threads from the respective spools of each vertical row of the creel array over a fixed abutment located a given distance in front of the middle of the row, engaging the threads by a thread holder at a locality between said abutment and the creel at a distance from the abutment where the threads at the holder are spaced from each other in accordance with the tooth division of the warper comb, fastening the threads to the holder at the points of respective engagement, transferring the holder with the threads to the comb of the warper, and laying the threads into the tooth gaps at the comb.

7. The method according to claim 4, which comprises fastening the threads to the holder by gluing them thereto.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein said thread holder has comblike teeth, and said threads are fastened to the holder by clamping them into the respective gaps between the teeth of the holder.

9. The method of drawing the threads from the spool array of a creel through the thread comb of a beam warper, which comprises fastening the threads from all spools of each row to a thread holder in mutually spaced relation and side by side according to the spool sequence of the row, jointly moving the thread holders for all of the vertical rows to the comb of the warper, and laying the threads by means of the respective holders between the teeth of the comb.

10. The method of drawing the threads from the spool array of a creel through the thread comb of a beam warper, which comprises passing the threads from the respective spools of each vertical row over a deflection point to a thread holder and fastening the threads to the holder in mutually spaced relation and side by side according to the spool sequence of the row, joining the thread holders for all vertical rows together in mutually spaced relation, jointly moving the thread holders for all of the vertical rows to the comb of the warper, laying the threads by means of the holders between the teeth of the comb, and inserting, after the fastening step and prior to the transfer step, a divider between each two adjacent thread holders and then moving the dividers from the holders to the deflection points at the creel.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein all of the divider members are jointly moved from the holders to the deflection points.

12. The method of drawing the threads from the spool array of a creel through the thread comb of a beam warper, which comprises passing the threads from the p tive spools of each vertical row over a deflection point to a thread holder and fastening the threads to the holder in mutually spaced relation and side by side according to the spool sequence of the row, joining the thread holders for all vertical rows together in mutually spaced relation, jointly moving the thread holders for all of the vertical rows to the comb of the warper, inserting a divider between each two adjacent thread holders and then moving the dividers from the holders to the deflection points at the creel, and thereafter laying the threads by means of the holders between the teeth of the comb.

13. With a beam warper having a thread comb and a creel for an array of warp-thread spools, in combination, a device for drawing the threads from the spools through the thread comb of the warper comprising a thread holder in front of each vertical row of the creel array and having means for attaching the respective threads from the spools of said row, and means for joining said thread holders to pass them to the thread comb of the warper.

14. In a beam warper device according to claim 13, said thread holder having comblike teeth with intermediate gaps for clamping the respective threads.

15. In a beam warper device according to claim 14, said thread holder having a tooth division amounting to a fraction of the tooth division of said warper comb.

16. In a beam warper device according to claim 15, the tooth division of said thread holder being to that of said comb.

17. A beam warper device according to claim 13, comprising a fixed abutment having an edge extending transversely in front of each vertical spool row at about the middle thereof and at a given distance therefrom, said thread holder being located between said edge and said row at a point where the resulting spacing between the threads passing over the edge past said holder is substantially equal to the tooth division of said comb.

18. A beam warper device according to claim 13, comprising a conveying vehicle having a given travel path from said creel to said comb, said vehicle having supporting means for accommodating and joining said thread holders to be passed to said comb.

19. In a beam warper device according to claim 18,

10 said supporting means comprising a clamping board for removably securing said thread holders in aligned positions.

20. In a beam warper device according to claim 18, said abutment being mounted on said vehicle so that said edge is displaceable with said vehicle from row to row of said creel.

21. A beam warper device according to claim 13, comprising divider members disposed between each two of said thread holders when said holders are joined together, means at said creel for defining respective deflection points for threads passing from the spools to the comb, said divider members being movable from said holders to said respective deflection points to prevent entanglement of the threads.

22. A beam warper device according to claim 21, comprising a rake device hinged about a horizontal axis and having respective rake tines forming said divider members.

23. In a beam warper device according to claim 22, said rake device having said hinge axis located above the uppermost spool localities of said creel, said rake device being in raised position when said divider-forming tines are between said thread holders and being in lowered position when said tines are at said deflection points.

24. A beam warper device according to claim 13, comprising a conveying vehicle having a given travel path from said creel to said comb, said vehicle having supporting means for accommodating and joining said thread holders to be passed to said comb, and having a releasable latch mechanism for preventing back travel of the vehicle.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,885,114 11/1932 Klein 242131.1 2,578,017 12/1951 Rovas 2854 2,681,496 6/ 1954 Heckrotte 2832 3,161,941 12/1964 John 28--72.5

MERVIN STEIN, Primary Examiner. L. K. RIMRODT, Assistant Examiner.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,317,979 May 9, 1967 Stefan Furst It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below.

Column 8, line 3, for "a""read all same line 3, for "row" read rows line 4, for "meansaicommon to the spools of at least said one vertical" read means, jointly transferring the holder means with Signed and sealed this 7th day of January 1969.

(SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD J. BRENNER Edward M. Fletcher, Jr.

Commissioner of Patents Attesting Officer

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13. WITH A BEAM WARPER HAVING A THREAD COMB AND A CREEL FOR AN ARRAY OF WARP-THREAD SPOOLS, IN COMBINATION, A DEVICE FOR DRAWING THE THREADS FROM THE SPOOLS THROUGH THE THREAD COMB OF THE WARPER COMPRISING A THREAD HOLDER IN FRONT OF EACH VERTICAL ROW OF THE CREEL ARRAY AND HAVING MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE RESPECTIVE THREADS FROM THE SPOOLS OF SAID ROW, AND MEANS FOR JOINING SAID THREAD HOLDERS TO PASS THEM TO THE THREAD COMB OF THE WARPER.

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