US3433271A - Shuttle driving apparatus for weaving looms - Google Patents

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US3433271A
US3433271A US578200A US3433271DA US3433271A US 3433271 A US3433271 A US 3433271A US 578200 A US578200 A US 578200A US 3433271D A US3433271D A US 3433271DA US 3433271 A US3433271 A US 3433271A
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Vladimir Svaty
Jan Bilek
Jiri Zlatohlavek
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D49/00—Details or constructional features not specially adapted for looms of a particular type
    • D03D49/24—Mechanisms for inserting shuttle in shed
    • D03D49/42—Mechanisms for inserting shuttle in shed whereby the shuttle is propelled by liquid or gas pressure

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  • a loom shuttle is actuated by the rod of ya driving piston in a pneumatic cylinder also equipped with an axially movable carrier piston.
  • Two catch levers movably mounted on the carrier by a common pivot pin having an axis transverse to the cylinder axis have rst arms which can enter the hollow interior of the piston through a restricted opening when the second arms are spread apart, but are locked in the piston by camming engagement of cooperating conical surfaces on the levers and on the piston when the second lever arms Yare held near the cylinder axis.
  • the -lirst lever arms ane moved toward each other by engagement of conical frontal cam faces with the opening in the piston, and are moved apart by camming engagement of the second lever arms with a stationary control ring on the cylinder during movement of the carrier.
  • the present invention relates to weaving looms.
  • the present invention relates to structure for driving the shuttle of a weaving loom.
  • the shuttle With known shuttle drives, the shuttle is driven from a source of energy in the form of compressed air, a compressed spring, or the like. In these cases, it is always necessary to release the power of the accumulated energy, at an accurately determined instant, by way of an intermediate mechanism such as a release device which transmits the energy to the shuttle.
  • intermediate mechanisms Ibeside transmitting the driving force to the shuttle, can perform some additional operating functions. In each case, however, these intermediate mechanisms are required to release the accumulated energy to the shuttle instantaneously when they are at an accurately ,predetermined position, without any losses.
  • the piston rod itself for releasing and transmitting the energy to the shuttle.
  • the front 'end portion of the piston rod provides the release action. Therefore, the 'shaft portion of the piston rod must coact with a release mechanism up to the instant when actual release takes place. At the instant of release the varea of contact between the piston rod and the release mechanism diminishes up to a point contact, and as a result the piston rod and the release mechanism frictionally rub against each other in an undesired manner.
  • a further object of the present invention is. to provide a co-nstrnction where the moving components have a very small weight.
  • a piston assembly for driving the shuttle in response to the power of a source of energy which acts on the piston.
  • a pair of catch levers have a common turning axis normally to hold the piston in an initial position and may release the driving piston to the power of the source of energy. The levers are released by a stationary cam.
  • IFIG. l is a partly sectional and partly schematic elevation of one possible embodiment of a structure according to the present invention, the sectional portion of FIG. l being taken in a plane which contains the axis of a driving piston assembly of the structure of the invention;
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, longitudinal sectional elevation of the holding and release structure of the invention shown ⁇ at an enlarged scale as compared to FIG. l and taken in a plane which contains the axis of the driving piston and a cylinder in which it slides;
  • IFIG. 3 shows the position which the parts of FIG. 2 assume in order to release the driving piston, the paIts being shown in FIG. 2 in their holding position holding the driving piston in opposition to the power of a source of energy;
  • FIG. 4 is a transverse section taken along line A-A of FIG. 2 and showing how a pair of catch levers of the invention coact with a piston of a driving piston assembly of the present invention.
  • the supporting frame 1 of the loom is fragmentarily illustrated and iixedly carries a supporting body 31 which in turn iixedly carries a pressure cylinder 2 which extends partly into the body 31, in the lmanner shown in FIG. 1.
  • a driving piston assembly is formed by a piston 3 and a piston rod 4 fixed to and extending therefrom, this piston rod 4 being integral with the piston 3, for example.
  • the driving piston 3 axially slides in the pressure cylinder 2, and a carrier piston 5 also slides in the cylinder 2.
  • the piston 3 has a sealing ring 6 while the piston 5 has sealing rings 7.
  • the piston rod 4 is guided through a sleeve 8 for lmovement outwardly beyond the pressure cylinder 2 and at its left free end 9 forms an impact member to engage the shuttle 10 which is situated in a known manner in the body 11.
  • the piston 3 is formed with a hollow interior space or cavity 12 which is directed away from the piston rod 4, and at its end which is distant from the piston rod 4 the piston 3 has an inwardly directed annular ange 13 provided at its interior with a conical camming surface about the ⁇ restricted access opening to the cavity 12 formed by the inner periphery of the flange 13.
  • the structure of the invention includes a pair of catch levers ⁇ 15 respectively having first arms 14 and 14' which extend into the hollow interior 12 of the piston 3 when the catch levers 15 of the invention are in their holding position.
  • the catch levers 15 are supported for turning movement by a common pivot pin 16 which extends transversely of the cylinder axis and is carried by an integral fork portion 17 of the piston 5.
  • the catch levers 15 extend into the space between the pair of parallel walls of the fork portion 17 of the piston 5.
  • the arms 14, 14' of the catch levers 15 have locking surfaces 18, 18' which form parts of cones tapering toward the pin 16 and which engage the inner camming surface of the flange 13, in the manner shown most clearly in FIG. 2, when the levers 15 are in their holding positions, shown in FIG. 2, holding the driving piston assembly 3, 4 against movement by the force or power of a source of energy.
  • the ⁇ arms 14 and 14' also have conically curved control surfaces 19, 19', respectively, which are inclined oppositely to the locking surfaces 18, 18', the surfaces 18, 18' and 19, 19' of each lever 15 intersecting yat the common base of the respective cones along a crest 29 which forms part of a a circle.
  • the second arms 21 and 21' of the levers 15 are respectively provided with conically curved control surfaces 22.
  • the circularly arcuate intersecting edge 29 between the conical control surfaces of each arim 14, 14' has ⁇ a smaller radius of curvature than the opening formed by the inner periphery of the flange 13 of the piston 3.
  • the structure of the invention further includes a control ring 23 fixed to the interior of the pressure cylinder 2, by means of screws 30, and at its end which is directed toward the piston 3 this ring 23 is provided at its inner periphery with a frusto-conical camming surface 24.
  • the piston 5 is axially bored so as to have an axial passage 25 through which compressed air is introduced into the cylinder 2 in a well known manner, and the space 28 behind the piston 3 is capable of communicating with the outer atmosphere through a passage 26 shown in FIG. 1, which is also used in a well known manner for directing air under pressure into the space 28 so as to return the piston 3 to its initial position, shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the arms 14 and 14' of the levers 15 have an L-shaped cross sectional configuration so as to provide for a highly superior and precise guiding of the -pair of catch lever means which move at all times in opposition to each other.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 The holding position of the apparatus, in which the levers 15 hold the piston 3 in its initial, retracted, starting position before release thereof, is indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the arms 21, 21' extend into the ring 23 which is stationary, so that the arms 21, 21' overlap each other and are substantially coextensive, as viewed in FIG. 2.
  • the arms 14 and 14 are offset from each other to the greatest extent and their locking surfaces 18 and 18' engage the inner locking surface of the flange 13 while the ring 23 secures the levers 15 in their holding position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the contact of 4 the arms 14 and 14' with the inner surface of the hollow piston 3 extends over a relatively large area.
  • the driving piston assembly 3, 4 When the driving piston assembly 3, 4 has completed its working stroke, it returns to its starting position under the ypressure of fluid entering the space 28 through a known valving arrangement. During this return movement of the driving piston towards its starting position, the levers 15 remain in the release position shown in FIG. 3, and the arms 14 and 14' are received again in the hollow space 12 of the piston 3 after clearing the opening defined by the inner periphery of the flange 13.
  • the piston 5 is moved by the control mechanism operated from the main shaft of the loom toward the right, so that the arms 21 and 21 enter into the stationary ring 23.
  • the camming surface 24 of the ring 23 engages the control surfaces 22 and 22 of the arms 21 and 21', respectively, to swing the lever arms 14 and 14 apart from each other about the pivot pin 16.
  • the release mechanism does not have any springs which during the operation can break or which can provide improper functioning or actuation of the structure as a result of fatigue and overloading of the springs.
  • the levers 15 are controlled only by camming engagement of conically curved control surfaces 18, 18', 19, 19' and 22, 22', which is of considerable advantage for the proper functioning of the entire assembly and for the long life thereof.
  • the L-shaped cross sectional configuration of the arms 14 and 14', as shown in FIG. 4, enables these arms to have the largest possible area of contact with the inner surface of the piston 3, so that wear of the components is reduced to a minimum.
  • a driving piston assembly including a piston member of axially movable in the cylinder member, means for admitting ⁇ a pressure uid to the cylinder member and for releasing the uid from the cylinder member so as to move the -piston member, means for drivingly connecting the piston assembly to the shuttle, and catch means for holding the piston member in a predetermined yaxial position against the pressure of said uid, the improvement in the catch means which comprises:
  • lever means mounted on said carrier member for pivotal movement about a turning axis transverse of the axis of said cylinder member between a holding position and a releasing position;
  • said piston member being formed with a cavity therein and having a flange portion defining a restricted opening for axial access to said cavity, said lever means clearing said flange portion for axial movement into and out of said cavity when in said releasing position, said flange portion and said lever means having respective locking faces transverse of the axis of said cylinder member and constituting said locking means.
  • said ange portion having an inner periphery labout said restricted opening and said lever means having a cam face obliquely inclined relative to the axis of said cylinder member, said periphery and said cam face constituting said second cam means.
  • said lever means including two lever members mounted on said carrie-r member for movement about said turning axis, each lever -member having a first arm and a second arm,
  • said rst arms being remote from each other transversely of the axis of said cylinder member and said second arms being near each other in said other position of the lever means, and the first arms being near each other and the ⁇ second arms being remote from each other transversely of the axis of said cylinder member in said one position of said lever means, said one position being said releasing position.
  • a rst and a second conically curved face on said lever means said first conically curved face cooperating -with a conically curved face ⁇ on said cylinder member and constituting together with said face on said cylinder member said first cam means, said second conically curved face cooperating with a conically curved face on said piston member and constituting together with said face on said piston member said locking means, said first and second faces on said lever ,means and said faces ⁇ on said cylinder and piston members being conically curved about the axis of said cylinder member, cooperating faces, when in engagement, making area contact.
  • said second cam means including a third conically curved cam face on said lever means, said second and third cam faces sloping toward said axis of the cylinder member in a direction away from each other axially of said cylinder member.
  • said second and third cam faces intersecting each other in a circular arc about the axis of said cylinder member in the releasing position of said lever means, said piston member being formed with a cavity therein and with a restricted opening for axial access to said cavity, said opening being substantially circular and having a radius greater than the radius of said circular arc.

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US4602660A (en) * 1984-07-18 1986-07-29 Hermann Wangner Gmbh & Co. Kg Pneumatic shuttle picking mechanism
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DE583449C (de) * 1932-06-23 1933-09-04 Walter Schaefer Druckluftantrieb fuer die Schuetzen von Webstuehlen
DE600231C (de) * 1932-09-08 1934-07-18 Walter Schaefer Druckluftantrieb fuer die Schuetzen von Webstuehlen
FR1158439A (fr) * 1955-10-22 1958-06-13 Dispositif de lancement de navette pour métiers à tisser et métiers à tisser pourvus de ce dispositif
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DE583449C (de) * 1932-06-23 1933-09-04 Walter Schaefer Druckluftantrieb fuer die Schuetzen von Webstuehlen
DE600231C (de) * 1932-09-08 1934-07-18 Walter Schaefer Druckluftantrieb fuer die Schuetzen von Webstuehlen
FR1158439A (fr) * 1955-10-22 1958-06-13 Dispositif de lancement de navette pour métiers à tisser et métiers à tisser pourvus de ce dispositif
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US4111239A (en) * 1975-10-10 1978-09-05 Elitex, Koncern Textilniho Strojirenstvi Apparatus for releasably securing a fluid-operated gripper shuttle in a launch position
US4602660A (en) * 1984-07-18 1986-07-29 Hermann Wangner Gmbh & Co. Kg Pneumatic shuttle picking mechanism
US5973041A (en) * 1998-08-31 1999-10-26 General Electric Company Resinous compositions containing aromatic bisphosphoramidates as flame retardants

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