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US3635010A
US3635010A US863286A US3635010DA US3635010A US 3635010 A US3635010 A US 3635010A US 863286 A US863286 A US 863286A US 3635010D A US3635010D A US 3635010DA US 3635010 A US3635010 A US 3635010A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01H—SPINNING OR TWISTING
    • D01H13/00—Other common constructional features, details or accessories
    • D01H13/14—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop motions ; Monitoring the entanglement of slivers in drafting arrangements
    • D01H13/16—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop motions ; Monitoring the entanglement of slivers in drafting arrangements responsive to reduction in material tension, failure of supply, or breakage, of material
    • D01H13/18—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop motions ; Monitoring the entanglement of slivers in drafting arrangements responsive to reduction in material tension, failure of supply, or breakage, of material stopping supply only
    • D01H13/185—Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop motions ; Monitoring the entanglement of slivers in drafting arrangements responsive to reduction in material tension, failure of supply, or breakage, of material stopping supply only a plate moving in the nip of drafting or guiding cylinders

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  • a further object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus to prevent the buildup of a lap on the front rolls of a drafting system on a spinning frame.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation view taken on line 1-1 of FIG. 3 showing the new and improved drafting system
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 except the absence of yarn has been detected and the roving stop released;
  • FIG. 3 is a top view of FIG. 1 with the top rear drafting rolls removed;
  • FIGS. 46 correspond, respectively, to FIGS. 1-3, showing a modified drafting system.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show the improved drafting system in conventional operation with a row ing or sliver of staple fiber passing into the nip of upper and lower rear drafting rolls 12 and 14, middle drafting rolls 16 and 18, front drafting rolls 20 and 22 to a conventional ring and traveler 23 to form yarn Y by placing twist therein between the ring and traveler and the nip of front drafting rolls 20 and 22.
  • top drafting rolls l2 and 20 are rubber covered rolls while intermediate top drafting roll 16 is knurled.
  • Bottom front and bottom rear drafting rolls 22 and 14 are fluted rolls while the middle bottom roll is knurled.
  • upper and lower aprons 24 and 26 are supported by upper and lower apron clearing and roll engaging members (not shown), each of which has a concave surface at one end to engage the rolls 16 and 18 to clean the peripheral surface thereof and an apron reversing portion at the other end.
  • apron clearing and roll engaging members are supported in operative position by cradle wall members 36 and 38.
  • the lower apron clearing and roll engaging member is rigidly secured between the wall members 36 and 38 while the upper member is slidably held in position by tab members 40 which engage notches 42 in the side walls of the cradle.
  • a wire member 44 is provided at one end with inwardly directed hook portion 46 which projects through an opening in the cradle wall 38.
  • an outwardly projecting portion 48 which in normal operation of the drafting system rides on the yarn Y being twisted.
  • cam member 50 Snapped onto the lower middle roll 18 between two drafting positions is a cam member 50.
  • the cam member 50 has a diameter slightly less than the diameter of roll 18 to insure a snug fit so that the cam member 50 will rotate with the roll 18.
  • Located adjacent the cradle walls 38 of each cradle is an elongated cam follower 52 actuated by the cam member 50.
  • the cam followers 52 are pivotally mounted and operably associated with two adjacent cradle wall members 38 through a pin member 54 which projects under the cradle wall members.
  • Pin member 54 also projects through roving stop release member 56 which is mounted on the boss of the lower middle roll 18 by means of a notch 58 which engages the roll boss.
  • the roving stop release member 56 has an elongated hook portion 60 which in normal operation engages the projection 61 on the roving stop, generally designated 62.
  • the roving stop 62 is generally circular in shape and encircles a portion of the diameter of the lower back roll 14 and extends across two drafting positions.
  • the roving stop 62 has an elongated fairly sharp roving stop portion 64 which bites into the incoming roving or sliver 10 when allowed to rotate with the roll 14.
  • the roving stop 62 has a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the roll 16 and is prevented from rotation therewith by the engagement of the hook portion 60 with the projection 61.
  • the new and improved drafting system is shown in normal operation when the roving or sliver 10 is being drafted and spun into yarn.
  • the wire member 44 will be in the raised position since the projection 48 will be riding on the yarn Y and the hook portion 45 will be out of the path of travel of the cam follower 52 as it is pivoted up and down by the cam 50 as the cam 50 rotates with the lower middle roll 18.
  • the roving stop release member 56 will be in the position with the hook portion 60 thereof engaging the projection 61 on the roving stop 62 to prevent the roving stop from rotating with the lower bottom roll 14.
  • the roving stop 62 spans two drafting positions and therefore, stops the input of roving or sliver into both systems when only one of the ends come down but, obviously, a single position roving stop could be employed.
  • FIG. 2 the drafting system is shown just after one of the ends has come down. When this happens, the wire member 44 will rotate counterclockwise rotating the hook portion 46 into the path of travel of the cam follower 52. On the next upward movement of the cam follower 52, the notch 66 on the front end of the cam follower 52 engages the hook portion 46 causing the cradle to rotate clockwise since the tab members 40 are free to slide in the notch 42.
  • the pin member 54 engages the roving stop release member 56 and rotates it clockwise around the lower middle roll 18.
  • the roving stop release member 56 rotates the hook portion 60 will be disengaged from the projection 61 and the roving stop will be released to rotate with the lower rear roll 14.
  • the roving stop will then rotate with the roll 14 until the leading edge 68 goes into the nip of the rolls 12 and 14 and the roving stop portion 64 bites into the roving I10 and prevents further fibers from going into the drafting system until the operation pieces up the end and resets the roving stop mechanism.
  • FIGS. 4-6 show a modified type of ends down detector and roving stop release.
  • the modified system operates across two drafting positions so that an ends down at either position will stop the supply of roving to both positions.
  • the modified devices consists of the detector wire member 44 pivotally mounted in the elongated members 70 supported by the roll boss of the lower middle drafting roll 18, the roving stop release member 72 mounted on the under side of the lower middle roll 18, a cam 50 mounted on the lower middle roll 18 between two roving stop release members 72 and a cam follower 74 pivotally secured to the inside of the roving stop release member 72.
  • the cam 50 rotates continuously with the lower middle roll 18 and pivots the cam follower on each rotation. Since the hook portion 46 of the wire member 44 is held in the position shown in FIG. 4 by the yarn Y, the hook portion 76 of the roving stop release mechanism 72 remains engaged with the projection 61 on the roving stop 62 to prevent rotation thereof with the lower rear roll 1.4.
  • pin members 78 and 80 mounted on the support member 70 project through elliptical grooves 82 and 84 in the roving stop release mechanism 72.
  • the roving stop release mechanisms for two adjacent drafting positions are interconnected though a support member 86 so that detection of an ends down at either position will actuate the roving stop member 62.
  • the roving stop 62 will rotate to the position shown in FIG. 5 and the roving stop portion 64 will bite into the roving to stop the supply of roving into the drafting system until an operation pieces up the broken end and resets the ends down detector and roving stop mechanism.
  • a spinning system comprising: a first pair of drafting rolls in nip forming engagement, a second pair of drafting rolls in nip forming engagement spaced from said first pair of rolls, means to twist fibers operably associated with said first pair of rolls, means to supply fibers to said second pair of rolls, means operably associated with said system to detect the absence of yarn between said first pair of rolls and said twist means to stop the supply of fibers to said second pair of rolls when the absence of yarn is detected, said means to stop the supply of fibers including a cam and follower and said means to stop the supply of fibers further including a substantially cylindrical member partially encircling one of said second rolls.
  • a spinning system comprising: a first pair of drafting rolls in nip forming engagement, a second pair of drafting rolls in nip forming engagement spaced from said first pair of rolls, means to twist fibers operably associated with said first pair of rolls, means to supply fibers to said second pair of rolls, means operably associated with said system to detect the absence of yarn between said first pair of rolls and said twist means to stop the supply of fibers to said second pair of rolls when the absence of yarn is detected, said means to stop the supply of fibers including a cam and follower and said spinning system including a second set of drafting rolls spaced axially from said first and second pair of rolls, said cam being located between said second set of drafting rolls and said first and second pairs of rolls.
  • a spinning system comprising: a first, second and third air of drafting rolls, each roll in each lpair of rolls being in nip orming engagement with the other to in each pair, each pair of rolls being spaced from the other pairs of rolls, means supplying fiber to be drafted to said third pair of rolls, a fiber stop means operably associated with one roll of said third pair of rolls to stop the supply of fibers when actuated, a drafting cradle operably associated with said second set of rolls, means to twist fibers operably associated with said first set of rolls, means operably associated with said system to detect the absence of yarn between said first pair of rolls and said twist means to actuate said fiber stop means when the absence of yarn is detected, said means to detect the absence of yarn including a feeler member and said means to stop the supply of fibers including a cam and follower, and said cradle has sidewalls, said feeler member being pivotally mounted in one of said sidewalls.
  • a spinning system comprising: a first, second and third pair of drafting rolls, each roll in each pair of rolls being in nip forming engagement with the other roll in each pair, each pair of rolls being spaced from the other pairs of rolls, means supplying fiber to be drafted to said third pair of rolls, a fiber stop means operably associated with one roll of said third pair of rolls to stop the supply of fibers when actuated, a drafting cradle operably associated with said second set of rolls, means to twist fibers operably associated with said first set of rolls, means operably associated with said system to detect the absence of yarn between said first pair of rolls and said twist means to actuate said fiber stop means when the absence of yarn is detected, said means to detect the absence of yarn including a feeler member and said means to stop the supply of fibers including a cam and follower, and one roll of said second pair of rolls extending axially from said roll, said cam being mounted on said roll extension.
  • said means to detect the absence of yarn includes a feeler member which in normal operation rides on the yarn being twisted, said feeler member having a hook portion projecting adjacent the path of travel of said follower.
  • said fiber stop means encircles a portion of one roll of said third pair of rolls, said fiber stop means having a projection thereon, and a fiber stop release member mounted on one roll of said second pair of rolls having a hook portion engaging said projection to prevent the rotation of said fiber stop means.

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