US3688957A - Entrainment means - Google Patents

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US3688957A
US3688957A US84569A US3688957DA US3688957A US 3688957 A US3688957 A US 3688957A US 84569 A US84569 A US 84569A US 3688957D A US3688957D A US 3688957DA US 3688957 A US3688957 A US 3688957A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/86—Arrangements for taking-up waste material before or after winding or depositing
    • B65H54/88—Arrangements for taking-up waste material before or after winding or depositing by means of pneumatic arrangements, e.g. suction guns
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments

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  • ABSTRACT I A process for entraining a filament or yarn passing 30] F i A li ti P i it D t across the induction end of a suction gun comprising mechanically introducing a device into the induction 1969 Great Bmam "53696/69 end of the gun so that the device is sucked into the gun, catching the filament or yarn with the device so that the latter drags the filament or yarn into the gun, [52] US. Cl.
  • the tension established in the threadline after entraining the yarn chiefly depends upon the highvelocity air in the body of the gun exerting drag on the yarn.
  • Most prior art suction entrainment guns have not proved entirely satisfactory since they have shown a bias towards high induction with consequently low tension or vice versa.
  • the entrainment devices of the prior art have not proved suitable for entraining filaments or yarns of high denier per filament such as, for example, 500 d.p.f. or for entraining elastomeric filaments or yarns.
  • the present invention provides a process for entraining a filament or yarn comprising causing the filament or yarn to pass across the induction end of a suction gun and mechanically introducing the filament or yarn into said induction end of said suction gun by a device such that the filament or yarn and the device are carried through the suction gun to a filament or yarn collecting location.
  • the filament or yarn is caused to pass substantially normal to the induction end of the suction gun.
  • the process is particularly useful for entraining a running high tension filament or yarn threadline.
  • the device is of a diameter such that at least one. yam-carrying air passage in the suction gun is substantially closed by the device.
  • the device used in the process of the invention to introduce the yarn into the suction gun may be a pellet designed to pass through the suction gun to a waste-collecting location.
  • the pellet may be retrieved from there, or, if it is made from the same materials as the yarn, it may be disposed of with the waste yarn through normal waste-recovery channels. If the pellet is to be retrieved from the waste yarn then it is desirable to color the pellet such that it stands out from the waste yarn.
  • the pellet may be short and designed to be sucked into the suction gun and to drag the yarn in with it.
  • This type of pellet may have a diameter only slightly less than the smallest bore in the yarn passage of the suction gun thus offering a larger area to the induced moving airstream than the threadline and hence a low induction is possible to introduce the yarn into the suction gun.
  • An elongated pellet comprising two end pieces connected together by a waisted shank, may be used in another embodiment of the invention.
  • the length of the waisted shank is preferably slightly longer than the length of the induction tube from entry to the throat.
  • One end piece of the elongated pellet has a diameter only slightly less than the smallest bore in the yarn passage of the suction gun and the other end piece is provided with a notch for catching the yarn.
  • the former end piece is inserted into the suction gun until it reaches the body of the gun, i.e., beyond the throat of the induction tube portion of the gun, at which point the high speed air causes the pellet to be projected through the gun and to drag the yarn behind it.
  • the take away hose of the suction gun should have no sharp bends before the waste-collectinglocation.
  • a pellet is fired into the suction gun.
  • the pellet may be a short pellet as described previously and may be fired for example by compressed air from a pellet housing or by pneumatic means, to catch the yarn and pass with the yarn into the suction gun.
  • the speed of the pellet is governed by the air pressure firing it. Obviously, the. pellet velocity must be kept below the yarn speed to prevent unpredictable breaking of the yarn during entrainment.
  • the pellet housing and the induction tube of the suction gun be locked in fixed disposition one to the other.
  • the firing of the pellet may be designed to be automatic and to be triggered, for example, by the insertion of the end of the suction gun in the housing.
  • the short or elongated pellets described herein may be made of, for example, a plastics material or metal. In the case of the elongated pellet, the material should be such as to give some flexibility to the pellet.
  • the pellets may be made, for example, by machining from solid rod, fabricating or injection molding.
  • the process of the invention may include cutting the yarn downstream of the device.
  • the cutting means may be separate from the device or may be associated therewith so that cutting of the yarn is automatic. Cutting is only necessary with very heavy denier or very stiff yarns. For smaller deniers the yarn is severed by the sudden increase in tension towards the wind-up side of the device.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view of one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS; 2 and 3 are plan views of short pellets.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of an elongated pellet.
  • FIG. 5 is a part-sectional view of a housing for firing a pellet.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a running low denier yarn l passing substantially normal to the end of a suction gun 3.
  • the suction gun 3 contains an induction tube 5 having an entry end 7 and a throat end 9. Air is supplied to the suction gun through tube 11 and passes into the body 13 of the suction gun.
  • the yarn 1 is introduced into the end 7 of the induction tube 5 by means of a short pellet 15.
  • the pellet 15 has a diameter only slightly less than the diameter of the induction tube 5.
  • the suction in the induction tube 5 causes the pellet 15 together with the yarn to be sucked into the gun.
  • the yarn is severed downstream of the pellet by the sudden increase in yarn tension.
  • the pellet and the yarn pass through the suction gun to a waste-collecting means not shown.
  • a short pellet 15 having a yam-entraining slot 17 and a longitudinal clearance groove 19 along the sides of the pellet to allow room for the yarn to enter the suction gun.
  • FIG. 3 there is shown a short pellet, similar to that shown in FIG. 2 but having an enlarged yarn-entraining slot 21.
  • This type of pellet is particularly useful for entraining multi-filament yarn comprising a large number of filaments.
  • an elongated pellet comprising end pieces 23 and 25 connected together by a waisted shank 27.
  • the end piece 23 is designed to have a diameter only slightly less than the smallest bore in the yarn passage of the suction gun.
  • the end piece 25 is provided with a notch 29 for catching theyam.
  • FIG. 5 there is shown a housing for firing a small pellet, such as is illustrated in FIGS. 2 or 3.
  • the housing essentially consists of an entry passage 31 for the pellet, the passage being tapered to facilitate loading and accessible by means of a threaded bolt 33, an air inlet tube 35, a simple trigger mechanism 37, a slot 39 for the running yarn 41 and an entry passage 43 for the induction end 45 of a suction gun.
  • the threaded bolt 33 is removed and a pellet 46 is inserted in the entry passage 31.
  • a ridge 47 in the passage ensures that the pellet 46 stays in the correct orientation with respect to the yarn 41 by engaging in the longitudinal groove (shown as 19 in FIG. 2) of the pellet.
  • the bolt is then screwed into the passage and pushes the pellet past the air inlet tube 35
  • the slot 39 in the housing allows for the yarn 41 to run through the housing prior to entrainment and, when entrained, for it to be removed from the housing through the suction gun 45.
  • a process for entraininga filament or yarn passing across the induction end of a suction gun comprising mechanically introducing a device into the induction end of the gun so that the device is sucked into the gun, catching the filament or yarn with the device so that the latter drags the filament or yarn into the gun, and passing the device and the filament or yarn through and out of the gun to a filament or yarn collecting location.
  • the improvement bein comprised in that the filament or yarn IS mechanical y introduced into said induction end of said suction gun by a pellet such that the filament or yarn and the device are carried through the suction gun to a filament or yarn collecting location.

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US4412371A (en) * 1981-06-11 1983-11-01 Badische Corporation Device for introducing a traveling yarn into a yarn treatment chamber
DE3517117A1 (de) * 1985-05-11 1986-11-13 Georg Sahm GmbH & Co KG, 3440 Eschwege Absaugpistole fuer monofilamente, baendchen und andere faeden
US5441215A (en) * 1991-05-20 1995-08-15 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Slitted winding wheel for optical fiber
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US4258872A (en) * 1977-12-24 1981-03-31 Schubert & Salzer Controllable thread extractor device with an air passage connected to a vacuum source
US4412371A (en) * 1981-06-11 1983-11-01 Badische Corporation Device for introducing a traveling yarn into a yarn treatment chamber
DE3517117A1 (de) * 1985-05-11 1986-11-13 Georg Sahm GmbH & Co KG, 3440 Eschwege Absaugpistole fuer monofilamente, baendchen und andere faeden
US5441215A (en) * 1991-05-20 1995-08-15 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Slitted winding wheel for optical fiber
US5472128A (en) * 1991-05-20 1995-12-05 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Method and apparatus for sucking an optical fiber
US20090255522A1 (en) * 2008-04-14 2009-10-15 Broberg Jr Dewey O Pellet gun feeder
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