US3736963A - Weft yarn control device - Google Patents
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- the invention pertains to a weft yarn control device for looms and, more particularly, to such a device for looms of the shuttleless type such as disclosed in U. S. Pat. No. 2,604,123.
- weft yarn is drawn from a stationary source located externally of the inserting means of the loom and is presented to carrier members reciprocated into and from sheds formed by warp threads.
- the weft yarn as it is drawn from its source is controlled by a mechanism which causes it to be inserted into separate sheds of warp threads in connected pairs of individual picks that are frequently termed hairpins.
- this mechanism functions as shown and described in U. S. Pat. No. 2,604,124.
- the weft From its source of supply the weft passes through a tensioning member, then through an eyelet in a socalled yarn positioner and guide lever and then to a combined device having means for cutting, holding and then releasing the weft during the insertion of the first of a pair of interconnected picks. After this release, the yarn positioner and guide lever is effective in moving the weft laterally to a position where it is received into a so-called second pick positioner, which also forms a part of the above device, and it is then properly located for inserting the second of a pair of interconnected picks.
- These combined devices are well known to those familiar with shuttleless looms to which the invention is applicable and for a more detailed description of such a device attention is directed to U. S. Pat. Nos. 2,921,611 and 3,037,531.
- warp yarns such for example as polyester blends wherein the individual fibers which are spun together to form such yarn have a large number of their ends protruding from the body of the yarn which gives the latter a bulky and fuzzy-like texture.
- Such warp yarns are found to be troublesome during the shedding portion of the weaving cycle, for the protruding ends of individual fibers often become entangled with the protruding ends in adjacent yarns causing a condition commonly referred to as the knitting together of warp ends.
- Such a condition will present an obstructed shed opening, or in other words one in which warp yarns from both the upper and lower sheet of warp yarns have knit together and have not fully crossed to form an unobstructed shed opening.
- the weft yarn control device forms a part of the combined device for cutting, holding and then releasing the weft during the insertion of the first of a pair of interconnected picks, and is actuated in timed relation to the weaving cycle which provides a means for engaging and moving the weft yarn after its release by thecutting and holding portion to a position which assures its reception by the second pick positioner.
- the weft yarn control device comprising the invention is in the form of a lifting arm carried by a pivotal lever which is actuated through linkage from a suitable source of drive.
- This lifting arm is disposed in close proximity with the looms second pick positioner.
- the lifting arm In timed relation with the weaving cycle the lifting arm is raised and lowered and is caused to engage the weft yarn upon its release from the cutting and holding device and to raise said weft to a position for assuring its reception by the second pick positioner.
- FIG. I is a perspective view of a portion of a shuttleless loom showing a weft yarn control device according to the invention applied thereto;
- FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but showing the weft yarn control device in a position for elevating the weft yarn to a position for presentation to the loom s second pick positioner.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings a portion of a shuttleless loom is illustrated including a lay beam 10 having a reed 11 supported thereon and through which warp yarns 13 extend in the usual manner.
- a conventional harness mechanism (not shown) sheds the warp yarns 13 to form shed openings 14 into which a carrier member 15 is caused to enter for inserting a length of weft yarn 16.
- the weft yarn is acted upon by the reed in the usual way by the swinging movement of the lay beam to form fabric 17 which is held at its so-called reeded width by temples 18 (one only shown).
- the carrier member shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is fixed to the end of a flexible tape 19 which by means not shown is caused to be wrapped about and unwrapped from an oscillating tape wheel so as to cause said carrier to be inserted into and withdrawn from sheds formed by the warp yarns 13.
- Numeral 20 generally designates the combined device for cutting, holding, releasing and positioning the weft yarn during its insertion into separate warp sheds in the form of connected pairs of individual picks.
- the device includes a movable binder and cutter blade element 21 (FIG. 1) and a trap member 22 (FIG. 2) both of which are slidably supported on an elongated arm or bracket 23.
- the trap member 22 moves into contact with the forward end of a stem 24 that is fixed on the rearward end of bracket 23 and serves to complete a weft trap or the so-called second pick positioner, the structure and operation of which is described in US. Pat. No. 2,604,123.
- bracket 23 is suitably adapted for attachment to the side of a weft control housing (not shown) having a cover 25 and which contains cam and tappet mechanisms of the weft yarn mechanism disclosed and described in the U. S. Pat. No. 2,604,123 above-mentioned.
- One cam and tappet mechanism actuates the cutter blade element 21 to first cut, hold and release the weft during the insertion of a first of a pair of interconnected picks and then to move the trap member 22 so as to trap the weftand position it for the second of the pair of interconnected picks.
- Bracket 23 is provided with a pair of spaced and laterally extending ear elements 26 (a portion of one only shown) which include aligned openings for supporting the usual spring biased rod (not shown) for reciprocating movement.
- This spring biased rod carries the cutter blade element 21 as well as the trap member 22 and is actuated by the above-mentioned cam and tappet mechanism.
- a vertically extending lug element 27 is fixed to the end of the spring biased rod and in a known manner is effective in pivoting a weft yarn positioner and guide lever 28 between positions which are effective in locating said weft yarn to effect the first and then the second of a pair of interconnected picks.
- a fixed and laterally extending finger 29 On the rearward side of and adjacent the top of the lug element 27 there is provided a fixed and laterally extending finger 29.
- an adjustable connecting link 31 is attached to the end of finger 29.
- the opposite end of the connecting link 31 is pivotably assembled by means of a pin 32, within a bifurcated end 33 of a double armed lever 34.
- the hub portion of this double armed lever 34 is pivotably assembled by means of a bolt 35 to the side of the bracket 23 adjacent the rearward end thereof.
- the double armed lever 34 is disposed generally vertically and its lower arm includes a foot portion 36 having a forwardly directed lifting arm 37 adjustably assembled therein.
- the weft yarn as it is drawm from its source of supply extends through a pivotal weft yarn positioner and guide lever which is effective in locating the weft so as to permit its insertion into separate sheds of warp yarns in connected pairs of individual picks.
- the weft yarn is cut and the end held when the carrier enters the shed to insert the first of a pair of interconnected picks.
- the held end is released and drawn through the shed to complete said pick.
- the weft yam positioner and guide lever commences to pivot so as to move the weft to a position to be trapped by the second pick positioner and in readiness for insertion of the second of the pair of interconnected picks.
- the lug element moves inwardly, or in the direction of the indicating arrow 38 (FIG. 2), to
- the weft yarn positioner and guide lever moves finger 29 in a like direction which in turn pivots the double armed lever 34 so as to raise the lifting arm 37.
- the raising of the lifting arm 37 elevates the weft yarn and assures its trapping by the second pick positioner.
- the weft 16 is released by the second pick positioner as the trap member 22 is caused to move forwardly according to the dictates of the aforementioned cam and tappet mechanism.
- the weft yarn positioner and guide lever are pivoted to that position which places the weft yarn in position to repeat the picking cycle after being cut and then held by the binder and cutter blade member 21.
- the binder and cutter blade member is actuated and the severed end of weft is carried through the shed to complete said second pick.
- the weft now extends between its source of supply and the binder and cutter blade member 21 and is in readiness for the next picking cycle.
- the conventional weft depressor member (not shown) is effective in drawing the weft downwardly to a position for pick up by the inserting carrier during its initial movement toward the shed.
- the inserting carrier'has traveled a sufficient distance into the shed to have withdrawn enough weft to complete the pick the binder and cutter blade member is moved rearwardly to release the held end of weft. This movement as heretofore described is effected by the cam and tappet mechanism within the weft control housing which also causes the lifting arm 37 comprising the invention to be pivoted upwardly.
- the pivotal movement of the lifting arm 37 serves no purpose and is intended only to raise the weft, after release by the binder and cutter blade member, a sufficient distance so as to be received and trapped by the second pick positioner just prior to insertion of the second of the pair of interconnected picks.
- the dotted line 16' in FIG. 2 identifies weft yarn which is being held below its normal path of travel due to entering the warp shed 14 beneath one or more yarns of the lower warp sheet that have knit together with adjacent yarns of the upper warp sheet. In this position the weft cannot be trapped in the second pick positioner and the lifting arm 37 according to the invention provides a positive means for raising said weft to a position to be trapped by said second pick positioner.
- a weft yarn control device comprising a clamping member for temporarily holding and then releasing an end of weft while inserting the first of a pair of interconnected picks, a second pick positioner for locating the weft for insertion of the second of a pair of interconnected picks, and a lifting arm for moving the weft after release by said clamping member to a position to be received by said second pick positioner.
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US5056566A (en) * | 1989-04-19 | 1991-10-15 | Picanol N.V. Naamloze Vennootschap | Control of weft insertion timing as a function of shed opening |
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Owner name: DELTA ACQUISTION CORPORATION; HORNADAY RD., GREENS Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:004113/0020 Effective date: 19820321 Owner name: DRAPER CORPORATION, Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:DELTA ACQUISITION CORPORATION,;REEL/FRAME:004097/0735 Effective date: 19820920 |
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