US3811628A - Control means for the builder mechanism of textile yarn twister or like machine - Google Patents

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US3811628A
US3811628A US00304380A US30438072A US3811628A US 3811628 A US3811628 A US 3811628A US 00304380 A US00304380 A US 00304380A US 30438072 A US30438072 A US 30438072A US 3811628 A US3811628 A US 3811628A
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  • ABSTRACT The control means is characterized by versatility and reliability of operation, and in the disclosed embodiment includes proximity-type switching elements mounted within an end cabinet of the textile machine and movable by adjustable drive means along arcuate paths of travel about the axis of the shaft of the windlass of the builder mechanism.
  • Control means of the aforesaid general type have heretofore been proposed: see e.g., U. S. Pat. No. 3,484,050.
  • the prior control means frequently include abutmenttype limit switches mounted in exposed locations upon the textile machine immediately adjacent one of its reciprocatorily movable ring rails for mechanical actuation by the ring rail or a mechanical actuator mounted upon it. This is undesirable for a variety of reasons.
  • the ring rails of textile machines of the type in question at times undergo bounce, jiggle, or other erratic movement due to extraneous causes, which can easily occasion malfunctioning of the switching operation.
  • control means may impede or prohibit the utilization of desired accessory equipment, such as traveling cleaning apparatus or automatic dolfing apparatus, in association with the textile machine; and will in any event render the control means subject to unauthorized tampering, to accidental impacts, and to deterioration from the ofttimes humid and/or lint congested atmosphere prevalent in textile mills.
  • desired accessory equipment such as traveling cleaning apparatus or automatic dolfing apparatus
  • Mechanical failure of the control means in addition to possibly being hastened by one or more of the foregoing factors, also tends to ensue fairly rapidly due to wearing of the repeatedly abutting components of the mechanical-type switching elements.
  • control means have not in all instances possessed the desired degree of versatility of utilization and ease of adjustment in operation.
  • control means be readily adjustable, by only semi-skilled textile mill employees, so as to permit the production by the textile machine of any desired one of numerous possible yarnpackage builds or configurations.
  • the primary object of the present invention is the provision of improved control means, for a builder mechanism of the type described, which is highly versatile in operation and may be quickly and easily adjusted to permit the formation of many different yam-package builds or structures, and which at the same time is quite durable and reliable in operation.
  • Another object is the provision of control means of the described type which in no way impedes or prohibits the utilization of automatic cleaning or dolfing apparatus, or any other desired accessory equipment, in association' with the textile machine.
  • a related and more specific object is the provision of control means which is not affected by "bounce, ig-
  • Still another object is the provision of control means of the type described which is of highly compact and economical construction, and which employs switching elements not prone to rapid mechanical failure due to repeated abutment of their components.
  • the present invention provides a builder-mechanism control means including switch means and switchactuating means, which preferably are of a nonengaging proximity type operable by magnetic forces, mounted distal from the ring rail of the textile machine for arcuate movement relative to one another along generally concentric arcuate paths of travel toward and away from adjustably variable positions of nonengaging proximity to one another; and further includes adjustable switching drive means for effecting the aforesaid relative arcuate movement between the switch means and the switch-actuating means.
  • the switch means is so connected to the reversible builder drive means of the builder mechanism of the textile machine as to, upon each proximity actuation of the switch means by the switch-actuating means, reverse the direction of the builder drive means and thereby reverse the direction of reciprocatory movement of the ring rail of the textile machine.
  • all components of the control means are mounted within and enclosed by the end cabinet of the textile machine which normally houses the Windlass of the machines builder mechanism, so as to be shielded by such cabinet from impacts, tampering and the ambient air; and preferably the various switches and switch-actuators of the control means are mounted upon or in close association with the Windlass shaft for exceedingly stable movement along arcuate paths of travel concentric with the axis of such shaft.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view, partially broken away, of an end cabinet and part of a ring rail of a textile yarn twister or like machine equipped with builder-mechanism control means embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the control means shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the control means of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded and partially diagrammatic perspective view of the control means
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic showing of the electrical circuitry of the apparatus.
  • FIGS. 6A-6E are diagramatics representations of various yarn package builds achievable by use of the control means.
  • the textile yarn twister or like machine fragmentarily shown in FIG. 1 includes a vertically movable ring rail 12 adapted to traverse yarn package 24, and has a builder mechanism housed within an end cabinet 14 and including a rotatable windlass 16 connected to ring rail 12 by a lifter tape 18 and other conventional components (not shown).
  • Cabinet 14 is provided with one or more access doors 14, which may be provided with a suitable lock (not shown), which may be opened to provide convenient access by authorized persons to the interior of cabinet 14.
  • the builder mechanism within cabinet 14 further includes builder drive means drivably connected to windlass l6, and including electric reversing clutches 20,22 diagramatically shown in FIG.
  • ring rail 12 determines the basic build or structural characteristics of the yarn packages 24 produced by machine 10. It is of course understood that while only one ring rail 12 and yarn package 24 are fragmentarily shown in FIG. 1, there would customarily be two ring rails 12, disposed on and extending longitudinally of opposite sides of the textile machine, and each ring rail 12 would vertically traverse a plurality of yarn packages 24 spaced along the length thereof.
  • control means 26 generally comprises switch means including proximity-type switch elements 28,30 operatively connected to the reversing clutches 20,22 (FIG.
  • proximity-type switch-actuating means in the form of an actuator element 32, for actuating elements 28,30 when in nonengaging proximity thereto; mounting means including gear-like members 36,38 and an annlike member 40, which members are all supported upon and rotatable about the axis of a forwardly projecting portion of the center shaft 16' of windlass 16, for respectively mounting switch elements 28,30 and actuator element 32 adjacent one another for nonengaging arcuate movement relative to one another, along mutually spaced and substantially concentric arcuate paths of travel, toward and away from adjustably variable proximity positions of nonengaging actuation of switch elements 28,30 by actuator element 32; switching drive means for effecting the aforesaid relative movement between switch elements 28,30 and actuator element 32, such switching drive means including a reversible electric servo motor 42, pulleys 44,46 and interconnecting belt
  • proximity switch-actuators 32,69 comprise small but relatively powerful magnets, while proximity switches 28,30,66 and 68 each are of the type actuable by magnetic forces.
  • Magnetically actuable proximity switches are known to those skilled in the art and are commercially available, one suitable model being sold by the Reed Switch Developments Company, Inc. (Greenwich, Connecticut) under the catalog designation Vl-D.
  • the reed-like contacts of such switches are permanently encased within a capsule formed of plastic and/or glass material, so as to be completely shielded from dust, lint and similar materials which might impede operation of the switches and/or shorten their useful lives.
  • switch elements 28,30 and 66,68, and of their respective associated actuators 32,69 are further enhanced by the fact that actuation of the former by the latter ensues from only nonengaging proximity therebetween, as a result of which the switches and actuators can be and are all mounted such that wear-inducing physical contact between them never occurs.
  • the mounting means for the aforesaid switching elements includes, as previously noted, gear-like members 36,38 and arm-like member 40.
  • Gear-like members 36,38 are each mounted by suitable bushings (not shown) upon windlass shaft 16 for free rotative movement relative to that shaft and about its axis.
  • Switch elements 28,30 are secured to confronting side faces of members 36,38 respectively, for movement therewith along arcuate paths of travel concentric with the axis of shaft 16, and flexible electrical leads (not shown) extend therefrom to electrical circuitry to be subsequently described.
  • Intermediate gear-like members 36,38, arm member 40 is clamped, key and/or otherwise fixedly secured to shaft 16' for oscillatory movement in unison with the shaft and windlass 16.
  • Magnetic switch-actuator element 32 is mounted upon the outer end of arm member 40 for movement therewith about the axis of shaft 16'.
  • Elements 28,30 and 32 are disposed approximately equidistant in a radial direction from the axis of shaft 16, and are in spaced adjacent relationship to one another along the length of shaft 16'. Relative arcuate movement between switch elements 28,30 and actuator element 32 therefore brings the switch elements toward and away from positions of nonengaging switch-actuating proximity to actuator element 32. Dispersion of the relatively concentrated magnetic field produced by element 32 is prevented by forming members 36,38 and 40 of non-magnetic material, preferably aluminum. This further insures that switch elements 28,30 will be actuated only when in close proximity to actuator element 32, and not at other times by stray" magnetic flux.
  • Shaft members 50,52 of the switching drive means are rotatively mounted by suitable bearings (not shown) in laterally spaced and generally parallel relationship to each other beneath and substantially parallel to forwardly projecting shaft portion 16' of windlass 16.
  • Gears 54,55 are keyed or otherwise fixedly secured to shafts 50,52, respectively, in respective meshing engagement with gear-like members 38,36.
  • Pulley 44 is keyed or otherwise fixedly secured to shaft 50 rearwardly of gear 54, and is connected by drive belt 48 to output pulley 46 of reversible servo motor 42, which is mounted in any suitable manner beneath shaft 50. Adjacent their forwardmost end portions, shafts 50,52 pass through a frame-plate 84 (FIGS. 2 and 3).
  • Additional gears 56,57 are respectively keyed or otherwise fixedly (but removably) secured to the respective shafts 50,52 forwardly of frame-plate 84 but rearwardly of the adjustment knobs 62,64 removably affixed to the free outer ends of the shafts.
  • Non-rotatable stub shafts 86,88 carried by and projecting forwardly from frame plate 84 mount idler gears 58,59 in meshing engagement with gears 56,57, respectively.
  • gears 58,59 may alternatively be locked in place or made freely rotatable about the axis of the stub shafts mounting the same.
  • a third stub shaft 92 having gear 60 mounted for rotation at its outer end is secured at its inner end by frameplate 84 for adjustive vertical movement between a lower position, shown in FIG. 4 and wherein gear 60 is out of meshing engagement with gears 56,57, and an elevated position shown in FIG. 2 and wherein gear 60 meshes with and interconnects gears 56,57.
  • Suitable detent means or the like (not shown) is provided in association with frame plate 84 for releasably maintaining stub shaft 92 in-one or the other .of its aforesaid adjustive positions.
  • gears 56-60 and knobs 62,64 are all readily accessible from the front of cabinet 14 of machine once cabinet door .14 is opened.
  • the same is also true with respect to the various adjustable control members associated with reversible servo motor 42.
  • Both the manually operable master switch 94 (FIGS. 2 and 5) for motor 42 and the control knob 70' (FIG. 2) for its timer 70 are mounted in the vicinity of knobs 62,64, as upon frame-plate 84, while the plate-like member 72 mounting proximity switches.66,68 is disposed thereabove.
  • Plate-like member 72 is hingedly mounted along one side edge to cabinet 14 for forward pivotal movement when access to the components rearwardly of it is desired.
  • An arcuate slot 95 provided through plate 72 is concentric with the projected axis of windlass shaft 16'.
  • the forward terminal end of shaft 16 is disposed rearwardly of plate 72, and is provided with a lubrication fitting 96 thereon.
  • Proximity switch elements 66,68 are mounted upon the rear face of plate 72 by a pair of identical bracket members 98, each of which is provided with a releasable locking screw 100 and a pointer 102 upon its forwardmost part.
  • Brackets 98 are mounted within arcuate slot 95 for adjustive sliding movement longitudinally of such slot upon loosening of locking screws 100.
  • Each switch 66,68 of course moves with its associated bracket 98 along slot 95, and therefore along an arcuate path of travel concentric with the projected axis of windlass shaft 16.
  • plate 74 is spaced from member 38 by bosses 104 and is formed of steel or similar material capable of performing a magnetic-shunt function. Bosses 104 also serve to position plate 74 and actuator element 69 in spaced adjacent relationship to plate 72 and its switch elements 66,68.
  • All of the elements 66,68 and 69 are approximately equidistant in a radial direction from the projected axis of windlass shaft 16. Relative arcuate movement of the elements about such axis therefore brings switch elements 66,68 toward or away from proximity positions of actuation by actuator 69.
  • reversing clutches 20,22 of the builder control means are disposed in a circuit 105 which further includes normally open proximity switches 28,30, a conventional circuit-holding device 106, and normally closed limit switches 108,110.
  • Actuation of switch 28 by actuator 32 (FIGS. 3 and 4) energizes clutch 20, which in turn causes the builder drive means (not shown) to rotate windlass 16 (FIG. 1) in a counterclockwise direction effecting upward movement of ring rail 12 (FIG. 1).
  • Device 106 maintains clutch 20 in an energized condition, notwithstanding deactuation of switch 28, until switch 30 is actuated by actuator 32 (FIGS. 3 and 4).
  • clutch 20 becomes deenergized and clutch 22 energized, which causes reversal of the builder drive means, clockwise rotation of windlass 16, and downward movement of ring rail 12.
  • Device 106 maintains the foregoing conditions, notwithstanding deactuation of switch 30, until another cycle of operation is initiated by switch 28 being again actuated.
  • Limit switches 108,110 are those customarily provided for safety purposes upon textile machines of the type in question. They are mounted for engagement by any convenient portion of ring rail 12 or some suitable component of the builder control mechanism if movement of the ring rail should for any reason exceed safe operating limits. Excessive upward movement of ring rail 12 causes limit switch 108 to open and thereby deactuate clutch 20, while excessive downward movement of the ring rail similarly causes opening of limit switch 110 and deactuation of clutch 22. During normal operation both switches 108,110 remain closed at all times.
  • the servo-motor circuit 112 shown in the lower portion of FIG. 5 includes master switch 94 and a first branch wherein normally closed proximity switch 66 and normally open switch 68 are arranged in series with a conventional relay 114, and time-delay relay 113 forming part of timing device 70.
  • a normally open holding contact 114-1 of relay 114 is arranged in parallel with switch 68.
  • a second branch of circuit 112 includes a normally closed contact 114-2 and another normally open contact 114-3 of relay 114, normally open contact 113-l of time-delay relay 113, reversible servo-motor 42 and a capacitor 116 operatively associated with the servo-motor.
  • Relay contacts 114-3 and 1 13-1 are in series with one another and in parallel with relay contact 1144, such that servo-motor 42 will always be caused to operate in one direction or the other when master switch 94 is closed and relay 113 has timed out.
  • the delay between energization of relay 113 and closure of its contact 113-1 can be varied from zero (no delay) to any desired period of time.
  • Energization of motor 42 of course causes its output pulley 46 (FIGS. 2-4) to rotate at a substantially uniform low speed, illustratively 0.48 RPM.
  • FIG. 6 diagramatically illustrates various of the movements of ring rail 12 and resulting yarnpackage builds achievable by use of the present control means.
  • the lower limit thereof is set by placing gear 60 in its downward inoperative position and then manually rotating control knob 64 (FIGS. 2-4), which through shaft 52, gear 55 and gear-like member 36 causes arcuate movement of proximity switch 28 about the axis of windlass shaft 16'.
  • switch 28 Once switch 28 has reached the desired position, it is fixed in place by tightening the locking element 90 associated with the idler gear 59 meshing with gear 57 upon shaft 52.
  • the upper limit of the ring rail movement and yam-package build is similarly realized by appropriate rotation of control knob 62, which through shaft 50, gear 54 and gear-like member 38 moves proximity switch 30 about the axis of windlass shaft 16', and then by tightening the locking element 90 of the idler gear 58 meshing with the front gear 56 upon shaft 50.
  • appropriate indicia may be provided upon the forward faces of knobs 62,64, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4.
  • Servo-motor master switch 94 is opened so as to render the motor and its associated components inoperative.
  • proximity switch-actuator 32 oscillates in unison with windlass shaft 16, due to the fixed connection between such shaft and the arm 40 supporting actuator 32, between the then-stationary proximity switches 28,30.
  • switch 28 or 30 Upon each actuation of switch 28 or 30 by movement of actuator 32 into nonengaging proximity therewith, energization of the reversing clutch or 22 associated with such switch causes reversal of the direction of movement of windlass 16 and ring rail 12.
  • lowerlimit proximity switch 28 is fixed in position in the same manner as described above, and adjustable gear 60 is left in its inoperative lower position.
  • Locking element 90 of the idler gear 58 associated with shaft 50 is loosened so that gear-like member 38 is susceptible to being driven by servo-motor 42 through pulleys 44,46, belt 48, shaft 50 and gear 54.
  • the arcuate positions of proximity switches 66,68, which switches are mounted upon plate-like member 72 and control reversal of servo-motor 42, are adjusted by sliding their brackets 98 longitudinally of plate-Slot 95 and then tightening the locking screws 100 associated with such brackets.
  • switches 66,68 may be indicated by the bracket pointers 102 and suitable indicia 103 provided upon the forward face of plate 72 adjacent slot 95 thereof.
  • the arcuate position of switch 66 determines the elevation of the major valleys of the motion-diagram portion of FIG. 6B, while the arcuate position of switch 68 determines the elevation of the major peaks of such diagram.
  • Master switch 94 of servo-motor 42 is closed, and control knob 70' of timing device is set to zero (no delay).
  • the function of proximity switches 28,30 and reversing clutches 20,22 is the same as that previously described with respect to FIG. 6A.
  • gear-like element 38 and the proximity switch 30 carried by it do not remain stationary, but rather are oscillated about the axis of shaft 16' by servo-motor 42 through pulleys 44,46, belt 48, shaft 50 and gear 54.
  • Proximity switchactuator 69 being connected by plate 74 to gear-like member 38, of course undergoes oscillatory movement in unison with member 38 and therefore moves into and out of positions of proximity to the proximity switches 66,68 mounted upon plate 72.
  • actuator 69 moves into proximity with switch 66 or 68, actuation of the latter causes reversal of servo-motor 42 and ensuing reversal of the direction of oscillation of gear-like member 38.
  • energization of the relays causes contact 114-2 to open and contact 114-3 and 113-1 to close, thereby reversing motor 42 and causing reversal of the direction of oscillatory movement of gear-like member 38 and actuator 69.
  • Actuator 69 continues arcuate movement in its new, clockwise direction, under the impetus of servo-motor 42, until it eventually comes into nonengaging proximity with normally closed switch 66. When this occurs actuator 69 momentarily opens switch 66, thereby deenergizing relays 113,114.
  • the various contacts thereof again assume the conditions illustrated in FIG. 5, thereby again reversing the direction of servo-motor 42.
  • the yam-package build schematically shown in FIG. 6D is produced in essentially the same manner as described above with reference to FIG. 6B.
  • control knob 70' of timing device 70 is adjusted so as to cause a desired time-delay between each energization of time-delay relay 113 and closure of the latters contact 113-1.
  • each actuation of switch 68 by actuator 69 causes complete interruption of the power to servo motor 42, and stoppage thereof, until time-delay contact 113-1 times in.
  • gear-like member 38 and the proximity switch 30 carried by it remain stationary.
  • the procedure for producing the filling wind yarnpackage build shown in FIG. 6C differs from that described with respect to FIG. 6B in the following respects.
  • the initial spacing between proximity switch elements 28,30 is decreased to the desired extent, by appropriate manipulation of control knobs 62,64, and the initial circumferencial spacing between proximity switch elements 66,68 is suitably increased, by movement of brackets 98 along slot of plate 72.
  • adjustable gear 60 is moved from its lowered inopvertically recirprocatable ring rail, and a builder mechanism including reversible builder drive means for vertically reciprocating said ring rail, improved control means for at desired times reversing said drive means and thereby reversing the direction of reciprocatory movement of said ring rail, comprising:
  • the yarn-package build shown in FIG. 6E is also producable in much the same manner as that described with respect to FIG. 63, with the following difference.
  • gears 56,57 are removed from their respective shafts 50,52 and largerdiameter intermeshing gears (not shown) are substituted therefor. If necessary for such substitution, idler gears 58,59 may be removed from the apparatus or moved to a non-interfering position.
  • servomotor 42 oscillates gear-like members 36,38 in unison with one another, but in opposite directions.
  • gears 56,57 and the larger-diameter substitutes therefor could of course all be permanently but adjustively mounted upon shafts 50,52 for movement of desired pairs of them into and out of operating position, in which event complete removal of the gears from the shafts would not be required.
  • FIGS. 6 The various yam-package builds schematically illustrated in FIGS. 6 are of course only illustrative of the many different types producable by use of the present control means. Among the other types of builds which could be realized are those which would result from providing the capability for a time delay between actuation of proximity switch 66 and reversal of servo motor 42, in addition to or in lieu of the hereinbefore described capability for a time delay between actuation of proximity switch 68 and reversal of the servo motor. Such added capability could be readily achieved by the addition of standard components to the electrical circuitry of the apparatus, as will be realized by those skilled in the art.
  • proximity-type switch means operatively connected to said builder drive means for reversing said builder drive means and the direction of reciprocatory movement of said ring-rail upon actuation of said switch means by said switch-actuating means when the same are in positions of nonengaging proximity to one another;
  • said switch means comprises a plurality of proximity switch elements actuable by magnetic forces
  • said actuator means comprises at least one magnet element
  • said plurality of said proximity switch elements includes two of said elements mounted by said mounting means for movement thereof in spaced and substantially parallel planes, and wherein said magnet element is mounted by said mounting means for movement thereof in a plane intermediate and substantially parallel to said spaced parallel planes and is movable in correlated unison with said reciprocatory movement of said ring rail.
  • said builder mechanism includes a windlass having a center shaft, and said arcuate paths of travel of said switch-actuating means and said switch means are generally concentric with the axis of said windlass shaft.
  • Apparatus as in claim 4 wherin said machine includes an end cabinet enclosing said windlass, said windlass shaft, said switch-actuating means, said switch means, said mounting means and said switching drive means.
  • a textile yarn twister or like machine having a vertically reciprocatable ring rail, an end cabinet, a builder mechanism including a windlass shaft housed within said end cabinet and operatively connected to said ring rail, and reversible builder drive means for rotating said windlass shaft in opposite directions to thereby cause said reciprocatory movement of said ring rail, the improvement comprising:
  • control means operatively connected to said builder drive means forat adjustably variable desired times during operation of said machine reversing said drive means and thereby reversing the directions of movement of said windlass shaft and said ring rail, said control means including a plurality of switch and switch-actuating elements mounted within said end cabinet for movement along arcuate paths of travel each generally concentric with the axis of said windlass shaft, at least one of said elements being connected to said shaft for movement thereby and in unison therewith, and at least a second of said elements being movable along said path of travel thereof relative to said shaft and to said one element.
  • said elements are of a nonengaging proximity type, and include at least one magnetically actuable switch element and at least one magnetic actuator element for actuating said switch element when said elements are in nonengaging proximity to each other.
  • control means further includes manually operable means for adjustably varying the position of said second element along said path of travel thereof.
  • control means further includes switching drive means for when desired moving said second element along said arcuate path of travel thereof.
  • a builder mechanism including a windlass shaft operatively connected to said ring rail, and reversible builder drive means for rotating said windlass shaft in opposte directions to thereby cause said reciprocatory movement of said ring rail, the improvement comprising:
  • a switch actuator element mounted upon said windlass shaft for rotation in unison with said shaft about the axis thereof;
  • reversible switching drive means operatively associated with said switch-element mounting means for when desired imparting arcuate movement to at least one of said switch elements about the axis of said shaft;
  • adjustable means associated with said switching drive means for reversing the direction of said movement of said one of said switch elements when the same reaches a preselected position during its arcuate movement about the axis of said shaft.
  • a builder mechanism including a windlass having a center shaft, and reversible builder drive means operatively connected to said windlass for rotation said windlass in opposite directions to thereby cause reciprocatory movement of said ring rail, the improvement comprising:
  • a switch actuator mounted upon said windlass shaft of said builder mechanism and movable therewith along an arcuate path of travel in corrolation with said ring rail movement;
  • first and second switch elements operatively connected to said builder drive means for reversing said builder drive means and thereby the direction of movement of said ring rail upon actuation of either of said switch elements by said switch actuator;
  • first and second mounting members respectively mounting said first and second limit switches adjacent said path of travel of said actuator for actuation by said actuator and for independent movement of each of said switch elements generally parallel to said actuator path of travel;
  • adjustable switching drive means operatively associated with said mounting means for, alternatively and when energized, moving both of said switch elements in the same direction generally parallel to said actuator path of travel, moving both of said switch elements in opposite directions generally parallel to said arcuate path of travel, and moving one of said switch elements generally parallel to said actuator path of travel while allowing the other of said switch elements to remain stationary.
  • said textile machine includes an end cabinet enclosing said windlass shaft, said actuator, said switch elements, said mounting means and said switching drive means.
  • first and said second mounting means respectively comprise first and second gear-like members carried by and freely rotatable about the axis of said windlass shaft on opposite sides of said actuator
  • said adjustable switching drive means includes a servo-motor, and means including a selectively variable gear train for drivably interconnecting said drive motor with one or both of said gear-like members.
  • said interconnecting means includes, in association with each of said gear-like members, a gearing shaft, a first gear on said gearing shaft meshing with the corresponding one of said gear-like members, and a second gear on said shaft forming part of said gear train.
  • said gear train further includes an idler gear movable as desired into and out of meshing relationship with said second gears.
  • interconnecting means further includes belt and pulley means interconnecting one of said gearing shafts and said ser- VO-lTlOtOl'.

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