Apparatus and process for automatically supplying cops to a thread winder
US3933320A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1973 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/31
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatically supplying cops to a thread winder wherein the inefficient manual operation of supplying the cops one by one into each of the cop-holding magazines mounted in juxtaposition to the thread winder can be dispensed with. To this end, the apparatus of the invention comprises, as an essential component, a travelling cop feeder with means for sequentially feeding a number of cops from a cop-containing section through a cop feed-out section thereof, means for receiving and holding the cops by a cop-holding and charging section mounted in the cop-receiving position below said feed-out section and transferring them automatically alongside the thread winder, means for stopping said charging section in a position registering with each cop-holding magazine in the thread winder by a stop position control device, and means for charging the cops into the cop pocket in said magazine. In addition, means are provided for sensing the presence or absence of cops in the cop housing in the magazine for selectively charging the cops held by said charging section; replenishing cops selectively and automatically into the cop-containing sec…
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