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Thread storage and supply device

US4059240A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 13, 1976
Grant dateNov 22, 1977
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Expiry dateSep 13, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/31
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thread storage and supply device, particularly for a textile machine, having first storage means for a positive thread supply and a second storage means located ahead of the first storage means for permitting an intermittent thread supply. The second storage means includes an elongated hollow shaft having a stationary storage drum mounted thereon. The first thread storage includes a thread drum disposed adjacent and coaxial with the storage drum and rotatably supported on an extension of the hollow shaft. A winding element is associated with the storage drum for permitting winding of a thread thereon, which winding element is rotatably supported on the hollow shaft and disposed axially between the storage and thread drums. The thread withdrawn from the storage drum passes axially through the hollow shaft and is then wound onto the annular thread storage area of the thread drum. A drive device includes a driving element shiftable between two positions, the first being wherein the driving element engages solely the thread drum for rotating same. The driving element, when in the second position, simultaneously engages both the thread drum and the winding element so that they rotate …

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