Patent · US Expired

Brake for a warp knitting machine

US4387579A · kind A · utility

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1References

8Claims

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Assignee

KARL MAYER TEXTILMASCHINENFABRIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Walter Branke · Rodgau, DE
Karl Winter · Obertshausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 1981
Grant date	Jun 14, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B27/00
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A warp knitting machine has a main shaft driven by an electric motor which is powered by a main circuit. The machine has at least one supplemental, electrically driven arrangement for influencing the thread takeoff of the machine. This electrically driven arrangement is connected to the main circuit. Also included is an electrically operable brake coupled to the main shaft for braking it in response to interruption of the main circuit.

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