Thread splicing device

US4419858A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• W. Schlafhorst AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Rohner · Wittlich, DE
• Heinz Zumfeld · Wittlich, DE
• Reinhard Mauries · Mönchengladbach, DE
• Hans-Jurgen Preuhs · Willich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 1981
• Grant date: Dec 13, 1983
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/31
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Thread splicing device, including a stationary base body having a first compressed-air canal formed therein, a splicing head being interchangeably connected to the base body, the splicing head having a second compressed-air canal formed therein being in communication with the first compressed-air canal formed in the base body and the splicing head having a splicing chamber formed therein being in communication with the second compressed-air canal formed in the splicing head, the splicing chamber including a selectively coverable longitudinal slot for inserting and joining threads, the slot having a flat slot bottom and a substantially prismoidal cross section being modified in accordance with specifications of the threads to be spliced.