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Open-end rotor spinning machine

US4660374A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 1986
Grant dateApr 28, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 1, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD01H4/08
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An open-end rotor spinning machine includes a multiplicity of spinning boxes disposed side by side on a machine frame at spinning stations; each of the spinning boxes including: a basic frame, a first shaft disposed on the basic frame, a spinning rotor having a rotor plate being disposed on the first shaft, a rotor housing surrounding the rotor plate, a second shaft disposed on the basic frame substantially perpendicular to the first shaft, a lid-like insert covering an opening formed in the rotor housing and being pivoted about the second shaft for opening the spinning box, a thread withdrawal channel disposed on the lid-like insert, a thread withdrawal nozzle disposed on the thread withdrawal channel in the vicinity of an opening in the rotor plate, the thread withdrawal nozzle being pivotal on the second shaft out of the vicinity of the opening in the rotor plate in a given direction, a third shaft disposed on the basic frame, a bearing pivotally disposed on the third shaft, a fiber feeding and opening device disposed on the bearing below the rotor housing, and a one-piece fiber feeding channel disposed on the fiber feeding and opening device and having a discharge end in the vi…

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