Patent · US Expired

Device for monitoring threads on a textile machine

US4976018A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
5References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1989
Grant dateDec 11, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD02H13/08
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A monitoring needle (19) is rotatably mounted under spring tension in a housing (18). A light emitter/light receptor device is fixed to the housing (18) in the plane of the thread (5) and in the pivotal region of the monitoring needle (19), this device producing a control signal both in the case of irregularity in the thread and when crossed by the monitoring needle.

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