Device and process for automatically joining threads
US5297323A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/31
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for joining a large number of threads on a single frame. Each of a plurality of thread clamps has a guide tube communicating with a vacuum duct. A carriage for carrying a thread joining system is arranged on the frame. As the carriage moves along the frame to a selected position a thread clamp is released and the released thread is moved by a pivot threading arm to the joining system.
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