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Weft-thread measuring feeder having a circumference adjusting spreading body

US5623973A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 28, 1995
Grant dateApr 29, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD03D47/363
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A weft-thread measuring feeder comprising a storage drum for a thread stock consisting of tangentially wound turns, from which a thread can be withdrawn overend in sections of a predetermined length. The storage drum includes a power accumulator which can be triggered from outside the storage drum for temporarily extending a spreading body which is positioned below the turns of thread stock and is defined circumferentially.

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