Patent · US Expired

Cheese-producing textile machine

US5857637A · kind A · utility

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5Claims

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Assignee

W. Schlafhorst AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

Paul Straaten · Straelen, DE
Ulrich Fechter · Mönchengladbach, DE
Bernd Werner · Kamp-Lintfort, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 1997
Grant date	Jan 12, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/31
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cheese-producing textile machine 1 has a plurality of winding stations 2 and a service unit 23 for servicing the winding stations 2. The textile machine 1 has a central control unit 37 as well as separate winding station computers 39 for the individual winding stations 2. The service unit 23 has a control computer 38 which is connected by a machine bus 40 with the central control unit 37 as well as with the winding station computers 39. During the process of exchanging a cheese with an empty bobbin performed by the service unit 23, the yarn tensioner 14 of the respective winding station 2 is actuated via the machine bus 40 in accordance with the control computer 38 of the service unit 23, to set the tension of the yarn 30 optimally according to the respectively existing processing conditions.

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