Patent · US Expired

Yarn supply apparatus and clutch arrangement therefor

US5996756A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

3References

26Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Memminger-IRO GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Schmodde · Dornstetten, DE
Richard Kaufmann · Tucson, US
Alfred Lampprecht · Betzweiler, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 1998
Grant date	Dec 7, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 1, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2407/51
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A yarn supply apparatus is equipped with a clutch arrangement in order to couple a drive wheel to rotate with a yarn supply wheel as necessary. The clutch arrangement is constructed in an open design, in which any development of narrowing spaces is avoided. For this purpose one clutch half is provided with axial fingers, which engage in radially open longitudinal slots, formed by a toothing, of the other clutch half. The slots of the toothing are longer than the engagement length between fingers and toothing. The intermediate space formed between the ends of the fingers and the nearest wall in axial direction is open in radial direction or is in communication with a larger inner space. Thereby the compression or compaction of deposited fluff is prevented.

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