Patent · US Expired

Friction feed wheel mechanism with vibration excitation

US6446853B1 · kind B1 · utility

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6References

18Claims

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Assignee

Memminger-IRO GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Schmodde · Dornstetten, DE
Christoph Worner · Baiersbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2001
Grant date	Sep 10, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/48
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vibration friction feed wheel mechanism for feeding thread to a thread processing machine having intermittent thread requirement. The feed wheel mechanism including a high friction contact surface, a thread guide level for lifting thread off of the feed wheel and a vibration generating arrangement for applying a vibrational movement to the thread. The vibration of the thread ensures that the thread lifts-off from the contact surface of the friction feed wheel by reducing the coefficient of friction between the thread and the high friction contact surface of the friction wheel.

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