Winding head of a textile machine

US6702223B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W. Schlafhorst AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Kruger · Donaurieden, DE
• Christian Sturm · Mistelgau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 15, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 9, 2004
• Expiry date: Apr 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/31
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A winding head of a cheese-producing textile machine, having a device for the accurate determination of the length of yarn traveling through a measuring head (7), and having an evaluating device for accumulating the yarn lengths that have passed. The winding head has a device for determining yarn length portions which are removed in the course of a yarn connecting process. The evaluation device is adapted to subtract the removed yarn lengths from the total length of the yarn (2) which has passed through the measuring head.