Method and device for detecting a thickening in a running thread
AssigneeZimmer, Inc.
InventorsAndreas Weichel, Stefan Seibel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and to a device for detecting a thickening in a running thread. The thread runs through a forked guide element which is moved away from an initial position by a thickening in the thread, thereby triggering a signal. While the guide element is moved away, it allows the thread having the thickening to continue running and is then returned to its initial position.
Claims6
An apparatus for detecting slubs in a running thread(2) or bundle of fibers, comprising a fork-like guiding member(4) fixed at one end, which can be deflected in running direction of the thread or bundle of fibers and can be returned to the starting position by spring force, through whose gap of adjustable width the thread or the bundle of fibers is running and which is connected with a movement detector (10), characterized in that the guiding member(4) is attached to an axis of rotation(5) and the portion facing away from the axis of rotation of the gap which is parallel in the portion facing the axis of rotation is divergent.
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