Automatic threading device
AssigneeOCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
InventorsMichael A. Strait, Michael B. Fazio
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Abstract
A strand forming and chopping apparatus includes a bushing for forming a continuous strand, a size applicator for applying a size to the strand, a chopping device for chopping the strand into individual segments and a thread-up apparatus for directing the strand into the chopping device. The thread-up apparatus includes a cot incorporating a cot shoe and a strand guide displaceable between a rest position and a thread-up position where the strand guide holds the strand in a feed position from which the strand is engaged by the cot shoe and delivered to the chopping device.
Claims20
A strand forming and chopping apparatus, comprising:
- a bushing for forming a continuous strand;
- a size applicator for applying a size to said strand;
- a chopping device for chopping said strand into individual segments;
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- a thread up apparatus for directing said strand into said chopping device, said thread up apparatus including (a) a cot including a cot shoe and (b) a strand guide displaceable between a rest position and a thread up position where said strand guide holds said strand in a feed position from which said strand is engaged by said cot shoe and delivered to said chopping device.
A thread up apparatus for directing a strand into a chopping device, comprising:
- a cot assembly including a cot shoe;
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- a strand guide displaceable between a first position free from said strand and a second position where said strand guide holds said strand in a feed position where said strand is engaged by said cot shoe and delivered to said chopping device.
A method of threading a strand in a strand forming and chopping apparatus, including a bushing, pull rolls, a guide shoe, a main idler, a product chute, a product chute door and a chopping device, said method comprising:
- placing said strand in said pull rolls;
- engaging said strand with a thread feeding device and moving said strand into a thread position where said strand engages said main idler;
- engaging said strand at said thread position with a strand guide and moving said strand into a feed position;
- grabbing said strand in said feed position with a cot shoe carried on a rotating cot;
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- pulling said strand around said cot and into said chopping device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.