Yarn spinning apparatus
OwnerJohn Michael Noguerainventor
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Abstract
An open end yarn spinning apparatus wherein the member that includes the collecting surface that, in operation, is rotated while having deposited on it fibers to be spun into yarn includes a shaft which is rotationally supported by shaft-mounted rollers of substantially greater diameter than the diameter of the part of the collecting surface shaft engaged thereby, and wherein an opening roller is mounted on a shaft of one of said shaft-mounted rollers to rotate therewith.
Claims1
An open end yarn spinning apparatus comprising a member having a collecting surface that, in operation, is adapted to be rotated while having deposited thereon fibers to be spun into yarn, said member including a first shaft, two pairs of rollers engaging and supporting said first shaft at portions of the latter, said rollers being of substantially greater diameter than the diameter of the portions of the first shaft engaged thereby, second and third shafts, one roller of each said pair being mounted on said second shaft and the other roller of each said pair being mounted on said third shaft;
- an opening roller mounted on one of said second and third shafts to rotate therewith;
- and an electric motor, said third shaft is drivingly engaged with said electric motor to be driven thereby to drive said second shaft via the rollers mounted on said third shaft, the first shaft and the rollers mounted on the second shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.