Balloon limiter with wetting means in a textile machine
AssigneeBarmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik AG
InventorsKarl-Heinz Rehn, Heinz Middelmann
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Abstract
A ballon limiter in a textile machine with wetting means to supply a liquid for treatment of a ballooning thread in its limited path therethrough, the wetting means including a holder fastened over flow openings in the balloon limiter wall, a casing mounted in the holder and containing at least one insert of absorbent material which is impregnated with the treatment liquid and which is provided with projections extending through the flow openings in the balloon limiter wall for direct contact with the ballooning thread, and clamping means to releasably fasten the casing in the holder over the flow openings.
Claims7
In a textile machine having a balloon limiter of circular cross-section with wetting means to supply a liquid for treatment of a thread conducted through the balloon limiter, said wetting means including a casing which contains at least one liquid impregnated insert arranged over openings in the wall of the balloon limiter to permit a flow of the treatment liquid from said impregnated insert into the interior of said limiter, the improvement which comprises:
- a holder arranged on the outer circumference of the balloon limiter wall to hold said casing;
- clamping means to releasably fasten said casing in said holder;
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- at least one absorbent insert within said casing for transmitting the treatment liquid into the balloon limiter interior, said insert including projections extending through the flow openings in the balloon limiter wall for direct contact with the thread being conducted therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.