Grooved traverse drum for use in drum winder
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Mino Seisakusho
InventorMasao Mino
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Abstract
A grooved traverse drum for use in a drum winder having an abrasion-resistant member inserted and fixed therein at each crossover point of the yarn guide groove. The abrasion-resistant member has a recess which forms the bottom and opposite side walls of the yarn guide groove at each crossover point. The yarn travel guide surface of the recess, except a very small portion thereof, is formed to be slightly higher than the groove-forming surface of the drum constituting material.
Claims3
A grooved traverse drum construction comprising a cylindrical drum body and a plurality of abrasion-resistant members, said drum body having a spiral yarn guide groove formed in the peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum body, said yarn guide groove having a traverse end at each end of the drum body, with each traverse end having a bottom, an axially inward lateral side wall, and an opposed spaced outward lateral side wall, said inward wall having an upper portion near the drum surface, said drum body having apertures extending into each end and intersecting the bottom of the lateral side walls of each traverse end of the yarn guide groove, said abrasion-resistant members being inserted in the apertures, each abrasion-resistant member comprising a body portion and a recess portion having oppositely spaced side walls and a bottom groove portion centrally positioned in said body portion, a portion of one of said recess portion side walls being flush with said upper portion of said inward side wall of said traverse end of said yarn guide groove, and the remaining portion of said one of said recess portion side walls and said bottom groove portion extending away from said inward side wall and said bottom of said traverse end, respectively.
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