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US 4,444,004 AGranted
Hand-held traversable yarn splicer
AssigneeA. B. Carter, Inc.
InventorsFred P. Rankin, Buren L. Goins
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AssigneeA. B. Carter, Inc.
InventorsFred P. Rankin, Buren L. Goins
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A portable hand-held traversable yarn end splicer adapted to be carried and operated by one hand of an operator while freeing the other hand to serve the splicer preparatory to, during, or after a splicing operation as conditions may require. The invention is characterized by the splicer of the class described provided with: a traverse mechanism responsive to the grip of the holding hand of the operator for axially reciprocating a tensioned segment of a pair of oppositely extending overlapped yarn ends, a wrap wheel responsive to said grip for consecutively winding one or more helical courses of wrap thread around said segment, a stationary cutter responsive to said grip for severing the tail of the yarn end near the beginning of the first course, and a second stationary cutter responsive to said grip for severing the tail of the other yarn end near the end of the first course. The invention is further characterized by a splicer of the type described that is provided with a wrap wheel responsive to manual reverse rotation for arresting it in proper position for receiving the broken yarn ends preparatory to the beginning of a splicing operation.
A portable device (4) adapted to be held and manipulated by one hand independently of the other hand of an operator to splice overlapped oppositely extending yarn ends (62a, 63a) comprising a frame including a hand grip means (5, 122), a wrap wheel (22) mounted on said frame for winding a splicing thread (92) around said overlapped ends, a traverse mechanism (120) mounted on said frame for reciprocatory movement in a path substantially parallel to said overlapped ends, said mechanism including a pair of clamps (76, 77) spaced apart at a fixed distance one from the other and disposed respectively on opposite sides of said winding means, said clamps adapted to releasably hold a segment of the overlapped ends under tension, and means responsive to said hand grip means for reciprocating said mechanism concurrently with the operation of said wheel to thereby consecutively wind at least two concentric courses (h1, h2) of said splicing thread around said segment to form a wrap splice, said responsive means including an elongated retatable element (119) provided with an axially disposed twist section (136) pitched in one direction and a second axially disposed twist section (138) pitched in the opposite direction, and a follower (118) carried by said hand grip means for successively engaging said sections.
A portable device (4) adapted to be held and manipulated by one hand independently of the other hand of an operator to splice overlapped oppositely extending yarn ends (62a, 63a), comprising a frame including a hand grip means (5, 122), a wrap wheel (22) mounted on said frame for winding a splicing thread (92) around said overlapped ends, a traverse mechanism (120) mounted on said frame for reciprocatory movement in a path substantially parallel to said overlapped ends, said mechanism including a pair of clamps (76, 77) spaced apart at a fixed distance one from the other and disposed respectively on opposite sides of said wheel, said clamps adapted to hold a segment of the overlapped ends under tension, a pair of spaced cutters (80, 74) fixedly secured to said frame and disposed on opposite sides of said winding means, means (119, 130) responsive to said hand grip means for reciprocating said mechanism concurrently with the operation of said winding means to consecutively wind at least two concentric courses (h1, h2) of said thread around said segment to form a wrap splice (140), a second means responsive to said hand grip means and including one of said cutters (80, 74) for severing a tail from one of the yarn ends near the beginning of said first course, and a third means including the other of said cutters and responsive to said hand grip means for severing a tail from the other of the yarn ends near the end of the first course.
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