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US 4,598,869 AGranted
Bobbin distributing device
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Uchida, Tsukasa Kawarabashi
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Abstract
A device for discriminating and distributing the bobbins, which are discharged from a textile machine such as an automatic winder, in accordance with the quantity of yarns wound on the bobbin and/or the kinds thereof. The device includes sensors, a bobbin chucking means made movable which chucking the bobbin to distribute the bobbin, and guide means for guiding the movement of the chucking means operated in accordance with the instruction of the sensors.
Claims14
A bobbin distributing device comprising:
- sensing means for discriminating between an empty bobbin and a bobbin having a first predermined quantity of yarn wound on a bobbin and for providing a signal indicative of the quantity of yarn wound on a bobbin;
- bobbin chucking means for chucking one end of said bobbin and moving with a bobbin in response to a signal from said sensing means;
- guide means having a plurality of different guide faces for guiding the movement of said chucking means on said guide faces;
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- switching means carried on the respective leading ends of said guide faces for receiving a signal from the switching means and switching and guiding said chucking means on one of said guide faces in response to a signal from said sensing means.
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A bobbin distributing device comprising:
- sensing means for sensing a predetermined quantity of yarn wound on a bobbin and providing a signal indicative of the yarn quantity;
- chucking means for selectively chucking said bobbin and moving the bobbin to one of a plurality of discharge positions;
- guide means for guiding both bobbin movement and chucking by said chucking means in response to a signal received from said sensing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.