Article selecting and conveying system
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYutaka Ueda, Masaharu Kiriake
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Abstract
A cop selecting and conveying apparatus for an automatic winder is disclosed in which winding units are divided into a plurality of winding sections and different kinds of cops carried on carrying mediums are transferred on the conveying passage to each winding sections. A discrimination indicator is formed in either the carrying medium or the guide member at the side of the conveying passage and a device for discriminating or detecting the discrimination indicator is disposed at a position to corresponding to the indicator.
Claims8
An article selecting and conveying apparatus for selecting different kinds of articles comprising a conveying passage and a carrier which is transferred on the conveying passage and supports an article thereon, said carrier being formed with a discrimination means for discriminating the kind of article placed on said carrier,
- wherein said articles are cops nd said apparatus is provided in a system which comprises a plurality of spinning frames, an automatic winder divided into a plurality of winding sections for winding up different kinds of cops at each winding section, a cop supplying passage communicating the spinning frame to the winder and conveying said carriers on which different kinds of cops fed from the spinning frames are placed on, and an ejecting passage for conveying carriers ejected from the winder to the spinning frame,
- said conveying passage being formed in the cop supplying passage and comprising a belt conveyor and guide members for guiding said carriers;
- said discrimination means comprising one or more discriminating grooves formed in the carrier at predetermined positions corresponding to the kind of articles placed on said carrier;
- and a discriminating member positioned to allow passage of at least one of said grooves therearound to thereby discriminate said carrier based upon the position of said grooves, and
- wherein there is further disposed in said conveying passage a guide and distribution device for guiding the carrier, which has been discriminated by said discriminating member, to a conveying passage especially for said carrier so that each of said carriers are selected and distributed to the conveying passage therefor in dependence upon the presence of the discriminating groove corresponding to said discriminating member.
An article selecting and conveying apparatus for selecting different kinds of articles comprising a conveying passage and a carrier which is transferred on the conveying passage and supports an article thereon, said carrier being formed with a discrimination means for discriminating the kind of article placed on said carrier,
- wherein said articles are cops and said apparatus is provided in a system which comprises a plurality of spinning frames, an automatic winder divided into a plurality of winding sections for winding up different kinds of cops at each winding section, a cop supplying passage communicating the spinning frame to the winder and conveying said carriers on which different kinds of cops fed from the spinning frames are placed on, and an ejecting passage for conveying carriers ejected from the winder to the spinning frame,
- said conveying passage being formed in the cop supplying passage and comprising a belt conveyor and guide members for guiding said carriers;
- said discrimination means comprising one or more discriminating plates formed in the carrier at predetermined positions corresponding to the kind of articles placed on said carrier;
- and a discriminating member positioned to allow passage of at least one of said plates therethrough to thereby discriminate said carrier based upon the position of said plates, and
- wherein there is further disposed in said conveying passage a guide and distribution device for guiding the carrier, which has been discriminated by said discriminating member, to a conveying passage especially for said carrier so that each of said carriers are selected and distributed to the conveying passage therefor in dependence upon the presence of the discriminating plate corresponding to said discriminating member, and
- wherein said carrier comprises a disc-shaped base, a disc-shaped platform which is formed on the base and which has a smaller diameter than that of the base, a peg placed upright on the center of said platform, and a ring-shaped plate protruding from the circumference on the base of the carrier.
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