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US 4,783,887 AGranted
Machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes
OwnerJose R. Triasinventor
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Abstract
A machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes, including an intake section for bringing in both clean tubes and tubes containing yarn residue, a classifying section which circulates the tubes so that the clean tubes are separated from the tubes containing yarn residue, a cleaning section for cleaning the yarn residue from the tubes containing the same, and an arranging section for arranging the tubes so that they are properly oriented for packaging.
Claims11
A machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes, comprising:
- means for taking in the textile tubes including clean tubes and tubes containing yarn residues;
- means for classifying the tubes including means for circulating the tubes so that the clean tubes are separated from the tubes containing yarn residue and including a guide;
- means for cleaning the yarn residue from the tubes containing yarn residue;
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- means for arranging the tubes so that they can be uniformly stacked, said circulating means of said classifying means including a plurality of adhesive members and conveyor means for conveying the textile tubes on said plurality of adhesive members, said plurality of adhesive members being pivotally articulated to said conveyor means, said guide being formed so that when said plurality of adhesive members travel on said guide, the clean tubes being conveyed fall off by gravity and yet the tubes with yarn residue that are being conveyed are retained by said plurality of adhesive members.
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A machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes, comprising:
- means for taking in the textile tubes including clean tubes and tubes containing yarn residues;
- means for classifying the tubes including means for circulating the tubes so that the clean tubes are separated from the tubes containing yarn residue;
- means for cleaning the yarn residue from the tubes containing yarn residue;
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- means for arranging the tubes so that they can be uniformly stacked, said circulating means of said classifying means including conveyor means and a plurality of adhesive members articulated to said conveyor means for conveying the textile tubes on said plurality of adhesive members, said plurality of adhesive members being formed so that each is pivotable where articulated to said conveyor means to cause the clean tubes being conveyed to fall off by gravity and yet retain the tubes with yarn residue that are being conveyed, said classifying means further including a first box and a second box, said conveyor means being formed as an endless conveyor means, said adhesive members having a rough-surface, said classifying means also including a guide having a lower level section, said adhesive members and said conveyor means traveling on said guide so that when said lower level section is reached said adhesive members successively slope downwardly because of gravity so as to cause the clean tubes to fall into said first box, the tubes with yarn residue remaining stuck to said adhesive members and subsequently falling by gravity into said second box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.