Creel for loom
AssigneeKikuchi Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorKoichi Kikuchi
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Abstract
A creel which can deliver untwisted yarns from bobbins in a weaving machine while at a same time twisting them or else twisting some of such untwisted yarns in the S twist and the remaining untwisted yarns in the Z twist with relative low investment for equipments. The creel employs a mechanism similar to a ring twisting mechanism and includes a required number of spindles for rotating bobbins supported thereon, a ring secured in a concentrical relationship to each of the spindles, a traveler mounted for movement on each of the rings, and a driving device for driving the spindles to rotate in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction such that when the untwisted yarns are unwound from the bobbins via the travelers, a twist in the S or Z direction may be applied to the untwisted yarns at a same time.
Claims8
A creel arrangement for unwinding and twisting yarns supplied from a plurality of bobbins each containing untwisted yarn, comprising:
- (a) frame means for defining a creel body;
- (b) a plurality of spindles mounted for rotation on the frame means to support said bobbins co-rotatable thereon;
- (c) a ring frame and a ring concentrically mounted on a spindle surrounding the bobbin and a traveler mounted for movement on each ring;
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- (d) driving means and means driven by the driving means for rotating each said spindle, ring frame, ring, and bobbin and traveler on the ring such that the untwisted yarn is unwound from the rotating bobbin by the associated traveler, a twist is simultaneously applied to the yarn.
A textile fabric manufacturing apparatus, comprising;
- (a) a creel arrangement for unwinding and twisting yarns supplied from a plurality of bobbins containing untwisted yarn, said creel arrangement including:
- (i) frame means for defining a creel body;
- (ii) a plurality of spindles mounted for rotation on the frame means to support said bobbins co-rotatable thereon;
- (iii) a ring frame and a ring concentrically mounted on a spindle surrounding the bobbin and a traveler mounted for movement on each ring;
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- (iv) driving means and means driven by the driving means for rotating each said spindle, ring frame, ring, and bobbin and traveler on the ring such that the untwisted yarn is unwound from the rotating bobbin by the associated traveler, a twist is simultaneously applied to the yarn;
- (b) warp yarn arranging rollers mounted on the creel body;
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- (c) a weaving machine receiving twisted yarn from said rollers at a supply speed substantially the same as a weaving speed of the weaving machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.