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US 4,885,904 AGranted
Drawing machines
AssigneeJames Mackie & Sons Limited
InventorsRobert J. Hunt, Kenneth F. Crockard
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Abstract
A drawing machine having a drawing zone (8) for drawing silvers (2), and a plurality of flyers (14) for winding the silvers on to bobbins (16), is made compact by arranging the flyers substantially longitudinally of the paths of the silvers through the drawing zone, e.g. in echelon formation with respect to the silver paths.
Claims10
A drawing machine comprising:
- drawing means for drawing a plurality of slivers;
- a plurality of flyers positioned downstream of the drawing means for positioning the slivers for winding;
- guide means for establishing a path for the slivers from the drawing means to the flyers;
- and
- mounting means for mounting the flyers in an array spaced longitudinally along the sliver path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.