Residual lap clearing apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Murao and Company
InventorHiroshi Nakayama
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Abstract
A residual lap clearing apparatus for clearing a residual lap from a lap bobbin. The residual lap clearing apparatus comprises a rotary brush roller for stripping the residual lap off the lap bobbin, a support roller for supporting a lap package for residual lap clearing operation, a brake mechanism for braking the lap package during the residual lap clearing operation, and a comb roller for removing bunches of fibers caught in the bristles of the rotary brush roller off the rotary brush roller. The rotary brush roller surely finds the free end of the residual lap and clears the residual lap perfectly from the lap bobbin.
Claims8
A residual lap clearing apparatus for clearing a lap remaining on a lap bobbin, and thereby forming a lap package, comprising:
- a rotary brush roller having bristles thereon and journaled on a frame;
- a comb roller journaled on the frame with its axis in parallel to that of the rotary brush roller, provided with combs and disposed so that the combs engage the bristles of the rotary brush roller;
- a support roller disposed with its axis in parallel to that of the rotary brush roller and capable of being moved between an operating position to support the lap package and a standby position to allow the lap bobbin of the lap package to move away from the rotary brush roller after all the lap remaining on the lap bobbin has been cleared from the lap bobbin;
- a guide mechanism for guiding the lap package to a position between the rotary brush roller and the support roller;
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- a brake mechanism having swingable braking means for braking the lap package when the same is rotated by the rotary brush roller, and disposed above a position where the lap package is supported rotatably on the rotary brush roller and the support roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.