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US 4,993,651 AGranted
Yarn winding apparatus
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsMichio Ohno, Katsumi Hasegawa, Hiromitsu Kanamori
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Abstract
A yarn winding apparatus for high speed yarn winding with long spindles and multiple bobbins having a reduced diameter, the apparatus having spindles with one or both of the bobbin holder or driving shaft made of a composite layer made of reinforcing fibers and a matrix component and a supporting member made of metal provided on at least one of an inner surface and outer surface of the composite layer.
Claims20
A yarn winding apparatus comprising:
- (a) a spindle comprising a cylindrical body, bobbins being detachably mounted on an external peripheral surface thereof, and a driving shaft connected to the cylindrical body;
- (b) bobbin fitting and detaching means provided on the cylindrical body;
- (c) driving means for rotatably driving the spindle;
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- (d) at least a portion of at least one of said cylindrical body and said driving shaft further comprising a composite layer made of reinforcing fibers and a matrix component and a supporting member made of metal connected to said composite layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.