Bobbin sorting device for preventing oversupply of a selected yarn kind to a winder section
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiyuki Nishioka
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Abstract
A bobbin sorting device which can prevent bobbins from packing any winding section is provided adjacent to a junction of a loop passage extending close to each of fine spinning frames and an automatic winder and a common passage along the automatic winder. The bobbin sorting device comprises trays carrying bobbins of different kinds of yarn to be supplied to the automatic winder through the common passage, trays having an identifying groove, and bobbin sorting means provided at the inlet of the common passage for engaging the groove of the tray.
Claims9
A bobbin sorting apparatus for use with a bobbin conveying system having a conveyor for conveying bobbins and a common passage, associated with the conveyor, for conveying bobbins, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of bobbin carrying trays, wherein at least one of the trays has at least one identifying groove and wherein at least one of the trays does not have an identifying groove;
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- first sorting means associated with the conveyor and the common passage, moveable between at least a first position and a second position, for sorting the plurality of bobbin carrying trays such that only the trays defining the at least one identifying groove are allowed to pass from the conveyor to the common passage when the first sorting means is in the first position and all trays are allowed to pass from the conveyor to the common passage when the first sorting means is in the second position.
A bobbin sorting apparatus for use with a bobbin conveying system having first and second spinning frames, a conveyor for conveying bobbins associated with the spinning frames, and first and second winding sections, the apparatus comprising:
- a common passage for conveying bobbins associated with the conveyor and the winding sections, the common passage and the conveyor defining a junction;
- a plurality of first bobbin carrying trays associated with the first spinning frame and the first winding section;
- a plurality of second bobbin carrying trays associated with the second spinning frame and the second winding section;
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- first sorting means associated with the junction, moveable between at least a first position and a second position, for sorting the first and second bobbin carrying trays such that only the first trays are allowed to pass from the conveyor to the common passage when the first sorting means is in the first position and the first and second trays are allowed to pass from the conveyor to the common passage when the first sorting means is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.