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US 5,327,749 AGranted
Circular knitting machine creel
AssigneeErnst Jacobi GmbH
InventorReiner Junger
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Abstract
A circular knitting machine creel for a plurality of bobbins which are supported in tiers by a circular cylindrical frame, comprising a carrier located inside the frame, at least one blower supported by the frame, having an air outlet connection directed somewhat radially outward, the blower moving on a circular path whose axis coincides essentially with the axis of the frame.
Claims28
A circular knitting machine creel for a plurality of bobbins which are supported in tiers by a circular cylindrical frame having a vertical axis,
- a hollow carrier located inside the frame,
- a blower having an electrical motor, a fan wheel driven by the electric motor and a blower housing with a suction port and at least one air outlet port, the electric motor being carried by the carrier and the blower housing being pivoted by the carrier for moving on a circular path around the vertical axis,
- a first air-blast hose extending parallel and at a distance to the vertical axis, connected to the air outlet port and having a length corresponding to the height of the frame,
- a plurality of air nozzles on the air-blast hose which are radially outwardly aligned with respect to the vertical axis, and
- a floor group on which the frame is located, which is hollow at the bottom and which communicates with the inside of the carrier in which the suction port is located and
- at least one filter being located in a suction duct comprising the floor group and the inside of the carrier.
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