# US 5,350,127 A · Process and device for monitoring the bobbin thread on stitch-forming machines

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- Number: US 5,350,127 A
- Document ID: US5350127A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/058,470
- Filed: 1993-05-06
- Granted: 1994-09-27
- Earliest claimed: 1991-05-23
- Assignees: G.M Corporation Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kurt Arnold; Wolfgang Hauck; Reiner Klein; Bernhard Mertel; Karl-Heinz Walther; Horst Zinssmeister
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5350127A

## CPC

- D05B 59/02: Devices for determining or indicating the length of thread still on the bobbin
- D05B 59/00: Applications of bobbin-winding or -changing devices; Indicating or control devices associated therewith
- D05B: SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08)

## Abstract

A process and device for monitoring the bobbin thread on stitch-forming machines, on the bobbin of which a residual amount of thread is wound in a winding direction opposite the direction of winding of the principal amount of thread, is to ensure that a first control function will be generated at the beginning of consumption of the residual amount of thread, and a second control function is generated nearly without delay in the case of thread end or thread break. To achieve this, two signal patterns are received with a phase shift from a bobbin acting as a signal generator, and the first signal function is generated in the case of a deviation of the actual phase shift from the desired phase shift. If only one signal pattern is received, this first control function is also generated if its signal sequence deviates from a reference signal sequence. The second control function is generated if a stoppage of the bobbin lasts longer than a predeterminable number of stitches. Devices for carrying out this process, as well as a device for winding thread on the bobbin in different directions of rotation for the principal amount of thread and the residual amount of thread are provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for winding up thread on a bobbin for providing the bobbin with thread having turns of a predeterminable residual amount of thread wound in a direction opposite a direction of winding of a principle amount of thread comprising: a winder drive and a winder shaft for rotating the bobbin for winding of thread; counting means for counting revolutions of the bobbin winder shaft; a deflecting member movable from a resting position located outside a path of feed of thread to a deflecting position located within a path of feed of thread; an adjusting device connected to said deflecting member for moving said deflecting member between said resting position and said deflecting position and control means for activating said deflecting member based on a predeterminable filling ratio of said residual amount of thread to said principle amount of thread, an actual filling amount of thread being determined based on revolutions counted by said counting means.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said control means controls a number of revolutions to be performed by the bobbin winder shaft between the change in the direction of rotation of the bobbin winder shaft and the return movement of the deflecting member into its resting position based on a set end value of the counting device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

Device in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the deflecting member can be moved in parallel to a central axis of the bobbin and can be shifted into the bobbin through an opening provided in one of the two bobbin flanges.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

Device in accordance with claim 3, wherein said opening is formed by a carrier slot present in the bobbin flange.