US 5,502,875 AGranted

Continuous drive unit for combers, a drafting arrangement and a coiler can

AssigneeRieter Machine Works, Ltd.

InventorsThomas Stolz, Viktor Pietrini, Oliver Wuest

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Abstract

The combing machine has a row of combing heads which are allocated with a drive shaft extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the row. The combing heads are provided downstream with a drafting arrangement whose cylinders are arranged horizontally and at a right angle to the drive shaft. A funnel wheel and a can plate are rotatable about vertical axes. The transmission for driving the cylinders of the drafting arrangement, the funnel wheel and the can plate has two V-drives with a crossed toothed belt each. The first V-drive connects the drive shaft to a drafting arrangement drive shaft which is parallel to the cylinders of the drafting arrangement. The second V-drive connects a shaft which is parallel to the drafting arrangement drive shaft to a vertical drive shaft for the funnel wheel and the can plate.

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Dependent claims

A combing machine comprising

a row of combing heads disposed along a longitudinal axis to deliver slivers therefrom;
a drafting arrangement for receiving and drafting slivers from said combing heads, said drafting arrangement including a plurality of horizontal cylinders disposed transversely of said longitudinal axis;
a can plate for mounting a sliver can thereon to receive drafted sliver from said drafting arrangement, said can plate being rotatable about a vertical axis;
a funnel wheel for directing drafted slivers from said drafting arrangement into a sliver can on said can plate, said funnel wheel being rotatable about said vertical axis;
a main drive shaft extending parallel to said longitudinal axis;
a drafting arrangement drive shaft parallel to and drivingly connected to said cylinders of said drafting arrangement;
a vertical drive shaft parallel to said vertical axis and drivingly connected to said can plate and said funnel wheel;
a first V-drive drivingly connecting said main drive shaft to said drafting arrangement drive shaft, said V-drive including a crossed toothed belt for transmitting a drive force from said main drive shaft to said drafting arrangement drive shaft;
a transfer shaft parallel to and drivingly connected to said drafting arrangement drive shaft;
and
a second V-drive drivingly connecting said transfer shaft to said vertical drive shaft, said second V-drive including a crossed toothed belt for transmitting a drive force from said transfer shaft to said vertical shaft.

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