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US 5,705,817 AGranted
Apparatus for optical monitoring of a thread for irregularities
AssigneeAkzo Nobel N.V.
InventorsHans Willi Louis, Paul Ketzler
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AssigneeAkzo Nobel N.V.
InventorsHans Willi Louis, Paul Ketzler
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An apparatus for optical monitoring of at least one thread for irregularities, in particular for filament breaks in multifilament yarns, with a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a ray beam transmitted by the radiation source and received by the radiation detector and directed past the thread perpendicular to and at a defined distance to it, whereby the radiation source and radiation detector are situated next to the thread, characterized in that the radiation source and radiation detector are situated on the same side of the thread and that on the opposite side of the thread means for displaced reflection of the ray beam are situated such that the transmitted ray beam is directed past the thread on one side and the displaced reflected ray beam is directed past the thread on the other side, whereby the transmitted ray beam and the displaced reflected ray beam are as equidistant as possible from the thread and are at least approximately parallel to one another is disclosed.
An apparatus for optical monitoring of at least one thread for irregularities, comprising a radiation source for transmitting a ray beam, a radiation detector, and means for displaced reflection of said ray beam, said ray beam being directed past said thread perpendicular to and at a defined distance to it, said thread having a direction of travel perpendicular to said ray beam, said radiation source and radiation detector being situated next to and on one side of said thread and said means for displaced reflection of said ray beam being situated on the opposite side of said thread such that the transmitted ray beam is directed past said thread on one side and is displaced and reflected by said means for displaced reflection of said ray beam so that said ray beam is directed past said thread on the other side and received by said radiation detector, whereby the transmitted ray beam and the displaced reflected ray beam are as equidistant as possible from said thread and are at least approximately parallel to one another.
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