Rotary looper

A rotary looper apparatus comprising:

• a base member having an input side and a discharge side;
• a fixed drum installed on said base member and having a plurality of spiral guide rollers;
• a pair of pinch rollers and a series of lead rollers sequentially disposed at said input side of said base member;
• a pair of measuring rollers disposed at said discharge side of said base member;
• a plurality of inside basket rollers circularly arranged along a circumferential outer surface of said fixed drum;
• a lead drum rotatably disposed at a side of said fixed drum;
• a plurality of outside basket guide rollers circularly positioned on said base member such that said plurality of outside basket guide rollers are spaced apart from said fixed drum by a predetermined distance, said base member being vertically oriented;
• a rotary drum disposed around said fixed drum;
• a motor means for rotatably driving said rotary drum via a rail which is wound around a plurality of rail rollers circularly installed on said base member;
• a plurality of inside basket guide rollers circularly disposed along a circumferential inner surface of said rotary drum;
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• a plurality of outside basket rollers circularly disposed along a circumferential outer surface of said rotary drum, said base member having a slanting surface, said pair of pinch rollers and a roller of said plurality of spiral guide rollers and said pair of measuring rollers being aligned with each other along a line parallel to said slanting surface of said base member.