Abstract: The invention relates to textile machine control. The run of spinning units is controlled by two busses, a two-way bus, and a reserve one-way bus, the latter being activated, as a rule, by a central electronic system, and possibly, though less often, by the operator. A suitable arrangement of the circuits on the criterion of whether they belong to the two-way bus or to the one-way one, facilitates troubleshooting and permits shorter repair time on vast systems comprising a plurality of work stations of the textile machine.The invention can be used on various types of spinning machines where a predetermined length of wound yarn is required.

Abstract: A magnetic tape cassette has an improved reel spring, slack limiter and tape guide. The reel spring has a generally rectangular shape with first and second parallel edges extending substantially along its entire length. A flat, central base portion of the spring is bounded by a pair of transition portions which extend at an angle out of the plane of the base. A pair of outer end portions set at a sharper angle to the base complete the spring configuration. A polypropylene slack limiter applies a preloaded tension on the magnetic tape. The polypropylene eliminates the need for laminating a separate bearing material to the slack limiter. The tape guide has a semi-cylindrical, stainless steel insert attached to a plastic mounting core. The core is fastened to the cassette housing.

Abstract: A card for producing fibrous webs or random webs of textile fibers comprises a plurality of cylinders in series with metallic wire. The cylinders rotate in a predetermined mutual sense to which worker rolls are coordinated. The cylinders and workers are covered by trough-shaped plates. The trough-shaped cover of the cylinders or workers (7, 8, 9) is formed of a plurality of trough sections (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e) which are arranged in close succession. The trough sections are adapted to be adjustable and to be opened respectively. By this means, a control of the optimum air amount at the rollers may be achieved uniformly over the working width.

Abstract: In a winding machine where material is wound onto a non-rotating spool by a flyer that revolves around the spool, a device for moving, clamping, and releasing the spool moves the spool into position for winding, traverses the spool axially as the flyer rotates around the spool to properly distribute the material on the spool, and moves the spool away from the winding position. The device also clamps the spool as it moves the spool into position for winding and unclamps the spool as it moves the spool away from the winding position.

Abstract: A rewind spindle has a bearing defining a rotation axis and a main rod supported on the bearing for rotation about the axis and having an outer face forming a part-cylindrical outer surface centered on the axis and extending angularly at most about 180.degree. of the axis and an inner face lying wholly within an imaginary cylinder centered on the axis and coextensive with the outer surface. This inner face has a lower end forming an axially directed seat and an upper end. A filler rod has a lower end complementarily interfittable with the seat, an axially opposite upper end, a part-cylindrical outer surface of the same radius of curvature as the imaginary cylinder and outer surface of the main rod, and an inner face.

Abstract: A shoe with replaceable outsole, destined for use as a tourist, army, work, etc. shoe. It is basically comprised of an upper portion (the shoe itself) to which the uppersole is permanently attached in some manner, a removable outsole with an interlocking feature on top which engages with the bottom of the uppersole and with a varying bottom portion (depending on the use it is put to) and, a removable set of connector rods.The uppersole on it's bottom portion has a tread with a set of openings. On the upper portion of the outsole there is a tread with a similar set of openings, fitting exactly into the space between the openings of the uppersole. The two interlock to form a complete sole. Horizontal openings or bushings are placed in straight lines the length of the sole. Removable connector rods are then placed into these openings or bushings, providing a secure attachment for the outsole.

Abstract: This invention relates to a shoe having a mechanism in its sole to transmit the mechanical energy of heel impact to the front of the foot, where it is stored and then released during thrust. The mechanical energy of the impact on the rest of the foot (in front of the heel) is also stored and then released during thrust. The shoe is energy-efficient in that it returns as much of the energy of impact as possible to the runner during thrust. This means that the leg and foot muscles do not have to do as much work to lift the body weight against gravity. In addition to this resiliency feature, there is a compliance feature which reduces the impact shock on the runner's skeleton, muscles, and tendons. This compliance is achieved because the foot impact force is transmitted to the upper skeleton through a spring, which softens the shock transmitted to this upper skeleton.

Abstract: For the construction of an insulating wound body 8 for electrical insulation purposes, in an installation 50 for the formation of a stack 24, sheets 21 and/or precut sheets blanks 21' are prepared from a web of material. The sheet stack 24 precedes the winding apparatus 10 and the winding material is supplied in a manner such that the width of the sheets corresponding to the winding width coincides with the length of the sheet segment, and the length of the sheets corresponds to the width of the web. The winding material is taken by a perforated conveyor 9 revolving around rolls (in the running direction of the winding apparatus 10), and the insulating sheets 21 and/or sheet blanks 21' are entrained by the segment of the conveyor belt between a lower roll 1 and the preceding reversing roll 3 and wound with edge to edge contact, without gaps, onto a conductor or inner tube 5 freely supported between the stationary lower roll 1 and upwardly mobile upper roll 2, without tensile stresses.

Abstract: An improved shoe sole structure, wherein the sole made of rubber comprises a plurality of crosswise parallel grooves in the upper face of the front half section and a large recess in the upper face of the rear half section, and the grooves are filled in and glued with wooden strips and the recess filled in and glued with a wooden board.

Abstract: A reel for a magnetic tape comprises a hub in a cylindrical form with a boss at its upper surface, a lower flange formed at the lower part of the hub by one-piece molding, an upper flange with an aperture for allowing insertion of the boss, the upper flange being fitted to the hub, wherein the boss is formed in a tapered shape, and a fitting ring formed of the same material as the boss and having a fitting opening having a diameter smaller than the greatest diameter of the tapered boss. The fitting ring is mounted on the hub interposing the upper flange therebetween by inserting the boss in the fitting opening of the fitting ring and by connecting the inner circumference of the fitting opening to the outer periphery of the tapered boss by melt-bonding.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing a section of a sheet of material being wound on a roll. The apparatus removes the section and then positions the lengths preceding and following the removed section in overlapping relationship with one another so that the overlapped lengths can be wound onto the roll. In the preferred embodiment, the preceding length of the sheet is temporarily displaced from the travel path by a vacuum plate and, during the temporary displacement, the section to be removed is moved downstream to a discharge position and the following length is moved into overlapping relationship with the displaced preceding length. Additional winding assemblies for winding the sheet onto other rolls can be used to provide a substantially continuous winding operation.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted dispenser for fencing fabric including a normally upright cage receiving a roll of fencing fabric to be dispensed through either of a pair of slots on either side of the cage. The cage is pivotally mounted on a holder structure attached to the vehicle to be able to be powered to a horizontal position and lowered onto the ground, so that a roll of fabric can be easily introducted through a gate opening at the front of the cage. In a rear mounted design adapted to tractors, the holder structure is powered to either side of the tractor, while in a front mounted version, an outrigger guide post system guides the fabric around the side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transporting packages from stations of a textile machine to a location for further handling or processing includes a package support device. Packages are transferred from the winding station to the package support device and, when a plurality of packages are supported on the package support device, the package support device places the plurality of packages selectively onto one of a pair of package transport devices for transport of the plurality of packages from the stations to a location for further handling or processing. The package support device supports the plurality of packages at a clearance with respect to the pair of package transport devices sufficient to permit the package transport devices to transport packages therepast.

Abstract: A position sensor for sensing the position of an optical fiber with respect to the axis of a bobbin as the fiber is being wound to the bobbin. The apparatus and method illuminate the fiber being fed onto a bobbin with an externally incident energy which is internally reflected within a portion of the fiber. The position of the illuminated portion of the fiber is detected and the winding process may be controlled based on the detected position. In alternate embodiments, multiple radiation sources produce radiation with distinctive radiation characteristics and multiple sensors discriminate between and distinct radiation characteristics.

Abstract: A paper feeder for tractor-feed printers. A frame movably mounts an endless belt having a plurality of feed pins. A cover is pivotably mounted to the frame and may be pivoted between open and closed positions. In the closed position a lower surface of the cover faces the endless belt. An elastically deformable holding member extends from the lower surface of the cover to urge the paper into engagement with the feed pins.

Abstract: A spreader bar apparatus is disclosed for separating slit portions of a web. The apparatus includes a first spreader bar which extends in a cross-machine direction relative to the web. The first spreader bar is bowed relative to the slit portions such that the slit portions are separated axially relative to each other when the slit portions are guided around the first spreader bar. A second spreader bar is disposed downstream relative to the first bar and extends in a cross-machine direction relative to the web for guiding the separated slit portions. The second bar is bowed relative to the separated slit portions such that each of the slit portions disposed downstream relative to the second bar is disposed parallel to each other.

Abstract: According to the method, an end part of a roving is first introduced into the main drafting zone of a drafting frame of a textile machine after a reference point at a clamping device. Thereafter, a middle part of the roving is drawn laterally into the preliminary drafting zone solely by the tension of the main drafting zone. The apparatus comprises a gripper which is connected via a pivotable arm or a telescopic arm to a mobile or stationary robot which can cooperate either with a pusher, a spacer or a fixed slider.

Abstract: A bail reversing apparatus of the invention has an abutting member formed on the reel body which is made to abut against a kick member to turn the kick member and thereby return the bail support member to the reel-up position. This enables efficient, quick and smooth reversing of the bail support member and does not require high precision in machining the kick member. The apparatus is also characterized in that the kick member is, either directly or through a working rod, connected to the bail support member, so that the reversing mechanism becomes very simple contributing to further reductions in the weight and size of the rotor.

Abstract: A cleaning device for a drafting device in a spinning machine comprises a clearer device provided at a drafting device of each of a large number of spindles provided in a row in the spinning machine, and a collecting device for fiber waste which reciprocally moves along the large number of spindles provided in a row above the clearer devices while contacting with the clearer devices and exfoliates and removes fiber waste from the clearer devices for the individual spindles.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for looking a winding shaft wound a webbing to prevent the winding shaft from rotating at excessive movement more than a predetermined amount of acceleration in a horizontal direction. The locking mechanism has an operating member which is inclined at the excessive movement more than the predetermined amount of acceleration in the horizontal direction to lock the winding shaft. The operating body has a pair of plate-like inertia portions extended symmetrically with respect to the axis of the winding shaft in the direction to approach an outer periphery of the webbing wound around the winding shaft. The operating body is inclined by the inertia portions when the acceleration is exerted. Thus, the locking mechanism locks the winding shaft by means of these inertia portions and the locking mechanism can be made small in the vertical direction.