Abstract: On the main frame (1) of the ring spinning machine a box-shaped frame (11) is supported, which is used for exchangeably and loosely taking up storage devices (14), which can be lined up in a row. The storage devices (14) on their lower side are provided with a plurality of suspension devices (16) for taking up the roving bobbins (10). The frame (11) also is used as a rail arrangement for a transporting carriage (15), which can, using suitable elevator devices (17,18), and along its movement from one end of the machine to the other, take up at least one plate-shaped storage device (14) with empty roving bobbins (10), and can deposit at this location a plate-shaped storage device (14) with full roving bobbins (10).These measures permit complete automation of the exchange of roving bobbins on the machine.

Abstract: The apparatus for safely inserting threads into individual bobbin tubes of a winding device comprises a suction gun to displace the threads from first thread guides provided at the apex of the traversing triangle to movable thread guides which are at first placed at the free end of a bobbin chuck. Subsequently these thread guides are moved to place the threads into a position in front of corresponding catching means which are formed at the bobbin tubes. The threads then are simultaneously caught by the catching means as the thread guides are jointly pivoted towards the bobbin tubes. Thereafter, the winding process is simultaneously started at all bobbin tubes.

Abstract: The can changing apparatus operates so that the full can and empty can are arranged to move in guide paths which are at a right angle to each other. A simultaneous exchange of the cans takes place with one can being shifted at a constant speed while the other can moves with a speed characteristic which corresponds to a tangent function. The support members on which the arms for pushing the cans are mounted are connected, for example by a rigid curve rod, a resiliently bendable rod, or a linked arm such that one support member moves the other.

Abstract: A take-off roll for opening fiber bales by loosening fiber flocks therefrom contains toothed discs mounted along and upon rotatable shaft. Each toothed disc comprises semi-circular or half-discs which substantially are in the form of half a circular ring. An approximately half or semi-circular ring-shaped cup is provided for each half-disc. Each of the half-discs is embedded in the cast cup or cup member, and the cup members of the half-discs which are assembled together to form one of the toothed discs surround the shaft in a substantially ring-shaped manner. The cup members are releasably mutually fixed and rigidly connected to the shaft by a press fit. Certain advantages of the inventive take-off roll consist in easy replacement of any damaged half-disc and its cup member, and a free adaptability of the staggering of the teeth between the toothed discs. This permits elimination of the occurrence of undesirable vibrations of the take-off roll.

Abstract: A texturizing nozzle for synthetic filaments is openable and closable to facilitate lacing up. The nozzle comprises a two-part carrier structure with the parts movable towards and away from each other to open and close the nozzle. The thread path through the nozzle is defined by means of insert elements releasably mounted on the carrier structure at least in that region of the path in which the main texturizing step is performed. A thread infeed passage and a (preferably single) fluid infeed passage bring thread and treatment fluid together at a junction location, and a guide passage (which preferably widens in the downstream direction) leads the thread and fluid from the junction location to the texturizing region.

Abstract: The invention relates to lubrication of a bearing of a spinning or twisting spindle which comprises a spindle shaft and a fixedly mounted housing. Lubricant is moved in a closed circulation path or system from a reservoir to a bearing arranged above the reservoir and back again to the reservoir. According to the invention, the spindle shaft is rotatably connected with the reservoir and is provided with a tube or pipe fixed to the housing and immersing into the reservoir. The tube is provided at its end which is immersed in the reservoir with an inlet opening towards which the lubricant flows during the start of the rotation of the reservoir. Thus, a back or dam-up pressure forms at the inlet opening of the tube, by means of which the lubricant is propelled upwardly within the tube forming a closed circulation path, emerges from an exit or outlet opening of the tube and again flows back through the bearing into the reservoir.

Abstract: The circumferential wall of the godet drum is heated via air which is heated by a heating device within the chamber of the drum. Air circulation through a closed path is aided by means of fan blades which are mounted on an interior face of the drum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gripper apparatus on a ring spinning or ring twisting machine for gripping empty and/or wound bobbin tubes using pegs mounted on a support beam extending along the machine and inserted into the interior space of the bobbin tubes, the bobbin tubes being gripped by pressing each bobbin tube and the peg inserted into it against each other. The pressing generally is effected using compressed air. According to the invention at each peg a cylindrical extension made of elastically bendable material is provided, which extension extends from the front end of the peg towards the tip thereof.This arrangement yields the advantage that in case of faulty positioning of bobbins, tubes a head-on collision of the peg front end on the upper bobbin tube rim, with accordingly grave consequences, such as e.g. damage to the support beam or blowout of the compressed air, no longer can occur.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the working conditions between two rotating cylinders equipped with a point clothing wherein complete elimination of the disturbing influences of the centrifugal force and the increase in temperature of the cylinders onto the working conditions is achieved.

Abstract: The textile fiber sliver is deposited in cans in the form of cycloid-type loops. During deposition, the sliver is delivered via a rotating funnel gear wheel into a rotating can. In addition, the mutual distance between the axes of rotation of the gear wheel and can is varied by laterally displacing the can. Also, the rotational speed of the can is varied during operation so that when the distance between the axes of rotation of the wheel and can is at a minimum, the can rotates at a maximum speed. Likewise, when the distance between the axes of rotation is at a maximum, the can rotates at a minimum rotational speed.

Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, checking a plant for blending textile staple fibres of different types, which are supplied by fibre metering units. The supply of fibres to the storage device is interrupted during repeated time intervals. According to the invention the fibres supplied by an individually operated fibre metering unit, supplying a constant quantity, during part time intervals within the time intervals are transported to a quantity measuring device and are measured.The present invention permits very reliable and precise checking of the fibre quantities supplied by the fibre metering units in such a manner that a desired blending proportion can be maintained precisely. The machines fed from the storage device can be maintained operating during the checking periods, i.e. at all times.

Abstract: In a cutting machine for a synthetic filament tow the filament tow 3 before passing between the cutting rolls 1/2 is traversed laterally to and fro. The present invention teaches, in which manner the traversing movement of the tow guide 5, moved to and fro using a grooved drum 10, is to be effected for obtaining a linear, i.e. optimum, fibre length diagram of the cut fibres. In particular, the mathematic formula for the shape of the guide groove 9, as unrolled in a plane, of the grooved drum 10 is given.

Abstract: The working conditions between two rotating cylinders (4,5), which are provided with a point clothing (9,19) and are processing or mutually transferring a fibre web, of a processing machine of the staple fibre spinning plant are always maintained on a predetermined value by adapting the distance between the surfaces of the two cylinders (4,5). For this purpose moving means (21) are used, which permit very precise setting of the distance between the rotational axes (8,14) of the two cylinders (4,5), and which are controlled by control means (22). To the control means (22) the measuring signal of a characteristic directly connected with the diameter of one of the cylinders (4 or 5), as scanned by a measuring element (25), is transmitted, and the control means (22) control the moving elements (21) in function of this characteristic. Thus complete elimination of the disturbing influences of the centrifugal force and of the increase in temperature of the cylinders onto the working conditions is achieved.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for controlling the rotational speed of the spindles of a spinning preparatory machine equipped with spindles and flyers.The proposed control arrangement comprises an infinitely variable variator, which is adapted or adjusted by using a control shaft which is rotatably indexed or stepped. The control or adjustment shaft is moved by a control motor which received its control or switching impulses from a motor control device comprising a programmable indicator or set value transmitter for the desired or set value and a correction element.According to a particularly advantageous design the correction element is of the form of a crossbar distributor arrangement.The apparatus is comfortable and easy to use by the operating personnel and permits, among other advantages, extremely accurate adaptation or adjustment of the spindle rotational speed. The adaption operations can be effected while the machine is running.

Abstract: Tension is reduced in the unwound length of roving remaining between the drafting mechanism and the package after the frame has been brought to a halt. This can be done by additional feed from the drafting mechanism after stopping of the other elements of the frame. A tension adjusting means is coupled into the drive to the rollers of the drafting mechanism to advance the mechanism the desired amount. The degree of feed may be different depending upon whether the stoppage is due to a break at one of a group of flyers, or to a doffing operation.

Abstract: An autolevelling drawframe for levelling out staple fibre slivers in the spinning mill operation, in which deviations of the sliver weight (linear density) from the preset desired value detected are processed into correcting signals and are transmitted to a correcting member, which adapts the input speed of the drafting arrangement. The correcting signal transmitted is generated from the product of a voltage proportional to the rotational speed of the main motor and a voltage determined by the deviation in linear density. The apparatus consists of a computer (34,41; 60,41; 67,71) for computing the correcting signal, which computer is connected electrically with the correcting member (48), with a transducer (20) transmitting the voltage proportional to the rotational speed of the main motor, and with means for generating the voltage determined by the deviation in linear density. The computer can consist of a control device (36) and a multiplicator (41) or of a microprocessor (71) (digital computer).

Abstract: The false twist machine has a texturing part arranged below heat treatment zones in which three supply devices and a false twist device are superimposed and staggered from the back to the front in such a manner that in threading in of the thread into these devices turning about and overhead working processes of the operator are avoided. The thread paths formed by the threading in are placed one in front of the other in the sequence of the threading in process. A bobbin creel is movable to the texturing part and is equipped with a thread transfer device which transfers the threads coming from the individual creel bobbins into the vicinity of the first supply device. The winding device is arranged opposite the texturing part at a distance forming an operating alley and gives off the full bobbins to the outerside of the winding device opposite the operating alley. The empty bobbins can be moved from the machine end into a readiness reserve position.

Abstract: The invention deals with problems arising in lubrication of the helical cam grooves of cam drums used in thread traversing mechanisms of winding machines. The drum is provided with an internal space acting as a lubricant reservoir. A passage extends between the space and the groove so that centrifugal force urges lubricant outwardly along the passage from the space towards the groove. Flow along the passage is controlled by a porous sintered metal body which permits a desired degree of a given lubricant to pass along the passage at a given rotational speed.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for producing thread or yarn reserve windings on a rotating bobbin tube (2), with a lever (5) for transferring the thread to the thread catching zone at the face side of the bobbin tube, with a thread guide curve (17) for guiding the thread while the thread reserve windings are formed, and with a thread stop (15) for temporarily holding the thread on the thread guide curve (17) for producing the thread reserve windings.

Abstract: The thread retainer has a tube which is slotted from the side to form an access opening for a thread and a gate member in the form of a ball which is movably mounted in the tube. The ball cooperates with a second ball to define a thread passage with curvilinear walls. The movable ball may move under gravity or may be spring biased to permit entry of the thread into the thread passage.