[0001] The present invention relate to a take-up winder according to the preamble of claim
1.
[0002] A take-up winder of this type is disclosed, in US-A-4 867 385. This take-up winder
has a yarn guide acting on the yarn portion between a yarn traversing guide and an
empty bobbin. There is, therefore, a relatively long distance between the yarn guide
and the full bobbin. Because the yarn is in contact with the empty bobbin the timing
of the movement of the yarn may be delayed and makes the timing with which the yarn
drops from the package of the full bobbin difficult.
[0003] US-A-4 210 293 discloses an apparatus for strand transferring that occurs during
the exchange of two winding collets. The apparatus comprises an ejector fork on the
absturing side of the empty callet which shifts a strand on the full collet, and an
finger acting on the strand between the empty and the full collets after the shifting
has been terminated causing a slack of strand. Unless skillful use is made of the
slack at the moment it drops from the full collet to wind the required amount of strand
on the empty collet directly after it drops from the layer of the full collet, transfer
of this strand will fail.
[0004] A conventional take-up winder for an elastic yarn is disclosed for example in DE-A-44
14 180 A1 and has a turret with a turret plate and two bobbin holders mounted thereon
to change the positions of the bobbin holders.
[0005] Such a type of take-up winder is also shown in Figure 2C and rotates and stops the
turret 2 in such a way that an empty bobbin Be is located at a middle position M beyond
the winding position K. A yarn guide 7 that is a yarn-winding means is moved in such
a way that yarn Y makes a single round of the empty bobbin Be, and a fully wound package
P is suddenly stopped to loosen the yarn Y in order to adhere elastic yarn Ya to the
surface of the empty bobbin Be. The yarn Ya is wood around the surface of the empty
bobbin Be and cut between the empty bobbin Be and the fully wound package P due to
yarn tension caused by winding of the yarn Ya on the package P. The subsequent elastic
yarn Y is wound to fix the end of the elastic yarn Y adhered to the empty bobbin Be.
After the yarn-winding guide 7 has returned, the empty bobbin Be is returned to the
winding position K and a traversing device 4 is used to start regular winding, as
shown in Figure 2D and Figure 2E.
[0006] Figure 4 shows the yarn guide 7 that is a yarn-winding means and the position of
the yarn Y that is wound-around the empty bobbin Be and the fully wound package P.
When the yarn guide 7 is moved in the state shown in Figure 2C, the yarn Y, which
is being traversed, is captured in a guide groove 9 consisting of two curved portions
10 provided in a guide bar 18 of the yarn guide 7. The yarn guide 7 is moved in such
a way that yarn Y makes a single revolution of the outer circumference of the empty
bobby Be, and the fully wound package P is suddenly stopped to loosen the yarn Y in
order to reliably and sufficiently contact the yarn on the downstream side with the
yarn on the upstream side, thereby adhering the yarn to the surface of the empty bobbin
Be. When the yarn Y is wound around the empty bobbin Be, the yarns, which have been
contacted with each other, may be separated causing yarn-transferring to fail if the
amount of contact between the yarns is small, because the yarns, which have been extended
during winding, are contracted following contact unless the yarn tension is reduced
to contract the yarns in order to sufficiently contact them with each other.
[0007] This take-up winder suddenly stops the fully wound package to loosen the yarn in
order to adhere the elastic yarn to the surface of the empty bobbin, so it requires
a braking apparatus for making a sudden stop in such a way as to assist in the winding
around the empty bobbin.
[0008] In addition, a straight winding occurs on the surface of the fully wound package
wherein unwanted yarn generated during yarn-transferring is wound around one section.
The unwanted yarn, in this case, the straight winding, must be removed due to its
different physical properties resulting from conditions, such as yarn tension, that
differ from those in normal winding. However, since the elastic yarn is thin and very
sticky, the end of the yarn (the winding end part of the elastic yam) can not be found
easily through the use of suction. Thus, instead of the end of the yarn, the straight
winding has been removed by picking the corresponding yarn up with nails and pulling
it out from the package. In this case, the nails may damage the surface of the package.
[0009] This invention is provided in view of the problems with the prior art, and its object
is to provide a take-up winder for elastic yarn that can reliably transfer the yarn
using a simple structure and that can easily remove the winding end part of the yarn
from a package.
[0010] To achieve this object, the invention includes a yarn-transferring means that releases
yarn wound around a package from a winding width and transfers the yarn to an empty
bobbin using a decrease in the yarn tension caused by the winding of the yarn around
the bobbin end of a fully wound package that is winding at a different peripheral
speed. Thus, the invention transfers the yarn fed from the surface of the package
that is at a high rotational speed, to the bobbin end that is at a low rotational
speed to reduce yarn tension in order to loosen the elastic yarn, thereby assisting
the winding of the yarn around the empty bobbin.
[0011] According to the invention, the yarn-transferring means is also used as a yarn-winding
means for winding elastic yarn around the empty bobbin. Thus, the yarn-transferring
means not only removes the yarn from the winding width of the package but also acts
as the yarn-winding means to directly wind the removed yarn around the empty bobbin.
[0012] According to the invention, the time after the yarn-transferring means has released
the yarn fed to the fully wound package from the winding width until this yarn-transferring
means contacts the yarn on the downstream side of the empty bobbin with the yarn an
the upstream side thereof, is set at the amount of time required for a bunch winding
to be formed at the end of the fully wound package. Thus, when the winding is transferred
from the fully wound package to the empty bobbin, time is provided during which a
bunch winding is formed at the bobbin end of the fully wound package before the yarn
on the downstream side of the empty bobbin has contacted the yarn on the upstream
side thereof to finish the yarn-transferring.
Detailed Description of the Drawings
[0013]
Figure 1 is a front view of the integral part of a take-up winder according to the
present embodiment.
Figure 2 shows yarn-transferring executed by the take-up winder according to the present
embodiment.
Figure 3 shows a yarn guide, and a position of yarn that is wound around an empty
bobbin and a fully wound package according to the present embodiment.
Figure 4 shows a yarn guide, a fully wound package, and the position of yarn wound
around an empty bobbin according to the prior art.
Detailed Description of the preferred Embodiments
[0014] An embodiment of this invention is described below with reference to the drawings.
[0015] With reference to Figure 1, the basic structure of a take-up winder 5 for the elastic
yarn y is described.
[0016] The take-up winder 5 comprises an elevating frame 1 that can be elevated from and
lowered into a machine frame 8, and a rotatable turret 2 that is a position-changing
means for the bobbin holders.
[0017] A touch roller 3 and a traversing device 4 are each supported by the elevating frame
1, and the touch roller 3 constantly contacts the yarn layer of a bobbin at a winding
position, which is described below, to rotationally drive the bobbin counterclockwise.
The traversing device 4 includes a traversing guide 6 that engages yarn Y and moves
back and forth within a traversing range in order to traverse the yarn Y. The yarn
Y is continuously fed from a spinning machine (not shown in the drawing) at a predetermined
travelling speed.
[0018] The turret 2 is driven around a rotating shaft 14 by a driving source such as a induction
motor (not shown in the drawing). A bobbin is installed in each of two bobbin holders
15, 16, and one of the bobbin holders 15 is located at a winding position K while
the other holder 16 is located at a standby position L. To simplify the explanation,
the bobbin on which a yarn layer is formed, that is, the bobbin with a package P,
is referred to as Bf and an empty bobbin is referred to as Be.
[0019] A yarn guide 7 that is a yarn-winding means consists of an oscillating arm 17 borne
by a shaft to the lower part of the machine frame 8 and a guide bar 18 attached to
the tip of the oscillating arm 17. The oscillating arm 17 is provided on the side
of the tips of the bobbin holders 15, 16 and extends the guide bar 18 from that side
to the side of the root of the bobbin holders 15, 16 in a cantilever manner.
[0020] A rotating shaft 19 of the oscillating arm 17 is provided in such a position that
when the empty bobbin Be located at a yarn-transferring position is located at a middle
position M shown in Figure 2C, the oscillating arm 17 can be rotated to cause the
guide bar 18 to wind the yarn Y around the empty bobbin Be.
[0021] The yarn-transferring position is set, at the middle position M between the winding
position K and the standby position L in order to simplify the structure of the take-up
winder by increasing the winding angle of the yarn Y relative to the empty bobbin
Be to one-third or more of the total circumference to reduce the amount of rotation
of the yarn guide 7, and allowing the yarn guide 7 to be simply rotated away from
the rotational traces of the bobbin holders 15, 16.
[0022] The oscillating arm 17 is oscillated around the shaft 19 by a driving means such
as a rotary actuator (not shown in the drawings), and the yarn guide 7 is moved between
the standby position (in fact, at the standby position, the guide bar 18 is arranged
so as to come off from the rotation locus of the fully wound package P) indicated
by the solid line in Figure 1 and the operating position indicated by the chain double-dashed
line. When the yarn guide 7 is moved counterclockwise from the standby position to
the operating position, the yarn Ya on the downstream side is wound along the outer
circumference of the empty bobbin Be, as shown in Figure 2C and the yarn guide 7 is
rotated up to a position at which a guide groove 9 in the yarn guide 7, which is described
below, fully contacts the yarn Yb fed from the upstream side. Thus, the yarn Ya in
the guide groove 9 contacts the yarn Yb fed from the upstream side within the guide
groove 9, which is also a member for restricting the movement of the yarn. The contacted
yarns Ya and Yb, which are elastic and viscous, are wound around the empty bobbin
Be then entwined with each other, while the yarn Ya is extended and cut.
[0023] The guide bar 18 is attached to the tip of the oscillating arm 17 and includes the
guide groove 9 that is entered by the yarn Y as shown in Figure 3.
[0024] The guide groove 9 consists of a curved portion 10 that guides the yarn Y along the
curve and a notch portion 11 for restricting the yarn Y that is guided by the curved
portion 10. The part of the groove in which the curved portion 10 and the notch portion
11 are combined together has a somewhat larger width than the yarn so as to reliably
contact the yarn Ya with the yarn Yb.
[0025] The curved portion 10 and the notch portion 11 are combined together at a position
offset from the winding width (traversing range) of the package P. The yarn guide
7 acts not only as a winding-start yarn-winding means for winding the winding start
part of the yarn Y around the end of the empty bobbin Be through the guide groove
9, but also as a yarn-transferring means for transferring the yarn Y from the surface
of the yarn layer of the package P to the end of the bobbin Bf. This configuration
reduces the number of required parts and simplifies the structure of the take-up winder,
and thus simplifies its control.
[0026] The yarn Ya, which has been transferred from the layer of the fully wound package
P to the end of the bobbin Bf through the guide groove 9, is wound at the lower speed
of the bobbin Bf instead of the higher speed of the yarn layer of the fully wound
package P, thereby substantially and instantaneously reducing the yarn tension. The
instantaneous decrease in yarn tension is used as an alternative to reliably and sufficiently
contact the yarns Ya and Yb with each other in order to assist in the winding of the
yarn around the empty bobbin Be.
[0027] The yarn Ya transferred from the fully wound package P to the end of the bobbin Bf
has its tension reduced not only instantaneously but also continuously until yarn-transferring
has been completed, followed by the catting of the yam. This is because the take-up
winder controls the rotation of the bobbin holders to make the peripheral speed of
the fully wound package P equal to that of the empty bobbin Be, thereby increasing
the peripheral speed of the empty bobbin Be to higher than that of the bobbin Bf of
the fully wound package P. In other words, the empty bobbin Be provides the same function
as a feed roller to reduce the tension of the yarn Ya located on the downstream side
of the empty bobbin Be.
[0028] This means that the yarn can be reliably transferred some time after it has been
transferred from the fully wound package P to the end of the bobbin Bf. That is, the
yarn can be transferred by contacting the yarns Ya and Yb with each other after unwanted
yarn resulting from yarn-transferring is reliably wound around one section of the
end of the bobbin Bf many times to form a bunch winding 12. In the straight winding,
the yarn is wound around one section of the package surface, whereas in the bunch
winding 12, the winding end part of the yarn wound around the package P is located
at the end of the bobbin Bf, thereby allowing the end of the yarn to be located and
picked up easily and preventing the package surface from being damaged when the end
is picked up by nails. This configuration also allows unwanted yarn resulting from
yarn-transferring to be removed easily without damaging the package P.
[0029] A controller (not shown in the drawings) controls the rotational timing and speed
of the driving means for the yarn guide 7, and of the drive source for the turret
2.
[0030] Next, a yarn-transferring method in the take-up winder 5 for the elastic yarn Y is
described with reference to Figure 2.
[0031] In Figure 2A, when the package P becomes fully wound, the turret 2 is rotated counterclockwise
beyond the position in Figure 2B that is the normal yarn-transferring position of
the take-up winder 5. The rotation of the turret 2 is stopped when the empty bobbin
Be reaches the position in Figure 2C that is the middle position M between the winding
position K and the standby position L. At this point, the elastic yarn Y is pressed
against the surface of the empty bobbin Be and is moved while contacting (adhering
to) approximately one-third or more of the total circumference of the empty bobbin
Be. To simplify the explanation, the upstream side relative to the empty bobbin Be
is referred to as Yb, Wile the downstream side relative to it is referred to as Ya.
At the same time that the yarn Y contacts the empty bobbin Be, the peripheral speed
of the empty bobbin Be is increased by 0 to 50% to decrease the tension an the side
Ya.
[0032] The yarn Y continues to be traversed when the positions of the bobbin holders are
changed. When the empty bobbin Be reaches the middle position M and the yarn guide
7 is rotated counterclockwise, the yarn Ya, which is being traversed, is captured
in the guide groove 9. The yarn guide 7 is further rotated to move the yarn Ya from
the surface of the fully wound package P to the end of the bobbin Bf along the curved
portion 10, while capturing and guiding the yarn Yb on the upstream side. The yarn
guide 7 is rotated until the yarn Ya contacts that yarn Yb.
[0033] When the yarn Ya is moved from the surface of the fully wound package P to the end
of the bobbin Bf, the yarn tension is substantially reduced due to the difference
in peripheral speed between the fully wound package P and the bobbin Bf. The decrease
in yarn tension allows the yarn Y to be loosened with no need to suddenly stop the
bobbin holder 15 at the side of the fully wound package P, causing the yarns Ya and
Yb to be reliably and sufficiently contacted with each other within the guide groove
9. The yarn Ya is reliably entwined with the yarn Yb and is then extended and cut,
and the yarn Y (yam at the winding start part) is wound around the end of the empty
bobbin Be to form a bunch winding of the winding start at the end of the empty bobbin
Be.
[0034] Once the yarn Y has been wound around the empty bobbin Be and yarn-transferring has
been completed, the yarn guide 7 is returned to its standby position and the turret
2 is rotated clockwise to move the empty bobbin Be to the winding position K as shown
in Figure 2E in order to contact it with the touch roller 3 for regular winding. At
this point, the rotation of the turret 2 may be stopped at the position shown in Figure
2D, and the package may be moved to the position shown in Figure 2E after its diameter
has reached a specified value.
[0035] In this winding method, using the decrease in tension during yarn-transferring, the
yarn guide 7 moves the yarn Y from the fully wound package P to the end of the bobbin
Bf through the guide groove 9 while catching the yarn Ya on the bobbin Bf, and is
then rotated until the Ya contacts the yarn Yb. That is, this method loosens and reliably
winds the yarn Ya around the empty bobbin Be using only the decrease in tension occurring
when the yarn Y is transferred from the surface of the package P to the end of the
bobbin Bf. However, this method does not always form a sufficient and required amount
of bunch winding 12 (bunch winding of the winding end part) at the end of the bobbin
Bf located at the side of the package P. Thus, a method for reliably forming a bunch
winding 12 is described below. This method is also effective in preventing the end
of the yarn from being released during transport.
[0036] This method is the same as the above method until the yarn guide 7 is rotated counterclockwise
after the empty bobbin Be has reached the middle position M, so the description of
this part is omitted.
[0037] When the empty bobbin Be reaches the middle position M, the yarn guide 7 is rotated
counterclockwise. The yarn guide 7 moves the yarn Ya from the surface of the fully
wound package P to the end of the bobbin Bf through the guide groove 9 while capturing
and guiding the yarn Yb on the upstream side, and is stopped rotating immediately
before the yarn Ya contacts the yarn Yb. When the rotation of the yarn guide 7 is
stopped, the yarn Ya (yarn at the winding end part) continues to be wound at one position
on the bobbin Bf offset from the winding range, in order to form a bunch winding 12.
[0038] Once a sufficient and required amount of bunch winding 12 has been formed, the yarn
guide 7 is rotated until the yarn Ya contacts the yarn Yb. Since the peripheral speed
of the bobbin Bf for the package is lower than the travelling speed of the yarn, the
peripheral speed of the empty bobbin Be is almost equal to this travelling speed,
the rotational speed of the bobbin Bf differs from that of the empty bobbin Be, the
tension of the yarn Ya remains at the reduced value, and the yarn Ya is loosened without
the need to suddenly stop the bobbin holder 15 for the fully wound package P. Thus,
the yarns Ya and Yb, which are both restricted within the guide groove 9, are reliably
and sufficiently contacted with each other, and the yarn Ya is reliably entwined with
the yarn Yb and is then extended and cut, causing the yarn Y to be wound around the
empty bobbin Be.
[0039] Once the yarn Y has been wound around the empty bobbin Be and yarn-transferring has
been completed, the empty bobbin Be is placed at the winding position K as in the
above method. Thus, the description of this part is omitted. As described above, the
yarn guide 7 also operates as a winding-end yarn-winding means for winding the winding
end part of the yarn around the end of the fully wound bobbin.
[0040] This invention may be embodied as follows:
Although the present embodiment stops the rotation of the yarn guide 7 to rel iably
form the bunch winding 12, the speed at which the yarn guide 7 is rotated may be reduced
to delay contact between the yarns Ya and Yb and the subsequent cutting of the yarn
Ya, thereby allowing the bunch winding 12 to be reliably formed.
[0041] Since this invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects:
The invention uses the difference in peripheral speed between the package and the
bobbin of the ful ly wound package, so it does not require a large braking apparatus
for sadden stopping of the fully wound package. Thus, even if a braking apparatus
is provided, a small apparatus that can eventually stop the inertial rotation of the
fully wound package may be used to provide a take-up winder that can reliably transfer
the yarn using a simple structure.
[0042] According to the invention, the yarn-transferring means releases the yarn from the
winding width of the package and this yarn transferring means directly winds the released
yarn around the empty bobbin, thereby reducing the number of required parts, simplifying
the structure of the take-up winder, and thus simplifying its control.
[0043] The invention winds the winding end part of the elastic yarn around the end of the
bobbin instead of the yarn layer of the full bobbin, thereby enabling the winding
end of the yarn to be located and picked up easily. In addition, unwanted yarn resulting
from yarn-transferring can be reliably wound around the bobbin and removed without
damaging the package. Consequently, this invention provides a take-up winder for elastic
yarn that can remove unwanted yarn resulting from yarn-transferring without damaging
the package.
1. Spulmaschine (5) zum Spulen eines elastischen Fadens (Y) auf eine Spule, bestehend
aus einer Traversiervorrichtung (4) zum Traversieren des Fadens, zwei Spulenhaltern
(15, 16), von denen jeder eine Spule trägt, und einer Positionsumschalteinrichtung
(2) zum Umschalten der Position der beiden Spulenhalter (15, 16) zwischen einer Spulposition
(K) und einer Warteposition (L), wobei der Faden auf die Spule auf den sich in der
Spulposition (K) befindlichen Halter gespult wird, während er von der Traversiervorrichtung
(4) traversiert wird, und wobei, wenn die Spule voll bespult ist, die Positionen der
beiden Spulenhalter umgeschaltet werden, während der auf die volle Spule (Bf) gespulte
Faden auf die leere Spule (Be) von einer Fadentransfereinrichtung (7) zum Transferieren
des auf die voll bespulte (Bf) gespulten Fadens auf die leere Spule (Be) transferiert
wird, einschließlich der Verschiebung des auf die voll bespulte Spule gespulten Fadens
außerhalb des Bereichs des Wickels (P) der vollen Spule (Bf), und Bilden einer Fadenreserve
(12) in diesem Bereich außerhalb des Wickels der vollen Spule (Bf),
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
die Fadentransfereinrichtung (7) so ausgebildet ist, dass sie auf einen Abschnitt
(Ya) des Fadens (Y) einwirkt, der sich zwischen der leeren Spule (Be) und der vollen
Spule (Bf) befindet, so dass das Transferieren das Verschieben und die Reservebildung
des elastischen Fadens auf der voll bespulten Spule außerhalb des Bereiches des Wickels
(F) der vollen Spule (Bf) erfolgt.
2. Spulmaschine nach Anspruch 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
zum Spulen einer Fadenreserve (12) auf der vollen Spule (Bf) die Fadentransfereinrichtung
(7) für eine bestimmte Zeitperiode vor dem Spulen des Fadens auf die leere Spule (Be)
angehalten werden kann.
3. Spulmaschine nach Anspruch 1 oder 2,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
die Fadentransfereinrichtung (7) eine Führungsstange (18) hat, die mit einer Führungsnut
(9) versehen ist, die aus einem gebogenen Abschnitt (10) und einem Nutabschnitt (11)
zum Beschränken des Fadenabschnitts (Ya) auf eine Position außerhalb der Spulbreite
entsprechend dem Traversierbereich des Wickels (P) besteht.
4. Spulmaschine nach Anspruch 3,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
der Bereich der Führungsnut (9), in dem der gebogene Abschnitt (10) und der Nutabschnitt
(11) zusammenlaufen, eine größere Breite als der Faden (Y) hat.
1. Bobinoir (5) pour enrouler un fil élastique (Y) sur une bobine comprenant un dispositif
de va-et-vient (4) pour faire aller et venir le fil, deux porte-bobines (15, 16) portant
chacun une bobine et un moyen de changement de position (2) pour changer les positions
de deux porte-bobines (15, 16) entre une positon d'enroulement (K) et une position
d'immobilisation (L); dans lequel le fil est enroulé sur la bobine du porte-bobines
placé à la position d'enroulement (K) tout en étant traversé par le dispositif de
va-et-vient (4) et dans lequel, quand la bobine est complètement enroulée, les positions
des deux porte-bobines sont modifiées tandis que le fil enroulé sur la bobine entièrement
bobinée (Bf) est transféré à la bobine vide (Be) par un moyen de transfert de fil
(7) pour transférer le fil enroulé de la bobine complètement enroulée (Bf) à la bobine
vide (Be) comprenant le déplacement du fil enroulé sur la bobine complètement enroulée
à l'extérieur de la zone du paquet (P) de la bobine pleine (Bf) et l'enroulement en
mèche (12) du fil dans la zone de bobine pleine (Bf) et dans une zone correspondante
de la bobine vide (Be), caractérisé en ce que
Ledit moyen de transfert de fil (7) est prévu pour agir si un sur une portion (Ya)
du fil (Y) logé entre la bobine vide (Be) et la bobine pleine (Bf), effectuant ainsi
ledit transfert, le déplacement et l'enroulement en mèche du fil élastique sur la
bobine complètement enroulée à l'extérieur de la zone du paquet de la bobine pleine
(Bf).
2. Bobinoir selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que pour l'enroulement en mèche (12) sur la bobine pleine (Bf), le moyen de transfert
de fil (7) peut être stoppé pour une période de temps prédéterminée avant d'enrouler
le fil sur la bobine vide (Be).
3. Bobinoir selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de transfert de fil (7) présente une barre de guidage (18) munie d'une rainure
de guidage (9) comprenant une portion incurvée (10) et une portion formant came (11)
pour restreindre la portion de fil (Ya) à une position à l'extérieur de la largeur
d'enroulement selon l'ampleur de va-et-vient du paquet (P).
4. Bobinoir selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la zone de la rainure de guidage (9), dans laquelle la portion incurvée (10) et la
portion formant came (11) sont combinées, présente une largueur supérieure à celle
du fil (Y).