(19)
(11) EP 0 866 015 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/39

(21) Application number: 98101282.6

(22) Date of filing: 26.01.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B65H 63/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.01.1997 IT TO970061

(71) Applicant: Cortese, Carmelo Angelo
40037 Sasso Marconi (Bologna) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cortese, Carmelo Angelo
    40037 Sasso Marconi (Bologna) (IT)

(74) Representative: Forattini, Amelia 
c/o Internazionale Brevetti Ingg. ZINI, MARANESI & C. S.r.l. Piazza Castello 1
20121 Milano
20121 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Unit for detecting the integrity of textile yarns


(57) A unit (1) for detecting the integrity of textile yarns (2, 3), which can be installed on a spiral covering machine (4) which is suitable to spirally wind a spiral covering textile yarn (3) on a conducting textile yarn (2) which is fed along a preset path (P), wherein a device (18, 45, 61) for controlling the textile yarns (2, 3), arranged along the path (P), has an electric circuit (26) provided with a normally-closed switch (30) and formed by a fixed contact (32) and by a movable armature (35) which is coupled by friction to the textile yarns (2, 3) and is spaced from the fixed contact (32) when, during use, the textile yarns (2, 3) are continuous and in motion; the electric circuit is furthermore provided with a signaling device (28) which is active when the switch (30) is closed.






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