(19)
(11) EP 1 092 666 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/16

(21) Application number: 00122016.9

(22) Date of filing: 10.10.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B65H 54/70
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY 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: 13.10.1999 JP 29082199

(71) Applicant: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
Minami-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 601 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kono, Saturo, Murata Kikai Shataku B-201
    Uji-shi, Kyoto (JP)
  • Nakamura, Youichi, Murata Kikai Shataku B-208-gou
    Kyoto-shi, Kyoto (JP)

(74) Representative: Liedl, Christine, Dipl.-Chem. et al
Hansmann & Vogeser Patentanwälte Postfach 70 08 60
81308 München
81308 München (DE)

   


(54) Winding unit for automatic winder


(57) The present invention enables a winding unit for an automatic winder to be easily assembled and inspected for maintenance, the winding unit comprising a winding unit constituting device requiring power transmission as well as wiring, piping, or the like that uses connectors, and also enables the winding unit constituting device to be easily assembled. A winding unit 11 for an automatic winder comprising winding unit constituting devices 2 attached to a winding unit support main body 1, wherein the winding unit support main body 1 comprises one 3a, 4a of matching junction sections of a connector 3, 4 disposed at a predetermined position thereof and one 5a of matching nodes of a transmission mechanism 5 disposed at a predetermined position thereof and corresponding to a driving or driven node, the winding unit constituting devices 2 each comprise a plurality of constituent members 6b, 6c assembled together and including an attachment member 6a removably attached to the winding unit support main body 1 as well as the other junction section 3b, 4b of the connector 3, 4 disposed at a predetermined position thereof, and when the attachment member 6a of the winding unit constituting device 2 is attached to or removed from the winding unit support main body 1, the junction sections 3a, 3b (4a, 4b) of the connector 3, 4 are joined together or mutually separated, respectively and the nodes 5a, 5b of the transmission mechanism 5 are connected together or mutually separated, respectively.







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