(19)
(11) EP 1 146 002 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/42

(21) Application number: 01108877.0

(22) Date of filing: 09.04.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 54/70, D01H 1/115, B65H 59/10, B65H 59/28, D02J 1/08, D02J 1/14, D01H 7/92
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.04.2000 JP 2000115881
24.08.2000 JP 2000253989

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Kimura, Hidetoshi Roureru Couto Muromachi 310
    Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto (JP)
  • Todo,, Yuji
    Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto (JP)
  • Takayasu, Koji
    Uji-shi, Kyoto (JP)

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

   


(54) Automatic winder and hariness suppressing device


(57) The present invention provides an automatic winder having a hairiness suppressing device that can stably provide a function of suppressing hairinesses of a spun yarn. The present invention provides an automatic winder comprising a hairiness suppressing device 1 including nozzle means 2 having a yarn passage 7 for allowing a spun yarn Y to pass therethrough, the nozzle means twisting the spun yarn Y by means of a whirling current obtained by injecting a gas through the yarn passage 7, wherein tension control means is provided for controlling tension of the spun yarn Y supplied to the nozzle means 2 at a substantially constant value (Fig. 1).






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