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(11) | EP 1 236 668 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Yarn setting method to winding tube in automatic winder and automatic winder |
(57) The object of the present invention is to provide a yarn setting method to the winding
tube in the automatic winder and the automatic winder capable of carrying out the
setting work of the yarn of the yarn supplying body to the winding tube smoothly and
speedily without adding a special device. The automatic winder 1 of the yarn setting
method is provided with winding units 2 arranged in a plurality wherein each winding
unit 2 includes the lower yarn trapping-leading member 22 for trapping the yarn of
the yarn supplying body 5 and leading to the yarn joining device 20, and forms the
yarn winding body 6 by winding up the yarn of the yarn supplying body 5 to a winding
tube 7. In addition, such automatic winder comprises the doffing device 3 which runs
along the plurality of winding units 2, and according to the demand signal from the
winding unit 2, arrives at the winding unit 2 which transmitted the demand signal,
and by picking up the yarn of the yarn supplying body 5 trapped by the lower yarn
trapping-leading member 22, sets the yarn to the winding tube set in the winding unit
(Fig. 1). |