(19)
(11) EP 1 847 637 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.01.2010 Bulletin 2010/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/43

(21) Application number: 07106559.3

(22) Date of filing: 20.04.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D01H 7/86(2006.01)
 D01H 13/14(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 21.04.2006 JP 2006117449

(71) Applicant: MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Kyoto (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kubota, Yasuhiko c/o Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686 (JP)

(74) Representative: Gritschneder, Martin et al
Hörselbergstrasse 5
81628 München
81628 München (DE)

   


(54) Twister with cheese cover


(57) The present invention provides a twister capable of preventing the problems caused by a cheese cover, which is driven rotationally by a ballooning yarn.
A twister (1) comprising:
a plurality of twisting units (3), each of which includes a cheese cover (6), said cheese cover (6) covering a periphery of a supply package (8) placed on a stationary disk (5) and being integrally provided on the stationary disk (5), and guides yarn (Y2) outward in a radial direction from a rotary disk (7) arranged below the stationary disk (5) to balloon the yarn (Y2) around the cheese cover (6); said twister further comprises
a control device (36) provided to determine whether or not the stationary disk (5) or the cheese cover (6) remains stationary at a predetermined position.







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