Abstract:
A yarn tension control device of an automatic winder which includes a variably controlled tensioning device for each of a multitude of spindles of a winding unit; a tension detecting device for specific one of the multitude of spindles; and control devices for controlling the tensioning device for the specific spindle by the tension detecting device and for controlling the tensioning device for other multitude of spindles on the basis of an output value to the tensioning device for this specific spindle.
Abstract:
A yarn tension control device for controlling the tension of yarn being longitudinally advanced having two movable yarn guide members with spaced guide pins alternately engaged by the longitudinally travelling yarn. One of the yarn guide members is pivotally mounted to move its guide pins across the yarn path and has a pin or roller mounted spaced from its pivot and is balanced by a balancing weight. A pivotally mounted control cam has a balancing weight and a laterally extending arm with a biasing weight adjustably positioned on the arm. The control cam has a cam profile in contact with the pin or roller on the first yarn guide member and the biasing weight biases this profile into engagement with the roller or pin to pivot the first yarn guide member in a desired direction. The portion of the arcuate cam profile nearest its pivot is concave, a middle portion thereof is nearly straight, and the portion of the cam profile furthest from the control cam pivot is convex. Thus as the first yarn guide member moves away from the second yarn guide member the biasing is decreased.
Abstract:
A yarn tension control apparatus comprising a first feed roll having a substantial conically tapered yarn engaging roll surface, driven at a predetermined r.p.m., a second feed roll having a substantially conically tapered yarn engaging roll surface, the second feed roll positioned in spaced-apart relation with the first feed roll for receiving a yarn wrapped successively around a circumference defined collectively by opposed surfaces of the first and second rolls from a yarn infeed position axially along the first and second rolls to a yarn exit position. The first and second feed rolls are aligned relative to each other so that the collectively defined circumference any any point on the yarn engaging surfaces of the first and second rolls is greater than the collectively defined circumference in one direction along the axis of rotation of the rolls, and less than the collectively defined circumference in the other direction along the axis of rotation of the rolls. An elongate tension arm is positioned between and along the length of the first and second rolls and a plurality of yarn guides positioned in the tension arm along the length thereof for receiving successive wraps of yarn. The tension are moves along the length of the rolls in response to changes in tension of the yarn to a yarn infeed position or increased roll diameter in response to an increase in tension on the yarn and to a position of decreased roll diameter in response to a decrease in tension on the yarn.
Abstract:
A ball tension device for horizontal yarn comprising generally a body defining a vertical channel within which one or more balls can be positioned to vary yarn tension. A pair of horizontally aligned openings communicate with the bottom of the channel to provide for yarn inlet and outlet as the yarn passes through the device. Similar, ceramic inserts line the inlet and outlet openings and are angularly downwardly inclined to define a pair of opposed, angularly inclined conduits through which the yarn horizontally passes in the tensioning procedure.