EP2772573B1 - Yarn break detector of a spinning machine - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a yarn break detector of a spinning machine according to the preamble of claim 1 and more particularly to a yarn break detector that detects a moving traveler thereby to determine the presence or absence of a yarn break in a spinning machine having a ring such as a ring spinning machine, a ring twisting machine or the like.
- the contact-type yarn break detector has a lever that is in contact with a yarn being spun to detect the presence or absence of a yarn break.
- the support device of the lever is worn due to the vibration of the lever.
- cotton fly and any other dust are attached to the support device thereby to reduce the detection sensitivity of the contact-type yarn break detector.
- the noncontact-type yarn break detector is proposed and used.
- JPH 50-123940 A A noncontact-type yarn break detector is disclosed by JPH 50-123940 A.
- the detector includes a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic impulse detector.
- the permanent magnet is fixed on the ring support of the spinning machine and the electromagnetic impulse detector is fixed on the ring support in proximity to the passageway of the traveler at least part of which is made of a ferromagnetic material.
- the traveler slightly magnetized by the permanent magnet induces dynamic pulse voltage in the coil of the electromagnetic impulse detector.
- JP 2010-111982 A Another noncontact-type yarn break detector is disclosed by JP 2010-111982 A .
- This detector includes a sensor portion that detects a magnetic traveler sliding on the magnetic ring fixed on the ring plate (or a ring rail) by electromagnetic induction produced when the traveler crosses the magnetic circuit.
- the distance which the sensor (or the sensor portion) can detect the traveler is relatively small because of the small effect of the traveler on the magnetic circuit.
- the sensor needs to be located in proximity to the ring on which the traveler slides. If the sensor is located in proximity to the ring, however, the sensor may interfere with yarn piecing operation. In addition, if the sensor is located in proximity to the ring, connection of the sensor to a device that processes detection signals of the sensor and determines the presence or absence of a yarn break becomes complicated and hence costly.
- US 2 930 179 A shows a yarn break detector of a spinning machine, wherein the spinning machine has a ring plate, a ring fixed on the ring plate and a traveler slidably mounted on the ring, wherein the traveler is made of a magnetic material, wherein the yarn break detector detects the traveler to determine presence or absence of a yarn break.
- US 4 023 341 A shows a generic yarn break detector of a spinning machine according to the preamble of claim 1, wherein the spinning machine has a ring plate, a ring fixed on the ring plate and a traveler slidably mounted on the ring, wherein the traveler is made of a magnetic material, wherein the yarn break detector detects the traveler to determine presence or absence of a yarn break, wherein the yarn break detector includes a magnet and a magnetometer that are located on or above the ring plate, and wherein the magnet magnetizes the traveler.
- Fig. 1A showing the ring spinning machine in its fragmentary schematic plan view, it includes a ring plate 11 and a plurality of rings 12 that are fixed on the ring plate 11 at a regular interval.
- the ring spinning machine further includes a plurality of travelers 13 made of magnetic materials. The travelers 13 are mounted on the rings 12 so as to be slidable along flanges 12A of the rings 12, respectively.
- the yarn break detector is configured to detect the traveler 13 sliding on the ring 12 fixed on the ring plate 11 to determine the presence or absence of a yarn break.
- the yarn break detector for each ring 12 includes a permanent magnet 14 and a magnetometer 15 that are located on or above the ring plate 11.
- the permanent magnet 14 serves as the magnet of the present invention and is adapted to magnetize the traveler 13.
- the magnetometer 15 uses a magneto-impedance element to detect magnetism of the magnetized traveler 13.
- the magnetometer 15 is located at a position that is free from interference with the traveler 13 sliding on a ring 12 fixed on the ring plate 11 and having the greatest diameter.
- the magnetometer 15 has a sensor portion that is directed to face the center of the ring 12.
- a traveler clearer 16 is fixed on the ring plate 11 for each ring 12 to remove fibers such as cotton flies attached to the traveler 13.
- the traveler clearer 16 has a clearing member 16A that scratches off the fiber attached to the traveler 13.
- the position of the traveler clearer 16 to be fixed on the ring plate 11 is accurately adjustable so that the tip end of the clearing member 16A and the travel region of the traveler 13 form therebetween a clearance of a predetermined value. More specifically, the traveler clearer 16 has therethrough an elongated hole 16B extending in a radial direction of the ring 12 and a screw 17 is inserted through the elongated hole 16B and threaded in a threaded hole formed in the ring plate 11.
- the aforementioned permanent magnet 14 is formed integrally with the traveler clearer 16.
- the permanent magnet 14 is fixed to the traveler clearer 16 by adhesive so that the magnetization of the permanent magnet 14 is directed in a radial direction of the ring 12 and the magnetic pole of the permanent magnet 14 is opposed to the ring 12.
- a control board 18 is located in front of the ring plate 11 (or on the lower side of the ring plate 11 as seen in Fig. 1A ) and has a CPU (not shown) that processes the detection signal of each magnetometer 15 to determine the presence or absence of a yarn break.
- the control board 18 is supported by the ring plate 11 via a support 19.
- the plurality of rings 12 are fixed on one ring plate 11 and the magnetometers 15 are located diagonally behind the respective rings 12.
- the ring spinning machine includes several hundreds of spindles or spinning stations, or more and a plurality of ring plates 11 are located along the width direction of the machine so that the rings 12 are arranged at a regular spaced interval.
- the ring spinning machine has on one side thereof four hundreds eighty spindles and twenty four rings 12 are fixed on one ring plate 11, twenty ring plates 11 are located on one side of the ring spinning machine.
- the CPU of each ring plate 11 is connected to a master controller 20 via a wire (not shown) so as to transmit a signal that is indicative of the processing result of the detection signal of the magnetometer 15 to the master controller 20 via serial communication.
- the magnetometer 15 detects the magnetized traveler 13.
- the detection signals of the magnetometers 15 are transmitted and the CPU of the control board 18 receives the output signals successively from the magnetometers 15.
- the CPU determines that normal spinning operation is being performed when the CPU receives a pulse voltage and also determines that there is the presence of a yarn break when the CPU fails to receive any pulse voltage.
- the CPU transmits to the master controller 20 a signal that is indicative of the presence of any spindle whose yarn is broken and of identification of such spindle (or a spindle number) based on the command signal from the master controller 20.
- the master controller 20 determines the spinning state of each spindle based on the output signal of the CPU.
- the magnetometer 15 uses a magneto-impedance element that has a coil and an amorphous wire.
- the magneto-impedance element makes use of the MI (magneto-impedance) effect according to which the impedance of the amorphous wire is changed with fluctuation of the external magnetic field, so that the magnetometer 15 has a high sensitivity.
- the detectable distance between such sensor and the traveler 13 (or the ring 12) is about 3 mm.
- the detectable distance between the magnetometer 15 and the traveler 13 (or the ring 12) when the magnetometer 15 of the present embodiment detects the magnetized traveler 13 is about 5 mm in the absence of the permanent magnet 14, and the detectable distance is about 20 mm in the presence of the permanent magnet 14.
- the rings 12 may be formed with different diameters ranging between 36 mm and 51 mm, and the difference of the rings 12 in radius is 7.5 mm at a maximum.
- the magnetometer 15 In the presence of the permanent magnet 14, therefore, if the magnetometer 15 is located at a position that is 7mm away from a ring 12 having the greatest diameter of 51 mm and fixed on the ring plate 11 so as to be clear of interference with the traveler 13 sliding on the ring 12, the distance between the magnetometer 15 and a ring 12 having the smallest diameter of 36 mm is 14.5 mm. Therefore, even if the magnetometer 15 is fixed on the ring plate 11 at a fixed position, the magnetometer 15 can detect the traveler 13 with increased sensitivity for all the rings 12 between the smallest diameter and the greatest diameter.
- Figs. 4A and 4B show the outputs of the magnetometer 15 when No. 100 count thread is spun at a spindle speed of about 20000 rpm with the distance between the magnetometer 15 and the ring 12 fixed at about 20 mm.
- the vertical axis represents the voltage value obtained after the output of the magnetometer 15 is filtered and the horizontal axis represents time.
- Fig. 4A shows the output of the magnetometer 15 in the presence of the permanent magnet 14, and Fig. 4B shows the output of the magnetometer 15 in the absence of the permanent magnet 14.
- the magnetometer 15 In the case of the absence of the permanent magnet 14, the peaks of the output voltage are not clearly distinguishable as can be seen in Fig. 4B . In such a case, the magnetometer 15 needs to be located from the ring 12 at a distance of about 5 mm that allows the peaks of the output voltage to be clearly distinguished. For this purpose, the position at which the magnetometer 15 is mounted on the ring plate 11 needs to be adjusted in accordance with a change of the diameter of the ring 12. In addition, the magnetometer 15 that is located close to the ring 12 may interfere with yarn piecing operation.
- the magnetometer 15 positioned at a spaced distance of about 20 mm from the ring 12 generates a pulse signal with a clearly distinguishable peak each time the traveler 13 makes a circuit of the ring 12, so that any yarn break may be easily determined according to the presence or absence of the pulse peak. If the magnetometer 15 is fixed at a position that is spaced at a distance of about 20 mm from a ring 12 having the smallest diameter, the position of the magnetometer 15 does not need to be changed for adjustment when the ring is replaced with a ring 12 having the greatest diameter. When the ring 12 having the greatest diameter is used, a distance of 10 mm or more is ensured between the magnetometer 15 and the ring 12, so that the magnetometer 15 is free from interference with the yarn piecing operation.
- the rings 12 may be changed only with rings having a different diameter on the same ring plate 11.
- the fixing position of the traveler clearer 16 is adjusted accordingly.
- the traveler clearer 16 is fixed on the ring plate 11 by the screw 17 that passes through the elongated hole 16B that extends in the radial direction of the ring 12. Therefore, adjustment of the position of the traveler clearer 16 may be easily accomplished by moving the traveler clearer 16 in the radial direction of the ring 12 and then tightening the screw 17.
- Two magnetometers 15A may be housed in a single case 27 which is located between and diagonally behind any two adjacent rings 12, as shown in Fig. 5 .
- an electromagnet may be used in place of the permanent magnet 14.
- an electromagnet 21 it includes a core 22 and a coil 23 which are molded by a molding resin 24 with one end of the core 22 uncovered.
- the electromagnet 21 further includes a support 25 of the molding resin 24 which is fixed to the ring plate 11 by the screw 17 which is inserted through a hole formed through the support 25 and an elongated hole 11A formed through the ring plate 11 and secured by a nut 26.
- the core 22 With the support 25 fixed in place to the ring plate 11, the core 22 extends parallel to the ring plate 11 at the level of the flange 12A so that the core 22 is located in facing relation to the flange 12A.
- the support 25 may have a clearing member 25A that scratches off the fiber attached to the traveler 13.
- the magnetic field may be generated intermittently.
- the magnetometer 15 may be detachably fixed on the ring plate 11 so that the position of the magnetometer 15 is changeable. In this case, the position of the magnetometer 15 may be changed depending on the diameter of the ring 12 to be fixed on the ring plate 11 thereby to enhance the detection sensitivity of the traveler 13.
- the magnetometer 15 When the magnetometer 15 is detachably fixed on the ring plate 11 as in the above case, the magnetometer 15 does not necessarily need to change its fixing position depending on each of the diameters of the ring 12.
- the magnetometer 15 may have two fixing positions, namely, one position for the ring 12 having the greatest diameter and the other position for the ring 12 whose diameter is intermediate between the greatest diameter and the smallest diameter.
- the permanent magnet 14 or the electromagnet 21 may be arranged so that the magnetization by such magnet occurs diagonally with respect to the radial direction of the ring 12.
- the traveler 13 is magnetized more successfully as compared to the case where the permanent magnet 14 or the electromagnet 21 is arranged so that the magnetization by such magnet occurs diagonally with respect to the radial direction of the ring 12.
- the magnetometer 15 does not necessarily need to be arranged so that the sensor portion is directed to face the center of the ring 12. In the arrangement of the permanent magnet 14 or the electromagnet 21 wherein the magnetization by such magnet occurs diagonally with respect to the radial direction of the ring 12, if the magnetometer 15 is arranged so that the sensor portion of the magnetometer 15 is directed diagonally in the radial direction of the ring 12 at an angle corresponding to the angle made between the direction of magnetization of the permanent magnet 14 or the electromagnet 21 and the radial direction of the ring 12, the sensitivity of the magnetometer 15 is enhanced.
- the permanent magnet 14 or the electromagnet 21 may be fixed on the ring plate 11 separately from the traveler clearer 16, provided that the magnetometer 15 is fixed at such a position that does not cause magnetic saturation of the permanent magnet 14 or the electromagnet 21.
- the cross-sectional shape of the ring plate 11 is not limited to an inverted U shape, but may be a shape of crank so that the magnetometer 15 is mounted to the rear wall of the ring plate 11.
- the ring plate 11 of an inverted-U shaped cross section has a mounting plate fixed to the rear wall of the ring plate 11 and extending to a level that is higher than the upper surface of the ring plate 11 and also that the magnetometer 15 is mounted to the mounting plate.
- the yarn break detector of the present invention is applicable to a ring twisting machine, as well as to the ring spinning machine as described above.
- a spinning machine has a ring plate, a ring fixed on the ring plate and a traveler slidably mounted on the ring.
- the traveler is made of a magnetic material.
- a yarn break detector of the spinning machine detects the traveler to determine presence or absence of a yarn break.
- the yarn break detector is characterized in that the yarn break detector includes a magnet and a magnetometer that are located on or above the ring plate. The magnet magnetizes the traveler.
- the magnetometer uses a magneto-impedance element to detect magnetism of the magnetized traveler.
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- The present invention relates to a yarn break detector of a spinning machine according to the preamble of
claim 1 and more particularly to a yarn break detector that detects a moving traveler thereby to determine the presence or absence of a yarn break in a spinning machine having a ring such as a ring spinning machine, a ring twisting machine or the like. - Contact-type and noncontact-type yarn break detectors of a spinning machine have been known in the art. The contact-type yarn break detector has a lever that is in contact with a yarn being spun to detect the presence or absence of a yarn break. When the contact-type yarn break detector is used for a long time, the support device of the lever is worn due to the vibration of the lever. In addition, cotton fly and any other dust are attached to the support device thereby to reduce the detection sensitivity of the contact-type yarn break detector. In order to solve such problems, the noncontact-type yarn break detector is proposed and used.
- A noncontact-type yarn break detector is disclosed by JPH 50-123940 A. The detector includes a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic impulse detector. The permanent magnet is fixed on the ring support of the spinning machine and the electromagnetic impulse detector is fixed on the ring support in proximity to the passageway of the traveler at least part of which is made of a ferromagnetic material. In the yarn break detector of JPH 50-123940 A, the traveler slightly magnetized by the permanent magnet induces dynamic pulse voltage in the coil of the electromagnetic impulse detector.
- Another noncontact-type yarn break detector is disclosed by
JP 2010-111982 A - In each of the yarn break detectors of JPH 50-123940 A and
JP 2010-111982 A US 2 930 179 A shows a yarn break detector of a spinning machine, wherein the spinning machine has a ring plate, a ring fixed on the ring plate and a traveler slidably mounted on the ring, wherein the traveler is made of a magnetic material, wherein the yarn break detector detects the traveler to determine presence or absence of a yarn break. -
US 4 023 341 A shows a generic yarn break detector of a spinning machine according to the preamble ofclaim 1, wherein the spinning machine has a ring plate, a ring fixed on the ring plate and a traveler slidably mounted on the ring, wherein the traveler is made of a magnetic material, wherein the yarn break detector detects the traveler to determine presence or absence of a yarn break, wherein the yarn break detector includes a magnet and a magnetometer that are located on or above the ring plate, and wherein the magnet magnetizes the traveler. - It is the object of the present invention to further develop a generic yarn break detector of a spinning machine according to the preamble of
claim 1 such that operability and functionality of the yarn break detector are improved. - The object of the present invention is achieved by a yarn break detector of a spinning machine having the features of
claim 1. Further advantageous developments of the present invention are defined by the dependent claims. - It is an advantage of the present invention to provide a yarn break detector of a spinning machine, which allows the sensor to be mounted at a position where the need of changing of the mounting position of the sensor due to a change of the ring diameter is eliminated and no interference occurs between the sensor and yarn piecing operation.
- Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of example the principles of the invention.
- The invention together with features and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description of the presently preferred embodiments together with the accompanying drawings in which:
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Fig. 1A is a fragmentary schematic plan view showing an arrangement of rings and yarn break detectors of a spinning machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; -
Fig. 1B is an enlarged schematic plan view showing cops whose yarns are being spun, travelers and the yarn break detectors of the spinning machine ofFig. 1A ; -
Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing the relation among the cop, the traveler and a magnet of the yarn break detector ofFig. 1B ; -
Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing the relation among the traveler, the magnet and a magnetometer of the yarn break detector ofFig. 2 ; -
Fig. 4A is a graph showing the variation with time of the output of the magnetometer ofFig. 3 in the presence of the magnet ofFig. 3 ; -
Fig. 4B is a graph showing the variation with time of the output of the magnetometer ofFig. 3 in the absence of the magnet ofFig. 3 ; -
Fig. 5 is a schematic plan view showing a yarn break detector of a spinning machine according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention; -
Fig. 6 is a schematic plan view showing the relation among a cop whose yarn is being spun, a traveler and a magnet of a yarn break detector of a spinning machine according to another modification of the embodiment of the present invention; and -
Fig. 7 is a schematic sectional view showing the relation among the cop, the traveler and the magnet of the yarn break detector of the spinning machine ofFig. 6 . - The following will describe the yarn break detector of the spinning machine as applied to a ring spinning machine according to the embodiment of the present invention with reference to
Figs. 1A through 4B . Referring toFig. 1A showing the ring spinning machine in its fragmentary schematic plan view, it includes aring plate 11 and a plurality ofrings 12 that are fixed on thering plate 11 at a regular interval. Referring toFig. 1 B , the ring spinning machine further includes a plurality oftravelers 13 made of magnetic materials. Thetravelers 13 are mounted on therings 12 so as to be slidable alongflanges 12A of therings 12, respectively. - The yarn break detector is configured to detect the
traveler 13 sliding on thering 12 fixed on thering plate 11 to determine the presence or absence of a yarn break. As shown inFig. 1 B , the yarn break detector for eachring 12 includes apermanent magnet 14 and amagnetometer 15 that are located on or above thering plate 11. Thepermanent magnet 14 serves as the magnet of the present invention and is adapted to magnetize thetraveler 13. Themagnetometer 15 uses a magneto-impedance element to detect magnetism of themagnetized traveler 13. - In a spinning mill, only the diameters of the rings may be changed at the same ring plate in changing of the spinning condition. In the yarn break detector of the present embodiment, the
magnetometer 15 is located at a position that is free from interference with thetraveler 13 sliding on aring 12 fixed on thering plate 11 and having the greatest diameter. Themagnetometer 15 has a sensor portion that is directed to face the center of thering 12. - A traveler clearer 16 is fixed on the
ring plate 11 for eachring 12 to remove fibers such as cotton flies attached to thetraveler 13. The traveler clearer 16 has aclearing member 16A that scratches off the fiber attached to thetraveler 13. The position of the traveler clearer 16 to be fixed on thering plate 11 is accurately adjustable so that the tip end of theclearing member 16A and the travel region of thetraveler 13 form therebetween a clearance of a predetermined value. More specifically, the traveler clearer 16 has therethrough anelongated hole 16B extending in a radial direction of thering 12 and ascrew 17 is inserted through theelongated hole 16B and threaded in a threaded hole formed in thering plate 11. In the present embodiment, the aforementionedpermanent magnet 14 is formed integrally with the traveler clearer 16. Thepermanent magnet 14 is fixed to the traveler clearer 16 by adhesive so that the magnetization of thepermanent magnet 14 is directed in a radial direction of thering 12 and the magnetic pole of thepermanent magnet 14 is opposed to thering 12. - As shown in
Fig. 1A , acontrol board 18 is located in front of the ring plate 11 (or on the lower side of thering plate 11 as seen inFig. 1A ) and has a CPU (not shown) that processes the detection signal of eachmagnetometer 15 to determine the presence or absence of a yarn break. Thecontrol board 18 is supported by thering plate 11 via asupport 19. In the present embodiment, the plurality ofrings 12 are fixed on onering plate 11 and themagnetometers 15 are located diagonally behind the respective rings 12. - Generally, the ring spinning machine includes several hundreds of spindles or spinning stations, or more and a plurality of
ring plates 11 are located along the width direction of the machine so that therings 12 are arranged at a regular spaced interval. For example, in the structure wherein the ring spinning machine has on one side thereof four hundreds eighty spindles and twenty fourrings 12 are fixed on onering plate 11, twentyring plates 11 are located on one side of the ring spinning machine. The CPU of eachring plate 11 is connected to amaster controller 20 via a wire (not shown) so as to transmit a signal that is indicative of the processing result of the detection signal of themagnetometer 15 to themaster controller 20 via serial communication. - The following will describe the operation of the above-described yarn break detector. The
permanent magnet 14 fixed to each traveler clearer 16 is held so that the magnetic flux is generated in the radial direction of thering 12. When acop 30 is rotated in accordance with the rotation of the spindle (not shown) during the spinning operation of the ring spinning machine, except for yarn break, thetraveler 13 engaging with the yarn Y slides on theflange 12A of thering 12 at a speed corresponding to the speed of thecop 30 as shown inFig. 2 . As schematically shown inFig. 3 , each time thetraveler 13 makes a circuit of thering 12, thetraveler 13 crosses the magnetic flux once that flows from the magnetic pole of thepermanent magnet 14 toward thering 12, so that thetraveler 13 is magnetized. In the present embodiment wherein thetraveler 13 is magnetized by thepermanent magnet 14 again even if thetraveler 13 is temporarily demagnetized by any disturbance, thetraveler 13 is detectable by themagnetometer 15 despite any demagnetization of thetraveler 13. - When the
traveler 13 passes through the detectable region of themagnetometer 15 while making a circuit of thering 12, themagnetometer 15 detects themagnetized traveler 13. The detection signals of themagnetometers 15 are transmitted and the CPU of thecontrol board 18 receives the output signals successively from themagnetometers 15. The CPU determines that normal spinning operation is being performed when the CPU receives a pulse voltage and also determines that there is the presence of a yarn break when the CPU fails to receive any pulse voltage. The CPU transmits to the master controller 20 a signal that is indicative of the presence of any spindle whose yarn is broken and of identification of such spindle (or a spindle number) based on the command signal from themaster controller 20. Thus, themaster controller 20 determines the spinning state of each spindle based on the output signal of the CPU. - The
magnetometer 15 uses a magneto-impedance element that has a coil and an amorphous wire. The magneto-impedance element makes use of the MI (magneto-impedance) effect according to which the impedance of the amorphous wire is changed with fluctuation of the external magnetic field, so that themagnetometer 15 has a high sensitivity. - In the background art which uses the electromagnetic induction type sensor, the detectable distance between such sensor and the traveler 13 (or the ring 12) is about 3 mm. On the other hand, the detectable distance between the
magnetometer 15 and the traveler 13 (or the ring 12) when themagnetometer 15 of the present embodiment detects themagnetized traveler 13 is about 5 mm in the absence of thepermanent magnet 14, and the detectable distance is about 20 mm in the presence of thepermanent magnet 14. - The
rings 12 may be formed with different diameters ranging between 36 mm and 51 mm, and the difference of therings 12 in radius is 7.5 mm at a maximum. In the presence of thepermanent magnet 14, therefore, if themagnetometer 15 is located at a position that is 7mm away from aring 12 having the greatest diameter of 51 mm and fixed on thering plate 11 so as to be clear of interference with thetraveler 13 sliding on thering 12, the distance between themagnetometer 15 and aring 12 having the smallest diameter of 36 mm is 14.5 mm. Therefore, even if themagnetometer 15 is fixed on thering plate 11 at a fixed position, themagnetometer 15 can detect thetraveler 13 with increased sensitivity for all therings 12 between the smallest diameter and the greatest diameter. -
Figs. 4A and 4B show the outputs of themagnetometer 15 when No. 100 count thread is spun at a spindle speed of about 20000 rpm with the distance between themagnetometer 15 and thering 12 fixed at about 20 mm. In each ofFigs. 4A and 4B , the vertical axis represents the voltage value obtained after the output of themagnetometer 15 is filtered and the horizontal axis represents time.Fig. 4A shows the output of themagnetometer 15 in the presence of thepermanent magnet 14, andFig. 4B shows the output of themagnetometer 15 in the absence of thepermanent magnet 14. - In the case of the absence of the
permanent magnet 14, the peaks of the output voltage are not clearly distinguishable as can be seen inFig. 4B . In such a case, themagnetometer 15 needs to be located from thering 12 at a distance of about 5 mm that allows the peaks of the output voltage to be clearly distinguished. For this purpose, the position at which themagnetometer 15 is mounted on thering plate 11 needs to be adjusted in accordance with a change of the diameter of thering 12. In addition, themagnetometer 15 that is located close to thering 12 may interfere with yarn piecing operation. In the presence of thepermanent magnet 14, on the other hand, themagnetometer 15 positioned at a spaced distance of about 20 mm from thering 12 generates a pulse signal with a clearly distinguishable peak each time thetraveler 13 makes a circuit of thering 12, so that any yarn break may be easily determined according to the presence or absence of the pulse peak. If themagnetometer 15 is fixed at a position that is spaced at a distance of about 20 mm from aring 12 having the smallest diameter, the position of themagnetometer 15 does not need to be changed for adjustment when the ring is replaced with aring 12 having the greatest diameter. When thering 12 having the greatest diameter is used, a distance of 10 mm or more is ensured between themagnetometer 15 and thering 12, so that themagnetometer 15 is free from interference with the yarn piecing operation. - In a spinning mill, when changing the spinning condition, the
rings 12 may be changed only with rings having a different diameter on thesame ring plate 11. In the case wherein the size of thetraveler 13 is changed depending on the thickness of the yarn to be spun, the fixing position of the traveler clearer 16 is adjusted accordingly. The traveler clearer 16 is fixed on thering plate 11 by thescrew 17 that passes through theelongated hole 16B that extends in the radial direction of thering 12. Therefore, adjustment of the position of the traveler clearer 16 may be easily accomplished by moving the traveler clearer 16 in the radial direction of thering 12 and then tightening thescrew 17. - The above-described embodiment of the present invention has the following advantageous effects.
- (1) The yarn break detector detects the
magnetic traveler 13 sliding on thering 12 fixed on thering plate 11 thereby to determine the presence or absence of a yarn break. The yarn break detector includes apermanent magnet 14 and amagnetometer 15 that are located on or above thering plate 11. Thepermanent magnet 14 magnetizes thetraveler 13. Themagnetometer 15 uses a magneto-impedance element to detect the magnetism of themagnetized traveler 13. Thus, the yarn break detector of the present embodiment allows the signal strength (or the pulse peak) to be increased remarkably than heretofore. Therefore, the yarn break detector of the present embodiment allows themagnetometer 15 to be arranged at a position that has not been suitable for arrangement of the electromagnetic induction type sensor or the magnetometer that detects an unmagnetized traveler. Specifically, the yarn break detector of the present embodiment eliminates the need of adjusting the position of themagnetometer 15 due to the use of a ring with a different diameter and allows themagnetometer 15 to be disposed at a position that is free from interference with the yarn piecing operation. - (2) The
magnetometer 15 is located at a position that is free from interference with thetraveler 13 sliding on aring 12 fixed on thering plate 11 and having the greatest diameter. In a spinning mill, only the diameters of the rings may be changed at the same ring plate in changing of the spinning condition. In the background art, each time the diameter of the ring is changed, the magnetometer needs to be adjusted to be positioned close to the sliding passageway of the traveler without interfering with the traveler in order to ensure the sensitivity of the magnetometer and also to prevent the magnetometer and the traveler from interfering with each other. In the present embodiment, however, themagnetometer 15 which is located at a position where themagnetometer 15 is free from interference with thetraveler 13 sliding on thering 12 fixed on thering plate 11 and having the greatest diameter can detect successfully thetraveler 13 sliding on thering 12 fixed on thering plate 11 and having the smallest diameter. Therefore, the position of themagnetometer 15 does not need to be changed for adjustment when the diameter of thering 12 is changed. - (3) The
permanent magnet 14 is provided so that the magnetization of thepermanent magnet 14 is directed in a radial direction of thering 12 and the magnetic pole of thepermanent magnet 14 is opposed to thering 12. Thetraveler 13 slides on thering 12 while being subjected to a force acting radially outward of thering 12 by the ballooning of a yarn being spun and wound into thecop 30. In such a position of thepermanent magnet 14, therefore, thetraveler 13 tends to be magnetized by thepermanent magnet 14 more easily as compared to the case where thepermanent magnet 14 is provided in a different manner. - (4) The
magnetometer 15 is provided so that its sensor portion is directed to face the center of thering 12. Coupled with the effects that the magnetization of thepermanent magnet 14 is directed in a radial direction of thering 12 and that the magnetic pole of thepermanent magnet 14 is opposed to thering 12, themagnetometer 15 can detect thetraveler 13 with increased sensitivity because the sensor portion detects the magnetism of thetraveler 13 in the position that is opposed to the direction of the magnetization of thetraveler 13 magnetized by thepermanent magnet 14. - (5) The traveler clearer 16 is mounted on the
ring plate 11, and thepermanent magnet 14 is formed integrally with thetraveler clearer 16. In the spinning machine having the traveler clearer 16, the traveler clearer 16 is fixed adjustably on thering plate 11 at a position close to the sliding passageway of thetraveler 13 and free from interference with thetraveler 13 so as to correspond to the diameter of thering 12 and the shape of thetraveler 13. In the present embodiment wherein thepermanent magnet 14 is formed integrally with the traveler clearer 16, when the fixing position of the traveler clearer 16 is changed by adjustment in accordance with the diameter of thering 12, the position of thepermanent magnet 14 is also changed thereby to save the trouble of adjusting the position of thepermanent magnet 14. - (6) Unlike an electromagnet, the
permanent magnet 14 that is used as a magnet does not need any supply of energy for generating magnetic field, so that the yarn break detector is structurally simplified as compare to the case where the electromagnet is used as a magnet. - The present invention has been described in the context of the above embodiment, but it is not limited to the embodiment. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced in various manners as exemplified below.
- Two
magnetometers 15A may be housed in asingle case 27 which is located between and diagonally behind any twoadjacent rings 12, as shown inFig. 5 . - As the magnet that magnetizes the
traveler 13 sliding on thering 12, an electromagnet may be used in place of thepermanent magnet 14. Referring toFigs. 6 and 7 showing anelectromagnet 21, it includes acore 22 and acoil 23 which are molded by amolding resin 24 with one end of the core 22 uncovered. Theelectromagnet 21 further includes asupport 25 of themolding resin 24 which is fixed to thering plate 11 by thescrew 17 which is inserted through a hole formed through thesupport 25 and anelongated hole 11A formed through thering plate 11 and secured by anut 26. With thesupport 25 fixed in place to thering plate 11, thecore 22 extends parallel to thering plate 11 at the level of theflange 12A so that thecore 22 is located in facing relation to theflange 12A. Thesupport 25 may have aclearing member 25A that scratches off the fiber attached to thetraveler 13. - When the
electromagnet 21 is used to magnetize thetraveler 13, the magnetic field may be generated intermittently. - The
magnetometer 15 may be detachably fixed on thering plate 11 so that the position of themagnetometer 15 is changeable. In this case, the position of themagnetometer 15 may be changed depending on the diameter of thering 12 to be fixed on thering plate 11 thereby to enhance the detection sensitivity of thetraveler 13. - When the
magnetometer 15 is detachably fixed on thering plate 11 as in the above case, themagnetometer 15 does not necessarily need to change its fixing position depending on each of the diameters of thering 12. Themagnetometer 15 may have two fixing positions, namely, one position for thering 12 having the greatest diameter and the other position for thering 12 whose diameter is intermediate between the greatest diameter and the smallest diameter. - The
permanent magnet 14 or theelectromagnet 21 may be arranged so that the magnetization by such magnet occurs diagonally with respect to the radial direction of thering 12. When thepermanent magnet 14 or theelectromagnet 21 is arranged so that the magnetization by such magnet occurs in the radial direction of thering 12, however, thetraveler 13 is magnetized more successfully as compared to the case where thepermanent magnet 14 or theelectromagnet 21 is arranged so that the magnetization by such magnet occurs diagonally with respect to the radial direction of thering 12. - The
magnetometer 15 does not necessarily need to be arranged so that the sensor portion is directed to face the center of thering 12. In the arrangement of thepermanent magnet 14 or theelectromagnet 21 wherein the magnetization by such magnet occurs diagonally with respect to the radial direction of thering 12, if themagnetometer 15 is arranged so that the sensor portion of themagnetometer 15 is directed diagonally in the radial direction of thering 12 at an angle corresponding to the angle made between the direction of magnetization of thepermanent magnet 14 or theelectromagnet 21 and the radial direction of thering 12, the sensitivity of themagnetometer 15 is enhanced. - The
permanent magnet 14 or theelectromagnet 21 may be fixed on thering plate 11 separately from the traveler clearer 16, provided that themagnetometer 15 is fixed at such a position that does not cause magnetic saturation of thepermanent magnet 14 or theelectromagnet 21. - The cross-sectional shape of the
ring plate 11 is not limited to an inverted U shape, but may be a shape of crank so that themagnetometer 15 is mounted to the rear wall of thering plate 11. Alternatively, it may be so arranged that thering plate 11 of an inverted-U shaped cross section has a mounting plate fixed to the rear wall of thering plate 11 and extending to a level that is higher than the upper surface of thering plate 11 and also that themagnetometer 15 is mounted to the mounting plate. - The yarn break detector of the present invention is applicable to a ring twisting machine, as well as to the ring spinning machine as described above.
- A spinning machine has a ring plate, a ring fixed on the ring plate and a traveler slidably mounted on the ring. The traveler is made of a magnetic material. A yarn break detector of the spinning machine detects the traveler to determine presence or absence of a yarn break. The yarn break detector is characterized in that the yarn break detector includes a magnet and a magnetometer that are located on or above the ring plate. The magnet magnetizes the traveler. The magnetometer uses a magneto-impedance element to detect magnetism of the magnetized traveler.
Claims (5)
- A yarn break detector of a spinning machine, wherein the spinning machine has a ring plate (11), a ring (12) fixed on the ring plate (11) and a traveler (13) slidably mounted on the ring (12), wherein the traveler (13) is made of a magnetic material, wherein the yarn break detector detects the traveler (13) to determine presence or absence of a yarn break, wherein the yarn break detector includes a magnet (14, 21) and a magnetometer (15, 15A) that are located on or above the ring plate (11), wherein the magnet (14) magnetizes the traveler (13),
characterized in that
the magnetometer (15, 15A) is located at a position that is free from interference with the traveler (13) on the ring (12) having a greatest diameter, and
the magnetometer (15, 15A) uses a magneto-impedance element to detect magnetism of the magnetized traveler (13). - The yarn break detector according to claim 1, characterized in that the magnet (14) is provided so that magnetization of the magnet (14) is directed in a radial direction of the ring (12) and a magnetic pole of the magnet (14) is opposed to the ring (12).
- The yarn break detector according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a traveler clearer (16) is mounted on the ring plate (11) and the magnet (14) is formed integrally with the traveler clearer (16).
- The yarn break detector according to any one of claims 1 through 3, characterized in that the magnet (14) is a permanent magnet.
- The yarn break detector according to claim 2, characterized in that the magnetometer (15, 15A) is provided so that a sensor portion of the magnetometer (15, 15A) is directed to face a center of the ring (12).
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