US3153803A - Travelling textile machine cleaning apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an improved apparatus for automatically removing lint from a plurality of rows of textile machines, more particularly textile looms.
- the apparatus includes an overhead traveling beam or bridge which is arranged transversely to a plurality of rows of looms in a textile weave room, the beam being arranged to travel back and forth along the rows of looms.
- Means are provided on the beam for directing one or more streams of air downwardly in the direction of the loom in each row and these streams of air blow ofi onto the door any lint which may tend to collect on the looms proper, thus preventing the lint from getting into the fabric being woven on the looms.
- the time cycle for coverage of all rows of looms is considerably shortened and also the turbulence is reduced to a considerable extent by operating the loom cleaning blowers over alternate rows of looms, such as, for example, the even number of rows during a pass of the supporting beam in one direction along the rows such as, for example, to one end of the room, and then operating the loom cleaning blowers Over the odd number rows on the return pass of the beam in the opposite direction.
- the loom cleaning blowers for loom rows 1, 3 and will operate while the beam is traveling in one direction
- the loom cleaning blowers for loom rows 2, 4 and 6 will operate while the beam is traveling in the opposite direction.
- the room may be provided with suction type floor sweeper units adapted to draw off the lint into discharge ducts and these may be carried in a depending manner from the beam itself, or an independent floor-sweeping system may be provided along the floor.
- FIG. 1 is a top plan view showing a typical loom layout for a weave room having six rows of looms, including the traveling beam and the blower units carried thereon in association respectively with the individual rows of looms;
- FIG. 2 is a view in elevation, drawn to a somewhat larger scale showing one portion of the traveling beam, and one overhead blower unit associated with the looms of one row;
- FIG. 3 is a top plan view showing one portion of the traveling beam and a. blower unit carried by the same;
- FIG. 4 is an end view of one end of the traveling beam showing the motorized carriage at that end;
- FIG. 5 is a transverse section view of the traveling beam showing the details for supporting one blower unit which depends from the same;
- PEG. 6 is an electrical schematic wiring diagram showing the relay and limit switch arrangement employed for periodically reversing the direction of travel of the beam at each end of the room and for simultaneously switching operation of the blower units from the even to the odd row numbers and vice versa.
- the door of the weave room is indicated generally at F.
- F the door of the weave room
- a plurality of rows of looms L the individual looms being indicated generally by a rectangle since the details of their construction are not involved so far as the present inventive concept is concerned.
- Six rows of looms are shown, as an example only, and these rows are numbered in FIG. 1 by the numerals 1 to 6 respectively.
- a beam or bridge 19 Arranged overhead the rows of looms is a beam or bridge 19 which extends transversely of the row of looms from one side of the room to the other. Bridge 19 is supported at each end on wheeled carriages 11 which are arranged to travel along an overhead trackway 12.
- Motor 13 is of the reversible type and includes a reversing switch mechanism, to be described in more detail later, by which to reverse the direction of travel of the bridge 14) when it reaches each end of the rows of looms.
- the cross bridge It can be or" any suitable construction and, as illustrated is composed of two I beams 15 held in parallel spaced relation by means of end plates 16 which also form components of the wheeled carriages 11, the wheels 14 being rotationally mounted in bearing brackets 17 secured to the underface of each I beam 15.
- the blower unit for each row of looms is seen to include a motor housing which is secured in place along the bridge 19 by means of a horizontal support plate 18 to which it is attached by bolts 19, which in turn bridges the gap between the I beams 15 and is suitably secured to the latter such as by means of bolts 29.
- Each motor housing includes a motor, these being numbered M1 to M6, respectively, and these motors are of the double ended type, being provided with a drive shaft 21 at each end of the rotor on which are secured respectively the impeller elements 22 of centrifugal type blowers.
- the air delivery scrolls of these blowers are indicated by 23.
- blower units'associated with alternate rows only of looms are operated at the same time for a given direction of travel of the bridge 10 along the rows of looms.
- This desired control is accomplished by means of switching and relaying equipment which is depicted schematically in FIG. 6.
- the electrical power supply for the traction motor 13 and the blower motors M1 to M6, and which is supplied by means of bus bars and collectors is seen to be of the three-phase tyqae, the individual phases of which are designated by A, B and C.
- the reversing switch RS previously referred to is seen to be of the three pole, double throw type and is operated mechani- 'cally.
- Poles p1 and p2 of this switch are used to reverse phase connections to the traction motor 13 and therefore reverse its direction of rotation.
- Pole p3 is utilized to eiiect alternative energization of the coils c1 and c2 of relays R1 and R2.
- Each of these relays is seen to be of the three pole type.
- the armatures a1 and a2 for these relays are preferably mechanically interlocked by coupling them together as indicated by 26 so that as the three sets of contacts of one relay are closed by the respective contact bridges, the contacts of the other relay must open.
- relay coil c1 when relay coil c1 is energized, the three sets of contacts 121, which are open in the deenergized state of relay R1, will be closed and connect the three phases A, B and C to the three phase motors M2, M4 and M6 via conductors 27, 28, and 29 to thus start them.
- relay coil 02 Simultaneously with energization of relay coil 01, relay coil 02 becomes de-energized as previously explained and its three sets of contacts b2 which were then closed re-open to thus disconnect the three phases A, B and C from the three phase motors M1, M3 and MS which had been running, the connections from the latter motors to the three phase supply being by way of conductors 30, 31 and 32 and, of course, the contacts b2 of relay R2.
- relay R2 becomes energized again and relay R1 is simultaneously de-energized, motors M1, M3 and M5 will be started again and motors M2, M4 and M6 are stopped.
- the desired mode of operation is controlled entirely by periodic operations of the reversing switch RS each time the traveling bridge 10 reaches one end of the parallel rows of looms.
- a switch lever 33 which is adapted to strike a fixed stop 34 located, for example, at each end of the rows of looms in the room.
- switch lever 33 is actuated back and forth to thus actuate the three blades of the reversing switch RS back and forth to thus reverse the direction of the traction motor 13 and simultaneously to switch over from loom cleaning blower motors M1, M3 and M5 to motors M2, M4 and M6 and vice versa.
- stops 34 located at the ends of the RS it may well be that other stops will be included therea between which will also effect a reversal in the direction of travel of the blower carrying bridge or crane 10.
- this crane being provided with a hoist for handling the warp beams in connection with placing full beams on the looms and then removing them when empty.
- This beam handling crane would then likewise be provided with stops similar to the stops 34 so as to efiect a reversal of movement of the crane 10 carrying the blower units should the latter come into contact with the beam handling crane.
- other stationary stops similar to stops 34 could be located along the trackway 12 between the ends of the weave room to control the back-and-forth movement of the crane 10 to take care of special conditions which may arise from time to time.
- the changeover could also be made to take place while the bridge or crane 10 is traveling in the same direction.
- blower construction may be altered using, for, example, only one blower unit per row of looms instead of the double blower unit described.
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which said bridge is mounted for movement along the trackway, reversible means for propelling said bridge, means actuating said reversible means each time said bridge reaches an end of said rows of looms whereby said bridge is caused to move back and forth along said trackway, blower means mounted on said bridge, means delivering loom cleaning air streams from said blower means to only one group of alternate rows of looms when said bridge moves in one direction along said trackway and means delivering loom cleaning air streams from said blower means to only another group of alternate rows of looms when said bridge moves in the opposite direction along said trackway.
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which said bridge is mounted for movement along the trackway, reversible means for propelling said bridge, means actuating said reversible means each time said bridge reaches an end of said rows of looms whereby said bridge is caused to move back and forth along said trackway, blower means mounted b a on said bridge, means delivering loom cleaning air streams from said blower means to only the even number loom rows when said bridge moves in one direction along said trackway, and means delivering loom cleaning air streams from said blower means to only the odd number loom rows when said bridge moves in the opposite direction along said trackway.
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge etxending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which said bridge is mounted for movement along the trackway, reversible means for propelling said bridge, means actuating said reversible means each time said bridge reaches an end of said rows of looms whereby said bridge is caused to move back and forth along said trackway, a plurality of motorized blowers mounted in spaced relation along said bridge in alignment respectively with said rows of looms, each of said blowers including means for directing at least one stream of loom cleaning air downwardly towards the looms of its respective row, means for operating only those blowers appertaining to one group of alternate rows of looms when said bridge moves in one direction along said trackway and means for operating only those blowers appertaining to another group of alternate rows of looms when said bridge moves in the opposite direction along said trackway.
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which said bridge is mounted for movement long the trackway, reversible means for propelling said bridge, means actuating said reversible means each time said bridge reaches an end of said rows of looms whereby said bridge is caused to move back and forth along said trackway, a plurality of motorized blowers mounted in spaced relation along said bridge in alignment respectively with said rows of looms, each of said blowers including means for directing at least one stream of loom cleaning air downwardly towards the looms of its respective row, means for operating only those blowers appertaining to the even number loom rows when said bridge moves in one direction along said trackway and means for operating only those blowers appertaining to the odd number loom rows when said bridge moves in the opposite direction along said trackwav.
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which said bridge is mounted for movement along the trackway, reversible means for propelling said bridge, means actuating said reversible means each time said bridge reaches an end of said rows of looms whereby said bridge is caused to move back and forth along said trackway, a plurality of motorized blowers mounted in spaced relation along said bridge in alignment respectively with said rows of looms, each of said blowers including means for directing at least one stream of loom cleaning air downwardly towards the looms of its respective row, means responsible when said bridge reaches one end of said rows of looms for rendering operative those blowers correlated to the even number loom rows and rendering inoperative those blowers correlated to the odd number loom rows, and means responsive when said bridge reaches the opposite end of said rows of looms
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which said bridge is mounted for movement along the trackway, reversible means for propelling said bridge, means actuating said reversible means each time said bridge reaches an end of said rows of looms whereby said bridge is caused to move back and forth along said trackway, a plurality of motorized blowers mounted in spaced relation along said bridge in alignment respectively with said rows of looms, each of said blowers including means for directing at least one stream of loom cleaning air downwardly towards the looms of its respective row, means responsive when said bridge reaches one end of said rows of looms for energizing the motors for those blowers correlated to the even number loom rows and de-energizing the motors for those blowers correlated to the odd number loom rows, and means responsive when said
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which said bridge is mounted for movement along the trackway, means for effecting a back and forth movement of said bridge along said trackway, blower means mounted on said bridge, means delivering loom cleaning air streams from said blower means to only one group of alternate rows of looms when said bridge moves in one direction along said trackway, and means delivering loom cleaning air streams from said blower means to only another group of alternate rows of looms when said bridge moves in the opposite direction along said trackway.
- blower means delivers loom cleaning air streams to only the even number loom rows when said bridge travels in one direction along said trackway and delivers loom cleaning air streams to only the odd number loom rows when said bridge travels in the opposite direction along said trackway.
- blower means comprises a motorized blower unit individual to each row of looms, said blower units being mounted in spaced relation along said bridge, and said blower units being operated in alternation so that one group of alternately positioned blower units are operated when said bridge moves in one direction along said trackway and another group of alternately positioned blower units are operated when said bridge moves in the opposite direction along said trackway.
- Apparatus for removing lint from the looms of at least four parallel rows of looms comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of looms and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of looms on which saidbridge is mounted for movement along the trackway, means for effecting movement of said bridge along said trackway, blower means mounted on said bridge, and means delivering loom cleaning air streams from said blower means to different groups of only alternate rows of looms in succession as said bridge moves along said trackway.
- Loom cleaning apparatus as defined in claim 10 wherein said blower means delivers loom cleaning air streams to one group of even number loom rows succeeded by delivery of loom cleaning air streams to a group of odd number loom rows or vice versa as said bridge moves along said trackway.
- Apparatus for removing lint from textile machines assembled in at least four parallel rows of such machines comprising a bridge extending transversely of said rows of textile machines and above the same, an overhead trackway extending longitudinally of said rows of textile machines on which said bridge is mounted for movement along said trackway, means for effecting movement of said bridge along said trackway, blower means mounted on said bridge, and means delivering textile machine cleaning air streams from said blower means to different groups of only alternate rows of textile machines in succession as said bridge moves along said trackway.
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