Improvements in or relating to yarn clearers

Abstract

Abstract 701,221. Yarn clearers. WOLSEY. Ltd. March 7.1952 [March 13, 1951] No. 6077/51. Class 120(2) A yarn clearing device for attachment to a knitting or winding machine comprises a block 1 attached to a support 2 provided with an arm 3 for attachment to the machine, and a second block 7 pivoted to the support and urged towards the block 1 by a spring 12. The blocks 1 and 7 are provided with tungsten carbide inserts 4 and 8 respectively, the inserts being provided with semi-circular grooves 6 and 10 which correspond to form a tunnel through which the yarn passes. The thickness of the inserts is several, times the diameter of the tunnel. A smooth rod 13 extends across the inserts immediately below the tunnel. In a modification, one insert is not grooved and the other is provided with a groove having a semi-circular bottom portion and a depth equal to its width.

Inventors

• 👤 Ernest Reginald Jayes
• 👤 Kenneth Hill

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