Common drive for card, tape condenser and twister

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING TEXTILE STRANDS FROM A MASS OF LOOSE TEXTILE FIBERS SUCH AS A PICKER LAP, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING A CARDING MACHINE, A TAPE CONDENSER AND A SPINNING FRAME ARRANGED IN SERIES, AND SAID SPINNING FRAME HAVING AT LEAST ONE ROW OF ROTATING BOBBINS AND RING TRAVELERS FOR RECEIVING FROM THE TAPE CONDENSER STRANDS FORMED BY SUCCESSIVE PROCESSING OF THE FIBERS THROUGH THE CARDING MACHINE AND THE CONDENSER; THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF (A) A COMMON DRIVE MECHANISM OPERATIVELY INTECONNECTING THE CARDING MACHINE, THE TAPE CONDENSER AND THE BOBBINS OF THE SPINNING FRAME FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND (B) MEANS INTERPOSED IN SAID DRIVE MECHANISM FOR VARYING THE COMMON SPEED, AND CONTROLLING THE COMMON DIRECTION OF ROTATION, OF THE BOBBINS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE CARDING MACHINE AND THE TAPE CONDENSER THEREBY TO VARY THE AMOUNT OF AND DIRECTION OF TWIST IMPARTED TO THE STRANDS.