Creel stop motion

Claim 1

IN A DRAWING FRAME HAVING SETS OF DRAFTING ROLLS, DRIVE MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOVEMENT TO SAID ROLLS, AND AN ELONGATE CREEL EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE DRAFTING ROLLS FOR DIRECTING THERETO A PLURALITY OF TEXTILE SILVERS FROM A PLURALITY OF SLIVER SUPPLY CANS POSITIONED BELOW THE CREEL, SAID CREEL INCLUDING A SERIES OF TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED AND SPACED APART ROTATABLE SLIVER LIFTER ROLLS, DRIVE MEANS FOR IMPARTING ROTATION TO SAID LIFTER ROLLS FROM SAID DRAFTING ROLL DRIVE MEANS, EACH OF SAID LIFTER ROLLS HAVING A ROW OF SPACED COLLARS DEFINING SPACED APART SLIVER GUIDING SLOTS THEREBETWEEN FOR GUIDING SAID SLIVERS UPWARDLY FROM THE SUPPLY CANS AND FORWARDLY IN SPACED APART, SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP TO THE DRAFTING ROLLS, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF SLIVER ACTUATED STOP MOTION MEANS COMPRISING (A) A SERIES OF DETECTOR FINGERS CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF SLIVERS NORMALLY FED TO THE DRAFTING ROLLS, EACH OF SAID DETECTOR FINGERS HAVING A FREE END NORMALLY ADAPTED TO RIDE ON AND BE SUPPORTED BY THE CORRESPONDING SLIVER, (B) MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CREEL FOR PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID DETECTOR FINGER SABOVE A LIFTER ROLL PROXIMALLY POSITIONED RELATIVE TO THE DRAFTING ROLLS AND BETWEEN SAID COLLARS, (C) EACH OF SAID DETECTOR FINGERS HAVING AT LEAST ONE SLIVER GUIDING SIDE FLANGE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE FREE END AND TOWARD SAID SLIVER GUIDING SLOTS IN SAID PROXIMAL LIFTER ROLL, (D) CONTACT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID PROXIMAL LIFTER ROLL AND BETWEEN SAID COLLARS, SAID CONTACT MEANS BEING SUPPORTED IN THE PIVOTAL PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID DETECTOR FINGERS AND BEING ENGAGEABLE BY SAID SLIVER GUIDING SIDE FLANGES WHEN THE DETECTOR FINGERS ARE NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY THE SLIVERS, AND (E) ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DETECTOR FINGERS AND SAID CONTACT MEANS AND BEING OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO ENGAGEMENT OF ANY ONE OF SAID SIDE FLANGES OF SAID DETECTOR FINGERS WITH SAID CONTACT MEANS FOR STOPPING THE DRAWING FRAME.