Loom stop data collection system
Abstract
Abstract APPARTUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CONDITION OF A GIVEN TEXTILE MACHINE, CHOSEN FROM A PLURALITY OF MACHINES, TO A COMPUTER OR RECORDER. IN THE EMBODIMENT DISCLOSED, A GIVEN NUMBER OF CYCLES OF 500KILOHERTZ SIGNALS, THE NUMBER OF SUCH CYCLES IDENTIFYING THE CHOSEN LOOM, ARE SENT TO ALL THE MACHINES ON AN ADDRESS LINE. SUBSEQUENTLY, 300-KILOHERTZ CYCLES ARE SENT DOWN THE SAME LINE AFTER THE 500-KILOHERTZ CYCLES ARE ENDED. THE CHOSEN LOOM THEN ALLOWS A GIVEN NUMBER OF 300-KILOHERTZ CYCLES TO PASS TO A RETURN LINE WHICH ALOS CONNECTS ALL OF THE MACHINES TO THE COMPUTER OR RECORDER TO INFORM THE COMPUTER AS TO A GIVEN CONDITION, EACH DIFFERENT NUMBER OF CYCLES IDENTIFYING A DIFFERENT CONDITION.
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- 👤 Oliver C Duncan
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