Plural station loom data collection system

Claim 2

A textile machine-condition-sensing system for conveying data on the condition of a given stopped textile machine from a plurality of condition-sensing devices associated with a plurality of textile stations, each said station being associated with a different textile machine, to recording means comprising: a plurality of address lines connecting each said station to each other station and to said recording means for carrying coded address signals, each address signal representing a different textile station; at least one return line for carrying electrical information signals relating to the cause of stoppage of a given machine from said stations to said recording means, encoding means associated with each said station for applying said address signal representing a given machine to said address lines, and logic means associated with each said station and electrically connected to said encoding means of that station and to said condition-sensing devices of that station for causing said encoding means to apply said address to said address lines when said given machine stops and for applying said information signals relating to the cause of stoppage of said given machine to said return line when said encoding means applies said address signal representing said station to said address lines.

Claim 3

A system as in claim 1 wherein said address is a binary number and each said address line carries a digit of that number.

Claim 4

A system as in claim 1 wherein said textile machine is a loom.

Claim 5

A system as in claim 3 including a first condition-sensing device associated with each said station for determining whether the loom associated with that station Is running, a second condition-sensing device associated with each said station for determining whether a warp stop is occurring, a third condition-sensing device associated with each said station for determining whether a filling stop is occurring and a fourth condition-sensing device associated with each said station for determining whether a warp out stop is occurring.

Claim 6

A system as in claim 1 wherein said logic means causes said encoding means to apply said coded signal representing the address of said machine to said address lines when a given stopped machine starts.

Claim 7

A system as in claim 5 including a manual encoder associated with each said station for applying a coded signal to said address lines and wherein said logic means is electrically connected to said manual encoder for causing said manual encoder to apply said coded signal to said address lines after said encoding means applies said coded signal representing the address of said given machine to said address lines when said given stopped machine starts.

Claim 10

A system as in claim 7 wherein said trigger-condition-sensing device senses whether or not the machine with which it is associated is stopped.

Claim 11

A system as in claim 8 wherein said coded signal represents the address of the stopped machine.

Claim 12

A system as in claim 8 wherein said address is a binary number and said plurality of coding lines includes a plurality of address lines, each said address line carrying a digit of that binary number and wherein said plurality of coding lines includes a plurality of return lines, said return lines carrying information on the cause of stoppage of said machine.

Claim 13

A loom-condition-sensing system for conveying data on the condition of a given loom from a plurality of loom stations, each said station being associated with one of said plurality of looms to recording means comprising: a plurality of address lines connecting each station to each other station and to said recording means for carrying coded address signals, each address signal being identified with a different loom station, a loom-running sensor associated with each said loom station for sensing whether or not a loom is operating and for producing an electrical signal having a first state when the loom is operating and a second state when the loom is not operating, a plurality of other sensors associated with each said station for sensing the cause of loom stoppage and producing electrical signals containing information relating to the cause of said stoppage, encoding means associated with each said station for applying said coded address signals to said address lines, a plurality of return lines connecting each station to each other station and to said recording means for carrying electrical information signals relating to the cause of loom stoppage to said recording means, a manual encoder for applying a coded signal to said address lines, and logic means associated with each said station and electrically connected to said encoding means, said manual encoder, said loom-running sensor, and said other sensors for causing said encoding means to apply said address signal to said address lines when said given machine stops, for applying said information signals to said return lines when said encoding means applies said address to said address lines, for causing said encoding means to apply said coded signal representing the address of said machine to said address lines when said given machine starts, and for causing said manual encoder to apply said coded signal to said address lines after said encoding means applies said address signal to said address lines.

Claim 14

A loom-condition-sensing system for conveying data on the condition of a given loom from a plurality of loom stations, each said station being associated with one of said plurality of looms to recording means comprising: a plurality of address lines connecting each station to each other station and to said recording means for carrying coded address signals, each address signal being identified with a different loom station, a loom-running sensor associated with each said loom station for sensing whether or not a loom is operating and for producing an electrical signal having a first state when the loom is operating and a second state when the loom is not operating, a plurality of other sensors associated with each said station for sensing the cause of loom stoppage and producing electrical signals containing information relating to the cause of said stoppage, encoding means associated with each said station for applying said coded address signals to said address lines, a plurality of return lines connecting each station to each other station and to said recording means for carrying electrical information signals relating to the cause of loom stoppage to said recording means, a manual encoder for applying a coded signal to said address lines, and logic means associated with each said station and electrically connected to said encoding means, said manual encoder, said loom-running sensor, and said other sensors for causing said encoding means to apply said address signal to said address lines when said given machine stops, for applying said information signals to said return lines when said encoding means applies said address to said address lines, for causing said encoding means to apply said coded signal representing the address of said machine to said address lines when said given machine starts, and for causing said manual encoder to apply said coded signal to said address lines after said encoding means applies said address signal to said address lines.

Claim 15

A system as in claim 11 wherein said other sensors include a filling stop sensor for sensing whether or not a filling stop is occurring, a warp stop sensor for sensing whether or not a warp stop is occurring and a warp out stop sensor for determining whether or not a warp out stop is occurring.