Device for orienting and isolating elongated wound textile members

Claim 2

Device for orienting and isolating elongated textile members, such as cops, for example, comprising a receptacle having a circular cross section, a plurality of inserts mounted above one another in said receptacle and being rotatable at varying rotary speeds, at least one of said inserts comprising an upwardly pointing, substantially conical member having a surface inclined with respect to the receptacle wall, said rotary inserts and said receptacle wall defining a gap therebetween at least over a major part of the periphery of said receptacle wall, said gap being smaller in width than the diameter of textile members that are to be oriented and isolated.

Claim 3

Device for orienting and isolating elongated textile members, such as cops, for example, comprising a receptacle having a circular cross section, a plurality of inserts mounted above another in said receptacle and being rotatable in different rotary directions, at least one of said inserts comprising an upwardly pointing, substantially conical member having a surface inclined with respect to the receptacle wall, said rotary inserts and said receptacle wall defining a gap therebetween at least over a major part of the periphery of said receptacle wall, said gap being smaller in width than the diameter of textile members that are to be oriented and isolated.

Claim 4

Device for orienting and isolating elongated textile members, such as cops, for example, comprising a receptacle having a circular cross section, a plurality of inserts mounted above another in said receptacle and being rotatable in different rotary directions, at least one of said inserts comprising an upwardly pointing, substantially conical member having a surface inclined with respect to the receptacle wall, said rotary inserts and said receptacle wall defining a gap therebetween at least over a major part of the periphery of said receptacle wall, said gap being smaller in width than the diameter of textile members that are to be oriented and isolated.

Claim 5

Device according to claim 2, wherein said inserts are also rotatable at varying rotary speeds.

Claim 6

Device for orienting and isolating elongated textile members, such as cops for example, comprising a receptacle having a circular cross section, and at least one insert comprising an upwardly pointing, substantially conical member rotatably mounted in said receptacle and having a surface inclined with respect to the receptacle wall, said rotary insert and said receptacle wall defining a gap therebetween at least over a major part of the periphery of said receptacle wall, said gap being smaller in width than the diameter of textile members that are to be oriented and isolated, and a rotary member located in said receptacle at a marginal region of said insert and above the same, said rotary member having a rotary axis extending substantially in the direction of rotation of said insert, said rotary member having a surface facing said insert and spaced therefrom a distance greater than the diameter of the textile members that are to be oriented and isolated by the device but not exceeding twice the diameter of the textile members.

Claim 7

Device for orienting and isolating elongated textile members, such as cops for example, comprising a receptacle having a circular cross section, and at least one insert comprising an upwardly pointing, substantially conical member rotatably mounted in said receptacle and having a surface inclined with respect to the receptacle wall, said rotary insert and said receptacle wall defining a gap therebetween at least over a major part of the periphery of said receptacle wall, said gap being smaller in width than the diameter of textile members that are to be oriented and isolated, and a rotary member located in said receptacle at a marginal region of said insert and above the same, said rotary member having a rotary axis extending substantially in the direction of rotation of said insert, said rotary member having a surface facing said insert and spaced therefrom a distance greater than the diameter of the textile members that are to be oriented and isolated by the device but not exceeding twice the diameter of the textile members.

Claim 8

Device according to claim 4, wherein the surface of said rotary member is formed with longitudinal ribs.

Claim 9

Device for orienting and isolating elongated textile members, such as cops for example, comprising a receptacle having a circular cross section, and at least one insert comprising an upwardly pointing, substantially conical member rotatably mounted in said receptacle and having a surface inclined with respect to the receptacle wall, said rotary insert and said receptacle wall defining a gap therebetween at least over a major part of the periphery of said receptacle wall, said gap being smaller in width than the diameter of textile members that are to be oriented and isolated, a conveyor belt for supplying the textile members to said circular receptacle, said conveyor belt ending above said receptacle and extending at the other end thereof into a case containing a disarrayed quantity of the textile members, said conveyor belt being provided on the upper surface thereof with groups of individual entrainers offset from one another in the longitudinal direction of said conveyor belt so as to form a diagonal row of each group of said entrainers with respect to the lateral edges of said conveyor belt.

Claim 10

Device for orienting and isolating elongated textile members, such as cops for example, comprising a receptacle having a circular cross section, and at least one insert comprising an upwardly pointing, substantially conical member rotatably mounted in said receptacle and having a surface inclined with respect to the receptacle wall, said rotary insert and said receptacle wall defining a gap therebetween at least over a major part of the periphery of said receptacle wall, said gap being smaller in width than the diameter of textile members that are to be oriented and isolated, a conveyor belt for supplying the textile members to said circular receptacle, said conveyor belt ending above said receptacle and extending at the other end thereof into a case containing a disarrayed quantity of the textile members, said conveyor belt being provided on the upper surface thereof with groups of individual entrainers offset from one another in the longitudinal direction of said conveyor belt so as to form a diagonal row of each group of said entrainers with respect to the lateral edges of said conveyor belt.