Spinning system

Abstract

Abstract An automatic spinning system has at least one spinning frame with opposite banks of spinning stations. A tractor carries a tender capable of randomly servicing the spinning stations. The tractor is mounted for back and forth movement between opposite ends of a track above the banks of spinning stations. The tender is mounted on the tractor for swinging movement about the ends of the spinning frame from one of the banks of spinning stations to the other bank when the tractor is at either of the opposite ends of its track. Thus, the tender patrols the stations as it travels in one direction along a continuous path about the banks of spinning stations, and is capable of randomly servicing the spinning stations. Either a broken strand of yarn or a full bobbin at a station requiring servicing is sensed by operating mechanism for stopping the tender in servicing orientation with the station requiring servicing, whereupon the tender doffs the bobbin from the station spindle and donns an empty bobbin and starts the strand winding onto the empty bobbin. Empty bobbins are conveyed to the tender and filled bobbins are conveyed from the tender as they are doffed. If desired, the tender may be equipped with a system for ridding the spinning frame of lint.

Inventors

• 👤 J Nelson

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