Emergency stop control system for cloth spreading machine

Claim 1

An emergency stop control apparatus for a cloth spreading machine having a frame supported for longitudinal movement over a cloth-laying surface between reversing stations, a spreader unit to spread cloth in layers, and means for supplying cloth to the spreader unit, comprising: a. electrically energized motor drive means for moving said frame longitudinally of said surface, b. electrical speed control means including selector switch means operable to switch said speed control means between a high-speed mode and a low-speed mode to energize said drive means to move said frame respectively at a high speed or a low speed, c. a trigger circuit including a low-speed switch, d. said trigger circuit beiNg operably connected to said selector switch means to operate said speed control means in said low-speed mode upon actuation of said low-speed switch, e. low-speed actuating means on said frame to actuate said lowspeed switch, f. trip means for operating said low-speed actuating means in accordance with a predetermined program, while said frame is moving toward a reversing station, g. emergency switch means on said frame operably connected to said motor drive means and said trigger circuit, h. emergency actuating means for actuating said emergency switch means only after said trip means has operated said low-speed actuating means, i. said emergency switch means, when actuated, being adapted to de-energize said motor drive means only while said speed control means is in its high-speed mode.