Spinning apparatus for glass-fiber yarn

Claim 2

A yarn-spinning apparatus especially for low tensile strength multithread yarn comprising: a spindle lying along and rotatable about an axis; a flyer having a base attached to said spindle and a sleeve extending axially from said base, said spindle and said flyer being formed with a passage opening axially at one end away from said base at said axis and opening axially at the other end away from said base at a location offset from said axis on said sleeve; a yarn holder carried on and rotatable relative to said spindle and including an axially open cup snugly receiving an annular coreless yarn package and a tube lying along said axis in line with said one end of said passage and having a mouth opening away from said base and lying within said package; means for preventing said holder from rotating about said axis; a thread brake in said tube; a bell cover engageable with the end of said sleeve remote from said base and formed with a hole lying on said axis and a neck surounding said hole; a frame supporting said spindle; an arm pivotal on said frame; and bearing means on said arm surrounding said neck for rotation of said cover with said sleeve about said axis.

Claim 3

The apparatus defined in claim 1, further comprising a frame supporting said spindle, and a housing surrounding said sleeve and opening axially away from said base.

Claim 4

The apparatus defined in claim 1, further comprising a frame and at least one elastically mounted bearing between said frame and said spindle.

Claim 5

A yarn-spinning apparatus especially for low tensile strength multithread yarn comprising: a spindle lying along a rotatable about an axis; a flyer having a base attached to said spindle and a sleeve extending axially from said base, said spindle and said flyer being formed with a passage opening axially at one end away from said base at said axis and opening axially at the other end away from said base at a location offset from said axis on said sleeve; a yarn holder carried on and rotatable relative to said spindle and including an axially open cup snugly receiving an annular coreless yarn package and a tube lying along said axis in line with said one end of said passage and having a mouth opening away from said base and lying within said package; means for preventing said holder from rotating about said axis; a thread brake in said tube; a whorl on said spindle; means including a belt tangentially engaging said whorl for rotating said spindle; a fixed support, said spindle being journaled in said support; a pair of crossing elongated arms pivoted on said support adjacent said whorl at their crossover region, each of said arms having one end simultaneously engageable with said whorl and with said belt; and means connected to the other ends of said arms for pivoting said one end toward one another and thereby closing same on said whorl and pushing said belt out of contact with said whorl.

Claim 6

A yarn-spinning apparatus especially for low tensile strength multithread yarn comprising: a spindle lying along a rotatable about an axis; a flyer having a base attached to said spindle and a sleeve extending axially from said base, said spindle and said flyer being formed with a passage opening axially at one end away from said base at said axis and opening axially at the other end away from said base at a location offset from said axis on said sleeve; a yarn holder carried on and rotatable relative to said spindle and including an axially open cup snugly receiving an annular coreless yarn package and a tube lying along said axis in line with said one end of said passage and having a mouth opening away from said base and lying within said package; means for preventing said holder from rotating about said axis; a thread brake in said tube; a whorl on said spindle; means including a belt tangentially engaging said whorl for rotating said spindle; a fixed support, said spindle being journaled in said support; a pair of crossing elongated arms pivoted on said support adjacent said whorl at their crossover region, each of said arms having one end simultaneously engageable with said whorl and with said belt; and means connected to the other ends of said arms for pivoting said one end toward one another and thereby closing same on said whorl and pushing said belt out of contact with said whorl.

Claim 7

The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein said means include a bowden cable having an outer sleeve connected to one of said other ends, and an inner cable connected to the other of said other ends.

Claim 8

The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein each of said arms is provided at its said one end with a roller engageable with said belt.

Claim 9

The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein said cup is provided with a soft lining engaging and holding said package.

Claim 10

The apparatus defined in claim 7 wherein said lining is a piled textile having a pile extending toward said base, whereby said package can be slipped into said cup in the direction of said pile but will resist displacement in the opposite direction.

Claim 11

The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein said axis is generally horizontal, said means for preventing rotation of said holder being an eccentric.

Claim 12

The apparatus defined in claim 4, further comprising a fixed housing surrounding said flyer and said holder, and means in said housing for heating said filament as it passes through said passage.

Claim 13

The apparatus defined in claim 4 wherein said sleeve is formed of a pair of coaxial nested inner and outer tubes secured to said base and defining said passage.

Claim 14

The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said sleeve further comprises a corrugated stiffening element between said inner and outer tubes and fastened thereto.

Claim 15

The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said element has corrugations extending parallel to said axis.

Claim 16

The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said element has corrugations extending circumferentially of said axis.

Claim 17

The apparatus defined in claim 11, further comprising a centering ring between the end of said inner tube turned away from said base and said outer tube, said ring being formed with a hole in line with said passage and constituting a portion thereof.

Claim 18

The apparatus defined in claim 15 wherein said centering ring is formed as a balance equalizer with at least one cutout diametrically opposite said hole.

Claim 19

The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said inner and outer tubes and said stiffening element are comprised of sheet metal between 0.2 and 1.2 mm thick, said tubes being spaced radially apart by a distance between 5 and 15 mm.

Claim 20

The apparatus defined in claim 17 wherein said tubes and said stiffening element are welded together.

Claim 21

The apparatus defined in claim 17 wherein said inner and outer tubes and said stiffening element are cemented together.

Claim 22

The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said inner and outer tubes are each formed with a tube base connected to the base of said flyer, said passage extending between said tube bases, said flyer further comprising an elastomeric insulating disk between said tube bases.

Claim 23

The apparatus defined in claim 20 wherein said outer tube extends beyond said inner tube in a direction away from said base.