Zinser Textilmaschinen Gmbh

Robert Buder

Friedrich H Dinkelmann

Ernst Halder

Dieter Horak

Hans-Heinz Schafer

Uwe Fuchs

An arrangement for mounting a suction tube on a fly frame, roving frame, ring spinning machine or the like for collecting broken ends of yarn at the outlet rollers of the machine. The suction tube has a suction end and an opposite end connected through a flexible sealing sleeve to a collection chamber, with the sleeve permitting the suction tube to pivot between different positions. A mounting rod is secured to and extends between the stanchions of the machine frame intermediate the collection chamber and the outlet rollers, and a support arrangement is mounted on the rod and includes a retaining mechanism for positioning the suction tube and releasably retaining it in an operative position in which the suction end is proximal the outlet rollers and an inoperative position in which the suction end is spaced from the outlet rollers. In one embodiment the suction tube is pivotally mounted on one arm of the support and releasably retained in a slot in another arm of the support. In another embodiment the suction tube is fixed to the support and the support pivots on the rod, being releasably retained in operative and inoperative positions by a ball detent mechanism or by cooperating surface engagement between the support and the rod.

Means for mounting a suction tube on a textile machine

A suction tube for a fly frame, roving frame, ring spinning machine or the like for collecting broken ends of yarn at the outlet rollers of the machine. The suction tube is connected to a collection chamber through a flexible sealing sleeve that permits the suction tube to pivot between its operative and inoperative positions. The suction tube comprises a suction end disposed under the bottom roller of the outlet rollers that has a body portion formed with a suction opening therein, an opposite end connected to the flexible sealing sleeve, and a pair of side walls projecting upwardly from the suction end body portion toward the bottom roller and longitudinally beyond the suction opening on opposite sides of the yarn for confining the suction substantially to the bottom roller and the yarn path. The side walls also have upper edges which are arcuately shaped to correspond approximately to the shape of the bottom roller so that the upper edges will contact the bottom roller and space the suction tube from the roller when the suction tube is unintentionally forced upwardly toward the bottom roller, thereby preventing damage to the suction tube.

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Memmingen, Germany

Robert Buder