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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1978
Antonius Vinnemann, Stuttgart, DE;
Heinrich K Elsasser, Stuttgart, DE;
Manfred E Walter, Grotzingen, DE;
Willi G Gasier, Gaufelden, DE;
Werner Sommer, Esslingen, DE;
Wolfgang A Brenner, Schleirbach, DE;
Hermann Kress, Filderstadt, DE;
Sulzer Morat GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
Apparatus for feeding a plurality of yarn, sliver or fibrous materials to a textile machine, comprising: a plurality of stationary supply packages on which said materials are wound; a stationary endless track having at least a working and a return section; and a plurality of feeding elements. Every feeding element is associated with one of said supply packages, wherein said feeding elements are arranged to run around said track in series in such a manner, that the distances between the feeding elements and the associated ones of said supply packages become gradually and alternately smaller and larger during successive runs of said feeding elements on said track. Said materials are held by said feeding elements when the relevant feeding elements pass through said return section, and are releasable for processing by said textile machine when the relevant feeding elements pass through said working section. A plurality of automatically operating and stationary storage devices are arranged in the path between the said feeding elements and the associated supply packages for the intermediate storage of all quantities of the materials which may result from a reduction of the distance between a feeding element and the associated supply package, and for the delivery of said stored quantities, if said distances again become gradually larger.