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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1980
Alex J Keller, Clover, SC (US);
Thad Flowers, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Joseph R Williams, Kings Mountain, NC (US);
Navinchandra K Patel, Houston, TX (US);
Automatic Material Handling, Inc., Bessemer City, NC (US);
Abstract
For use with a spinning frame, apparatus for removing underwound yarn wraps from the base portion of the rotating spindle, such apparatus including a spindle cleaning structure mounted on a spindle rail for pivotal movement between a first spindle cleaning position engaging the spindle and a second inactive position clear of the movement of the reciprocating ring rail of the spinning frame. A plurality of spindle cleaning structures may be provided along the extent of the spindle rail, each such structure being operated between its first and second position by the movement of ring rail during a predetermined portion of such movement. The spindle cleaning structures may be arranged for sequential operation by the ring rail to provide sequential cleaning of the spindles.