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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1990
Juro Tachibana, Matsuyama, JP;
Yoshihide Nishimura, Ehime, JP;
Teijin Seiki Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A feed method of feeding a thread wound on a bobbin to a thread drawing-in apparatus through first and second suction nozzles, comprising the steps of: advancing the thread to a first position between the bobbin and the first suction nozzle, along an axis; gripping the advanced thread at the first position and then drawing the thread at the first position in a predetermined direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of a first predetermined length; gripping the drawn thread at a second position between the bobbin and the first position and also releasing the drawn thread at the first position, and then feeding the drawn thread to the thread drawing-in apparatus; gripping the fede thread at a third position between the second suction nozzle and the thread drawing-in apparatus and also releasing the thread at the first and second positions, and then drawing the thread at the third position in the predetermined direction by a second predetermined length; and cutting the thread that has been drawn by the second predetermined length.