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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1992
Werner Strudel, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Walter Miotke, Wangen, DE;
Lindauer Dornier Gesellschaft m.b.H., Lindau, DE;
Abstract
Circular spreaders for tubular textile goods make it necessary to keep the spreader arms in a desired spread-out condition so that an unintended reduction in the diameter of the circular spreader is prevented. Such unintended reduction could be caused by operational vibrations or by impacts to which the spreader may be exposed during operation. For this purpose the spreader is equipped with a locking mechanism which, on the one hand, permits a continuous adjustment or a stepwise adjustment of the circular spreader to a maximum spread diameter and which, on the other hand, prevents a reduction of the once adjusted spreader diameter. A ratchet mechanism is provided for this purpose.