US2765495A - Waste collector for textile machinery - Google Patents

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a. 9, 1%6 J. BARRETT ET AL 2,765,495

WASTE COLLECTOR FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY Filed May 14, 1954 James A. Barret) Jamesfi. whim/arm Flay W Sislr INVENTORS.

Patented Oct. 9, 1956 2,765,495 WASTE COLLECTOR FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY James A. Barrett, James A. Whitworth, and Flay W. Sisk, Gastonia, N. C.; said Whitworth and said Sisk assignors to said Barrett Application May 14, 1954, Serial No. 429,810 1 Claim. (Cl. 19-130) This invention relates to a waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery, and more particularly to a device which is adapted to be attached adjacent the drawing rolls of textile manufacturing machinery for eflecting exhaust and trapping of dust, lint and broken yarn.

An object of this invention is to provide a waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery having novel means thereon for permitting access to the waste collector for cleaning the same, as well as permitting access to the drawing rolls of the machinery for permitting the cleaning thereof.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery which will partially surround the drawing rolls of the machinery for effecting the removal of lint, broken yarn and the like from rovings passing over the drawing rolls.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery which will eliminate clearers in the machinery.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a waste collector for textile machinery which will remove clearer waste and remote foreign particles which may engage themselves in the roving or be in the roving at the time it is being processed.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery which can be simply and etficiently attached to existing textile manufacturing machinery.

A yet further object of this invention is to provide an improved waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery which is simple and eflicient in construction, and durable and lasting in use.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery forming the subject of this invention shown in position beneath the drawing rolls of a textile manufacturing machine;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the improved Waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery forming the subject of this invention;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the section line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the section line 44 of Figure 2.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that the improved waste collector for textile manufacturing machinery includes a housing having a bottom wall formed of two sections and 12. The section 12 extends upwardly at an angle to the section 10 which is adapted to be positioned in a substantially horizontal position beneath a plurality of drawing rolls 14 of a textile manufacturing machine.

End walls 16 are fixedly secured to the opposite ends of the bottom wall and the free side edge of section 12 is provided with a wall 18 extending upwardly therefrom. Each of the walls 16 and 18 terminates at its upper edge in the same plane.

The free side edge of section 10 is provided with an upstanding wall 20 which terminates below the plane in which the walls 16 and 18 terminate. A door 22 is pivotally secured to the upper edge of the side wall 20 by means of hinges 24. The hinges 24 may be of any conventional construction. The upper edge of the door 22 terminates in the same plane as the upper edges of the walls 16 and 18.

Means are provided for urging the door 22 into a vertical position in alignment with the wall 20. This means comprises a bracket 26 fixedly secured to the end walls 16 adjacent the upper edges thereof. The bracket 26 has an offset portion 28 having an aperture 30 therein. The offset portion 28 is spaced from the end wall 16 and one end of a coil spring 32 is received in the aperture 30. A pair of brackets 34 are mounted on the door 22 and extend from opposite ends thereof. Apertures 36 are provided in the portion of the bracket 34 which extends beyond the ends of the door 22. The other end of the spring 32 is received in the apertures 36 so that the spring 32 will urge the door into a vertical position. The brackets 34 bearing against the ends of the end walls 16 will retain the door 22 in the vertical position.

Means are provided for connecting the end walls 16 to the ends of the door 22. This means comprises a U-shaped channel 38 fixedly secured to the vertical edges of the end wall 16 above the wall 20. The U-shaped channels 38 open in a direction away from the wall 18 and terminate even with the vertical edge of the end wall 16. The door 22 is provided with projections 40 at opposite ends thereof which extend at right angles to the door 22 and toward the wall 18. The projections 40 are adapted to be received in the channel members 38 to provide a seal along the edges of the door.

The upper edges of the walls 16 and 18 and the door 22 are each provided with a U-shaped channel 42 which is secured to the inner side of the members and opens upwardly therefrom. The channels 42 can be an integral part of the walls 16 and 18 and the door 22 or can be separately attached thereto. Strips 44 of flexible material, such as leather or the like, are mounted with their lower ends received within the channels 42. Suitable indentations 46 are provided in the channel members 42 for frictionally retaining the strips 44 in position.

The strips 44 which are attached to the upper end of the end Walls 16 are each provided with a plurality of recesses 48 extending downwardly from the upper edge thereof. The recesses 48 in the strips 44 of the end walls 16 are in alignment with each other. The purpose of these recesses will be later discussed.

The section 10 is provided with a central aperture 50 to which is attached one end of a conduit 52. The conduit 52 is in communication with the interior of the housing.

In practical use of the device, the waste collector forming the subject of this invention is mounted in fixed position beneath the drafting rolls 14 of a textile manufacturing machine. Any suitable means may be used for mounting the waste collector in position. The lower part of the rolls 14 are adapted to be received within the recesses 48. The conduit 52 is connected to a suitable source of suction and also to a waste collection box. Thus, it will be seen that as rovings 54 are drawn be tween the rolls 14, the suction from the conduit 52 will draw the loose slivers, lint and broken yarn into the housing and through the conduit 52 to be discharged into a collection box. The door 22 is provided as a means whereby entrance may be had to the housing for cleaning the same,

anid'iffinther, fbr-ithe -pnrposevof providing a means'whefeby an operator may plean ofi the rolls 14.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of V the device will be readily understood and further explanation-.-is-believed to' be unnecessary;- HoweveU-since numerous-;modifieations and changes will readil-y: occ'uflto thoseskilled in' the art, it is not desired -to limit the inven tion -ito, the exact constructionshown and'described, and 1 accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted-to,:falling within the scope of-the appended claim; v

What is'claimed as new is as follows:

A waste collector-for usetbeneath'thewhorizontal draw-- ingrolls of: atextile machine comprising anwopen top" rectangular housing; having azb'ottom suction-pipe" de pending therefrom; saidv housing includingisside and end walls having channeled'upper edges, and strips of flexible material upstanding from said upper edges and secured in said channels, the strips upstanding from the edges of the end walls being notched to straddle said rolls, a hinged clean out door in one of said side walls, and spring means attached to said door and to said end walls for maintaining said door closed.

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