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US 12,398,492 · App. 16/185,103 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine for the production of carpet yarn

Inventors: Helmut Leksa (Lake Wylie, SC); Georg Tetzlaff (Aachen, DE)
Assignee: Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
D02G3/38D01H1/10D01H7/86D01H13/00D02G3/28D02G3/445D10B2503/04
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Patent No.
US 12,398,492
App. No.
16/185,103
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine for production of carpet yarn, including winding device having package cradle with two frame arms for rotatable mounting of an empty tube or twisting package, package drive roller for frictionally driving twisting package, yarn traversing device for traversing transfer of a yarn to the twisting package, advance roller for regulating a yarn tension, and cover in area of the advance roller with an opening for yarn guided through the yarn traversing device to the twisting package. Package cradle has at least one movable, partially rotatable frame arm and designed so an empty tube with length of at least 315 mm is insertable, that the package drive roller has length of at least 286 mm, that yarn traversing device has traversing stroke of at least 11 inches, and that opening in cover corresponds with the yarn path arising due to the traversing stroke.

Claims (25)

1. A workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine for the production of carpet yarn, comprising a winding device that has a package cradle with two frame arms for rotatable mounting of an empty tube or twisting package, a package drive roller for frictionally driving a twisting package, a yarn traversing device for traversing transfer of a yarn to the twisting package, an advance roller for regulating a yarn tension as well as a cover in the area of the advance roller with an opening for the yarn guided through the yarn traversing device to the twisting package,

characterised in that,

the package cradle has at least one movable, partially rotatable frame arm and is designed so that the empty tube with a length of at least 315 mm can be inserted,

the package drive roller has a length of at least 286 mm,

the yarn traversing device has a traversing stroke of at least 11 inches, and the opening in the cover corresponds with the yarn progress occurring through the traversing stroke, and

the twisting package is fed from a first feed package and a second feed package, and running lengths of the first and second feed packages correspond either to a half or to a whole number multiple of the twisting package to be produced.

2. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that, in the package cradle the empty tube can be positioned, wherein the empty tube has a length of at least 340 mm, and the traversing stroke is 12 inches.

3. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that, in the package cradle the empty tube can be positioned, wherein the empty tube has a length of at least 365 mm, and the traversing stroke is 13 inches.

4. A two-for-one twisting or cabling machine, including a winding device that has a package cradle with two frame arms for rotatable mounting of an empty tube or twisting package, a package drive roller for frictionally driving a twisting package, a yarn traversing device for traversing transfer of a yarn to the twisting package, an advance roller for regulating a yarn tension as well as a cover in the area of the advance roller with an opening for the yarn guided through the yarn traversing device to the twisting package,

characterised in that,

the two-for-one twisting or cabling machine has at least one workstation that is configured according to claim 1 .

5. A method for operating a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine comprising a winding device that has a package cradle with two frame arms for rotatable mounting of an empty tube or twisting package, a package drive roller for frictionally driving a twisting package, a yarn traversing device for traversing transfer of a yarn to the twisting package, an advance roller for regulating a yarn tension as well as a cover in the area of the advance roller with an opening for the yarn guided through the yarn traversing device to the twisting package,

characterised in that,

the empty tube is inserted into the package cradle, wherein the empty tube comprises a length of at least 315 mm,

the thread is laid with a traverse stroke of at least 11 inches, and

the twisting package is fed from a first feed package and a second feed package, and running lengths of the first and second feed packages correspond either to a half or to a whole number multiple of the twisting package to be produced.

6. The workstation according to claim 1 , wherein the traversing stroke is combined with a spindle pot.

7. The workstation according to claim 6 , wherein the spindle pot has a lower area of which is tapered.

8. A workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine for the production of carpet yarn, comprising a winding device that has a package cradle with two frame arms for rotatable mounting of an empty tube or twisting package, a package drive roller for frictionally driving a twisting package, a yarn traversing device for traversing transfer of a yarn to the twisting package, an advance roller for regulating a yarn tension as well as a cover in the area of the advance roller with an opening for the yarn guided through the yarn traversing device to the twisting package,

characterised in that,

the package cradle has at least one movable, partially rotatable frame arm and is designed so that the empty tube with a length of at least 315 mm can be inserted,

the package drive roller has a length of at least 286 mm,

the yarn traversing device has a traversing stroke of at least 11 inches, and the opening in the cover corresponds with the yarn progress occurring through the traversing stroke, and

the twisting package is fed from a first feed package and a second feed package, and running lengths of the first and second feed packages correspond either to a half or to a whole number multiple of the twisting package to be produced, and wherein a processing ratio of the first and second feed packages is 1:1.

9. The workstation according to claim 6 , wherein the first feed package and the second feed package are positioned in the spindle pot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2019
From: LEKSA, HELMUT; TETZLAFF, GEORG
To: SAURER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 049023/0810 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2017 106 858.7 · Nov 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190145026A1 · May 16, 2019
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