Method, device, movable carriage and drawing-in machine

Abstract

A method and a device for the automated transport of weaving accessories is disclosed. A device is provided which has at least one rail and at least one rail carrier. The at least one rail carrier carries the weight of the at least one rail, on which weaving accessories can be movably disposed in the longitudinal direction of the rail. The method is characterized in that the at least one rail carrier is displaced relative to the at least one rail, in the longitudinal direction thereof, in order to move weaving accessories disposed at the rail along the rail in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Claims

1. A method for the automated transport of weaving accessories, involving a device (1), which comprises at least one rail (3) and at least one rail carrier (2), the method comprising: the at least one rail carrier (2) carrying a weight of the at least one rail (3), and the at least one rail (3) allowing weaving accessories to be movably disposed thereon in a longitudinal direction (4) of the at least one rail (3); and displacing the at least one rail carrier (2) relative to the at least one rail (3) in the longitudinal direction (4) thereof in order to move a weaving accessory disposed on the rail (3) along the rail (3) in the longitudinal direction (4) thereof.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein displacing the at least one rail carrier (2) relative to the at least one rail (3) includes intermittently displacing the at least one rail carrier (2) relative to the at least one rail (3).

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displacing the at least one rail carrier (2) from one end of the at least one rail (3) to another end of the at least one rail (3) in the longitudinal direction (4) thereof.

4. A device (1) for the automated transport of weaving accessories, the device comprising: at least one rail (3) configured to allow weaving accessories to be movably disposed thereon in a longitudinal direction (4) of the at least one rail (3), and at least one rail carrier (2) configured to carry a weight of the at least one rail (3), wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) is movably disposed relative to the at least one rail (3) in the longitudinal direction (4) of the at least one rail (3).

5. The device (1) according to claim 4, wherein the at least one rail (3) is fixed against displacement in the longitudinal direction (4).

6. The device (1) according to claim 4, wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) comprises at least one groove (5) for accommodating the at least one rail (3).

7. The device (1) according to claim 4, wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) comprises contact surfaces (11) arranged orthogonally to the longitudinal direction (4) of the at least one rail (3) for allowing weaving accessories disposed on the rail (3) to be moved in the longitudinal direction (4) of the at least one rail (3).

8. The device (1) according to claim 4, wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) comprises means (6) for mounting an element configured for the parallel automated transport of weaving accessories of a different kind than the weaving accessories.

9. The device (1) according to claim 4, wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) is of a multipart construction and an upper part (7) of the at least one rail carrier (2) is removable.

10. The device (1) according to claim 9, wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) comprises a lower part (8) including at least one groove (9) for accommodating a contact rail.

11. The device (1) according to claim 4, wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) is movable along an entire length of the rail (3).

12. The device (1) according to claim 4, wherein the at least one rail carrier (2) is mounted on at least one endless revolving element (10).

13. The device (1) according to claim 12, further comprising means for driving the endless revolving element (10).

14. A mobile trolley for weaving accessories, comprising the device (1) according to claim 4.

15. A drawing-in machine comprising the mobile trolley according to claim 14.

16. A drawing-in machine, comprising the device according to claim 4.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows a symbolic, partly oblique view of major components of the device according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(2) FIG. 1 shows a systematic, partly oblique view of major components of the device 1 according to the invention. For purposes of clarity, only the part of the device 1 is shown, which adjoins a non-portrayed drawing-in device. The device 1 comprises two parallel endless elements 10 in the form of belts. Each of these is joined at the end of the device 1 that is not shown, so that two revolving endless belts 10 exist. Two rail carriers 2 are shown, of which the rail carrier 2 on the right has not yet engaged the rail 3 in the drawing. In this state, non-portrayed drop wires can be loaded from the right onto the rail 3 via the incline 12 at the end of the rail 3. Once a pre-determined number of drop wires has been loaded, the belts 10 can be powered so that the rail carriers 2 are displaced to the left in the longitudinal direction 4. The rail carrier 2 shown on the right then swivels beneath the rail 3, embracing the rail with one of its grooves 5 in its upper part 7 and thereby enabling it to transport the drop wires suspended from the rail 3 to the left, in longitudinal direction 4. The rail carriers 2 offer the drop wires relatively large contact surfaces 11, so that the drop wires are transported reliably damage-free. The rail carriers 2 comprise a lower part 8 with grooves 9, into which contact rails for warp stop motions can be inserted below the rail 3. The rail carriers 2 also comprise, at their upper end, two means 6 shaped as semi-shells, into which an appropriate, non-portrayed bar can be clip-fitted. This configuration enables non-portrayed healds, which may be arranged in a non-portrayed device beside the device according to the invention, to be transported parallel and automatically together with the drop wires when an operator clips in the corresponding bar.

(3) TABLE-US-00001 List of reference numerals  1 Device  2 Rail carrier  3 Rail  4 Longitudinal direction of rail 3  5 Groove for accommodating rail 3  6 Means for mounting an element  7 Removable upper part of rail carrier 2  8 Lower part of rail carrier 2  9 Groove in lower part 10 Endless element 11 Contact surface of rail carrier 2 12 Incline