Yarn twisting method and device for ring-spinning machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11098417-B2
Application number	US-201716465478-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2017
Priority date	Feb 17, 2017
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A yarn twisting method and device for a ring spinning machine is provided. The twisting method comprises the following steps: feeding three roving strands (1, 2, 3) into a back roller (8) of the ring spinning machine; after drafting, the three roving strands, three fiber strands (1, 2, 3) exiting from a nip point of a front roller (10), wherein a fiber strand (2) in the middle forms an angle with a plane formed by the other two fiber strands (1, 3), and thus the three fiber strands (1, 2, 3) form a multi-strand spinning triangle region having a three-dimensional spatial form; and in the multi-strand spinning triangle region, the three fiber strands (1, 2, 3) obtaining twist by means of a ring traveler of the ring spinning machine, and the twisted fiber strands (1 ,2, 3) are combined into a composite yarn (4) through a convergence point.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A yarn twisting method for a ring spinning machine, comprising:
feeding three roving strands into a back roller of the ring spinning machine and drafting the three roving strands into three fiber strands;
lifting a middle fiber strand of the three fiber strands by a multi-strand twisting mechanism installed at a nip point of a front roller, so that for the three fiber strands exiting from the nip point of the front roller the middle fiber strand forms an angle θ greater than zero degrees with a plane formed by the other two fiber strands, and thereby the three fiber strands form a multi-strand spinning triangle region having a three-dimensional spatial form; and
in the multi-strand spinning triangle region, the three fiber strands obtaining twist by means of a ring traveller of the ring spinning machine thereby forming twisted fiber strands, and the twisted fiber strands combined into a composite yarn through a convergence point.

2. The yarn twisting method for a ring spinning machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the three roving strands are simultaneously fed into the back roller in parallel.

3. The yarn twisting method for a ring spinning machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the method further comprises:
after feeding the three roving strands into the back roller and before exiting the front roller, the three roving strands are located in fixed positions by a roving splitter mechanism installed between the back roller and a middle roller.

4. The yarn twisting method for a ring spinning machine according to claim 1 , wherein the angle θ is less than or equal to 45 degrees.

5. The yarn twisting method for a ring spinning machine according to claim 4 , comprising:
converging edge fibers of the three fiber strands by a spun yarn converging mechanism installed between a middle roller and the front roller.

6. A yarn twisting apparatus for a ring spinning machine, comprising a back roller, a middle roller and a front roller, wherein three roving strands are fed into the back roller in parallel; after drafting the three roving strands into three fiber strands, the three fiber strands exit from a nip point of the front roller, wherein a middle fiber strand of the three fiber strands forms a first angle with a plane formed by the two other fiber strands, and thereby the three fiber strands form a multi-strand spinning triangle region having a three-dimensional spatial form; and in the multi-strand spinning triangle region, the three fiber strands obtain twist by means of a ring traveller of the ring spinning machine to form twisted fiber strands, and the twisted fiber strands are combined into a composite yarn through a convergence point, and
wherein the yarn twisting apparatus further comprises a multi-strand twisting mechanism installed at the nip point of the front roller for lifting the middle fiber strand, such that the middle fiber strand and the two other fiber strands are not in the same plane, and the first angle formed is larger than 0 degrees and less than or equal to 45 degrees.

7. The yarn twisting apparatus for a ring spinning machine according to claim 6 , further comprising a roving splitter mechanism installed between the back roller and the middle roller for locating the three roving strands in fixed positions; and
the roving splitter mechanism consisting of three cylinders with smooth surfaces, with the position of each cylinder being adjustable so as to locate each roving strand in a corresponding position.

8. The yarn twisting apparatus for a ring spinning machine according to claim 6 , further comprising a spun yarn converging mechanism installed between the middle roller and the front roller for converging edge fibers of the fiber strands, wherein the middle fiber strand and the fiber strands output at the two sides are in the same plane, and the middle fiber strand forms a second angle of 0 degrees with the plane formed by the two other fiber strands; and the spun yarn converging mechanism having convergence holes with different widths thereon, wherein a surface of the converging mechanism that bounds the convergence holes is smooth such that the edge fibers can be controlled continuously and smoothly.

Assignees

• Hong Kong Res Inst Textiles & Apparel Ltd
• The Hong Kong Research Institute Of Textiles And Apparel Limited The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ

Inventors

• Xu Bingang
• Feng Jie

Classifications

• D01H7/52

  Ring-and-traveller arrangements · CPC title

• D01H5/72 Primary

  Fibre-condensing guides · CPC title

• D01H5/74 Primary

  Rollers {or roller bearings} · CPC title

• D01H1/025 Primary

  with a condensing device between drafting system and spinning unit · CPC title

• D01H7/02

  for imparting permanent twist · CPC title