Textile production control apparatus

• US 3,226,726 A
• Filed: 01/08/1965
• Issued: 12/28/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cecil S. Adams, Edgar F. Walker, Felton B. Bailey, James B. Adams
• Original Assignee: Cecil S. Adams, Edgar F. Walker, Felton B. Bailey, James B. Adams
• Inventors: Adams, Cecil S., Adams, James B., Bailey, Felton B., Walker, Edgar F.
• Application Number:
  US04/428,009
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• US Class Current: 346/34
• CPC Class Codes: D03J 1/00 Auxiliary apparatus combined with or associated with looms
• CPC Class Codes: D03J 2700/04 Efficiency control of looms
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 3/12 in graphical form

Claims

1. IN A LARGE NUMBER OF TEXTILE MACHINES OF LIKE CHARACTER EACH HAVING SWITCH MEANS ACTUATED BY A GIVEN OPERATING CONDITION OF THE MACHINE, THE IMPROVEMENT INCLUDING, SCANNING MEANS MONITORING SAID SWITCH MEANS, POWER OPERATED MEANS CYCLING SAID SWITCH MEANS UNIFORMLY, SAID SCANNING MEANS BEING ARRANGED IN STACKED GROUPS OF ROTARYY SWITCHES EACH HAVING A BRUSH AND CONTACTS, SAID BRUSHES BEING GANGED AND SAID CONTACTS BEING STACKED, THE BRUSHES OF EACH SCANNING MEANS BEING STAGGERED WITH RESPECT TO OTHER BRUSHES OF THE GANGED ARRANGEMENT, A SECOND SCANNING MEANS HAVING A LESSER NUMTION WITH THE FIRST SCANNING OPERATION, AND RECORDING MEANS SAID SECOND SCANNING MEANS HAVING CONTACTS CORRESPONDING TO BRUSHES OF SAID FIRST SCANNING MEANS, A ROTOR IN SAID SECOND SCANNING MEANS TURNING AT A SUFFICIENT SPEED TO SCAN EACH BRUSH OF SAID FIRST SCANNING MEANS IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE FIRST SCANNING OPERATION, AND RECORDING MEANS OPERATED BY SAID SECOND SCANNING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A GIVEN OPERATING CONDITION OF A MACHINE, WHEREBY SAID SECOND SCANNING MEANS SEQUENTIALLY CONNECTS INDIVIDUAL BRUSHES OF SAID FIRST SCANNING MEANS TO SAID RECORDING MEANS.