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Apparatus and method for gathering and displaying information

  • US 4,194,349 A
  • Filed: 04/26/1978
  • Issued: 03/25/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In apparatus for displaying information regarding the operating conditions of a group of ring spinning machines in a textile mill wherein each machine has delivery rolls from which strand material issues and intermediate guides through which strand material passes and ring rails by which strand material is formed into packages during winding thereof, and wherein the apparatus has at least one traveling unit supported for travel along a predetermined path for traversing one or more of the machines, detectors mounted on the traveling unit for monitoring ends of strand material normally being formed by a traversed machine, and a data system responsive to the detectors for determining the ends down condition of the traversed machine from the conditions of the monitored ends, an improvement comprising:

  • rotation sensor means mounted on each machine of the group for signalling revolutions of the delivery rolls of the machine,processor means operatively communicating with each of said sensor means of the group of machines and responsive to sensor signals for determining from said signals an operating condition of respective ones of the machines of the group and for generating display signals indicative of the determined conditions of the machines, andvisual display means operatively communicating with said processor means and responsive to generated display signals for presenting a visual display of the determined condition of at least a selected one of the group of machines.

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