Apparatus for cleaning a textile machine comprising a plurality of operating positions
First Claim
1. An apparatus for cleaning a textile machine containing a plurality of operating positions each of which contains individual elements to be suction cleaned, comprising:
- a cleaning device;
drive means for controllably moving said cleaning device along the plurality of operating positions and to preselected ones of the plurality of operating positions;
said cleaning device comprising a suction cleaning device;
said suction cleaning device comprising a programmable robot equipped with a suction trunk;
said programmable robot containing programmable control means programmed for controlling the drive means for controllably moving said cleaning device and the suction cleaning operation of the programmable robot at the preselected operating positions;
said programmable control means controlling the suction cleaning operation by controlling individual selective movements of said suction trunk, at each one of said preselected operating positions, to predetermine ones of the individual elements for carrying out the suction cleaning operation; and
said suction trunk being selectively and pivotably moveable under the control of said programmable control means about at least two mutually substantially parallel axes and at least one axis extending substantially perpendicular to said at least two mutually substantially parallel axes.
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Abstract
A textile machine, such as a spinning machine, is suction cleaned from spinning position to spinning position by a movable programmable robot provided with a suction device. This enables individual elements of the spinning machine prone to impurity or contaminant fouling to be maintained effectively free of such impurity depositions including fiber accumulations and the like without requiring use of the heretofore employed blowing-suction fucntion. The movable programmable robot is controlled by virtue of its being programmaged such that a suction trunk or nozzle thereof is guided in such close proximity to the individual elements to be suction cleaned that the suction cleaning operation can be effectively carried out and in a short period of time, following which the movable programmable robot is moved to the next spinning position for performance of the same or desired suction cleaning operation.
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13 Claims
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1. An apparatus for cleaning a textile machine containing a plurality of operating positions each of which contains individual elements to be suction cleaned, comprising:
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a cleaning device; drive means for controllably moving said cleaning device along the plurality of operating positions and to preselected ones of the plurality of operating positions; said cleaning device comprising a suction cleaning device; said suction cleaning device comprising a programmable robot equipped with a suction trunk; said programmable robot containing programmable control means programmed for controlling the drive means for controllably moving said cleaning device and the suction cleaning operation of the programmable robot at the preselected operating positions; said programmable control means controlling the suction cleaning operation by controlling individual selective movements of said suction trunk, at each one of said preselected operating positions, to predetermine ones of the individual elements for carrying out the suction cleaning operation; and said suction trunk being selectively and pivotably moveable under the control of said programmable control means about at least two mutually substantially parallel axes and at least one axis extending substantially perpendicular to said at least two mutually substantially parallel axes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for cleaning a spinning machine containing a plurality of essentially identical operating positions each of which contains individual elements to be suction cleaned, comprising:
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a travelling cleaning device; drive means for controllably driving said travelling cleaning device along the plurality of essentially identical operating positions and to preselected ones of said plurality of essentially operating positions; said travelling cleaning device comprising a suction cleaning device; said suction cleaning device comprising a programmable robot equipped with a suction trunk; said programmable robot containing programmable control means programmed for controlling the suction cleaning operation of the programmable robot at the preselected essentially identical operating positions; said programmable control means for controlling the suction cleaning operation, controlling individual selective movements of said suction trunk, at each one of said preselected essentially identical operating positions, to predeterminate ones of the individual elements for carrying out the suction cleaning operation; and said suction trunk being selectively and pivotably moveable under the control of said programmable control means at least three degrees of freedom of pivoting movement about respective pivot axes at least one of which extends substantially perpendicular to the remaining axes which are mutually substantially parallel to each other.
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11. A spinning machine, comprising:
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a plurality of essentially identical operating positions; each one of said essentially identical operating positions containing a predetermined number of individual elements which are to be suction cleaned; a travelling cleaning device; drive means for controllably driving said travelling cleaning device along the plurality of essentially identical operating positions and to preselected ones of said plurality of essentially identical operating positions; said programmable robot containing programmable control means programmed for controlling the suction cleaning operation of the programmable robot at the preselected essentially identical operating positions; said programmable control means for controlling the suction cleaning operation, controlling individual selective movements of said suction trunk, at each one of said preselected essentially identical operating positions, to predeterminate ones of the individual elements for carrying out the suction cleaning operation; and said suction trunk being selectively and pivotably moveable under the control of said programmable control means in at least three degrees of freedom of pivoting movement about respective pivot axes at least one of which extends substantially perpendicular to the remaining axes which are mutually substantially parallel to each other. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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