Patent ID: 6389788
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: D01H

Abstract:
In a method of spinning yarn in a pot spinning machine having a plurality of work stations each including a rotating spinning centifuge and a guide reciprocable with respect thereto, wherein the method comprises at each work station the steps of drawing a fiber slubbing by means of a drafting device, feeding the drawn slubbing into the spinning centrifuge via the reciprocable guide, delivering the drawn slubbing in the form of a rotating leg extending from the guide to an inner wall of the spinning centrifuge while twisting the slubbing into the form of a yarn, and depositing the yarn in the form of a yarn cake on the inner wall of the spinning centrifuge, the improvement comprising automatically checking the spinning centrifuge of each individual work station for yarn cake remnants at a start of the spinning method.