Patent ID: 6499284
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: D01H

Abstract:
A twisting device having enhanced productivity, comprising:a creel; at least two fiber cakes coaxially and rotatably arranged on said creel, each of said fiber cakes having a respective fiber strand unwindable therefrom to extend downwardly; at least a pair of strand-cut sensors disposed below said creel, each of said fiber strands passing through a respective one of said pair of strand cut sensors; a ring rail disposed at a lower portion of said twisting device and being reciprocally driven upwardly and downwardly; at least two balloon control rings respectively disposed beneath said strand-cut sensors and coupled to said ring rail for displacement therewith; at least a pair of oil rings respectively disposed beneath said balloon control and coupled to said ring rail for displacement therewith, each said oil ring being joined with the other oil ring and each having an oil-supplying device; and, at least two bobbins respectively disposed below said oil rings, each of said fiber strands passing through a respective one of said balloon control rings and a corresponding one of said oil rings to a respective one of said bobbins, each of said bobbins being rotatably driven to twist each respective one of said fiber strands and respectively wind each said twisted fiber strand on a corresponding one of said bobbins.