DESC:TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[001] The present invention relates to a field of textile industry. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for cleaning fibers and dusts using self-generating twisting gun for spinning and weaving machines.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[002] The spinning and weaving machines are used in the textile industry to convert fiber into fabric. There are lot of dusts and fluffs generated during the working of the machine, which in turn sticks to the machine parts. This will create more breakdowns which affect the quality as well productivity and more human power is needed to regulate the yarn. For this reason, device for cleaning yarn were invented.

[003] Reference is be made to the patent: CN200964464 (Y) which discloses a manual cleaning twisting gun for textile machines. According to the Chinese Utility model patent, it includes a cleaning head (1-1), the worm (1), the inertia wheel (2), a worm gear (4), the wrench (13), the teeth start plate (8), the driving gear (5 ) and housing (6), wrench (13) is fixedly connected to the starter toothed plate (8); the worm (1) is rotatably supported in the housing (6), the cleaning head (1-1) and flywheels (2 ) both with the worm (1) is fixedly connected to the worm gear (4) with the worm (1) engaged, the worm gear (4) and the driving gear (5) are mounted on the pin (12), the pin (12) mounted on housing (6), the driving gear (5) through a one-way clutch (7) and worm gear (4) connection, driving gear (5) engage with the starter toothed plate (8), wrench (13) by comparing the support shaft (14) and the housing (6) is hinged, the wrench (13) is connected to a tension spring (9), the tension spring (9) and the other end of the housing (6) connections. The above method has a user hand fatigue due to pressing wrench (13) continuously and cannot be used for a prolonged time.
[004] Thus, in view of the drawbacks existing in the prior art, there exists a dire need for a method and apparatus for cleaning fibers and dusts using self-generating twisting gun for spinning and weaving machines having very simple design with mechanical energy converted into electrical energy for fluff cleaning. It has been found that the design reduces the user fatigue in comparison to the existing prior art and is simple solution to manufacture. Hence the present invention overcomes the limitation of the prior art. The design of the present invention reduces the user fatigue and can be used for prolonged time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[005] The following presents a simplified summary of the invention in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview of the present invention. It is not intended to identify the key/critical elements of the invention or to delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concept of the invention in a simplified form as a prelude to a more detailed description of the invention presented later.

[006] It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above mentioned disadvantages of the existing manual twisting gun.

[007] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a twisting gun which gives continuous usage, reduced hand fatigue, better cleaning of fibers and dusts.

[008] Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-energy generating twisting gun where no external charging is required.

[009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus having very simple design with mechanical energy converted into electrical energy for cleaning fibers and dusts.

[0010] Accordingly, in one aspect, in one implementation, the present invention discloses a self-generating twisting gun for spinning and weaving machines, wherein the gun comprising:
an arrangement of a gear means and driven gear, fixedly arranged with a spindle assembly, wherein said gear means is directly connected to a power generator means, wherein said spindle assembly is enabled to rotate so as to remove dusts and/or fluffs;
a motor means, wherein output of said motor means is directly coupled to said spindle assembly; and
a battery means coupled to said power generator means at one end and a motor means at other end, for driving said motor means.

[0011] In second aspect, in one implementation the present invention discloses a method for operating a self-generating twisting gun in a manual operating mode, for spinning and weaving machines, wherein said method comprising:
enabling, by pressing a trigger means, rotation of a spindle assembly for removing dusts and/or fluffs;
rotating, by rotation of said spindle assembly, a gear arrangement,
actuating, by said rotation of said gear arrangement, a power generator means so as to generate power for storing in a battery means.

[0012] In second aspect, in another implementation the present invention discloses a method for operating a self-generating twisting gun in an automatic operating mode, for spinning and weaving machines, wherein said method comprising:
actuating, by a battery switch means, a motor means;
enabling, by said motor means, rotation of a spindle assembly for removing dusts and/or fluffs;
rotating, by rotation of said spindle assembly, a gear arrangement,
actuating, by said rotation of said gear arrangement, a power generator means so as to generate power for storing in a battery means.
[0013] Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses exemplary embodiments of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

[0014] The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

[0015] Figure 1 illustrates the manual cleaning twisting gun in accordance with the existing art.

[0016] Figure 2 illustrates a self-generating twisting gun in accordance with the present invention.

[0017] Figure 2a illustrates a self-generating twisting gun in working condition to generate electricity in accordance with the present invention.

[0018] Figure 3 illustrates a self-generating twisting gun in battery operation mode in accordance with the present invention.

[0019] Figure 4 illustrates a self-generating twisting gun with instant recharging and discharging in battery operation mode.

[0020] Persons skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and may have not been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figure may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are used to depict the same or similar elements, features, and structures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

[0021] The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of exemplary embodiments of the invention. It includes various specific details to assist in that understanding but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary.

[0022] Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions are omitted for clarity and conciseness.

[0023] The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the invention. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of exemplary embodiments of the present invention are provided for illustration purpose only and not for the purpose of limiting the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0024] It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

[0025] By the term “substantially” it is meant that the recited characteristic, parameter, or value need not be achieved exactly, but that deviations or variations, including for example, tolerances, measurement error, measurement accuracy limitations and other factors known to those of skill in the art, may occur in amounts that do not preclude the effect the characteristic was intended to provide.

[0026] Features that are described and/or illustrated with respect to one embodiment may be used in the same way or in a similar way in one or more other embodiments and/or in combination with or instead of the features of the other embodiments.

[0027] It should be emphasized that the term “comprises/comprising” when used in this specification is taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components or groups thereof.

[0028] Figure 1 illustrates the manual cleaning twisting gun of the existing art. According to the known art, the apparatus composed on the one hand, a hollow body 1 consisting a spindle 2 placed inside the body 1 fixed by means of removable fixing device 3. The spindle 2 is supported by at least two bearings 4 and 4’, also a counter bearing 5. The worm gear 7 and driven gear 8 are mounted on the pin 6 as shown in the fig and the driven gear 8 is in engaged position with spindle 2, the trigger 9 is fixed out of the body and the ratchet 10 is fixed on the trigger 9. The ratchet 10 has a tooth 10’ which engages with worm gear 7 as shown in the figure, the spring tension 11 is provided for trigger 9 with one end connecting the pin and other end to trigger 9. A hollow body is used to close the tool which is not shown in the figure.

[0029] In the Figure 1, when the trigger 10 is actuated against the force of the spring 11 the ratchet tooth 10’ moves and comes into contact with worm gear 7 which in turn is rotated and the driven gear 8 which is connected via shaft also rotated as it engaged with spindle 2 and causes rotation of spindle 2 which removes the fluff and waste particles stricken to the machinery.

[0030] In one implementation, the Figure 2 and 2a illustrates the self-generating twisting gun of the present invention. According to the present invention, the twisting gun comprises features of mechanical electrical system as self-generating system. Referring more specifically to figure 2, the system is facilitated with the gear arrangement 12 fixed on the spindle 2 and is connected to the generator 13 and to battery 14 which is directly connected to motor 15 and the output of the motor is coupled to spindle 2. A switch 16 is provided to operate the motor 15 after the battery 14 is recharged. More specific to figure 2a when the spindle 2 is rotated by actuating trigger 9 it also causes gear arrangement 12 to rotate and it makes power generator 13 to generate electricity which is stored in the battery 14. When the switch 16 is pressed ON the power from battery 14 is transmitted to the motor 15 which in turn rotates the spindle 2.

[0031] Thus, in the present invention there are two ways of operating the twisting gun. One is Manual operating mode (by hand triggering alone). During this mode when the trigger (9) is actuated the spindle assembly (2) is rotated and Gear arrangement (12) is rotated. During that process electricity is generated via power generator (13) and also spindle 2 is used for removing dusts and fluffs. Another is an automatic operated mode or a Battery operated mode. During this mode, when the switch (16) is pressed on, the electricity from battery 14 is supplied to motor 15 which in turn rotates the spindle assembly 2 used for removing fluffs and dusts.

[0032] In one implementation, the figure 3 illustrates the self-generating twisting gun of the present invention. According to the present invention, when the battery switch 16 is pressed ON the driven gear 8 automatically gets disengaged from the spindle assembly position. During the battery 14 operation of spindle 2, trigger 9 is not operative to prevent the damage of the system. When the battery switch 16 is pressed ON the battery 14 supplies electricity to the motor 15 which in turn rotates the spindle 2 which is used for fluff removing. This is discharging concept.

[0033] In one implementation, the figure 4 illustrates the self-generating twisting gun during battery operation mode. Accordingly when the battery switch 16 is pressed ON the motor 15 rotates the spindle 2 which is used for fluff removing. Mean-while gear arrangement 12 which also rotates along the spindle 2 generates a small amount of electricity which is recharged while instantly discharging the battery (14). This is a re-generating concept. In an exemplary implementation, the battery can also be re-charged by means of an external charger but not limited to it.

[0034] Some of the non-limiting advantages of the present invention are listed below:
• The present invention provides advantage of operating in both manual triggering mode and in automatic mode by battery operation mode whenever required.
• The present invention increases the operating time of the twisting gun which avoids idling of the tool during production hours.
• The present invention reduces user fatigue by operating the twisting gun in battery operation mode.

[0035] Although a self-generating twisting gun for cleaning the spinning and weaving machines and a method of cleaning spinning and weaving machines using the self-generating twisting gun have been described in language specific to structural features, it is to be understood that the embodiments disclosed in the above section are not necessarily limited to the specific methods or devices described herein. Rather, the specific features are disclosed as examples of implementations of the self-generating twisting gun for cleaning the spinning and weaving machines.
,CLAIMS:1. A self-generating twisting gun for spinning and weaving machines, wherein the gun comprising:
an arrangement of a gear means (12) and driven gear (8), fixedly arranged with a spindle assembly (2), wherein said gear means (12) is directly connected to a power generator means (13), wherein said spindle assembly is enabled to rotate so as to remove dusts and/or fluffs;
a motor means (15), wherein output of said motor means is directly coupled to said spindle assembly (2); and
a battery means (14) coupled to said power generator means (13) at one end and a motor means at other end, for driving said motor means.

2. The self-generating twisting gun as claimed in claim 1, wherein said spindle assembly (2) is rotated by means an actuating trigger (9) in manual operating mode.

3. The self-generating twisting gun as claimed in claim 1, wherein said spindle assembly (2) is rotated by means of said motor means (15) in automatic operating mode.

4. The self-generating twisting gun as claimed in claim 3, comprises a battery switch (16), wherein said switch (16) is pressed ON to supply power to said motor means (15).

5. A method for operating a self-generating twisting gun in a manual operating mode, for spinning and weaving machines, wherein said method comprising:
enabling, by pressing a trigger (9), rotation of a spindle assembly (2) for removing dusts and/or fluffs;
rotating, by rotation of said spindle assembly (2), a gear arrangement (12),
actuating, by said rotation of said gear arrangement (12), a power generator means (13) so as to generate power for storing in a battery (14) means.

6. A method for operating a self-generating twisting gun in an automatic operating mode, for spinning and weaving machines, wherein said method comprising:
actuating, by a battery switch means (16), a motor means (15) by virtue of supply from a battery means (14);
enabling, by said motor means (15), rotation of a spindle assembly (2) for removing dusts and/or fluffs;
rotating, by rotation of said spindle assembly (2), a gear arrangement (12),
actuating, by said rotation of said gear arrangement (12), a power generator means (13) so as to generate power for storing in a battery (14) means.