Claims
- 1. An apparatus for removing textile articles from supported dispositions on support members, each textile article being a substantially rigid tube or a substantially rigid tube having textile strand material built thereon and each support member having a post for supporting a tube inserted thereon in co-axial relation thereto, the apparatus comprising:
- means for advancing the support members and the textile articles supported thereon along a travel path;
- means for displacing a textile article in a direction generally parallel to the axis of the post on which it is supported as the support member advances along the travel path to thereby effect removal of the textile article from the post readily without inclination of the textile article relative to the post during the removal of the textile article sufficient to resist removal, said displacing means including a pair of opposed article engaging surfaces forming an elongate opening therebetween and means for supporting said opposed article engaging surfaces with the elongate opening aligned with a portion of the travel path for entry of textile articles into the elongate opening during advancing movement of the support members along the travel path, the pair of opposed article engaging surfaces engaging each textile article advancing along the travel path and displacing it outwardly beyond its associated post as the post is advanced along the aligned portion of the travel path;
- means for mounting at least one of the pair of opposed article engaging surfaces for resilient movement thereof in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the elongate opening, the at least one opposed article engaging surface and the other opposed article engaging surface forming the elongate opening with a width extent transverse to the travel path slightly less than the corresponding width of the textile article which enters the elongate opening, the mounting means being operable to bias the at least one opposed engaging surface yieldably inwardly toward the other surface for compressive engagement of a textile article therebetween, said displacing means including a first elongate roller having a conical receiving end forming one of the opposed engaging surfaces and a second elongate roller having a conical receiving end forming the other opposed engaging surface, means for mounting the elongate rollers with their axes parallel to the direction of advancement of the support members along the aligned portion of the travel path for entry of textile articles into the elongate opening formed between the elongate rollers during advancing movement of the support members along the travel path, and means for rotating at least one of the elongate rollers about its axis in a direction causing removal of an article from the post on which it is supported.
- 2. An apparatus for removing textile articles according to claim 1 wherein the upstream end of each elongate roller relative is tapered to form an enlarged opening for the entry of textile articles into the elongate opening.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/803,327, filed Dec. 4, 1991 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,277,295.
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Divisions (1)
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