Apparatus and method for preventing fraudulent or inadvertent actuation of a counter and for segregating the counts of service stops attributable to individual operators of associated textile machines. Upon the occurrence of a yarn break a time delay relay is energized after a predetermined time interval. This, in turn, activates a second relay which couples pushbuttons on each of the machines to respective counters wherein each operator is assigned to a specific pushbutton on each machine and wherein one counter is associated with each of a respective set of pushbuttons. Upon completion of the mending operation the operator's pushbutton is depressed which records a count on the associated counter at the same time that the machine is restarted. Also, upon depression of the push button another time delay relay is activated after a predetermined time interval has passed from the depression of the pushbutton. This predetermined time interval is computed to be approximately equal to that time in which a yarn break cannot occur after starting the machine. During this time interval the depression of the pushbutton at the machine will not register a count on the counter. Thus, upon starting up the machine a predetermined time interval must pass before a yarn break can occur, and when a yarn break does occur, a second predetermined time interval must elapse, while the operator is repairing the break, before depression of the associated pushbutton on the machine will result in the recording of an additional count on a respective counter.
A counter system that insures a count each time power is applied to an electric motor or the like is disclosed. The system is particularly adaptable to automatic car wash apparatus but can also be incorporated into electrically controlled vending machines or the like. Electrical power cannot be applied to a motor or other electrically operative device until the electrical impulse counter has been energized. Thus, the process to be counted cannot begin until a count has been initiated. The counter and associated apparatus are housed in a tamper-proof box using armor type cable or the like.
A method and apparatus for controlling a person's eating behavior uses a counter on the table next to the food being eaten. The counter displays the number of bites to be taken at each meal, displays the actual number of bites while the bites are being taken during a meal, provides a cadence signal from which the person can pace his chewing rate, determines the size of the bite taken and the time between bites, and provides an exercise between bites which forces the person to break the eating chain by pushing a button to increment the counter.
A quick change assembly for a tire cord fabric loom utilizes a pattern of warp ends which are threaded through suitable harnesses. The pattern in the harnesses is placed in the loom and the individual warp ends are pulled back to a plurality of creel combs which are secured to the creel and which each receive and guide a group of warp strands from the creel. These warp strands are directed to the loom and are formed into the tire cord fabric having the desired pattern.
