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US 10,590,581 B1Granted
Compact creel construction
OwnerRobert S. Weiner, David Brian Porterinventors
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Abstract
A compact creel utilization method provides arms cantileverdly extending from supports which support at least two yarn rolls thereon. Some embodiments have a front roll connected to the rear roll. Other embodiments simultaneously feed to a common eyelet or other feed opening.
Claims12
A method of feeding from a compact creel comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a creel having arms extending cantileveredly relative to supports toward fronts of the arms;
- b) placing at least first and second yarn rolls on an arm of the creel colinearly as a first pair and then directing at least one yarn strand from each of the first and second yarn rolls toward and through a common feed opening on to a single needle of a tufting machine by adjacently feeding of the at least one yarn strand from the first and second yarn rolls simultaneously.
A method of feeding yarn from a compact creel comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a creel having an arm extending cantileveredly from a support toward a front of the arm;
- b) placing at least first and second yarn rolls on the arm colinearly as a first pair and then directing at least one yarn strand from the first and second yarn rolls toward and through a common feed opening directing the at least one yarn strand to a single needle of a tufting machine by adjacently feeding of the at least one yarn strand from the first and second yarn rolls simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.