Storage yarn feeder with braking organ and interchangeable elements
AssigneeBtsr International S.P.A.
InventorTiziano Barea
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Abstract
A storage yarn feeder includes a body having a portion or drum onto which winds a yarn forming at least one coil, the yarn coming from a reel, being provided with a braking organ cooperating with the drum to brake the yarn leaving the drum, the braking organ including braking features capable of cooperating with the yarn when the yarn detaches from the drum as it leaves the feeder and heads towards a textile machine. The drum includes a first and a second portion, the latter being capable of supporting the yarn and being separable from the first portion to be capable of being replaced, the first portion being connected to the body of the feeder.
Claims17
A storage yarn feeder comprising
- a body having a portion or drum onto which winds a yarn forming at least one coil, said yarn coming from a reel,
- a braking organ cooperating with said drum to brake the yarn leaving said drum,
- said braking organ comprising braking means for cooperating with the yarn when the yarn detaches from the drum as the yarn leaves the feeder and heads towards a textile machine,
- wherein the drum comprises a first portion and a second portion,
- the second portion of the drum for directly supporting the yarn and being either capable of supporting a first body of the braking organ or of acting as part of the braking organ, with the first body of the braking organ being part of the second portion of the drum said first body of the braking organ connected to the second portion of the drum and connected to a second body of the braking organ movable in relation to the first body the braking organ and cooperating therewith to brake the yarn interposed between said first body of the braking organ and second body of the braking organ,
- the first body of the braking organ being in the form of a cup, fitted onto a terminal end of the second portion of the drum and being provided with mechanical or magnetic means of securing the first body of the braking organ to the terminal end, the second portion of the drum being separable from the first portion of the drum to be capable of being replaced, the first portion of the drum being connected to the body of the feeder, and the first portion configured to rotate freely with respect to said body and to tilt in order to create a motion to separate the coils deposited on said second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.