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US 10,870,553 B2Granted
Creel bobbin brake, creel bobbin assembly, a creel and a creel method
AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorMarcel Smits
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AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorMarcel Smits
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Disclosed is a first creel bobbin brake, a creel bobbin assembly, a creel and a creel method. The first creel bobbin brake is arranged for applying a braking torque to a first shaft of a first creel bobbin. The first creel bobbin brake includes a strap that is provided with a first end, a second end and a strap body extending in a longitudinal direction between the first end and the second end, wherein the strap further includes an opening in the strap body, wherein the strap body and the opening are arranged to taper from the first end towards the second end, wherein the strap is arranged to be wound around the first shaft of the first creel bobbin over at least two revolutions, and wherein the second end is insertable through the opening with each revolution.
A first creel bobbin brake for applying a braking torque to a first shaft of a first creel bobbin, wherein the first creel bobbin brake comprises a strap that is provided with a first end, a second end and a strap body extending in a longitudinal direction between the first end and the second end, wherein the strap further comprises an opening in the strap body, wherein the strap body and the opening are arranged to taper from the first end towards the second end, wherein the strap is arranged to be wound around the first shaft of the first creel bobbin over at least one and a half revolutions, wherein the second end is insertable through the opening with each revolution, wherein the strap comprises a first outer edge and a second outer edge tapering towards each other from the first end towards the second end on opposite sides of the strap body, wherein the strap further comprises a first inner edge and a second inner edge tapering towards each other from the first end towards the second end on opposite sides of the opening, wherein the first outer edge and the second outer edge are arranged to extend on the alongside of the first inner edge and the second inner edge, respectively, with each revolution after the first revolution.
A method for mounting a strap to a creel bobbin assembly comprising a first creel bobbin brake wherein the first creel bobbin brake comprises a strap that is provided with a first end, a second end and a strap body extending in a longitudinal direction between the first end and the second end, wherein the strap further comprises an opening in the strap body, wherein the strap body and the opening are arranged to taper from the first end towards the second end, wherein the strap is arranged to be wound around a first shaft of the first creel bobbin over at least one and a half revolutions, wherein the second end is insertable through the opening with each revolution, wherein the strap comprises a first outer edge and a second outer edge tapering towards each other from the first end towards the second end on opposite sides of the strap body, wherein the strap further comprises a first inner edge and a second inner edge tapering towards each other from the first end towards the second end on opposite sides of the opening, wherein the first outer edge and the second outer edge are arranged to extend on the alongside of the first inner edge and the second inner edge, respectively, with each revolution after the first revolution, said method comprising the steps of winding the strap around the first shaft of the first creel bobbin over at least one and a half revolutions and inserting the second end through the opening with each revolution.
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