Methods and devices for transporting yarn

A method comprising:

• delivering, with a plurality of container-feeding assemblies, a first plurality of yarns into respective containers of a plurality of containers, wherein the plurality of container-feeding assemblies comprise a plurality of aspirators that are configured to simultaneously deliver respective yarns into respective containers of the plurality of containers, wherein the plurality of containers are coupled together as a movable unit, wherein the movable unit further comprises an adapter plate defining a plurality of openings and a plurality of guide tubes, wherein a respective guide tube of the plurality of guide tubes extends between each opening of the adapter plate and a respective container of the plurality of containers, wherein each aspirator of the plurality of aspirators is positioned at a respective opening of the adapter plate;
• securing a retainer to a first header to fix the respective yarns of the first plurality of yarns in respective positions relative to each other along the longitudinal axis of the first header;
• severing the first plurality of yarns so that each yarn of the first plurality of yarns has a first end within a respective container and an opposing loose end, wherein the retainer is secured to the first header between the first ends and the loose ends of the first plurality of yarns;
• positioning the movable unit proximate to a second header of a yarn processing machine, the yarn processing machine having a second plurality of yarns thereon, each yarn of the second plurality of yarns on the yarn processing machine having a respective beginning end;
• aligning the first header with the second header so that the loose ends of the first plurality of yarns are aligned with respective beginning ends of the second plurality of yarns on the yarn processing machine;
• and
• coupling respective loose ends of the first plurality of yarns in the containers to respective beginning ends of the second plurality of yarns on the yarn processing machine.

A method comprising:

• delivering, with a plurality of container-feeding assemblies, a first plurality of yarns from a heat set apparatus into respective containers of a plurality of containers, wherein the heat set apparatus delivers the first plurality of yarns to respective container-feeding assemblies of the plurality of container-feeding assemblies, wherein the plurality of container-feeding assemblies comprise a plurality of aspirators that are configured to simultaneously deliver respective yarns into respective containers of the plurality of containers, wherein the plurality of containers are coupled together as a movable unit, wherein the movable unit further comprises an adapter plate defining a plurality of openings and a plurality of guide tubes, wherein a respective guide tube of the plurality of guide tubes extends between each opening of the adapter plate and a respective container of the plurality of containers, wherein each aspirator of the plurality of aspirators is positioned at a respective opening of the adapter plate;
• securing a retainer to a first header to fix the respective yarns of the first plurality of yarns in respective positions relative to each other along the longitudinal axis of the first header;
• severing the first plurality of yarns so that each yarn of the first plurality of yarns has a first end within a respective container and an opposing loose end, wherein the retainer is secured to the first header between the first ends and the loose ends of the first plurality of yarns;
• positioning the movable unit proximate to a second header of a yarn processing machine, the yarn processing machine having a second plurality of yarns thereon, each yarn of the second plurality of yarns on the yarn processing machine having a respective beginning end;
• aligning the first header with the second header so that the loose ends of the first plurality of yarns are aligned with respective beginning ends of the second plurality of yarns on the yarn processing machine;
• and
• coupling respective loose ends of the first plurality of yarns in the containers to respective beginning ends of the second plurality of yarns on the yarn processing machine.