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US 12,280,981 B2Granted
Automated filament spooler
AssigneeWindak Holding AB
InventorStaffan Edstrom
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AssigneeWindak Holding AB
InventorStaffan Edstrom
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An automated filament spooler for winding and optionally packaging a filament includes an enclosure, a conveyor for conveying an empty spool into the enclosure and for conveying a wound spool from the enclosure, an indexing unit for positioning a feeding hole on the spool at a location for feeding a free end of the filament onto the spool, a filament feeding unit for feeding the free end of the filament through the feeding hole on the spool, a spooling unit for gripping the free end of the filament and rotating the spool to wind the filament onto the spool, and an optional packaging unit for applying a stretch wrap to the wound spool. A method for automatically winding a filament onto a spool includes positioning the feeding hole, feeding the free end of the filament onto the spool, gripping the free end of the filament and rotating the spool.
An automated filament spooler for automatically winding a filament on a spool, comprising:
A method for automatically winding a filament onto a spool, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.