Canister-yarn tensioning assembly incorporating a pivoted yarn tensioner

A canister assembly for use in a direct-cabling textile machine, said canister assembly comprising:

• an open-top yarn canister configured for holding a yarn supply package, and for receiving the yarn supply package through a package transfer space;
• a pivoted support arm mounted on a generally semi-circular horizontal flex cover and configured to pivot at a connection point located adjacent an annular peripheral edge of said canister;
• a yarn tensioner carried by said pivoted support arm and movable between an operative position within the package transfer space, wherein said yarn tensioner frictionally engages a running yarn drawn from the supply package, and a package-replacement position outside of the package transfer space, whereby:
• (i) upon depleting the yarn supply package, said support arm is pivoted at said connection point to move said yarn tensioner from the operative position to the package-replacement position such that a fresh yarn supply package can be inserted through the package transfer space and into the canister;
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• after inserting the fresh yarn supply package into the canister, said support arm is pivoted at said connection point to move the yarn tensioner back into the operative position.

A canister-yarn tensioning assembly adapted for controlling tension in a running yarn drawn from a yarn supply package located within an open-top canister, said canister-yarn tensioning assembly comprising:

• a cylindrical adapter configured to reside at a mouth of the open-top canister, and defining a package transfer space for inserting the yarn supply package through the adapter and into the canister, and wherein said adapter is configured to nest inside the canister and comprises a plurality of spaced apart outwardly projecting support pins for holding said adapter at the mouth of the canister;
• a pivoted support arm carried by said adapter, and configured to pivot at a connection point located on a peripheral flange of said adapter;
• a yarn tensioner carried by said pivoted support arm and movable between an operative position within the package transfer space, wherein said yarn tensioner frictionally engages the running yarn drawn from the supply package, and a package-replacement position outside of the package transfer space, whereby:
• (i) upon depleting the yarn supply package, said support arm is pivoted at said connection point to move said yarn tensioner from the operative position to the package-replacement position such that a fresh yarn supply package can be freely inserted through the package transfer space and into the canister;
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• (ii) after inserting the fresh yarn supply package into the canister, said support arm is pivoted at said connection point to move the yarn tensioner back into the operative position.