Yarn storage device
AssigneeN.V. Michael Van de Wiele
InventorsKoen Bruynoghe, Peter Garnett
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Abstract
A yarn storage device provided for supplying yarns to a yarn processing device has a number of yarn storage tubes (1) which are each provided with an input side (2) along which the yarn is supplied to the yarn store (4) and an output side (3) along which the yarn is delivered from the yarn store (4) to the yarn processing device. The yarn storage device also has a yarn loader which is provided for introducing the yarn into the respective yarn storage tube (1) in the form of successive windings which form the yarn store. A yarn is guided in a yarn storage tube of a yarn storage device of this type.
Claims17
Yarn storage device provided for supplying yarns to a yarn processing device comprising a number of yarn storage tubes which are each provided with an input side along which the yarn is supplied to the yarn store and an output side along which the yarn is delivered from the yarn store to the yarn processing device, wherein the yarn storage device further comprises a yarn loader which is provided for introducing the yarn into the respective yarn storage tube in the form of successive windings which form the yarn store, wherein at least one yarn storage tube is arranged at an inclination so that the output side is arranged higher than the input side and in that in this tube, between the yarn store and the output side, a slidable element is arranged which is provided to guide the yarn via its external circumference in the direction of the output side.
Method for guiding a yarn in a yarn storage tube of a yarn storage device, wherein the yarn storage tube comprises an input side along which the yarn is supplied to the yarn store and an output side through which the yarn is delivered from the yarn store to the yarn processing device, wherein the yarn storage device further comprises a yarn loader which is provided for introducing the yarn into the respective yarn storage tube in the form of successive windings which form the yarn store, wherein the yarn is guided in the direction of the output side via the external circumference of a slidable element arranged in the tube, between the yarn store and the output side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.