Thread coloring apparatus
AssigneeCrayola LLC
InventorsROSELD V. LAGUATAN, JAMES ALLEN, OLIVER MORRIS
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for coloring threaded material. A payout support member of the apparatus is configured to support a payout spool. A drive member is configured to rotate a takeup spool. A coloring assembly comprises a colorant applicator holding portion that is configured to receive a colorant applicator. The coloring assembly also includes a passage configured to receive a thread and to dispose the thread against the colorant applicator as the thread is wound onto the takeup spool. The coloring assembly is positioned to direct the thread drawn through the passage toward a portion of the takeup spool.
Claims20
An apparatus for coloring threaded material, comprising:
- a drive member configured to rotate a takeup spool;
- a primary thread guide comprising a passage configured to guide a threaded material as the threaded material is wound onto the takeup spool;
- the primary thread guide further comprising a receptacle adapted to receive a marking device, wherein the receptacle is configured to dispose a colorant-delivering portion of the marking device against the threaded material.
An apparatus for coloring threaded material, comprising:
- a payout support member configured to support a payout spool;
- a drive member configured to rotate a takeup spool;
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- a coloring assembly comprising
- A) a colorant applicator holding portion configured to receive a colorant applicator, and
- B) a passage configured to receive a thread and to dispose the thread against the colorant applicator as the thread is wound onto the takeup spool,
- wherein the coloring assembly is positioned to direct the thread drawn through the passage toward a portion of the takeup spool.
An apparatus for coloring a thread material, comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable member mounted in the housing, wherein the housing includes a drive that rotates the rotatable member;
- a holding member protruding from the rotatable member, wherein the holding member is configured to receive a takeup spool;
- a payout support member configured to rotatably support a payout spool comprising the thread material;
- a primary thread guide comprising a passage configured to receive the thread material, the primary thread guide positioned to direct the thread material toward a portion of the takeup spool as the thread material is unwound from the payout spool and wound onto the takeup spool, wherein the primary thread guide comprises a receptacle adapted to receive a marking device, and further wherein the passage is configured to dispose the thread material against a colorant delivering portion of the marking device;
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- a payout thread guide configured to guide the thread material toward the primary thread guide as the thread material is unwound from the payout spool.
The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a portion of the primary thread guide extends beyond the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.