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US 4,019,700 AGranted
Beam creel
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorHerbert R. King
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Abstract
A beam creel with a movable support which can be automatically moved from a loading position to a yarn pay-off position and incorporates a tension control which automatically maintains the tension in a plurality of yarn sheets from a plurality of beams mounted on the creel.
Claims8
A creel to supply yarn to a yarn consuming machine comprising:
- a frame, means to rotate a plurality of yarn beams mounted in said frame, means to support a plurality of yarn beams operably associated with said frame, means to supply yarn from the yarn beams to the yarn consuming machine mounted on said frame and means to move said yarn beam support means into and out of operative relationship with said means to rotate the yarn beams, said means to support yarn beams including a pair of elongated beams pivotally mounted in said creel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.