Yarn guide
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsJohn Battista Gallini, Gerald Dean Hauxwell, Christopher Roger Whitfield
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Abstract
A yarn guide comprising a rotatably mounted circumferentially grooved cylindrical bar having as part of the bar surface a smoothly recessed, relatively flat area advancing helically less than a complete turn along the the length of the bar, the relatively flat area being uniformly recessed to a depth such that at least part of the recessed area is devoid of grooves. The guide permits step-wise engagement of a multiplicity of yarns.
Claims4
A yarn guide comprising a rotatably mounted circumferentially grooved cylindrical bar having as part of the bar surface a smoothly recessed, relatively flat area advancing helically less than a complete turn along the length of the bar, the relatively flat area being uniformly recessed to a depth such that at least part of the recessed area is devoid of grooves.
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