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US 6,345,783 B1Granted
Spool rack with connecting system
AssigneeMemminger-IRO GmbH
InventorChristoph Worner
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Abstract
A spool rack (1) composed of carrying and connecting struts includes a connecting system for the struts connecting element (15) which are inserted in each case into one of the struts. The connecting element has a pressure transmitting portion (23) against which there is supported a screw bolt (17) which is screwed into the threaded socket (16) of the other strut to be connected. To enable mounting in correct position, the connecting element (15) is releasably fixable in the corresponding strut.
Claims13
A spool rack for receiving spools on which thread material is wound, the spool rack comprising:
- a plurality of first and second tubular struts;
- creel holders arranged on the first or second tubular struts for supporting spools;
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- a connecting system for joining the each of the first tubular struts together with a respective one of the second tubular struts at respective connecting points, the connecting system including at each respective connecting point a connecting element slidable into the first tubular strut, a threaded socket insertable into the second tubular strut and a screw bolt, the connecting element having a pressure transmitting portion which is arranged to engage an inner wall of the first tubular strut and a holding portion connected to the pressure transmitting portion for releasably fixing the connecting element in the first strut, the screw bolt being supported on the pressure transmitting portion and extending through a passage bore in the wall of the first tubular strut and being threadably received in the threaded socket so as to join together the first and second struts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.