Precision delivery system
AssigneeThe University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsSimon Challis, Anura Fernando, Tilak Dias, William Cooke, Najmal Hassan Chaudhury, John Geraghty, Steven Smith
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Abstract
A precision yarn (14) delivery system for the delivery of yarn from a yarn supply to a yarn utilising point, comprising a temporary yarn store (22) intermediate the supply and the utilisation point in which the yarn (14) is held under low tension and is fed from the store as required by the utilisation point.
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A precision yarn delivery system for the delivery of yarn from a yarn supply to a yarn utilization point, the system having means for delivery precise lengths of yarn comprising a temporary yarn store intermediate the supply and the utilization point in which the yarn is held under a uniform substantially zero tension and is fed from the store as required by the utilization point.
A knitting machine having a precision yarn delivery system for the delivery of yarn from a yarn supply to a knitting point, the system having means for delivering precise lengths of yarn comprising a temporary yarn store intermediate the supply and the knitting point in which the yarn is held under a uniform substantially zero tension and fed from the store as required by the knitting point.
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