Methods and systems for regulating tension in warping

US10167578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Columbia Insurance Company · US

Inventors

• Mark Honeycutt · Cartersville, US
• Keith Goble · Cartersville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2019
• Expiry date: May 18, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D02H5/00
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A warping system for reducing tension in a plurality of yarn ends wound by the warping system onto a beam. The warping system minimizes the number of contact points as yarn is pulled off of yarn packages in a creel and wound onto the beam. After exiting a tube, yarn passes over a roller and an expansion comb before being wound onto the beam. The yarn extends between the roller and the beam substantially in a yarn plane. The yarn can contact the warping system at only one contact point between the roller and the beam.