Lap creel comprising rod shaped carrier elements

US4180219A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Josef Becker · Neunkirchen, DE
• Hubert Becker · Aachen, DE
• Matthias Becker · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 1978
• Grant date: Dec 25, 1979
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/534
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A lap creel comprising rod shaped carrier elements is used, for example, in the textile industry for winding up textile threads or yarns. For this purpose the rod shaped carrier elements are held together by holding or fixing elements which together with the carrier elements form a circular cage from which the carrier elements protrude radially beyond the holding elements. A plurality of holding elements may be arranged along the lap creel. The individual rod shaped carrier elements have a tapering shape so that the lap creel itself has a conical shape with a largest diameter end and a smallest diameter end. At the largest diameter end the holding element encircles the carrier elements so that the latter face radially inwardly. At the smallest diameter end, the carrier element surrounds the holding element so that the carrier elements face radially outwardly in the form of ribs.