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Apparatus for controlling the feed of yarn

US4221317A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 1979
Grant dateSep 9, 1980
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Expiry dateJul 12, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19014
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for feeding yarn during a single stitch of a needle such that the mean rotational frequency of a yarn feeding drum connected to a first and second driving member is changed during the single stitch of the needle so as to regulate and control the feeding of the yarn and provide a maximum and minimum yarn length in the resulting stitch or selectively provide a yarn length between the maximum or minimum length.

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