Method and apparatus for securing the end of a thread standing under tension to a thread reel

US5803400A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• TAKATA (EUROPE) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Robert Kopetzky · Lonsee, DE
• Frank Mueller · Wiehl, DE
• Ulrich Diepold · Ulm, DE
• Sabine Dreizler · Stuttgart, DE
• Frank Pietschmann · Maulburg, DE
• Matthias Pleyer · Senden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 8, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2022/4413
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A thread reel, with a thread wound thereon, has a holding pin at its periphery upon which the end of the thread is secured such that a plurality of loops are laid around the holding pin in such a way that in each case the end of each loop, respectively, facing the thread reel simultaneously forms the start of the next loop which is further spaced from the thread reel, with the end of the next loop remote from the preceding loop lying closer to the thread reel than the end to which it is connected.