Automated yarn creeling device

US6260783A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Georgia Tech Research Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mary Lynn Realff · Atlanta, US
• Robert Braga · Billerica, US
• David Burrows · Haverhill, US
• Eric Fuller · Macon, US
• Erika Geist · Peoria, US
• Courtenay Glanville · Atlanta, US
• Wiley Holcombe · Atlanta, US
• Harvey Lipkin · Decatur, US
• Gary McMurray · Atlanta, US
• Mark Sagers · Cordova, US
• Bernie Ulmer · Lawrenceville, US
• Youjiang Wang · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 3, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/31
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automated yarn creeling method and apparatus for the textile industry. Preferably, the present yarn creeling system is used in the carpet tufting industry to automate, ultimately, the intelligent transfer of packages of yarn from the shipping pallets to the bullhorns of a creeler. The apparatus preferably comprises a service arm assembly, a vertical support, a base support, and automated weighing and control systems.