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Modular creel

US8172170B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

21References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Columbia Insurance Company · US

Inventors

Neil Vaughan · White, US
Mark Honeycutt · Cartersville, US
James Jarrett · Cartersville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2008
Grant date	May 8, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/31
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable creel for organizing yarn packages and directing yarn to a tufting machine. A portable creel provides flexibility for carpet manufactures in that operators can pre-load portable creels with yarn packages for future runs and move them into position when needed. In one aspect, the portable creel comprises an outer frame and a movable inner frame. The inner frame is configured to hold a plurality of yarn packages and the outer frame comprises a plurality of tubes configured to direct the yarn from the yarn packages to a header. The header, in turn, directs the yarn from the portable creel to specific portions of a tufting machine.

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