Yarn storage device for a textile machine

US9511974B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NV MICHEL VAN DE WIELE · BE

Inventors

• Charles Beauduin · Halle, BE
• Vincent Lampaert · Vichte, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A yarn storage device (1) for a yarn-processing machine including yarn storage spaces (2) and at least one yarn loader (3) which can be moved to a selected yarn storage space (2) in order to connect an end part of the yarn supply (14) to an end part of an external yarn supply, and to add an amount of yarn to said yarn storage space (2) by winding the yarn (100) onto a winding-up body (6) and then removing it from the winding-up body (6) in the wound-up state and to add it to the storage space (2). The present invention also relates to a corresponding method and a yarn-processing machine fitted with such a yarn storage device.