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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);

Inventors:

Jamie Lynn Johnson, Trenton, GA (US);

Eric Walter Thompson, Rock Spring, GA (US);

Assignee:

Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 57/16 (2006.01); B65H 57/00 (2006.01); B65H 57/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 57/16 (2013.01); B65H 57/003 (2013.01); B65H 57/28 (2013.01); B65H 2701/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for transporting fiber ends can comprise a fiber supply assembly that supplies fiber along a first axis. A plurality of eyeboards can be positioned along the first axis. Each eyeboard can define a plurality of openings therethrough. Each opening of the plurality of openings can be configured to receive therethrough a fiber from the fiber supply assembly. A track can extend along the first axis. The track can pass proximate to each eyeboard of the at least one eyeboard. A carriage can be movable along the track. The carriage can define at least one fiber attachment element. An actuator can be configured to move the carriage along the track.


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