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Patent No.:

US 12742264 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2024

Automated yarn package handling system and method

Applicant:

Belmont Textile Machinery Company, Mount Holly, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Mount Holly, NC (US);

Donald Alan Pubentz, Mount Holly, NC (US);

Assignee:

Belmont Textile Machinery Company, Mount Holly, NC (US);

Attorneys:

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

S. Alexander Long, Jr.

Primary Examiner:

Bao-Thieu L Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01H 9/18 (2006.01); B65H 63/00 (2006.01); B65H 65/00 (2006.01); D01H 13/12 (2006.01); D01H 13/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01H 9/18 (2013.01); B65H 63/006 (2013.01); B65H 65/005 (2013.01); D01H 13/12 (2013.01); D01H 13/32 (2013.01); B65H 2553/21 (2013.01); B65H 2553/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method of robotically tying a knot that includes the steps of removing the package from the elevator tray to a knotting head apparatus at the knot-tying location where a knot is tied in a yarn tail of the package to secure the package tail from unraveling in subsequent package handling steps. Correct application of the knot to the yarn tail is either validated, or in the alternative, if the knot is not validated, the package is forwarded to a location for manual reworking to apply a correct knot to the yarn tail.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rhyne, Jeffrey. (2026). Automated yarn package handling system and method (U.S. Patent No. 12742264). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12742264

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