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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1975
Robert L Burchette, Jr, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Edward J Harris, Clemson, SC (US);
Plastic Injectors, Inc., Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
A cylindrical yarn carrier having improved means for producing a transfer tail adjacent an end thereof. The cylindrical yarn carrier may be a solid tube, a perforated rigid tube for dyeing or a collapsible yarn dye tube. An end of the tube at which the transfer tail is produced may have a segment along the lengths thereof where the surface of the carrier is irregular or roughened and has a groove therearound that receives a plurality of wraps of yarn therein to produce the transfer tail while further serving as a storage area for same. An opposite end of the tube has a yarn hook means to engage the yarn and permit same to be wound around the package.