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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl J Odham, Asheboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Asheboro Elastics, Corp., Asheboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ; D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6612 / ; 28218 ; 66203 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for feeding a knitted yarn package having a plurality of yarn ends to a textile fabric making machine. The apparatus includes takeup means for moving the yarn in the direction of the machine and tension means located upstream of the takeup means for providing resistance to the movement of the yarn in the direction of the machine. An unravelling assembly is positioned between the takeup means and the tension means for engaging the yarn ends. The unravelling assembly is operable to uniformly unravel the knitted yarn package.