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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:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James O Threlkeld, Charlotte, NC (US);
James Preston, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 181 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the winding pattern on a yarn package for traverse winder used for winding elastomeric yarn to prevent repetitive patterns of individual yarn segments on the package includes an apparatus for monitoring the operation of a yarn package spindle, an apparatus for monitoring the operation of a traverse arm associated with a winder, an arrangement for predicting the occurrence of repetitive patterns of yarn strands, and an arrangement for adjusting the relative speed of the yarn package spindle and the traverse arm to prevent the occurrence of thusly predicted repetitive patterns.