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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn Freitas, Foxboro, MA (US);
Kevin E Keough, Canton, MA (US);
William J Hurley, Jr, Belmont, MA (US);
Richard Terrazzano, Salem, NH (US);
Daniel Bullock, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
87 54 ; 87 39 ; 87 40 ; 87 50 ; 87 55 ; 87 56 ;
Abstract
A braiding machine carrier having a frame; a fiber spool mount attached to the frame; a fiber take-up assembly including a spiral spring; gear train on the frame for mechanically connecting the take-up spring assembly to the fiber spool mount for winding the spiral spring as a spool on the mount rotates; and a magnetic clutch, coupled to the take-up spring assembly, for preventing overwinding of the spiral spring.