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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernst-Dieter Plath, Albstadt, DE;
Assignee:
SIPRA Patententwicklungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Albstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2424194 ; 2421 / ; 2421 / ; 2424199 ; 6613 / ;
Abstract
A yarn brake has a bearing pin, two brake elements for braking a yarn, the brake elements being mounted on the bearing pin for being rotated by the yarn in friction engagement with the brake elements when the yarn is consumed, at least one of the brake elements being axially movable on the bearing pin, a bias mechanism holding the two brake elements in abutment, and a support, the bearing pin being freely rotatable in the support by the brake elements during use of the yarn brake.