GB1125854A - Improvements in and relating to creels for supplying warp yarns - Google Patents

Abstract

1,125,854. Creels. JEFFERSON MILLS CO. Inc. 17 Jan., 1967 [18 Jan., 1966], No. 2456/67. Heading DIM. A creel comprises a stationary frame 20 with spaced series of longitudinally arranged compartments 21 each adapted to receive a creel truck 30 guided along tracks 22. At the forward end of each compartment there is provided on each side a series of vertically spaced guide bars 25, each of which has a number of guide hooks 26, Fig. 9, for the warp ends which increase in number progressively from the rear to the front of the creel as the number of warp ends increase. The creel tracks 30, see fig. 4, each have a base 31 on wheels 32 and guide members 33. Mounted upon each side of vertical central strips 34 are spindles 35 for the yarn packages 36 and pivotally mounted guide strips 37 are provided on each side having guide holes (39) for the yarns from each package. At the front end of each creel truck there is provided on each side a series of vertically spaced guide bars 42 with guide hooks (43) corresponding to the guide bars 25 and hooks 26 on the fixed frame 20. Thus, the yarns from the packages first pass through the guide holes (39) in strips 37, then round the guide hooks (43) on the bars 42 of the trucks, and then around the fixed guide hooks 26. The creel trucks are set up outside the frame 20. The guide strips 37 being pivoted outwardly to allow the yarn packages to be placed upon spindles 35. The yarns are then threaded through the guide holes (39) and hooks 43. The tracks which may be coupled together are then moved into position into the frame and the yarns ends from each track threaded through the corresponding guide hooks 26 of the frame and taken out through the front of the creel.