US3091407A

US3091407A - Creel spacer

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Publication number: US3091407A
Application number: US108152A
Authority: US
Inventors: Samuel B Snyder
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-05-05
Filing date: 1961-05-05
Publication date: 1963-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 1980-05-28

Description

May 28, 1963 SSSSSSSS ER 3,091,407

CRE EEEEEE ER United States Patent O 3,091,407 CREEL SPACER Samuel B. Snyder, Drums, Pa. Filed May 5, 1961, Ser. No. 108,152 2 Claims. (Cl. 24h-54) This invention comprises a novel and useful creel spacer and more particularly pertains to a reel `or creel having spacers for interposition between the thread or yarn 'wound thereon and 'which creel and spacers are particularly adapted for handwe-aving.

In certain weaving operations and particularly in handweaving the thread or yarn in customarily wound upon reels or creels between sets of pins and is unwound therefrom as the yarn is used in the weaving process. In order to prevent tangling of the yarn, and to obtain a more uniform feeding of the yarn as the same is used in the weaving operation to thereby produce a more' uniform tension in the yarn and therefore a yfar superior finished product, the present invention contemplates the use of a particular spacer which may be readily -applied between selected pairs of adjacent pins on the creel to separate successive courses of yarn Wound thereon and which will automatically drop from the creel and be discarded when the overlying course of yarn is removed from the creel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spacer construction especially adapted for the foregoing object which shall be of simple and inexpensive construction, extremely light in weight, of relatively thin material.

A further object of the invention is to provide a creel spacer in accordance with the foregoing objects which shall be readily applied to the pins of `a creel and may be easily .and automatically discarded therefrom when the overlying course of yarn is removed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spacer construction in accordance with the preceding objects whereby a plurality of spacers may be readily disposed upon the creel in end-to-end arrangement with respect to each other and engaging the same pin therebetween without interfering with the operation of each other.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation yas more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencel being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE l is a Side elevational View showing a form of creel to which the spacer of this invention has been applied, the threads or yarn being shown wound theron;

FIGURE 2 is a detail view in vertical longitudinal section taken upon an enlarged scale substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 2-2 of FIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 3-3 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the creel of FIG- URE l to which this invention has been applied; and

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of one of the spacer elements in accordance with this invention.

In certain types of weaving operations and particularly in handweaving use is made of a creel or reel upon which threads, yarn o1' other string-like material employed as the warp thread in the weaving process is wound. This material, hereinafter referred to as yarn is unwound or unrolled from the creel as the weaving operation progresses. In order to improve the uniformity of tension as the yarn is wound upon the creel and as the yarn is dispensed therefrom during the weaving operation, the present invention makes use of spacers which separate adjacent overlying courses of yarn to prevent tangling of the yarn, insure uniform tension of the y-arn and facilitate the "ice unwinding of the yarn. These spacers automatically drop from the creel as the overlying course of yarn which retains the spacers upon the creel is withdrawn.

Referring now more specifically to the accompanying drawings, it will be observed that the numeral 10 designates generally a suitable form of reel or creel in accordance with the present invention. In the type of creel shown, there is provided an elongated body 12 which is generally vcr-uciform in cross section consisting of a plurality of longitudinally extending Langes `or ribs 14 projecting from the central portion of the creel and disposed at right angles to each other. The outermost edges of these ribs or anges 14 are provided with dat surfaces 16, and a plurality of radially extending bores or .apertures as at 20 are disposed in rows with equidistant longitudinal spacing therebetween to receive a plurality of parallel lugs or pins 22 which project from the body. As illustrated in FIGURES l, 2 and 4, adjacent pins are adapted to receive therebetweencourses 24 of yarn 26 which is wound about the creel. In some instances a single strand of yarn may be utilized, while in other instances, as illustrated in the accompanying draw-ings, :a plurality of strands in side-by-side relation may be employed.

In accordance with this invention a plurality of spacers each indicated generally by the numeral 30 are utilized, these spacers being rdisposed between adjacent pins 22 and between adjacent or selected courses of the yarn to be wound upon the reel. rIhus, yas will ybe more readily apparent from FIGURES 2 and 3, successive courses of yarn may rest upon and overlie the surface 16 of the ribs or flanges 14, and then successive spacers 30 interposed between successive courses of yarn. Alternatively, spacers may be provided between successive numbers of courses of yarn is desired.

The spacer 30 in accordance with this invention consists of a relatively thin dat strip of material of any suitable nature. In some instances, such economical materials as cardboard, thin metal, plastics or the like may be utilized. It is merely necessary that this material shall be as thin as possible with respect to its other dimensions so as to increase the spacing between adjacent courses of yarn `as little as possible. Further, the width of the spacer strip should not exceed the width of the flat surfaces 16 of the flanges 14. The importance of this last characteristic is that the rigidity `of the flanges 14 will serve to firmly support and minimize possible distortion and flexing of the strips as they are subjected to the pressure of the overlying courses of yarn `by which the strips are pressed towards the body of the creel.

An essential feature of the spacer strips 30 is that their oppos-ite ends are provided with openings in the form of recesses 32. These recesses 32 are preferably semi-circular or of slightly less 4arcuate extent, and are `of a radius which is greater than that of the pins 22. Further, the dimensions and proportions of the spacer strip and its recesses compared to the spacing of the pins 22 is such that each strip may be loosely and slidably `accommodated between and engage upon any pair of adjacent pins so that the strips may be removed by sliding axially along the pins when the overlying `course of yarn is unrolled therefrom, but cannot be removed from the pins by lateral sliding movement. Further, the dimensions of the `strips are such that as suggested in FIGURES l and 2, adjacent endwise disposed strips may engage upon adjacent pairs of pins and be retained thereon with the adjacent ends of lthe strips being out of contact with each other. By this arrangement, as soon as the overlying course of yarn is withdrawn from a given set of pins, the corresponding spacing strip thus uncovered will automatically drop from the pins as the creel is turned during the unwinding of the yarn thereby freeing the next course of yarn, while '3 the yarn on the adjacent sets of pins and their spacer strips remain undisturbed.

It will thus be readily seen that the present invention enables the weaver to maintain a uniform tensioning and uniform spacing of the yarn between adjacent pins on the creel despite the fact that numerous .overlying courses of yarn may be wound upon the creel and between the same pins. Moreover, the spacer strips whicheiect this functionvare .automatically discarded as the yarn is unwound. Further, each spacer strip is capable `of being used between any pair of adjacent pins upon the creel and the insertion of or the withdrawal `of the spacer from a pair of pinsv is free of interference by the next adjacent spacer upon the creel and which may be engaged upon the same pin.

The strips are inexpensive, extremely compact and fiat, and lalthough effectively separating adjacent courses of yarn, do not increasek the diameter of the loaded reel to any appreciable extent.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily `occur to thoseV 4. between these pins, said spacer comprising -a flat rectangular strip of a relatively thin material and having recesses in its opposite ends for loosely receiving said pins therebetween, the dimensions of said spacers and their recesses being such that the spacers may readily slide Iaxially of the pins and disengage therefrom when the overlying course of yarn is removed but are prevented from lateral removal from said pins by engagement of said recesses on said pins, the dimensions of said spacers and recesses being such that adjacent spacers may be placed in end-toend alignment with their adjacent recesses engaged upon a common pin.

2. A weavers creel comprising a body having at least three parallel equidistantly spaced pins projecting therefrom, a pluralityofspacers each comprising ia thin iiat strip having recesses infits opposite ends, said strips and recesses being so proportioned relative to thespacing of the pins that a pair of spacers may be disposed between said three pins in end-to-end relation and with yan intermediate pin being received in the adjacent recesses of the adjacentendsof said pair of spacers, the spacing and size of said strips and recesses being such that when the overlying course of yarn is removed from between a pair `of pins the associated spacer may slide axially Ifrom said pms.

ReierencesCitedtin the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 7,824` Hoskin July 3l, 1877 882,019 Reed Mar. 17, 1908 1,624,183 Richardson et al Apr. 12, 1927

Claims

1. A WEAVER''S CREEL COMPRISING A BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED PARALLEL PINS PROJECTING THEREFROM BETWEEN WHICH COURSES OF YARN ARE TO BE WOUND, A SPACER ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED BETWEEN A PAIR OF ADJACENT PINS FOR INTERPOSITION BETWEEN ADJACENT COURSES OF YARN WOUND BETWEEN THESE PINS, SAID SPACER COMPRISING A FLAT RECTANGULAR STRIP OF A RELATIVELY THIN MATERIAL AND HAVING RECESSES IN ITS OPPOSITE ENDS FOR LOOSELY RECEIVING SAID PINS THEREBETWEEN, THE DIMENSIONS OF SAID SPACERS AND THEIR RECESSES BEING SUCH THAT THE SPACERS MAY READILY SLIDE AXIALLY OF THE PINS AND DISENGAGE THEREFROM WHEN THE OVERLYING COURSE OF YARN IS REMOVED BUT ARE PREVENTED FROM LATERAL REMOVAL FROM SAID PINS BY ENGAGEMENT OF SAID RECESSES ON SAID PINS, THE DIMENSIONS OF SAID SPACERS AND RECESSES BEING SUCH THAT ADJACENT SPACERS MAY BE PLACED IN END-TOEND ALIGNMENT WITH THEIR ADJACENT RECESSES ENGAGED UPON A COMMON PIN.