US 12,214,987 B2
Yarn storage system and method for producing textiles using such yarn storage system
Martin Shamis, Cartersville, GA (US); Harlan Francis Morris, Jr., Calhoun, GA (US); and Robert N. Bowen, Jr., Calhoun, GA (US)
Assigned to Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/757,114
Filed by Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/065832
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127326, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,495, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,537, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20154821 (EP), filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002185 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 75/16 (2006.01); B65H 49/16 (2006.01); B65H 61/00 (2006.01); B65H 67/04 (2006.01); B65H 67/06 (2006.01); B65H 75/18 (2006.01); D05C 13/02 (2006.01); D05C 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 49/16 (2013.01) [B65H 61/00 (2013.01); B65H 67/0428 (2013.01); B65H 67/06 (2013.01); B65H 75/16 (2013.01); B65H 75/182 (2013.01); D05C 13/02 (2013.01); D05C 15/18 (2013.01); B65H 2301/515 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2701/31 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A yarn storage container comprising:
a tubular container comprising an axial length, an outer wall, and first and second tubular ends, wherein the first tubular end comprises an opening, and the second tubular end comprises a cap;
wherein the outer wall comprises a first section disposed adjacent the first tubular end along the axial length of the tubular container and a second section disposed at the second tubular end along the axial length of the tubular container, and the first and second sections comprise a plurality of openings;
wherein the openings of the first section are spaced apart along the axial length at a first distance, and the openings of the second section are spaced apart at a second distance; and
wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance.