US 12,331,434 B2
Yarn storage system and method for producing textiles using such yarn storage system
Harlan Francis Morris, Jr., Calhoun, GA (US); Michael Gallman, Calhoun, GA (US); and Robert N. Bowen, Jr., Calhoun, GA (US)
Assigned to Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US)
Filed by Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/999,612.
Application 18/999,612 is a continuation of application No. 17/757,114, granted, now 12,214,987, previously published as PCT/US2020/065832, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
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 2025/0129525 A1, Apr. 24, 2025
Int. Cl. D02H 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 49/16 (2006.01); B65H 61/00 (2006.01); B65H 67/04 (2006.01); B65H 67/06 (2006.01); B65H 75/16 (2006.01); B65H 75/18 (2006.01); D05C 13/02 (2006.01); D05C 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC D02H 1/00 (2013.01) [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 creeling system, comprising:
a yarn storage system, wherein the yarn storage system comprises a plurality of yarn storage containers positioned within the yarn storage system;
a first yarn storage container of the plurality of yarn storage containers positioned within the yarn storage system at a horizontal distance and at a vertical distance from a second yarn storage container of the plurality of yarn storage containers positioned within the yarn storage system;
a plurality of injectors, wherein:
each injector is movably secured to the creeling system,
each injector is configured to propel a yarn;
a robot comprising a memory and configured to receive and store a filling sequence; and
wherein the robot is configured to execute the filling sequence by at least:
moving a first injector of the plurality of injectors to a first location proximal the first yarn storage container,
activating the first injector for a first duration,
moving the first injector to a second location that is the horizontal distance and the vertical distance from the first location, and
activating the first injector for a second duration.