US 12,404,143 B2
Creel system
Sigurn Vandenbrande, Dentergem (BE); and Bart De Smedt, Ledeberg (BE)
Assigned to GILBOS N.V., Herdesem (BE)
Appl. No. 18/004,967
Filed by GILBOS N.V., Herdersem (BE)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056343
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/013773, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/5527 (BE), filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339719 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 69/00 (2006.01); B65H 49/16 (2006.01); B65H 49/38 (2006.01); D02H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 69/00 (2013.01) [B65H 2701/31 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for holding bobbins with yarn and joining the yarns of the bobbins to produce an elongated yarn, said system comprising:
a. a plurality of devices for transporting and positioning a bobbin with yarn for provision in a creel, the devices each comprising: an elongated bobbin carrier, for holding the bobbin with the yarn, which carrier extends from a support member from a first end of the carrier, and which carrier has a free second end, and the devices each comprising two fixing members for holding free yarn ends of the yarn on the bobbin; a first of the fixing members for holding a leading end of the yarn; a second of the fixing members for holding a tag end of the yarn;
b. a creel system comprising a plurality of receiving positions, each of the receiving positions adapted to receive one of the devices, which receiving positions are grouped into pairs of two receiving positions;
wherein the devices are provided with one or more engaging elements, and the receiving positions are provided with one or more engaging mechanisms for connecting to the engaging elements, the engaging mechanisms of the receiving positions of each pair being positioned such that:
the carriers of the devices received in the pair of receiving positions are orientated towards a common run-off point; and
the first fixing member of a first device interfaces with the second fixing member of a second device; and
the second fixing member of the first device interfaces with the first fixing member of the second device; and
wherein interfacing fixing members have a minimum mutual distance which is at most 250 mm.