Yarn furnishing device

Claim 1

A YARN-FURNISHING DEVICE, COMPRISING A MOTOR, A MOTOR HOUSING THEREFOR, A GENERALLY CONICALLY TAPERED FURNISHING WHEEL DRIVEN BY SAID MOTOR, YARN GUIDING MEANS ADAPTED TO GUIDE YARN TO THE LARGER END OF SAID FURNISHING WHEEL, AND A YARN GUIDE MEMBER WHICH IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE YARN FROM THE SMALLER END OF SAID FURNISHING WHEEL, THE YARN BEING SPIRALLY WOUND AROUND THE FURNISHING WHEEL FROM THE POINT WHERE IT IS BROUGHT TO SAID FURNISHING WHEEL TO THE POINT WHERE IT LEAVES SAID FURNISHING WHEEL, SAID YARN GUIDING MEANS INCLUDING FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD YARN GUIDES, THE FIRST YARN GUIDE BEING FIXED RELATIVE TO THE FURNISHING WHEEL, THE THIRD YARN GUIDE BEING ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE FURNISHING WHEEL TO VARY THE NUMBER OF SPIRAL WINDINGS OF YARN THEREON, THE SECOND YARN GUIDE BEING LATERALLY ADJUSTABLE BETWEEN AND RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST AND THIRD YARN GUIDES TO APPLY AND VARY TENSION UPON THE YARN AS IT IS GUIDED TO THE FURNISHING WHEEL, SAID FIRST YARN GUIDE BEING FIXED TO SAID MOTOR HOUSING, A PAIR OF AXIALLY SPACED RING BEING ALSO MOUNTED ON SAID MOTOR HOUSING, COAXIALLY WITH SAID FURNISHING WHEEL, SAID SECOND AND THIRD YARN GUIDES BEING FIXED TO SAID PAIR OF RINGS, EACH OF SAID RINGS BEING ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER ABOUT SAID MOTOR HOUSING.