Yarn retaining device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF PACKAGES OF YARN FOR SEQUENTIAL USE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SUPPORT MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A FIRST SUPPLY PACKAGE ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A SECOND SUPPLY PACKAGE ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER SO THAT A TRANSFER TAIL ON ONE SUPPLY PACKAGE CAN BE TIED TO THE LEADING END OF THE SECOND SUPPLY PACKAGE TO PROVIDE A TRANSFER TAIL LINKAGE, A YARN RETAINING MEMBER ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID YARN RETAINING MEMBER COMPRISING A FIXED BASE HAVING ITS AXIS EXTENDING VERTICALLY, SAID BASE INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING STUD HAVING A PORTION OF NONCIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION, A PAD OF RESILIENT FRICTIONAL MATERIAL CARRIED ON SAID BASE, SAID PAD HAVING AN EXPOSED UPPER FACE, A PRESSURE PLATE RESTING UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT ON THE UPPER FACE OF SAID PAD, SAID PLATE HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN FOR RECEIVING SAID NON-CIRCULAR PORTION OF SAID STUD TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID PLATE RELATIVE TO SAID STUD, SAID PLATE BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE ALONG SAID STUD RELATIVE TO SAID BASE AND PAD WHEREBY SAID PLATE CAN BE LIFTED FROM SAID PAD FACE TO PERMIT THE INTRODUCTION OF SAID TRANSFER TAIL LINKAGE THEREBETWEEN, SAID LINKAGE BEING ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID PAD AND SAID PLATE WHEN THE LATTER RETURNS TO REST ON SAID PAD FACE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF PACKAGES OF YARN FOR SEQUENTIAL USE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SUPPORT MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A FIRST SUPPLY PACKAGE ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A SECOND SUPPLY PACKAGE ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER SO THAT A TRANSFER TAIL ON ONE SUPPLY PACKAGE CAN BE TIED TO THE LEADING END OF THE SECOND SUPPLY PACKAGE TO PROVIDE A TRANSFER TAIL LINKAGE, A YARN RETAINING MEMBER ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID YARN RETAINING MEMBER COMPRISING A FIXED BASE HAVING ITS AXIS EXTENDING VERTICALLY, SAID BASE INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING STUD HAVING A PORTION OF NONCIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION, A PAD OF RESILIENT FRICTIONAL MATERIAL CARRIED ON SAID BASE, SAID PAD HAVING AN EXPOSED UPPER FACE, A PRESSURE PLATE RESTING UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT ON THE UPPER FACE OF SAID PAD, SAID PLATE HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN FOR RECEIVING SAID NON-CIRCULAR PORTION OF SAID STUD TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID PLATE RELATIVE TO SAID STUD, SAID PLATE BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE ALONG SAID STUD RELATIVE TO SAID BASE AND PAD WHEREBY SAID PLATE CAN BE LIFTED FROM SAID PAD FACE TO PERMIT THE INTRODUCTION OF SAID TRANSFER TAIL LINKAGE THEREBETWEEN, SAID LINKAGE BEING ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID PAD AND SAID PLATE WHEN THE LATTER RETURNS TO REST ON SAID PAD FACE.