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US3123968A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

flanigan

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Granted: 1964-03-10
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Expires: 1981-03-10
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Abstract

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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 09:32
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H54/00; B65H54/02; B65H54/10; B65H55/00; B65H55/04; B65H2701/00; B65H2701/30; B65H2701/31; B65H2701/37

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 224 words
IN A WINDING APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING A SUPPLY STATION FOR SUPPLYING YARN TO A WINDING STATION, SAID SUPPLY STATION INCLUDING SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS ABOUT AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF SAID SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS, AND BRAKING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS; TENSIONING MEANS, SAID TENSIONING MEANS ESTABLISHING A PATH OF TRAVEL BETWEEN SAID SUPPLY STATION AND SAID WINDING STATION, MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY VARYING SAID PATH OF TRAVEL AND ACTUATING SAID BRAKING MEANS TO IMPART TENSION TO YARN ALONG SAID PATH OF TRAVEL; SAID WINDING STATION INCLUDING A WINDING SHAFT, MOTOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID WINDING SHAFT, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTING SAID WINDING SHAFT TO SAID MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS, SAID WINDING SHAFT AND MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS TURNING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND AT THE SAME SPEED, A PIVOTED TRAVERSE ARM FOR LAYING DOWN YARN ON A PACKET CORE MOUNTED ON SAID WINDING SHAFT, AND MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY INCREASING AND DECREASING THE LAYING STROKE OF SAID TRAVERSE ARM AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY OSCILLATING ITS FREE END WITH A CONSTANT STROKE, WHEREBY YARN PASSING FROM SAID SUPPLY STATION WILL HAVE A CONTINUOUS TWIST IMPRESSED THEREON IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH THE YARN IS BEING WOUND, AND WHEREBY THE YARN WILL BE LAID DOWN IN INCREAS-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 224 words
IN A WINDING APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING A SUPPLY STATION FOR SUPPLYING YARN TO A WINDING STATION, SAID SUPPLY STATION INCLUDING SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS ABOUT AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF SAID SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS, AND BRAKING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS; TENSIONING MEANS, SAID TENSIONING MEANS ESTABLISHING A PATH OF TRAVEL BETWEEN SAID SUPPLY STATION AND SAID WINDING STATION, MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY VARYING SAID PATH OF TRAVEL AND ACTUATING SAID BRAKING MEANS TO IMPART TENSION TO YARN ALONG SAID PATH OF TRAVEL; SAID WINDING STATION INCLUDING A WINDING SHAFT, MOTOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID WINDING SHAFT, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTING SAID WINDING SHAFT TO SAID MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS, SAID WINDING SHAFT AND MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPOOL MOUNTING MEANS TURNING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND AT THE SAME SPEED, A PIVOTED TRAVERSE ARM FOR LAYING DOWN YARN ON A PACKET CORE MOUNTED ON SAID WINDING SHAFT, AND MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY INCREASING AND DECREASING THE LAYING STROKE OF SAID TRAVERSE ARM AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY OSCILLATING ITS FREE END WITH A CONSTANT STROKE, WHEREBY YARN PASSING FROM SAID SUPPLY STATION WILL HAVE A CONTINUOUS TWIST IMPRESSED THEREON IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH THE YARN IS BEING WOUND, AND WHEREBY THE YARN WILL BE LAID DOWN IN INCREAS-

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