Conveyor system for yarn processing machines

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A YARN PROCESSING MACHINE HAVING A ROW OF YARN PROCESSING STATIONS ALONG EACH SIDE THEREOF AND ADAPTED FOR PROCESSING MORE THAN TWO TYPES OF YARN INTO PACKAGE FORM AND A CONVEYOR SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) TWO PAIRS OF SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ELONGATE ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CONVEYOR BELTS HAVING THE UPPER AND LOWER REACHES THEREOF DISPOSED IN JUXTAPOSED, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION AND ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON SAID YARN PROCESSING MACHINE ABOVE SAID ROWS OF YARN PROCESSING STATIONS, THE UPPER REACHES OF SAID CONVEYOR BELTS BEING TRANSVERSELY ARCUATE TO PRESENT A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CONCAVE UPPER SURFACE FOR CENTERING YARN PACKAGES PLACED THEREON FOR CONVEYING THE SAME WITHOUT DAMAGE THERETO, THE CONVEYORS OF EACH PAIR BEING LONGITUDINALLY ALINED AND EXTENDING FROM A MEDIAL PORTION OF SAID YARN PROCESSING MACHINE TO THE ENDS OF THE SAME, (B) MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CONVEYOR BELTS FOR DRIVING ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR BELTS OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS IN ONE DIRECTION SUCH THAT YARN PACKAGES PLACED THEREON WILL BE CONVEYED TO ONE END OF THE YARN PROCESSING MACHINE AND FOR DRIVING THE OTHER CONVEYOR BELT OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SUCH THAT YARN PACKAGES PLACED THEREON WILL BE CONVEYED TO THE OTHER END OF THE YARN PROCESSING MACHINE, (C) MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT EACH OF SAID CONVEYOR BELTS FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF YARN PACKAGES BEING CONVEYED THEREBY, AND (D) MEANS CONNECTING SAID COUNTING MEANS AND SAID CONVEYOR DRIVE MEANS AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO ANY ONE OF SAID COUNTING MEANS COUNTING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF YARN PACKAGES FOR INTERRUPTING THE OPERATION OF AT LEAST THE CORRESPONDING CONVEYOR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.