Filling housing for looms having multiple filling yarn spools

Claim 1

A MEANS FOR PREVENTIN BREAKAGE OF FILLING YARNS IN A LOOM HAVING AT LEAST TWO SUPERIMPOSED SUPPLY PACKAGES OF FILLING YARN IN WHICH THE TRALING END OF ONE PACKAGE IS CONNECTED TO THE LEADING END OF THE OTHER PACKAGE FOR PROVIDING AN UNEXHAUSTED SUPPLY OF FILLING YARN TO THE LOOM BETWEEN THE TWO PACKAGES; SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLATFORM DISPOSED BETWEEN THE PACKAGES OF FILLING YARN AND ADAPTED TO CATCH AND SUPPORT EXCESS FILLING YARN PULLED FROM THE UPPER YARN TO THE LOOM TO PREVENT THE OPERATION OF THE FILLING YARN TO THE LOOM TO PREVENT THE YARN FROM HANGING DOWN AN APPRECIABLE AMOUNT FROM THE UPPER PACKAGE TO BECOME TWISTED AND KINKED AND BROKEN DURING SUBSEQUENT FEEDING OPERATIONS OF THE FILLING YARN TO THE LOOM, PLATFORM COMPRISING A PAIR OF PLATES SPACED FROM EACH OTHER SLIGHTLY IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION AND SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION TO DEFINE AN OPENING THEREBETWEEN TO ALLOW THE PASSAGE OF THE FILLING YARN THEREBETWEN FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID PLATFORM TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PLATFORM WHEN THE FILLING YARNS FROM ONE PACKAGE IS EXHAUSTED AND THE TRAILING END OF THE ONE PACKAGE PULLS THE LEADING END OF THE OTHER PACKAGE TO SUPPLY FILLING YARN TO THE LOOM.