Creel for textile machines

Claim 1

IN A YARN PROCESSING MACHINE HAVING A YARN PROCESSING STATION, CREEL MEANS SECURED TO SAID MACHINE AND CARRYING BOBBIN MEANS SUPPLYING FILAMENTARY MATERIAL TO SAID PROCESSING STATION, SAID CREEL MEANS BEING MOVABLE WITH REFERENCE TO SAID MACHINE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED CLOSE TO SAID PROCESSING STATION WHEREBY ACCESS TO SAID CREEL MEANS AND BOBBIN MEANS IS OBSTRUCTED BY SAID PROCESSING STATION, AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID CREEL MEANS AND BOBBIN MEANS ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE; AND COMBINED GUIDING AND LOCATING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID MACHINE AND CREEL MEANS FOR GUIDING THE LATTER DURING MOVEMENT FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITION AND FOR LOCATING SAID CREEL MEANS IN SAID FIRST POSITION IN A PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID MACHINE, SAID LOCKING MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SLEEVE MEMBER HAVING A FREE FIRST END AND A SECOND END SECURED TO SAID MACHINE, SAID SLEEVE MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATED FIRST PASSAGE EXTENDING FROM SAID SECOND END TOWARD SAID FIRST END BUT TERMINATING SHORT THEREOF, AND A SECOND PASSAGE INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST PASSAGE AND SAID FIRST END, SAID SECOND PASSAGE HAVING A CROSS-SECTION LARGER THAN SAID FIRST PASSAGE, SAID LOCKING MEANS FURTHER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED ARM PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID FRAME-SHAPED MEMBER AND HAVING ITS OTHER END SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN SAID PASSAGES THROUGH SAID FIRST END OF SAID SLEEVE MEMBER, AND A LOCKING MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID OTHER END OF SAID ARM, SAID LOCKING MEMBER BEING MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID ARM BETWEEN ONE POSITION IN WHICH IT EXTENDS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LATTER AND IS RECEIVABLE WITH THE SAME IN SAID FIRST PASSAGE, AND ANOTHER POSITION IN WHICH IT EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY OF SAID ARM AND IS PREVENTED FROM ENTRY INTO SAID FIRST PASSAGE, AND ACTUATING MEANS ADAPTED TO BIAS SAID LOCKING MEMBER FROM SAID ONE TO SAID OTHER POSITION WHEREBY, WHEN SAID OTHER END OF SAID ARM IS WITHDRAWN FROM SAID FIRST PASSAGE INTO SAID SECOND PASSAGE OF SAID SLEEVE MEMBER DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID FRAME-SHAPED MEMBER FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITION, SAID LOCKING MEMBER WILL PASS FROM SAID FIRST PASSAGE INTO SAID SECOND PASSAGE AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS WILL BIAS SAID LOCKING MEMBER INTO SAID OTHER POSITION SO THAT REINSERTION OF SAID OTHER END OF SAID ARM INTO SAID FIRST PASSAGE IS BLOCKED AND SAID FRAME-SHAPED MEMBER IS LOCKED INTO SAID SECOND POSITION.