Supporting structure for quick loading of yarn spools in dyeing and drying machines or other processing devices

Claim 1

Supporting structure for quick loading of yarn spools in dyeing machines, drying machines and other processing facilities, characterized in that said supporting structure consists of a frame forming a plane latticed tray subdivided internally into housings by means of a number of dividing inside walls generally perpendicular to each other and secured to the inner walls of said frame, a separator being secured in each housing so as to allow limited vertical displacement of said separator, each said separator being adapted to support and maintain centered a yarn wound spool, said allowable displacement having the purpose of compensating for any differences in the height and non perfect planarity between respective ones of said spools on which the yarn is wound, so as to ensure hydraulic tightness between said spools, a plurality of said supporting structures, previously loaded with a spool in each housing being adapted to constitute, a load of material consisting of yarn wound spools by stacking of successive ones of said plurality of said supporting structures.