Patent ID: 11891730
Assignee: SIREN CARE, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  H  Y | IPC A  D  H

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 1:
wherein wrapping the set of fibers into the yarn comprises:
drawing the set of fibers into the wrapping field as discrete fibers in a first direction;
joining the set of fibers at a wrapping site within the wrapping field; and
drawing the yarn out of the wrapping field along the first direction;

wherein feeding the leading end of the first sensing element from the magazine into the wrapping field comprises feeding the leading end of the first sensing element into the wrapping field ahead of the wrapping site and with the longitudinal axis of the first sensing element substantially parallel to the first direction; and
wherein encasing the first sensing element between the set of fibers within the yarn comprises wrapping the set of fibers along a length of the first sensing element from the leading end of the first sensing element to the trailing end of the first sensing element as the first sensing element passes through the wrapping site.