Patent ID: 9382645
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B65H,D01H

Claim Text:
1. An overfeed roller assembly for use on a rotating drive shaft of a textile machine and adapted for adjusting downstream tension in a continuous moving length of yarn, said roller assembly comprising: a base assembly designed for mounting on the drive shaft; a plurality of arcuate yarn tension adjusters carried by said base assembly, and wherein said base assembly comprises a mounting sleeve adapted for being affixed to the drive shaft, and first and second opposing end caps carried by the mounting sleeve and cooperating to secure said arcuate tension adjusters therebetween, each tension adjuster comprising opposing closely spaced yarn-contacting surfaces defining a pathway along said tension adjuster adapted for receiving the continuous moving length of yarn, whereby yarn tension downstream of said roller assembly is reduced as the moving yarn passes through said arcuate tension adjusters in frictional contact with the yarn-contacting surfaces of the pathway.