Patent ID: 6111235
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: D02J,H05B,Y10S

Abstract:
A godet assembly for guiding and advancing a yarn, comprising:a bearing housing comprising:a bearing support having an external circumference and defining at least one internal bearing bore, anda cooling body surrounding in heat exchange engagement the entire external circumference of the bearing support for conducting heat away from the bearing support, wherein the material of the cooling body has a coefficient of thermal conduction that is greater than the coefficient of thermal conduction of the material of the bearing support;a bearing mounted within the bearing bore;is a shaft supported by the bearing and having opposite first and second ends that are distant from the bearing;a cup-shaped godet casing that is fit over and mounted to the first end of the shaft; anda drive connected to the shaft proximate to the second end, and operative for rotating the shaft and the godet casing so that the godet casing can guide and advance the yarn.