Patent ID: 6145347
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A thread supplying device with intermittent thread consumption, comprising at least one thread supplying unit including a rotatable thread supplying drum and a thread guiding device, said thread supplying drum having a first and a second peripheral portion forming corresponding friction surfaces for a thread to be supplied, said thread guiding device having an inlet element associated with said first peripheral portion and an outlet element associated with said second peripheral portion, said thread guiding device also having at least two movable guiding elements for the thread, each of said guiding elements being associated to one of said peripheral portions for guiding the thread in such a manner between said inlet element and said outlet element that it cooperates successively with said first and said second peripheral portions and is placed on an associated one of said peripheral portions in a supplying position of said guiding elements along a greater peripheral angle than in a non supplying position of said guiding elements, said first and second peripheral portions having different thread supplying properties.