Patent ID: 6213419
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
A yarn feeder including a housing for a drive motor and a drive shaft, a yarn winding element which rotates with said drive shaft, a storage drum defining thereon a cylindrical and circumferentially closed section, and a ring-shaped yarn control element disposed in stationary and surrounding relation to said circumferentially closed section between yarn withdrawal and yarn storage areas of said storage drum, said yarn control element comprising a finite band having a generally planar cross-section, said band lying upon said circumferentially closed section and having a pair of terminal ends disposed in adjacent and opposed relation with one another, said band being resistant to extension in a circumferential direction defined by said storage drum and yieldable in a radial direction relative to an axis defined by said storage drum, and a tensioning device disposed to elastically pre-load said band against said circumferentially closed section.