Patent ID: 7905446
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: B65H,D02H

Abstract:
1. An unwind and feed system adapted for overend unwinding of an elastic thread from a package of such thread, and adapted for feeding such unwound thread in a downstream direction, along a thread feed path, to a downstream process, said unwind and feed system comprising: (a) a thread package holder adapted to hold a package of such elastic thread; and (b) a plurality of thread guides disposed along the thread feed path, between such package of such elastic thread and such downstream process, said plurality of thread guides being adapted to guide such elastic thread as such elastic thread is moving along the thread feed path, said plurality of thread guides comprising said third and fourth elongate rollers being disposed in generally horizontal orientations, and parallel to each other said third roller being between said fourth roller and said first and second rollers, such that a thread advancing from such thread package first encounters at least one of said first and second rollers, and subsequently encounters said third roller, and after encountering said third roller, encounters said fourth roller.