Patent ID: 7444799

Claim:
Feeder apparatus for the automatic insertion of added yarn the feeder apparatus suitable for being installed on textile machines provided with at least one support creel for the bobbin of base yarn and automatic change of the spool of combined yarn, the feeder apparatus comprising: at least one first and one second added yarn feed unit; means for directing said added yarn; and means for coupling the added yarn with the base yarn to form the combined yarn, wherein the each added yarn feed unit consists of a reel of added yarn placed on support means in contact with a motorised feed roller such that each feed unit is provided with a feed roller and is independent from other feed units, and wherein said means for coupling the added yarn with the base yarn are a device for insertion of ends, comprising a pneumatic cylinder with a horizontal axis, and a presser element placed at a mobile end of the pneumatic cylinder, the presser element shaped like a plate and moved horizontally by a pneumatic thrust of said cylinder.