Patent ID: 6983771

Claim:
A feeding device having a yarn-length measuring function for a weaving machine, said device comprising: a stationary storage body of a small outer diameter and defining an axis and a storage surface for intermediately storing a yarn supply defined by a plurality of yarn windings conveyed on said storage body in a conveying direction corresponding to a yarn-withdrawal direction, the yarn being intermittently withdrawn from the yarn supply in picks; a rotatable winding element for depositing yarn on said storage body; and a substantially pin-shaped stop element and a control assembly disposed outside said storage body for moving said stop element, said control assembly moving said stop element into an engaged position wherein said stop element engages the yarn on said storage body and a release position wherein said stop element is disengaged from the yarn on said storage body, said stop element in said engaged position being axially movable into a stop position solely by the yarn windings as the yarn windings are conveyed in the conveying direction, said stop element in said stop position blocking withdrawal of the yarn from said storage body in the yarn-withdrawal direction so as to terminate a respective pick.