Patent ID: 7861963

Claim:
A thread accumulation device, comprising: a discharge chute ( 13 ) for receiving and guiding a strand exiting a thread take-up device ( 10 ); and a carriage ( 14 ) for taking up a thread spiral, the carriage ( 14 ) guided parallel to a longitudinal axis of said discharge chute ( 13 ) and resting on an end of the strand of the side opposite to the thread take-up device ( 10 ), wherein, at an outlet of the thread take-up device ( 10 ), the discharge chute ( 13 ) includes a means for transporting ( 16 ) configured to be driven in synchronism with a speed of the strand exiting the thread take-up device ( 10 ), wherein the means for transporting ( 16 ) comprises a closed-loop or conveyor belt stretched between a driving roller ( 17 ) and a turning roller ( 18 ), and wherein an upper strand of the closed-loop or conveyor belt has an upwardly opening curve corresponding to an upwardly opening curve of the discharge chute ( 13 ) in order to adapt to a contour of said curve of the discharge chute ( 13 ).