Patent ID: 7802749

Claim:
A creel magazine for supplying stranded materials to a manufacturing process comprising: a stationary magazine frame and a pair of replaceable cartridges positioned on opposite sides of said magazine frame, each replaceable cartridge comprising a plurality of ground wheels, a generally horizontal platform, a vertical frame, and a plurality of package holders, said plurality of ground wheels supporting said generally horizontal platform, said platform supporting said vertical frame attached to said platform, and said plurality of package rotators pivotally attached to and rotatable about said vertical frame, each said rotator of said plurality of rotators having at least two support arms extending outwardly from said rotator and disposed at a angle relative to one another, said at least two support arms adapted to receive and support a spooled package of stranded material, said package rotators disposed in a predetermined spaced relation relative to said magazine frame; said magazine frame comprising a plurality of upright members, a plurality of horizontal members extending between said upright members at intervals corresponding to the number and size of said packages carried by said cartridge, a plurality of primary guides disposed in spaced relation on said horizontal members, and at least one secondary guide disposed on a lateral end of said magazine frame further including a trailing end of said package on said first side is connected to a leading end of said package on said opposite side, said primary guides and said secondary guides disposed for receiving and carrying a discrete running length of said stranded material fed sequentially from a package carried by a cartridge on a first side of said magazine frame and a corresponding package carried by a cartridge on said opposite side of said magazine frame to said manufacturing process, further comprising a transfer device attached to said magazine frame, said transfer device receiving a length of stranded material between a package carried by a cartridge on a first side of said magazine frame and a corresponding package carried by a cartridge on said opposite side of said magazine frame.