Patent ID: 6932293

Claim:
A yarn feeder ( 1 ) particularly adapted for use in textile machines comprising: a housing ( 3 ) having a plastic fastening clamp ( 4 ) for fastening to a retaining device of a textile machine; a shaft ( 6 ) extending through said housing ( 3 ); a yarn guide drum ( 12 ) mounted adjacent an end of said shaft; a drive for rotating said shaft and yarn guide drum; said drive including at least one drive pulley ( 14 ) carried on said shaft and a drive belt for driving said drive pulley, said at least one drive pulley and drive belt being in spaced relation to one side of said yarn guide drum; and said fastening clamp ( 4 ) having portions ( 33 a ′ 33 b , 33 c ′) extending through and beyond a plane defined by a rim of the drive pulley that engages an edge of the drive belt on a yarn guide drum side of the belt.