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(11) EP 0 526 168 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.03.1993 Bulletin 1993/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.02.1993 Bulletin 1993/05

(21) Application number: 92306891.0

(22) Date of filing: 28.07.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: D04C 3/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 29.07.1991 GB 9116362

(71) Applicant: COBRA MACHINERY LIMITED
Congleton, Cheshire CW12 1PL (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hyde, Michael
    Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2LJ (GB)

(74) Representative: Barker, Rosemary Anne et al
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP
London WC2B 6HP (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Yarn tensioning device, particularly for a braiding machine carrier


    (57) A carrier (1) for a yarn working machine includes a spindle (6) to support a bobbin or yarn package (3). At least one fixed yarn take-off guide (10) and associated tensioning device is provided for guiding yarn from the bobbin or package (3) to a yarn working station. A tensioning device (14) is mounted on the carrier (1) remote from the spindle (6) and comprises a yarn guide element (15) associated with an elastically resilient element (17). The resilient element (17) is capable of being elongated or stretched and thereby placed under increasing tension as yarn passing through the guide element (15) is drawn off the bobbin or package (3). Such carriers are suitable for use in braiding machines, and are particularly useful when braiding with fine yarns, such as required for surgical sutures.






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