A plant and a method for supplying yarn to a loom

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EP 0 743 382 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	20.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/47

(21)	Application number: 96107830.0

(22)	Date of filing: 16.05.1996

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: D02H 1/00, B65H 67/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

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Priority:

18.05.1995 DK 566/95

(71)	Applicant: FLETCO TAEPPER A/S
	7430 Ikast (DK)

(72)	Inventor:
	Jensen, Bent 7400 Herning (DK)

(74)	Representative: Nielsen, Leif
	c/o Patrade A/S Store Torv 1 8000 Aarhus C 8000 Aarhus C (DK)

(54)	A plant and a method for supplying yarn to a loom

(57) A plant (1) for supplying yarn to a loom (2) comprises a yarn rack (3). The loom (2) is supplied with yarn from yarn spools (5) in a number of carriers (4) arranged in a rail arrangement (9).
The yarn rack (3) comprises a feeding station (6) having first rail lengths (10) and a storage station (7) having corresponding second rail lengths (11). Replacement of carriers (4) is accomplished easily and fast by transfer of a row of carriers (4) via the rails from the first rail length (10) to an empty second rail length (11). Then carriers (4) with full yarn spools are transferred from a second rail length (11), which is also attached to said first rail length (10). As the storage station comprises at least two second rail lengths (11) corresponding to each rail length (10) in the feeding station, the risk of misplacing carriers is avoided. As the carriers are transferred in a ceiling rail arrangement, it is possible to obtain easy transfer of a whole row of carriers at the same time. Furthermore, the risk is avoided that carriers might overturn even if there are full yarn spools on only one side of the carrier (4).

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