The invention provides a method and a system for monitoring of yarn drawn axially from a bobbin (24a). It is desired to monitor one or both of remaining capacity of an active bobbin and transfer from one active bobbin 24a to the next.

A free portion (30) of the yarn moves circumferentially about the bobbin as the yarn is drawn from it. The invention involves a sensor responsive to electromagnetic radiation arranged to sense the free portion (30) of the yarn and to provide an output which varies with a period P corresponding to the period of the circumferential movement of the free portion of the yarn about the bobbin (24a). The period P can be interpreted to provide the desired information.

A system can comprise a plurality of containers that are coupled together as a movable unit. A plurality of container-feeding assemblies can be configured to simultaneously deliver respective yarns into respective containers of the plurality of containers. A header can be selectively attachable to a tufting machine, the header having a longitudinal axis. A retainer can be configured to extend across the header along the longitudinal axis to secure the respective yarns in respective positions relative to each other along the longitudinal axis.

An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.

An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.

Disclosed is a system for the loading of yarn packages on a creel assembly. The system may include a creel assembly with at least one lateral face having a plurality of receiving bullhorns arranged outwardly according to a horizontal axis to engage a respective yarn package, and a loading device movable along a path arranged along the creel assembly. The loading device may include a detection means to identify an empty receiving bullhorn of the creel assembly, a positioning means to adjust a bullhorn carrying a yarn package to be loaded onto the creel assembly so that the free end of this bullhorn is placed in front of the free end of the empty receiving bullhorn of the creel assembly, and a transfer mechanism for the effecting translation of the yarn package to the empty receiving bullhorn of the creel assembly.

A hand cart for dispensing wire is provided. The hand cart comprises a cart body extending vertically between a bottom portion and a top portion, and a plurality of wheels connected to the bottom portion of the cart body. The hand cart may support multiple racks, each rack having bins to house wire containers. The racks may have a dispensing cone for directing wire as it is pulled out of the wire containers. The cart is equipped with a brake assembly connected to the bottom portion of the cart body, the brake assembly having an engaged configuration in which the assembly extends to a surface on which the wheels rest and engages the surface to prevent the hand cart from changing location, but allowing it to be pivoted about the brake assembly.

A hand cart for dispensing wire is provided. The hand cart comprises a cart body extending vertically between a bottom portion and a top portion, and a plurality of wheels connected to the bottom portion of the cart body. The hand cart may support multiple racks, each rack having bins to house wire containers. The racks may have a dispensing cone for directing wire as it is pulled out of the wire containers. The cart is equipped with a brake assembly connected to the bottom portion of the cart body, the brake assembly having an engaged configuration in which the assembly extends to a surface on which the wheels rest and engages the surface to prevent the hand cart from changing location, but allowing it to be pivoted about the brake assembly.

The present invention relates to a warping device using a retroreflective yarn and a method for weaving a raw fabric using the same and, more particularly, to a warping device using a retroreflective yarn and a method for weaving a raw fabric using the same, wherein a retroreflective yarn is applied as a warp such that a twisting phenomenon is prevented during weaving, thereby making it possible to acquire a raw fabric with excellent quality. The present invention, described above, provides, as the technical gist, a warping device using a retroreflective yarn and a method for weaving a raw fabric using the same, the warping device comprising: a creel unit having multiple bobbins, around which a yarn is wound, cradled thereon such that the yarn is unwound; an aligning unit for aligning the yarn, which has been unwound from the creel unit, at a predetermined interval; and a winding unit for winding the yarn, which has been aligned by the aligning unit, around a beam, wherein the creel unit comprises a main frame comprising horizontal bars, which are installed vertically at a predetermined interval, and vertical bars, which are installed between the horizontal bars at a predetermined interval, and a cradling frame comprising first cradling bars, which are formed to protrude from the inner side of respective vertical bars, and second cradling bars, which are formed to protrude from the outer side of respective vertical bars; first bobbins, around which a synthetic fiber yarn is wound, are cradled on respective first cradling bars; and second bobbins, around which a retroreflective yarn is wound, are cradled on respective second cradling bars to be perpendicular to the first bobbins.

The present invention relates to a warping device using a retroreflective yarn and a method for weaving a raw fabric using the same and, more particularly, to a warping device using a retroreflective yarn and a method for weaving a raw fabric using the same, wherein a retroreflective yarn is applied as a warp such that a twisting phenomenon is prevented during weaving, thereby making it possible to acquire a raw fabric with excellent quality. The present invention, described above, provides, as the technical gist, a warping device using a retroreflective yarn and a method for weaving a raw fabric using the same, the warping device comprising: a creel unit having multiple bobbins, around which a yarn is wound, cradled thereon such that the yarn is unwound; an aligning unit for aligning the yarn, which has been unwound from the creel unit, at a predetermined interval; and a winding unit for winding the yarn, which has been aligned by the aligning unit, around a beam, wherein the creel unit comprises a main frame comprising horizontal bars, which are installed vertically at a predetermined interval, and vertical bars, which are installed between the horizontal bars at a predetermined interval, and a cradling frame comprising first cradling bars, which are formed to protrude from the inner side of respective vertical bars, and second cradling bars, which are formed to protrude from the outer side of respective vertical bars; first bobbins, around which a synthetic fiber yarn is wound, are cradled on respective first cradling bars; and second bobbins, around which a retroreflective yarn is wound, are cradled on respective second cradling bars to be perpendicular to the first bobbins.

Apparatus for lifting and supporting an item above a floor includes a frame and a pair of upright telescoping post assemblies having two opposite ends and which are positionable on opposite sides of the item to be lifted. A pair of guide posts are arranged as to extend substantially vertically of the frame and adjacent the post assemblies. A carriage assembly having an elongated member is mounted upon each post assembly for cooperating between the item and an adjacent guide post, and jacks are utilized for moving the ends of the post assemblies apart so that by positioning the elongated members of the carriage assemblies in cooperating relationship with an end of the item and moving the ends of the post assemblies apart, the end of the item is lifted by a corresponding amount and the carriage assemblies are guided along the guide posts.