Yarn package supporting bracket for use on a creel

Abstract

A yarn package supporting bracket for use on a creel and attached to the creel for swiveling between a yarn feeding position and a yarn package loading position. The bracket has a magnet and the creel has a magnetically attractable portion with the magnet and magnetically attracted portion having flat surfaces that are in flush contact when the bracket is in yarn feeding position to releaseably fix by magnetic force the bracket and yarn package in the yarn feeding position.

1 . A yarn package supporting bracket for use on a creel, comprising an attaching portion, attaching said bracket to the creel for movement of said bracket between a yarn feeding position and a package loading position, one of said creel and said bracket having a magnetically attractable portion and the other having a magnet thereon engageable with said magnetically attractable portion to releaseably fix the bracket and a yarn package supported thereon in a yarn feeding positions.  
     
     
         2 . A yarn package supporting bracket according to  claim 1  wherein the creel has an upstanding bracket attaching post, characterized further in that said attaching portion has a bore engageable on the post for swiveling attachment of said bracket on said creel between said positions.  
     
     
         3 . A yarn package supporting bracket according to  claim 1  characterized further in that said magnetically attractable portion and said magnet have relatively flat surfaces disposed for substantially flush contact therebetween when said bracket is in said yarn feeding position.  
     
     
         4 . A yarn package supporting bracket according to  claim 1  and characterized further by a handle portion engageable to move said bracket between said positions.  
     
     
         5 . A yarn package supporting bracket swivelably attachable to a creel on an upstanding post of a generally horizontally extending arm of the creel for positioning a yarn package alternatively in a yarn feeding position and a package loading position, the creel arm having a magnetically attractable portion, said bracket comprising an attaching portion having a bore engageable on the post for swiveling attachment of said bracket on said creel arm for movement of said bracket between said positions, a package receiving portion on which a yarn package can be removably. mounted, a positioning portion engageble with the creel arm for positioning the bracket in the yarn feeding position, and a magnet attached to said positioning portion for magnetic attraction to the magnetically attractable creel portion to releasably fix the bracket and mounted yarn package in the yarn feeding position.  
     
     
         6 . A yarn package supporting bracket according to  claim 5  wherein the magnetically attractable portion of the creel arm and said magnet have relatively flat upstanding surfaces disposed for substantially flat contact therebetween when said bracket is in said yarn feeding position.  
     
     
         7 . A yarn package supporting bracket according to  claim 5  and characterized further by a handle portion engageable to move said bracket between said positions.