摘要 |
<p>STRAND DELIVERY AND STORAGE SYSTEM . A strand is furnished to a strand consuming unit, e. g., loom, having a periodic demand for a finite length of strand by: a) continuously advancing the strand from a supply source for winding onto a first surface, b) continuously advancing the strand from the first surface toward one end of a second surface for rewinding thereof on the second surface, c) periodically operating the consuming unit to withdraw the strand from an opposite end of such second surface while continuing the advance of the strand both to such first surface and from the first surface toward the first end of the second surface, and d) halting withdrawal of the strand when a finite length thereof has been withdrawn from the opposite end of the second surface by the consuming unit.</p> |