Claims
- 1. A thread lubricating device comprising:
- (a) a supporting baseplate;
- (b) an upstanding member attached to said supporting baseplate, extending upwardly from said baseplate and having a plurality of sections:
- (i) a first section having an upper extremity and extending essentially vertically upwardly from said baseplate for a majority length of said member,
- (ii) a second section extending from said upper extremity of said first section essentially at right angles thereto, and
- (iii) a third section extending from said second section essentially at right angles to said second section;
- (c) a rod extending upwardly from said baseplate in spaced relation to said upstanding member, said rod being bent through about 90 degrees to form an essentially horizontal portion, said essentially horizontal portion for extending in loose fitting relation through an aperture in a thread spool to permit rotation of said thread spool when mounted on said essentially horizontal portion to discharge thread from said spool; and
- (d) a lubricating module swivelably attached to and supported by said third section of said upstanding member, said lubricating module comprising a module support plate having a pair of opposite sides, an aperture on one of said sides of said support plate for swiveling engagement with said third section and a lubricating pad attached to the other of said opposite sides of said support plate.
- 2. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 in which said thread contacting pad is lubricated.
- 3. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 in which said thread contacting pad includes a surface adapted for frictional engagement with said thread to tension said thread.
- 4. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 in which said upstanding member is a rod.
- 5. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 in which said third section of said upstanding member includes a cylindrical portion for swivelably mounting said conditioning module thereon.
- 6. The thread conditioning device according to claim 5 in which said upstanding member is a rod.
- 7. The thread conditioning device according to claim 6 in which said rod is cylindrical.
- 8. The thread conditioning device according to claim 7 wherein said conditioning module further includes a pair of thread guides in alignment with said thread contacting pad.
- 9. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 wherein said conditioning module further includes a pair of thread guides in alignment with said thread contacting pad.
- 10. The thread conditioning device according to claim 9 in which said upstanding member is a rod.
- 11. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 in which said supporting baseplate is rectangular in geometry and includes an upper planar surface and a vertically spaced lower planar surface essentially parallel with said upper planar surface.
- 12. The thread conditioning device according to claim 11 in which said second section of said upstanding member is essentially parallel with said upper planar surface of said supporting baseplate.
- 13. The thread conditioning device according to claim 12 in which said third section of said upstanding member is essentially parallel with said upper planar surface of said supporting baseplate.
- 14. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 in which said third section of said upstanding member is essentially parallel with said upper planar surface of said supporting baseplate.
- 15. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 further including, in combination, a first washer frictionally mounted on said essentially horizontal portion of said rod, a spool of thread positioned on said portion of said rod in abutting relationship to said first washer, and a second washer frictionally mounted on said essentially horizontal portion of said rod on an opposite side of said spool and in abutting relationship to said spool.
- 16. The thread conditioning device according to claim 1 further including another upstanding member having an essentially vertical section adapted for extending in loose fitting relation through an aperture in another thread spool to mount said another thread spool thereupon.
- 17. The thread conditioning device according to claim 16 further including within said baseplate a turntable, and wherein said another upstanding member is mounted on said turntable.
- 18. A thread conditioning device comprising:
- (a) A supporting rectangular baseplate having an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface parallel to said upper planar surface;
- (b) A first cylindrical rod attached to said supporting baseplate, extending upwardly from said baseplate and having:
- (i) a first essentially vertical section with an upper extremity and extending upwardly from said baseplate for a majority length of said first cylindrical rod,
- (ii) a second essentially horizontal section extending from said upper extremity of said first section essentially at right angles to said first section, and
- (iii) a third essentially horizontal section extending from said second section essentially at right angles to said second section and essentially parallel to said upper planar surface, said third section having a first cylindrical portion adapted for swivelable mounting thereupon of a swivelable member;
- (c) a second cylindrical rod extending upwardly from said baseplate in spaced relation to said first cylindrical rod, said second cylindrical rod being bent through about 90 degrees to form an essentially horizontal portion, said essentially horizontal portion being adapted for mounting a thread spool thereupon in loose fitting relationship to permit ready rotation of said thread spool when mounted on said essentially horizontal portion to discharge thread from said spool; and
- (d) a thread conditioning module swivelably attached to and supported by said third section of said first cylindrical rod, said conditioning module comprising a module support plate having a pair of opposite sides, an aperture on one of said sides of said support plate for swiveling engagement with said first cylindrical portion of said third section for swivelable mounting thereupon, a thread-engaging pad attached to the other of said opposite sides of said support plate for engaging said thread when discharged from said spool, and a pair of thread guides mounted on said support plate at opposite ends of said support plate and in alignment with said thread-engaging pad for guiding said thread over said thread-engaging pad when said thread is discharged from said spool.
- 19. The thread conditioning device according to claim 18 in which said thread engaging pad is lubricated.
- 20. The thread conditioning device according to claim 18 in which said thread engaging pad includes a surface adapted for frictional engagement with said thread to tension said thread.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The instant application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/459,808, filed Jun. 2, 1995 now abandoned, the entirety of which is specifically incorporated herein by reference.
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