ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,902, issued on June 17, was assigned to Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Dalton, Ga.).
"Packing system for heat set" was invented by Wesley Moore (Rock Springs, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system has at least one winder configured to wind yarn to form a yarn package. At least one sampling and tying machine is configured to remove a portion of the yarn of the yarn package and tie off a free end of the yarn around the yarn package to inhibit the yarn package from unwinding. A dunnage supply area has therein at least one support structure for receiving a plurality of yarn packages thereon. A robotic arm is configured to: move the ya...