WEFT YARN FEEDING DEVICE FORMING AN INTERMEDIATE YARN BUFFER AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WEFT YARN FEEDING DEVICE

摘要

Described are, among other things,methods and devices for controlling a weft yarn feeding device(16) for feeding yarn to a weaving machine (10), wherein yarn is inserted into the shed of the weaving machine having at least one rapier. The weft yarn feeding device comprises at least one yarn guide (20) provided on a moving member (19) driven by a controlled motor (18) of the weft yarn feeding device to cause the moving member to move back and forth. When in use, yarn is drawn from a weft yarn storage (13, 14) via said at least one guide (20) provided on said moving member (19) into the weaving machine (10).