---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000371"
title: "Canister-yarn tensioning assembly incorporating a pivoted yarn tensioner"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:02:48.310754Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000371"
categories:
  - "material-handling/package-handling"
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  - "b65h59/06"
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---

# Canister-yarn tensioning assembly incorporating a pivoted yarn tensioner

## Abstract

A canister-yarn tensioning assembly is adapted for controlling tension in a running yarn drawn from a yarn supply package located within an open-top canister. A cylindrical adapter configured to reside at a mouth of the open-top canister. A yarn tensioner is attached by a hinge assembly at a peripheral flange of the adapter, and is configured for multiplanar movement between an operative position within the package transfer space and a package-replacement position outside of the package transfer space. Upon depleting the yarn supply package, the yarn tensioner is pivoted in a first plane at the hinge assembly to lift away from the package transfer space and then swivelled in a second plane at the hinge assembly to locate adjacent an outside wall of the canister.