Patent ID: 6457668
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for winding a continuously advancing yarn to form the same into wound packages, comprisinga tube mounting device for rotatably mounting a bobbin tube for rotation about its axis, a drive roll for rotating the mounted bobbin tube about its axis, said tube mounting device and drive roll being mounted for relative movement such that the mounted bobbin tube is moveable between an operative position in contact with the drive roll and so as to define a range of contact therebetween, and a withdrawn position separated from the drive roll, a yarn guide mounted upstream of the drive roll for selective movement by a drive in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the mounted bobbin tube, a suction device mounted downstream of the mounted bobbin tube and comprising a suction connection and a yarn cutter, a yarn transfer device for selectively guiding the advancing yarn to the suction device so as to cut the yarn and then remove the advancing yarn into the suction connection, and a deflection device provided between the yarn guide and the suction device and downstream of the mounted bobbin tube, said deflection device being moveable between an idle position separated from the advancing yarn and a deflecting position engaging the yarn and such that the yarn can be guided by the deflection device and the yarn guide outside the range of contact between the mounted bobbin tube and the drive roll.