Patent ID: 7975952
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A winding station for winding textile yarn onto empty tubes, comprising: a winding mechanism comprising two flanges for gripping the ends of said tube, each flange mounted on a pivoted winding arm, which arms position the empty tube in contact with a driving roller, such that the longitudinal axis of the empty tube is above the longitudinal axis of the driving roller, a stationary, linear magazine with a filling end and a feeding end, wherein a lifting mechanism comprising a pivoted arm provided with a pivot point, which arm terminates in a tube carrier, which tube carrier is configured to bring an empty tube from the feeding end of the magazine to a space between the flanges by an arc movement of the arm around the pivot point when said flanges are in a doffing position, wherein the longitudinal axis of the empty tube is above the longitudinal axis of the driving roller so that sufficient pressure between the tube and driving roller for winding is provided by the force of gravity.