Patent ID: 6802472
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A winding machine comprising:plural winding stations arranged in a row that has first and second ends, each of said stations receiving yarn and outputting packages of wound yarn; a movable command and control box having a pre-feed device for yarn, at least one motor for driving said plural winding stations, and a controller for said pre-feed device and at least one motor, said box being at either of said first and second ends; a conveyor spanning said plural winding stations and receiving the packages from said stations and delivering the packages to one of said first and second ends; and an end plate at each of said first and second ends, each said end plate having an opening through which said conveyor extends, and each said end plate being arranged and adapted to receive said command and control box so that said command and control box is movable to either of said first and second ends.