Patent ID: 6308906
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of winding a continuously advancing yarn to a cross wound package within a winding range on a rotating tube, and comprising the steps ofinitially forming a yarn reserve on the tube outside of the winding range, by guiding the advancing yarn with a yarn guide which is moveable substantially parallel to the tube, and wherein the yarn guide is moved by a controllable drive such that the yarn guide is reciprocated to secure a trailing yarn end on the circumference of the tube with at least some of the winds of the yarn reserve, thenwinding the advancing yarn onto the tube within the winding range to form a cross wound package, andwherein the guiding step includes moving the yarn guide by the controllable drive such that the yarn guide is reciprocated in a forward direction toward the winding range and an opposite return direction, and so that the forward and return movements are at different speeds.