Patent GB-1043270-A (GB)
Title: A yarn package wound on a bobbin, and a method and apparatus for the winding thereof
IPC: D01H1/38
Filed: 1963-12-16
Abstract: 1,043,270. Yarn packages. ALGEMENE KUNSTZIJDE UNIE N.V. Dec. 16. 1963 [Dec. 19, 1962; Dec. 21, 1962; April 17, 1963], No. 49647/63. Heading B8M. [Also in Division D1] The invention relates to a method and means for winding a transfer tail before winding the main package, winding an initial thread end after winding the main package, and securing said transfer tail and initial thread end on the bobbin by means of a bundle of windings. The bundle of windings is cut when the package is required for use. In Fig. 1 a ring rail 2 is held at B whilst a bundle of waste thread 10 is laid on the spindle 1. The ring rail 2 is then moved to A in which position the yarn is caught by a notch 9 in a rim 7 of the spindle 1, slips over the rim 7 and is wound on to the yarn bobbin 6 to form a bundle 12. The bundle 12 is, at the same time, laid on a T-shaped device 11 rotating with the bobbin 6, the T-shaped device including two raised and axially extending parts 16, 17, Fig. 5 (not shown), with a recess 15 therebetween. When the bundle 12 has been wound, the ring rail 2 is again raised to lay a transfer tail 14 on the bobbin 6 and the formation of the yarn package 13 then begins. When the yarn package 13 is finished the ring rail 2 is moved down to the position A during which movement it winds an initial thread end 33 on the bobbin 6. As the ring rail 2 moves from position A to position B a few additional windings are added to the bundle 12 since a few windings slip from the bevelled face 29 of the rim 7 on to the bobbin 6. Just before the ring rail reaches position B the thread is caught by a notch 8 in the rim 7 and the thread then moves to position 35 and is wound on to the waste thread 10. The machine is now stopped and the bobbin 6 removed as in Fig. 11. Removal of the bobbin 6 causes the thread ends 36, 37 leading to the waste thread 10 to be tensioned and then broken. The thread end 36 is already under the bundle 12 and is thus fixed. The thread end 37, however, just prior to breaking, squeezes itself between the bundle 12 and clamping surfaces 23, 24 of the T-shaped device, Fig. 8 (not shown), to fix itself in position. The two thread ends are thus automatically secured. When the package 13 is required for use, the bundle 12 is cut at the recess 15 of the device 11. In a modified method, Fig. 26 (not shown). a waste winding 205 is wound on the spindle 201 and when the process runs satisfactorily the ring rail 206 is raised from position A to position C to pull the thread across the rim 202 of the spindle 201 and lay a transfer tail 212 on the 208. The ring rail 206 then commences its normal traverse motion for winding the yarn on the package 211. When the package 211 is completed, the ring rail is moved rapidly down to position B to provide an initial thread end 214 and a bundle of thread 210 below the transfer tail 212, the last portion of the threads of the bundle 210 being brought into contact with a licking roller 215, Fig. 27 (not shown), dipping into adhesive 216. The adhesive is preferably a fast-drying latex of the type which, after drying, adheres only to itself. After the bundle 210 has been laid, the ring rail 206 is moved to position A and the machine stopped. When the bobbin 208 with the package 211 therein is removed, the threads 213 and 220 are tightened and get caught in notches 203, 204 in the rim 202 after which they break but are held securely in position since the thread 213 passes under the bundle 210 and the thread 220 is stuck to the bundle. Instead of an adhesive use may be made of a device (not shown) with the aid of which the threads of the bundle 210 are entirely or partially fused together by means of heat. Instead of breaking the threads 213 and 220 by tension they may be cut by a hot wire that can be caused to act against the periphery of the rim 202.