Patent ID: 7802977

Claim:
An apparatus for melt spinning and winding up synthetic yarns, said apparatus comprising: a spinning appliance, a treating appliance, and a windup machine, wherein the treating appliance comprises a runoff godet configured for guiding the yarns before entry and distribution of the yarns into a plurality of winding stations of the windup machine, the runoff godet being arranged above the windup machine and configured to guide the yarns in a parallel side by side arrangement on its circumference, the runoff godet being arranged transversely to a winding spindle of the windup machine and the windup machine comprising a plurality of head yarn guides which are disposed upstream of the winding stations and are arranged in a vertically oriented runup plane, and wherein the head yarn guides are disposed downstream of the runoff godet immediately in the yarn path and such that an angle of deflection of the yarns off the runoff godet into the runup plane is not more than 15°.