Patent ID: 7150426

Claim:
A spooling apparatus comprising: means for rotatably mounting a first reel and a second reel; catching means for guiding a thread to be spooled onto the first reel and further to the second reel; and cutting means for cutting the thread to be spooled when the thread to be spooled is guided from the first reel onto the second reel, whereby the cutting means comprises: at least two cutting blades of which at least one moves at least in the cutting direction as a result of the tension of the thread to be cut, the cutting blades being pivoted together by a pivot point, and the at least one moving cutting blade moving in the cutting direction leaning against a counter surface which urges said at least one moving cutting blade to pivot around the pivot point as the cutting blades are moved by the tension of the thread to be cut in a direction which lies in an angle with the counter surface.