Patent ID: 7097129

Claim:
A winding apparatus for continuously winding an advancing yarn to a package, comprising a turret rotatably mounting a plurality of parallel winding spindles in cantilever fashion, a spindle mount mounting the turret for rotation about a central axis which is parallel to the axes defined by the spindles, a drive for rotating the turret about the central axis and so that the spindles may be selectively moved about said central axis between a winding position and a doffing position, and with the drive being configured to rotate the turret about the central axis to accommodate the build of a package at the winding position, and a tube slip-on device for delivering and axially assembling at least one winding tube onto a spindle in the doffing position, said slip-on device comprising guide means for positioning at least one tube so that its axis is aligned with the axis of the winding spindle at the doffing position, and with the guide means being linked to the winding spindle so as to be moved for a distance synchronously with the movement of the winding spindle at the doffing position caused by the rotation of the turret about the central axis during winding of a package on the spindle located at the winding position.