US3231207A - Method and apparatus for packaging filamentary materials - Google Patents

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US3231207A
US3231207A US186691A US18669162A US3231207A US 3231207 A US3231207 A US 3231207A US 186691 A US186691 A US 186691A US 18669162 A US18669162 A US 18669162A US 3231207 A US3231207 A US 3231207A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/28—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements
    • B65H54/2836—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements with a rotating guide for traversing the yarn
    • B65H54/2845—"screw" type Owens Fiberglas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/28—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements
    • B65H54/2893—Superposed traversing, i.e. traversing or other movement superposed on a traversing movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/28—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements
    • B65H54/34—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements for laying subsidiary winding, e.g. transfer tails
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
    • B65H2701/312—Fibreglass strands
    • B65H2701/3122—Fibreglass strands extruded from spinnerets
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • This invention relates to method of and apparatus for packaging filamentary or linear materials and more par ticularly to a method of and apparatus for controlling a linear bundle or strand of newly formed filaments in winding the strand to form a strand package.
  • the operator In initiating strand collection upon an empty collector or sleeve, the operator guides or directs the strand end onto a region of the collet beyond the packaging sleeve and initiates rotation of the collet and the empty collector, at the same time holding the strand in a position to continue the winding of the strand on the collet until the collet and collector reach a predetermined comparatively high constant speed.
  • the operator then manually guides the strand into engagement with a rotating and reciprocating strand traverse means which distributes the strand in crossing convolutions on the packaging sleeve.
  • the strand initially wound upon the collet is formed of abnormally large filaments forming a coarse strand which results because of the low speed of attenuation as the winding sleeve is brought up to speed.
  • This strand is waste.
  • the operator cuts the waste strand from the end of the collet, removes or dotfs the completed strand package, and repeats the cycle of operations with an empty in place on the collet.
  • the strand is manually held by the operator in a position to wind the unusable strand of filaments of nonuniform size on the collet until the packaging sleeve reaches its predetermined constant strand attenuating speed. The operator then releases the strand for winding in a conventional manner on the packaging sleeve or collector.
  • the strand traverse employed for distributing the strand lengthwise of the packag ng sleeve may come to rest in any position with respect to the completed package when the winding collet is brought to rest.
  • it was necessary for the operator to manually move the strand into engagement with the traverse because of the varying positions of rest of the traverse at the completion of package forming operations.
  • the present invention embraces the provision of a method of and apparatus for controlling a strand of fibers or filaments in the winding of packages of the strand at the completion of a strand package involving transfer of the moving strand to a transfer region and the initiation of winding to form a new package wherein the strand is automatically moved to the transfer region and automatically redirected to package winding position.
  • An object of the invention is the provision of a method of and apparatus for packaging strand or filamentary material by winding the strand on a rotatable collector wherein the winding time of forming a package is predetermined or timed so that packages having a uniform amount of strand will be produced and wherein the strand is automatically directed away from package winding position at the completion of a package.
  • Another object of the invention resides in a'winding apparatus for winding strand or filamentary material upon rotatable collectors to form strand packages embodying means operable at a predetermined time to push the strand away from package winding region to a transfer region and maintaining the strand at the transfer region during dofiing of the completed package and replacement of an. empty collector at the windim station wherein the means is arranged to release the strand to package winding position after the strand has been brought up to a constant linear speed.
  • Another object of the invention resides in an instrumentality for use with a winding machine particularly adapted for winding newly formed filaments of glass or other material in strand formation arranged to control the relative position of the strand from the time a package is completed until winding of a suceeding package is begun, the said means being under control of a timing means whereby packages containing a uniform amount of strand will be produced automatically.
  • Another object of the invention resides in. the provision of a strand push-off means for strand packaging apparatus wherein the strand engaging component of the pushoff means is of a character to reduce or minimize the shock of engagement with the rapidly moving strand whereby wear of the push-off means is reduced to a mini mum.
  • Still another object of the invention is the provision of a method of and apparatus for automatically moving a strand to a transfer position at the completion of a strand package independently of operator control and wherein an initial winding of strand is begun at a marginal region adjacent a strand collector and the strand maintained in such marginal region by timing means until the collector attains a constant speed at which time the strand is automatically moved from the transfer region to package winding region without manual operation.
  • a further object of the invention resides in the provision of means for transferring a strand of filaments during high speed linear movement of the strand for package dofiing purposes, the arrangement including a rotatable means engageable with the strand whereby to reduce the shock of strand contact and providing a substantial area for contact with the strand thereby minimizing the wear of the strand engaging means and substantially eliminating replacement thereof.
  • FIGURE 1 is an end elevational view of a winding apparatus embodying the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view of the construction shown in FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is a top plan view of the apparatus;
  • FIGURE 4- is an isometric view illustrating a strand transfer means of the invention, and
  • FIGURE 5 is a schematic diagram of circuits for the electrically energized components and controls.
  • FIGURES 1 through 3 illustrate a winding apparatus or machine embodying the invention, the apparatus or machine being especially adapted to wind or collect multifilament strand, sliver or other linear material upon a collector, the form of collector illustrated being a thin walled sleeve which, in package forming position, is mounted upon a rotatable collet, the arrangement including traverse means for distributing the strand or sliver on the collector.
  • the apparatus or machine is inclusive of a frame structure or housing it) equipped with a bracket 12 supporting a platform 14- which provides a mounting means for components of the machine.
  • the housing and frame construction includes brackets 15 which accommodate a pivot shaft 16 carried by the housin of an electrically energizable motor Mi providing a pivotal support for the motor.
  • lournally supported in the housing 10 is a rotatable shaft or mandrel 2t? which is driven by the motor M1 through the medium of a belt 21 engaging a pulley 2 2 on the motor shaft and a pulley 23 carried by the shaft 2%.
  • the shaft 2% supports a collet 24 disposed exteriorly of the housing
  • the collet is adapted to support a strand or sliver collector, forming tube or sleeve 26.
  • collector or sleeve 26 forms a core or means upon which a strand or sliver 23 of filaments is wound to form a package.
  • the tubular sleeve is comparatively thin-walled and is slidably received on the collet or winding head 24 and may be easily removed and replaced with an empty sleeve upon the completion of a strand package.
  • the strand 2? comprises a substantial number of fine filaments of glass or other heat-softened material attenuated from streams of the heat-softened material flowed from a stream feeder (not shown) of conventional character.
  • the filaments comprising the strand or sliver 28 are converged into strand formation by a gathering shoe 2) in a conventional manner.
  • the windirn or packaging mechanism includes a rotatable and reciprocable traverse means which effects deposition of convolutions of strand or sliver onto the package in crossing relation and also distributes the strand or sliver lengthwise of the collector or sleeve 26.
  • the traverse means is inclusive of a rod or member which is reciprocably supported in suitable bearings contained within the housing 10, the rod being disposed in substantial parallelism with the axis of-rotation of the collet 24 and the collector 26.
  • a strand engaging traverse means 34 is mounted upon the traverse rod 3%, the arrangement 34 being shaped to effect rapid oscillation of the strand 2%- as the strand is being wound upon the package sleeve 26 so as to effect a crossing of individual convolutions of strand as the strand is collected.
  • the form of strand traverse means 34 is of generally spiral configuration of the character shown and described in the patent to Beach 2,391,870 comprising two wire-like portions 35, the ends of the portions being secured to the shaft 36'.
  • the rod supporting the traverse means 34 is adapted to be reciprocated by a cam mechanism driven by a motor M3 through suitable speed reducing means.
  • Mounted interiorly of the housing it and supported by the plate 14 is a supplemental housing or casing provided with bearings which journally support a shaft d2.
  • Supported on the shaft 42 is a hub formed with a cam member dd provided with a cam slot td.
  • the motor M3 is provided with a pulley 48 which, through the medium of a belt 49, drives a pulley 5i mounted upon a shaft 51. interposed between the shafts 42; and 51 is a speed reducing mechanism 54 whereby the speed of the cam driving shaft 4-2 is greatly reduced to rotate the cam 44 at a comparatively slow speed. Disposed within the housing 1% is a relatively stationary rod which is in parallel relation with the shaft 30 of the traverse means. Mounted upon the shaft 56 is a yoke 58. Sue arm as of the yoke is bored to receive the shaft 56 and is slidable along the shaft.
  • the other portion or arm 62 of the yoke is bored to accommodate the traverse drive shaft Sti, shaft 3% being rotatable relative to the arm $2.
  • the portion or arm 6?. of the yoke is arranged between two collars t4, the collars being secured to the shaft 30 and rotatable therewith.
  • the central region of the yoke 53 is provided with a cam follower or pin as which extends into the cam groove or slot It will be apparent that rotation of the cam member effects longitudinal reciprocatory movement of the yoke 58 through a distance determined by the shape of the earn as at a rate depending upon the ratio of the speed reducing mechanism 54.
  • the means for effecting rotation of the traverse drive shaft or bar 3d is inclusive of a motor M2.
  • the shaft of motor M2 is provided with a pulley 71 which transmits power through a'belt "72 to a pulley 73 fixedly mounted upon a shaft '75.
  • the traverse drive shaft 39 is formed with a hollow interior or bore to accommodate a region of the shaft 75.
  • the shaft 75 is provided with splines and tire hollow interior of the drive shaft 3f: provided with grooves accommodating the splines to form a driving yet slidable connection between the shaft '75 and the traverse supporting shaft
  • a braking means is provided whereby the operator is enabled to rapidly bring the winding collect 2d and packaging sleeve 26 to rest at the completion of a winding cycle in collecting the strand on the sleeve 26.
  • the collect shaft 2% is encompassed by brake shoes 79, the brake shoes being pivoted upon an anchor pin 8%. The distal ends of the brake shoes are attached respectively to links 82 and 83 which are connected together by a pivot pin 84.
  • the link 33 isformed with an integral arm 85 to which is pivotally attached a foot actuated rod 8'7 pivotally connected to a brake operating pedal lever 83, the latter being fulcrumed on a pin dtl supported by the housing Ill. Depression of the foot lever 83 by the operator contracts the brake shoes '7? into engagement with the periphery of the collet shaft 2t through the medium of the links 82 and 83 thereby rapidly bringing the collet to a stop.
  • the rotation of the traverse means 34 effects a crossing of the individual convolutions of strand as they are collected upon the sleeve 26, and the reciprocation of the traverse supporting shaft 3t? effects distribution of the strand by the traverse means lengthwise of the packaging sleeve 26, the shaft Eli being reciprocated by the cam means 44.
  • the rapid traverse movement of the strand or sliver, effected through rotation of the traverse means 34, is usually referred to as mirco traverse
  • macro traverse While the traversing or distribution of the strand or sliver lengthwise of the packaging sleeve 26 by reciprocation of the traverse means 34 is referred to as macro traverse.
  • a microswitch 98 is provided with a movable member 1% which is adapted to be engaged by an arm 102 carried by the rod 87 or other means actuated by the foot pedal 88.
  • the arm 1G2 engages the movable component 1% of the microswitch 98 to interrupt a control circuit as hereinafter described, the brake means 79 being brought into operation by depression of the foot pedal 88 concomitantly with interruption of the circuit of the motor M2.
  • the foot operated pedal 88 is formed with an arm 89 arranged whereby depression of the pedal 88 swings the motor M1 upwardly about its pivot support 16 to move the driving pulley upwardly out of frictional driving engagement with the belt 21 whereby the collet may be brought to rest and the motor M1 continue its rotation during the period of dofling a completed package and afiixing an empty sleeve on the collet.
  • the operation of the apparatus for carrying out the method will be described in connection with the circuit diagram, FIGURE 5, for the motors M1, M2 and M3 and control components or elements therefor.
  • the invention is inclusive of a method of and means for transferring a linear bundle or strand of filaments to a transfer region during the period of dofiing a completed package and initiating a succeeding cycle of winding another package.
  • the method and apparatus includes means for timing the duration of formation of a package in order to secure packages having substantially the same amount of strand material thereon.
  • the means for transferring the strand in the embodiment illustrated, is supported by the housing 1% and is reciprocable for moving the strand to a transfer region.
  • a rod or member 115 extends into a cylinder 117, the rod being equipped with a piston 119 reciprocable in the cylinder.
  • the member 115 is reciprocated by fluid under pressure such as air, oil or other suitable fluid which is admitted alternately into the end fittings or heads 120 and 121 of the cylinder through tubes or ducts 122 and 124 shown in FIGURES 2, 3 and 5.
  • the axis of plunger or member 115 and the cylinder 117 is parallel with the axis of the collet and the axis of the traverse bar 311.
  • the member or plunger 115 is equipped with a T-shaped fitting 126, the member 115 having a threaded portion 127 extending through an opening in the fitting 126 and being secured thereto by a nut 12%.
  • the oppositely extending arms of the T-shaped fitting 126 are provided with openings to receive projections or portions 13% of a member 132.
  • the member 132 has an elongated portion 134 extending transversely of the axis of the member 115'.
  • the transversely extending portion 134 supports a tube or sleeve 1% which is rotatable on the portion 134 and is adaptedfor engagement with the strand 28 to effect transfer of the strand as hereinafter explained.
  • the strand engaging means 136 in effect, provides an anti-friction means or roller engageable with the strand and, as it is rotatable, its use minimizes or reduces shock when the member 136 is engaged with the rapidly advancing strand 28.
  • the elongated portion 13 of member 132 may be arranged to directly engage the strand without the interposition of the member 136 but appreciable wear of member 134, due to the frictional engagement of the strand therewith, may result.
  • the rotatable member or roller 136 not only minimizes the shock of engagement when it engages the rapidly moving strand but also provides a moving surface of large area for strand engagement and thereby minimizes wear of the rotatable member 136.
  • the member 115, in FIGURE 2 is shown in its fully projected position with respect to the housing and in FIG- URE 3, it is shown in its retracted position out of engagement with the strand.
  • the member 136 is preferably of substantial length so that engagement with the strand 28 is assured during the strand push-off or strand transfer movement of member 115.
  • the strand push-oif means 115, 136 is adapted, at the completion of a strand package wound upon the strand collector or tube 26, to push or transfer the strand to substantially the position shown in FIGURE 2 adjacent the marginal or end region of the sleeve 26 or upon the projecting portion 24 of the sleeve supporting collet 2d and out of engagement with or the influence of the spiral wire traverse or strand oscillator 35.
  • the strand push-off means holds the strand at the transfer region, as shown in FIGURE 2, during dotfing of the completed package which has been formed on the collector 26 and the placement of an empty collector or sleeve on the collet 24 preparatory to winding a succeeding package.
  • the strand is retained at the transfer region during the period that the collet 24 and the empty sleeve are being brought up to a constant filament attenuating speed at which time the plunger is retracted into the cylinder 117 and the roller 136 Withdrawn from engagement with the strand and out of the path of movement of the strand as it is traversed lengthwise of the collector during package formation.
  • the angularity of the strand influences it to move into engagement with the traverse 35 upon retraction of the means 136.
  • the traverse 35 being rotatable and reciprocable distributes the strand lengthwise of the collector or sleeve 26 in layers wherein the individual convolutions of strand are in crossing relation throughout the package by reason of the oscillation of the strand under the influence of the oscillator or spiral wire traverse 35.
  • a suitable valve means 140 shown schematically in FIGURE 5, which is of the multi-way type, controls the flow of pressure fluid alternately into the opposite ends 120 and 121 of the cylinder 117 by way of tubes 122 and 124.
  • the valve means is preferably of the solenoid operated type operated by solenoids 142 and 144.
  • the solenoids 142 and 144 are controlled by a suitable timing or programming means illustrated schematically at T in FIGURE 5.
  • a supply pipe 146 is arranged to convey fluid under pressure, such as compressed air, to the valve means 140, and an exhaust pipe 143 connected with the valve means may be provided to convey away spent air from the cylinder 117.
  • the timing means T in the arrangement illustrated schematically in FIGURE 5, is provided with three sets of controls or contacts designated T1, T2 and T3.
  • the contacts T1 effect the energization of the circuit control MZSC for both motors M2 and M3.
  • the contacts T2 complete a circuit through the solenoid 142 for retracting the plunger 115 and the strand push-off means 136
  • the contacts T3 complete a circuit through solenoid 144 to project the plunger 115 and the strand engaging or push-ofi means 136 to the strand transfer region at the completion of a strand package.
  • the microswitch 98 is normally closed when the pedal lever 88 is in its uppermost or normal position, the switch 98 completing a circuit through the solenoid of relay R1 to close the relay contacts R1-1.
  • the timer T is of the automatic resetting type, and is automatically reset when ever the pedal operated microswitch 98 is opened by depression of the pedal 88.
  • FIGURE 5 With particular reference to circuit diagram, FIGURE 5, in utilizing the apparatus to wind strand packages of mineral filaments such as glass filaments, the operator afiixes or telescopes an empty sleeve, tube or collector 26 onto the collet 24 in package winding position as shown in FIGURES 2 and 3. The strand 28 of filaments is held 7 or placed in the position illustrated in FIGURE 2 by the strand push-off means 136.
  • the operator then closes the switch T S3 which energizes a circuit through the starting control MISC which actuates contacts MKS, starting the motor Ml mranged to drive the collet Z4 and the sleeve 26.
  • the operator depresses the pedal 83 which slackens the belt 21*. to interrupt rotation of the collet and sleeve, the brake shoes '79 holding the collet 24 against rotation.
  • the operator then manually winds a few turns of the strand 28 on the surface of the projecting portion 24' of the collet 24 to snub the strand onto the collet.
  • the closing of contacts Rio-1 starts or initiates the operation of the timer or programmer T and contacts T1 are thereby closed completing the circuit through the starting control MZSC which initiates rotation of both motors M2 and M3.
  • the motor M2 rotates the strand traverse means or oscillator 3d and the motor M3 rotates the cam 44 to reciprocate the traverse means or oscillator 34.
  • the timer or programmer T is timed to delay the closing of the timer contacts T2 until the collet 2d and the sleeve as have reached a comparatively high constant speed so that the attenuated filaments will be of substantially uniform size.
  • the strand is held by the control member 136 in alignment with the portion 24- of the collet 24 and the winding of the strand, until the contacts T2 are closed by the timer, occurs on the collet portion 24.
  • the strand thus wound upon the collet until the collet and sleeve are brought up to constant speed is afterwards cut of]? or removed as waste by the operator.
  • the packaging sleeve and collet are brought up to speed in a few seconds, usually nine or ten seconds being sulficient.
  • the contacts T2 of the timer are then closed, completing a circuit through the solenoid 142, actuating the relatively movable valve member in the valve means 140 to direct fluid under pressure from the supply tube 146 through tube 122 into the end 12th of the cylinder 117 the pressure being effective against the left-hand end of the piston 119, as viewed in FIGURES 2 and 5.
  • the pressure of the fluid retracts the plunger 115 and the strand engaging control member 136 in a right-hand direction, as viewed in FIGURES 2 and 5.
  • the retraction of the member 135 releases the strand 28 for movement into engagement with the rotating oscillator or traverse means 34 under the influence of the angular position of the strand, shown in FIGURE 2, and the winding of the strand begun on the sleeve or collector 2%, to form a strand package.
  • the strand control member 136 is maintained in retracted position out of the path of movement of the strand 2% during the winding of the package.
  • the contacts T3 of the timer T are arranged to time the period or" winding the strand to form the package. This period may be several minutes, for example 26 minutes, in order to complete a package of strand.
  • the timer is made adjustable in order to change this period as the time period is dependent upon the size of filaments of the strand, the number of filaments in the strand and the amount of strand desired in a completed package.
  • the timer closes contacts T3, completing a circuit through the solenoid 144 of the valve means 149, actuating the movable valve of the means 146 to a position to direct fiuid under pressure, from the supply pipe 14.6 through the tube 124 into the end 121 of the cylinder 117.
  • the fluid pressure acts upon the right-hand side of the piston 119, as viewed in FIGURES 2 and 5, cansing the plunger 115 to be projected in a left-hand direction and the strand control or member 136 to engage and push the strand 23 to a transfer position illustrated in FIGURE 2.
  • the strand In the transfer position indicated in FIGURE 2, the strand is in alignment with the portion of the collet 24" at the marginal region of the package or at the edge region of the collector 26.
  • the signal light L (shown in FIGURE 5) is energized, the signal light being for the purpose of alerting the operator that a strand package has been completed.
  • the operator then depresses the pedal 83 which actuates the microswitch 93 to tie-energize relay RE and reset the timer T.
  • the relay contacts Rl-I'l With the de-energization of the relay R1, the relay contacts Rl-I'l are separated, and the circuit to the motors M2 and M3 interrupted whereby the traverse means or oscillater 3 ceases rotation and reciprocation.
  • the switch TSS is moved to open position and all of the motor circuits and control circuits are thereby de-energized.
  • the timer T is automatically reset. While the transfer region of the strand is indicated in FIGURE 2 as being in alignment with the collet portion 24, the transfer region may be at the end of the package sleeve 26 at the marginal region of a package.
  • the waste strand of filaments collected, either on the collet portion 245- or the edge region of a packaging sleeve 26, is cut otf by the operator at the time the completed package is dofied and an empty sleeve placed in winding position.
  • the method involves providing a comparatively short delay period dur ing which the strand is wound upon a rotating surface at the transfer region with the control member 136 in its projected position, and thereafter, the package is timed from the period of retraction of the bar 115 and strand push-off or control member 136 until member 136 is again projected to move the strand to the transfer region at the completion of a package through the closing of the contacts T3 and actuation of the solenoid 14-4 of valve means 146.
  • Apparatus for packaging a strand of filaments having a rotatable collet arranged to support a tubular strand collector, means for rotating the collet and collector to wind the strand on the package winding area of the collector to form a package, a rotatable and reciprocable traverse means engageable With the strand for oscillating the strand and distributing the strand lengthwise on the package Winding area of the collector, means for rotating and reciprocating the traverse means, timing means adapted to be set into operation by the operator, a rod reciprocable in a direction parallel with the axis of the collet, an elongated cylindrical element supported by the rod and disposed transversely of the direction of movement of the strand being wound into a package, means under the influence of the timing means for reciprocating the rod and cylindrical element, said cylindrical element being adapted in a first position to engage and hold the strand out of package Winding position, means actuable in one direction by the operator for initiating rotation of the collector and concomitantly setting into operation the
  • Apparatus for packaging a strand of filaments having a rotatable collet arranged to support a tubular strand collector, means for rotating the collet and collector to wind the strand on the package winding area of the collector to form a package a rotatable and reciprocable traverse means engageable with the strand for oscillating the strand and distributing the strand lengthwise on the package winding area of the collector, means for rotating and reciprocating the traverse means, timing means adapted to be set into operation by the operator, a rod reciproca ble in a direction parallel with the axis of the collet, a member carried by the rod having an elongated portion extending transversely of the axis of the rod, an elongated tubular element journaled on the elongated portion of said member, fluid pressure means under the influence of the timing means for reciprocating the rod, said tubular element and rod being adapted to be moved by the fluid pressure means to a first position of the element to engage and hold the strand out of package

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