Claims
- 1. Apparatus for attenuating and winding continuous strand drawn from a bushing directly onto winding sleeves mountable on and adapted to extend lengthwise over a portion of a rotating collet comprising, a collet mounted for rotation about the longitudinal axis thereof and adapted for receiving a winding sleeve thereon, a face on one end of the collet disposed substantially normally to the axis of rotation of the collet, strand pulling means for drawing the strand from the bushing across and into engagement with the end face of the collet with portions of the strand extending beyond two points on the periphery of said end face, strand engaging means comprising a multiplicity of angularly displaced strand catching devices associated with said face for engaging portions of the strand brought into proximity to the face at at least two spaced apart points, means for guiding the strand onto the portion of the collet adjacent said face, and means for shifting the strand axially of the portion of the collet adjacent the face and onto a winding sleeve mounted on the collet after said collet has reached operating speed.
- 2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the strand engaging means on said end face comprises a plurality of pairs of slots and wherein the slots of each pair are diametrically opposed to each other.
- 3. Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein two pairs of slots are provided and further wherein the slots of one pair are angularly disposed by 90.degree. from the slots of the other pair.
- 4. Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the slots are provided by a plurality of closely spaced fin-shaped members having rounded outer edges, said fin shaped members being mounted on said face.
- 5. Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the strand engaging means comprises a plurality of fingers outwardly projecting from said face, said fingers being equidistantly spaced from the axis of rotation of the collet, said strand engaging means further comprising a slot adjacent each finger, said slots being inclined toward the collet so as to guide the strand onto the starting drum.
- 6. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said collet is located beneath said bushing and said strand pulling means is located beneath said collet in a vertical plane which is proximate to the axis of rotation of the collet, said strand pulling means further being located axially of the collet so as to partially project beyond the collet end face.
- 7. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said strand pulling means comprises a pair of rollers disposed in side-by-side relationship on axes which are inclined downwardly with respect to the axis of rotation of the collet, the rollers each having one end projecting beyond the face of the collet, said ends being lower than the opposite ends thereof, the peripheral surfaces of the rollers being in contact with one another at said vertical plane to form a strand engaging nip.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 630,925, filed Nov. 11, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,040,572.
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Divisions (1)
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