Yarn return unit for returning a yarn as well as a workstation of a textile machine comprising a yarn return unit

A yarn return unit for returning a yarn into a delivery unit of an individual workstation of a textile machine during a piecing process, comprising:

• a yarn-guiding section configured to guide and position the yarn with respect to the delivery unit;
• a blowing unit configured to generate an air flow for returning the yarn from the yarn-guiding section into the delivery unit, the blowing unit defining a flow direction of the air flow longitudinally through the yarn-guiding section towards the delivery unit;
• the yarn-guiding section comprising an open contour that defines an insertion area through which the yarn is inserted into the yarn-guiding section transversely to the flow direction of the air flow;
• a cutting section in the yarn return unit extending alongside the yarn-guiding section and spaced from the yarn guiding section in a direction transverse to the flow direction of the air flow, the cutting section comprising a cutting unit, wherein for the piecing process after a yarn break, the yarn can form a bop having a first leg in the yarn-guiding section and a second leg in the cutting section;
• the yarn return unit mountable at a fixed location on the individual workstation of the textile machine between the delivery unit and a pair of delivery rollers;
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• the yarn-guiding section configured to align with the delivery unit along the flow direction of the air such that a free end of the yarn formed after cutting the second leg in the cutting section is delivered directly by the air flow into the delivery unit.