Method of controlling a compensator of the difference between the drawing-off and winding speeds of yarn when winding yarn on a bobbin at a workstation of a spinning machine and a device for performing the method

A method of controlling a compensator of a difference between drawing-off and winding speeds of yarn when winding yarn on a bobbin at a workstation of a spinning machine, the compensator comprising a compensating arm movable between different positions at different stages of operation at the workstation, as well as during service operations at the workstation following filling and emptying of the yarn from an intermediate vacuum storage device at the workstation, the method comprising:

• before emptying the yarn from the intermediate vacuum storage device, deflecting the compensating arm over a working range thereof across a path of the yarn and into an out-of-the-working-range position of the compensating arm, wherein the yarn is captured by the compensating arm and is also deflected with the compensating arm to the out-of-the-working-range position thereby forming a non-working reserve of yarn;
• maintaining the compensating arm at the out-of-the-working-range position with a retaining force while emptying the yarn from the intermediate vacuum storage device;
• and
• wherein upon emptying the intermediate vacuum storage device, the yarn exerts tensile force on the compensating arm that overcomes the retaining force such that the compensating arm returns from the out-of-the-working-range position to the working range and resumes operation.