Balloon suppressor for light and heavy yarns

In a twisting apparatus wherein a yarn package is supported on a rotatably supported holder in a laterally closed but upwardly open spaced defined between a plurality of upright walls defining at least adjacent their bases a circle, and wherein coacting magnets on said holder and at least one of said walls at the base thereof prevent rotation of said holder, the improvement comprising:

• a balloon-limiting sleeve of generally cylindrical shape receivable between said holder and said walls,
• means for releasably securing said sleeve in said space on said walls for easy removal therefrom, and
• a flyer under and rotatably supporting said holder and rotatable about an upright axis, said sleeve being centered on said axis when secured on said walls, said walls defining at their tops a square centered on said axis and said circle defined by their bases is also centered on said axis, said means being a formation on said sleeve snugly engageable with said walls at the bases thereof, said formation engaging said walls generally at said magnets, said walls tapering at their bases and said formation being frustoconical and complementary to said walls at the bases thereof.