Bobbin winding system

A thread winding system comprising a main support means, a plurality of bobbin supporting members on said main support means for supporting a plurality of bobbins for rotation about parallel horizontal axes of rotation, at least one bobbin mounted on each of said bobbin support means, bobbin drive means for rotating said bobbins about their respective axes of rotation, an individual bobbin thread guide positioned adjacent each of said bobbins for guiding a respective thread to its respective bobbin to be wound thereon, thread guide support means supporting said individual bobbin thread guides for reciprocation adjacent their respective bobbins and thread guide support drive means for reciprocating said individual thread guides in unison on a path parallel to said axes of rotation, wherein said bobbin supporting members comprise a plurality of parallel bobbin support shafts, rotary bearing means engaging and supporting each of said bobbin support shafts at a central portion of said shafts so that each of said shafts has outer end portions extending outwardly in opposite directions in a cantilever manner from said rotary bearing means and wherein one of said bobbin members is mounted on each of said outer end portions, additionally including friction drive means mounted on each of said outer end portions of said bobbin support shafts engagable with a bobbin mounted thereon for drivingly rotating said bobbin and further including bobbin latch means comprising a pivotal latch member mounted adjacent the extreme outer end portion of each of said shafts to engage the end of a bobbin carried thereon, wherein said bobbin support shafts are arranged in horizontal and vertical rows, said main support means comprises a vertically extending support column housing having a front panel, a rear panel and an internal chamber defined between said front panel and said rear panel, said bobbin shafts including a central shaft portion extending through said internal chamber with said shaft end portions extending outwardly of said front and rear panels, said bobbin drive means includes power transmitting chain means mounted in said internal chamber drivingly connecting a source of power to sprocket means on said bobbin shafts and said thread guide support means comprises front and rear rigid frame members respectively positioned adjacent the front and back panels and each consisting of a set of vertical rods and a set of horizontal rods respectively extending between said horizontal and vertical rows of bobbin shafts.

A thread winding system comprising a vertically extending support member, a plurality of parallel horizontal shaft members arranged in horizontal and vertical rows, rotary bearing means in said support member engaging and supporting said shaft members at a central portion of said shaft member, a bobbin mounted on each end of each of said shaft members outwardly of said central portion to define first and second bobbin banks respectively on opposite sides of said support member, thread guide means for providing an even feed of traveling thread to each of said bobbin members, drive means for rotating said shaft members in unison, a barrel cam mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis in said support member centrally of the vertical and horizontal rows of shaft members, wherein said thread guide includes first and second guide frames each respectively associated with one of said bobbin banks and supporting an individual bobbin thread guide adjacent each of said bobbins with a thread extending through each of said individual bobbin thread guides to the adjacent bobbin and cam follower means engaged with said barrel cam and connecting said first and second guide frames for reciprocating said guide frames to provide an even feed of thread to said bobbins and additionally including a multi-thread guide plate mounted on each of said guide frames between two adjacent horizontal rows of bobbin members including a plurality of thread guide apertures each receiving and guiding a thread to one of the individual bobbin thread guides of the bobbins of the lastmentioned two horizontal rows.