Lacer arm for a winding machine

A bobbin revolver comprising

• a rotatable carrier head having a longitudinal axis;
• a pair of chucks rotatably mounted on said carrier head and disposed in parallel on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis of said carrier head for rotary movement between a winding position and a doffing position;
• a pair of bobbins, each said bobbin being removably mounted on a respective chuck to receive a filament thereon in said winding position;
• infeed means for feeding at least one filament to said winding position;
• a filament take-up means on each chuck for catching at least one filament presented thereto;
• and
• lace-up means for holding thereon at least one filament extending between said infeed means and said lace-up means, said lace-up means being movable into a holding position to dispose the legnth of filament between said infeed means and said lace-up means along a given line across the path of movement of a respective chuck between said doffing position and said winding position whereby a chuck moving from said doffing position into said winding position receives the filament held on said lace-up means with a predetermined angle of wrap corresponding to a length of filament extending between said infeed means and a full package on a chuck moving from said winding position to said doffing position.

A winding machine comprising:

• a carrier head rotatable about an axis;
• a plurality of chucks mounted on said carrier head to successively move into and out of a winding position upon rotation of said carrier head about said axis, each said chuck being rotatable about a respective chuck axis thereof to receive and hold a bobbin thereon for rotation therewith, each said chuck including a filament take-up means for catching at least one filament presented thereto;
• filament infeed means for passing a filament to a bobbin on a respective chuck in said winding position;
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• a lace-up means for holding at least one filament passing from said infeed means, said lace-up means being pivotal into a lacing position to hold the filament along a line between said infeed means and said lace-up means to present the filament to said take-up means on a respective chuck during movement of said respective chuck into said winding position.

A winding machine comprising

• a carrier head rotatable about an axis;
• a plurality of chucks mounted on said carrier head to successively move into and out of a winding position upon rotation of said carrier head about said axis, each said chuck being rotatable about a respective chuck axis thereof to receive and hold a bobbin thereon for rotation therewith, each said chuck including a filament take-up means for catching at least one filament presented thereto;
• filament infeed means for passing a filament to a bobbin on a respective chuck in said winding position;
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• a lace-up means for holding at least one filament passing from said infeed means, said lace-up means being locatable in a lacing position prior to normal operation of said machine to hold the filament along a line between said infeed means and said lace-up means to present the filament to said take-up means on a respective chuck during movement of said respective chuck into said winding position, said line corresponding to a line which can be adopted in said normal operation by a length of filament between said infeed means and a chuck moving from said winding position.