Level wind spinning wheel

Abstract

A level wind spinning wheel has an improved flyer assembly wherein a level wind mechanism is incorporated in one arm of the flyer in such a way that the arm is free at one end for direct drive and axial removal of the bobbin. The arm comprises a rigid hollow tube extending parallel to the flyer spindle and having a cross-threaded journaled rod for rotation in its ends. A proximal end of the tube is supportingly connected to the spindle via a transverse member, which carries a gear train for rotating the rod. A traveler mounted on the rod carries an eye which protrudes through a lengthwise slot in the tube. A bobbin received on the spindle has a first gear which drives, through the gear train, a second gear mounted concentrically on the rod within the proximal end of the tube. The tube encloses and supports the cross-threaded rod and second gear. The slot retains the traveler eye against rotation on the rod as the traveler moves back and forth along the rod to uniformly wind yarn onto the bobbin.

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