Means for positioning the end of yarn on a cross-wound bobbin

Means for positioning the end of yarn on a cross-wound bobbin on a textile machine of the type having winding heads operable to cross-wind yarn to form bobbins and includng means for releasing wound bobbins, creels at said winding heads for supporting wound bobbins released by said winding heads, said creels having bobbin tube holding means rotatably mounted thereon, a service mechanism movable along the machine and having means thereon for servicing bobbins held by said bobbin tube holding means and including a bobbin rotating device movable into and out of rotating engagement with the bobbin, said yarn end positioning means comprising a yarn end take-in device for searching for, taking in and drawing off a yarn end that has been wound onto the surface of the bobbin, a yarn guiding device mounted on said traveling service mechanism and cooperating with said yarn takein device for guiding the yarn end against one of the two sides of the bobbin, and a yarn guide element cooperating with said yarn guide device to guide the yarn end to the juncture of said one bobbin side and the tube for retention thereat.