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US 5,044,571 AGranted
Apparatus for winding yarn
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenji Ohashi
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for winding a yarn on a package in which the wind number of the package is changed regularly or rapidly at random in relation to the traverse of the yarn. A traverse drum having a plurality of grooves of different wind number and a branch portion of the traverse grooves is used to wind the yarn.
Claims5
An apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable traverse drum including a first traverse groove having a first wind number and a second traverse groove having a second wind number, the first wind number being different than the second wind number,
- the traverse drum further including a branch portion at which a yarn to be wound on a package is selectively distributed to at least one of the first and second traverse grooves as the drum rotates;
- and
- switching means for distributing yarn at the branch portion to at least one of the first and second traverse grooves.
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