Yarn winding apparatus with yarn cutting capability

A yarn winding apparatus, comprising

• means for rotatably mounting a tubular yarn bobbin for rotation about a laterally directed rotational axis,
• drive means for rotating said bobbin about said rotational axis,
• means for advancing a yarn to the bobbin so as to be wound thereupon and including yarn traversing means for laterally traversing the advancing yarn so as to form a cross wound package on the bobbin, and such that the traversing yarn defines a traversing plane,
• a yarn cutting blade mounted on one side of said traversing plane,
• a yarn lifting member mounted for movement between an idle position on said one side of said traversing plane and a lifted position on the other side of said traversing plane and so that the advancing yarn is engaged as the yarn lifting member moves from its idle position to its lifted position and is lifted from the traversing plane,
• actuation means for selectively moving said yarn lifting member between said idle and lifted positions, and
• yarn catch means mounted on said yarn lifting member for capturing and retaining the lifted advancing yarn in a laterally fixed position which is aligned with said yarn cutting blade when viewed in a direction perpendicular to said traversing plane, and such that upon movement of said yarn lifting member from said lifted position to said idle position the advancing yarn is brought into contact with said yarn cutting blade and severed.