Spin winding machines

Apparatus for advancing and winding endless filamentary threads comprising a floor upon which a person may stand while attending to the threads;

• a winding machine including a chuck rotatably mounted above said floor and having a length sufficient for the winding thereon of multiple coaxial cylindrical thread packages spaced apart from one another lengthwise of said chuck;
• means for rotating said chuck;
• a driven thread advancing roll above said winder chuck less than 2500 mm above said floor so that a single person standing on said floor can attend to the threading-in of both said roll and said winding machine;
• and a plurality of stationary thread guides between said thread advancing roll and said chuck, said thread guides being arranged in a row parallel to said chuck with each of said thread guides being positioned above a location where a corresponding one of said thread packages is to be wound, and said thread advancing roll being long enough and being spaced far enough above said thread guides to allow each of the threads to pass from a surface portion of said roll to a respective thread guide along a path having an inclination of less than about 15 degrees relative to a vertical axis through the thread guide to prevent unacceptable tension differences between the threads of said plurality of threads.