John Wade Demuth

US Patent:

39715183, Jul 27, 1976

Filed:

Nov 18, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/524902

Inventors:

Larry B. Newman - Kingsport TN
John W. Demuth - Kingsport TN

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B65H 5402

US Classification:

242 18PW

Abstract:

Transfer tail apparatus for use with a yarn winder on which the yarn package tube has at its outer axial end an end slit or other yarn snagging means for snagging and retaining yarn during tie-up, the transfer tail apparatus having a first yarn guide adapted to move in a path and translate a continuously moving yarn into engagement with the tube end slit or other yarn snagging means; and a second yarn guide operative after such snagging and adapted to guide the snagged yarn into a waste bunch and then move in a path and guide the yarn into spaced helical wraps constituting the transfer tail, after which the second yarn guide releases the yarn for subsequent pickup by a yarn traverse guide on the yarn winder for forming the package portion on the yarn package tube.