PIDDLER MECHANISM FOR STRAND MATERIAL

摘要

Means including a piddler mechanism is provided for coiling delivery of continuous strand material. The piddler mechanism is of the type incorporating an entrance tube into which the strand material is drawn by aspiration generated at an annular orifice formed between the adjacent ends of the entrance tube and a following piddler tube that rotates. The structural arrangement allows the tube ends to be set in closely spaced telescoping relation for forming the annular orifice, and an advantageously shortened strand path and special form of delivery chute are employed in one embodiment. Means for feeding the strand material to the piddler mechanism is also included that optionally employs a specially formed roll for freeing the feeding strand material as it is drawn into the entrance tube.