RING SPINNER

摘要

A method of guiding yarn during winding to a storage package (7), the method including the steps of: providing ring and track means adapted to reciprocate vertically in parallel with a spindle on which a storage package (7) is to be wound; dimensioning the ring means (14) relative to the track means (15) so that it is constrained thereby over a major part of the ring's circumference while moving clear of the track over a minor part of its circumference; running a yarn (4) being spun and wound onto a package through the gap between the ring and track means whilst the ring (14) is rotating on or in the track (15) to thereby wind the spun yarn onto the package whilst automatically clearing the track of accumulating fibre debris and other contaminants. The invention further provides a means for guiding yarn (4) during winding to a storage package (7), the means including a ring (14) dimensioned to rotate and reciprocate relative to a track (15), the track being dimensioned and orientated to retain the ring so that a major part of the ring's circumference whilst it is moving is retained by thetrack with a minor part of its circumference exposed, the arrangement being such that, in use, in a spinning machine a yarn being spun and wound onto a package runs substantially unimpeded through the gap between the ring (14) and the track (15) while the ring is rotating in or on the track.