Method for the spinning and twisting of yarn on ring spinning frames and twisting frames

摘要

In the spinning or twisting of continuous fibrous material at a spinning or twisting frame station comprising a spindle for carrying a bobbin, a ring concentrically mounted about the spindle and supporting a traveler for guiding the fibrous material onto the bobbin and means for driving the ring and the spindle, the improvement comprising engaging the fibrous material at the head of the spindle thereby to reduce or eliminate ballooning of the fibrous material and rotating the ring at a lesser rate that the spindle thereby to decrease the tension on the yarn.