Abstract: The invention relates to a yarn handling arrangement in which the yarn is subjected to conditioning in a humid atmosphere before and as it is drawn off for use in a textile machine. The apparatus described in an example consists of an enclosure comprising a housing, in one compartment whereof are a plurality of pairs of bobbins on support rods, another compartment being defined by a sleeve member which is kept constantly moist by a water distributing device. A flow of air is arranged to fill the sleeve member and to escape therefrom through slots provided at levels corresponding to each of the levels at which the bobbins are supported.

Abstract: The invention comprises a textile machine arrangement comprising a multiplicity of yarn sources adapted to supply yarn for each feed station on said machine, said yarn sources being located adjacent to the machine, and a yarn feed mechanism adapted to draw the yarns from the sources and feed them at a desired rate and tension along a path towards the appropriate feed stations, characterized in that said yarn sources (2) are located in at least one group arranged to one side of the machine (4), and that the yarn feed mechanism includes a rotatable elongate roller device (8) provided with a plurality of cylindrical path-defining surface portions (21) each rotatable simultaneously and co-axially with its neighboring surface portion (21), so that each yarn is fed to one only of the portions (21) and the yarn path of each yarn (Y) includes a region in which the yarn partakes of travel in a helical manner about a portion (21) of the cylindrical surface of the roller device (8).