Abstract: An improved apparatus for tying-up yarn to and for forming a transfer tail on one or more textile yarn package tubes mounted on the same yarn winder mandrel, each yarn package tube having a groove and a corner, which is formed in one of the side walls of the groove, with which the apparatus cooperates to make the tie-up and to form the transfer tail.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 1977
Date of Patent:
July 11, 1978
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors:
Joseph R. De Baker, Albert E. Spaller, Jr.