Fiberglas Canada Inc.

Leslie J Harris

Marius C Schuller

An automatic strand winding apparatus is provided for use in a strand winding machine having a rotatable winding collet and a strand traversing mechanism for forming a package on the winding collet. The apparatus comprises a first strand engagement member mounted on a free end of the winding collet for rotation therewith into engagement with the strand and having fingers for catching the strand on rotation of the winding collet and thereby causing a first portion of the strand to become wound on the first strand engagement means, and a second strand engagement member for frictional engagement with the strand supported in an operational position adjacent and in alignment with the winding collet to cause a second portion of the strand to wind around and in frictionally engaged contact with the second strand engagement member, until breakage of the strand occurs in response to tension in the strand between the first and second strand engagement members.

Strand winding apparatus

Apparatus for supplying a strand to a winding collet of a strand winding machine has a pair of pull rolls movable between a standby position, in which the pull rolls are spaced from the winding collet to facilitate insertion of the strand between the pull rolls, and a wind-on position, in which the pull rolls guide the strand close to the winding collet to enable automatic initiation of the strand winding.

Strand transfer

An apparatus and method for winding a multistrand roving package by guiding a plurality of strands along convergent paths of travel towards a winding mandrel employ a pair of spaced strand guide members in the vicinity of the mandrel. The guide members define a gap for the strands and are reciprocated parallel to the mandrel axis so as to alternately engage and deflect the strands into a side-by-side relationship in the package. The strand guide members each have strand guide edge portions so located that, transversely of the mandrel axis, they are offset towards the mandrel from a linearly disposed relationship to intersect the strand paths at different respective angles corresponding to the differences in direction of the strand paths, thereby to compensate for differences in the strand deflections resulting from the differences in direction of the strand paths and to improve the strand deposition.

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Waterloo, Canada

Leslie J Harris