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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1975
Jerome P Klink, Granville, OH (US);
Arnold J Eisenberg, Granville, OH (US);
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention embraces method and apparatus for winding a linear element into a package. Such invention including means for supplying a linear element; a driven rotatable collet having a package collection region and a temporary collection region for the linear element, the collet including a fixed member located in the temporary collection region in a position so it is effective to engage element linearly advanced through the region; interim means for advancing the linear element during times the element is not collected on the collet, the interim means being located in spaced relation with the collet in a position effective to advance the element along a path that brings the element into contact with the collet in the temporary collection region so that the fixed member can engage the element during rotation of the collet to begin collection of the element on the collet and to effect severance of the element between the collet and the interim means; and means for moving the element from collection in the temporary collection region to the package collection region of the collet for package formation.