Improved apparatus for collecting annular strand packages

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AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING ANNULAR STRAND PACKAGES SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SPINNING BUCKET HAVING A CLOSED END AND AN OPEN END, SAID BUCKET ROTATABLY MOUNTED AND FITTED WITHIN A COMPARTMENT FORMED IN A SURROUNDING SOLID STRUCTURE IN OPERATION AND PROVIDED WITH A CLOSURE ELEMENT FOR SAID OPEN END, SAID SOLID STRUCTURE COMPARTMENT PROVIDED WITH A SIDE WALL PORTION AND A TRANSVERSE END WALL PORTION, SAID BUCKET PROVIDED WITH A RELATIVELY THIN OUTER WALL PORTION AND A RELATIVELY THIN TRANSVERSE WALL PORTION FORMING THE CLOSED END THEREOF, SAID WALL AND CLOSED END PORTIONS OF SAID BUCKET FORMED OF THIN ALUMINUM COATED WITH TOUGH CORROSION RESISTANT RESINOUS MATERIAL AND CLOSELY FITTED TO SAID WALL AND END PORTIONS OF SAID COMPARTMENT, SAID OUTER WALL PORTION OF SAID BUCKET HAVING INTERIOR SURFACES SLIGHTLY TAPERED OUTWARDLY FROM THE CLOSED END TO THE OPEN END OF THE BUCKET, SAID INTERIOR SURFACES TAPERED IN PROGRESSIVELY LESSER AMOUNTS FROM SAID CLOSED END TO SAID OPEN END OF THE BUCKET, SAID CLOSURE ELEMENT AND SAID OPEN END OF SAID BUCKET PROVIDED WITH CENTRIFUGALLY ACTUATED MEANS FOR POSITIVELY LOCKING SAID CLOSURE ELEMENT TO SAID BUCKET DURING ROTATION OF SAID BUCKET AND CLOSURE ELEMENT, SAID CENTRIFUGALLY ACTUATED MEANS COMPRISING AN ANNULAR GROOVE IN THE BUCKET WALL FORMING THE OPEN END OF SAID BUCKET AND AN ANNULAR SPRING ELEMENT SECURED IN SAID CLOSURE ELEMENT AND MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID GROOVE DURING ROTATION OF SAID BUCKET AND CLOSURE ELEMENT.