Yarn-package winding machine

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A YARN-PACKAGE WINDING MACHINE COMPRISING WINDING MEANS HAVING A HOLDER FOR A TAKE-UP SPOOL CORE UPON WHICH THE PACKAGE IS TO BE WOUND AND YARN GUIDING MEANS DEFINING A YARN PATH TO SAID HOLDER; A SPOOL-CORE CONVEYING DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING AN EMPTY CORE TO SAID HOLDER; SAID SPOOL HOLDER HAVING A RELEASABLE CLAMPING DEVICE FOR JOURNALLING THE EMPTY CORE UPON WHICH THE PACKAGE IS TO BE WOUND FOR CLAMPING THE STARTING YARN END TO THE EMPTY CORE; A FEELER MEMBER MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO FILLING OF THE CORE WITH YARN ON SAID HOLDER; A DOFFER MECHANISM NORMALLY SPACED FROM THE CORE LOCATION OF SAID HOLDER AND MOVABLE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CORE ON SAID HOLDER FOR WITHDRAWING A FILLED CORE THEREFROM; A YARN DEFLECTOR MEMBER MOUNTED BEYOND SAID YARN PATH AT A LOCATION ALONG THE CORE-ENGAGING TRAVEL PATH OF SAID DOFFER MECHANISM FOR ENGAGING THE YARN EXTENDING TO THE WITHDRAWN CORE, SAID DEFLECTOR MEMBER BEING ENGAGABLE WITH THE YARN EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID GUIDING MEANS AND THE WITHDRAWN CORE AND BEING MOVABLE FROM A NORMALLY INACTIVE POSITION IN A DIRECT GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE CORE AXIS OF SAID HOLDER FOR LATERALLY DEFLECTING THE YARN TO A POSITON NEAR ONE AXIAL END OF THE CORE LOCATION OF SAID HOLDER FOR PLACING THE YARN END IN POSITION TO BE CLAMPED BY SAID CLAMPING MEANS TOGETHER WITH THE EMPTY CORE SO AS TO AUTOMATICALLY FIX THE YARN THERETO; A NORMALLY INACTIVE CONTROL MECHANISM CONNECTED WITH SAID CORECONVEYING DEVICE AND SAID DEFLECTOR MEMBER AND SAID DOFFER MECHANISM FOR CAUSING THEM TO CONJOINTLY OPERATE UPON RELEASE OF SAID CONTROL MECHANISM; LINKING MEANS CONNECTING SAID DEFLECTOR MEMBER WITH SAID MECHANISM FOR OPERATING SAID DEFLECTOR TOGETHER WITH SAID DOFFER MECHANISM, WHEREBY THE YARN COMING FROM THE SUPPLY COIL IS AUTOMATICALLY FIXED TO THE EMPTY NEW CORE FOR AUTOMATICALLY STARTING THE WINDING OPERATION; AND TRIGGER MEANS CONNECTING SAID FEELER MEMBER WITH SAID CONTROL MECHANISM TO RELEASE THE LATTER FOR OPERATION IN RESPONSE TO; COMPLETION OF A YARN PACKAGE ON SAID HOLDER.