Prortable apparatus for applying travelers to the ring of a spinning or twisting fram

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A PORTABLE, MANUALLY OPERATED APPARATUS FORMING A SEPARATE TOOL FOR APPLYING TRAVELERS PARTICULARLY UPON A FLANGE OF A RING SPINNING OR TWISTING FRAME, COMPRISING A HEAD HAVING TWO OPPOSITE END SURFACES AND A BORE WITHIN SAID HEAD EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID THROUGH SAID END SURFACES, ONE END OF SAID HEAD HAVING AND INLET SLOT EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID HEAD AND INTO SAID BORE, A CONVEYOR BELT PASSING THROUGH SAID INLET SLOT, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY C-SHAPED TRAVELERS REMOVABLY SECURED TO AND SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER ON ONE SIDE OF SAID CONVEYOR BELT, FEEDING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HEAD FOR FEEDING SAID BELT IN A STEPWISE MOVEMENT TOWARD AND THROUGH SAID INLET SLOT AND SAID BORE, SO THAT, UPON STOPPING SAID BELT, A TRAVELER IS DISPOSED IN FRONT OF SAID BORE, A RING HAVING A FLANGE AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID TRAVELERS, MEANS ON SAID HEAD ADJACENT SAID BORE FOR APPLYING SAID APPARATUS AGAINST SAID RING, A FLANGED SUPPORT ENGAGING ONE OF SAID END SURFACES OF SAID HEAD AND HAVING A CURVED RECESSED GUIDE SUBSTANTIALLY OPPOSITE SAID BORE, A PLUNGER GUIDE WITHIN SAID RECIPROCATING IN SAID BORE FOR SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGING WITH AND SERVING SAID TRAVELERS, DURING THEIR POSITION IN FRONT OF SAID PLUNGER, FROM SAID BELT, SAID PLUNGER HAVING A BEVELED FRONT SURFACE AND A LATERAL FLAT SURFACE PORTION ADJACENT SAID BEVELED FRONT SURFACE OF A LENGTH IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID PLUNGER AT LEAST CORRESPONDING TO THE AXIAL LENGTH OF SAID INLET SLOT, IN ORDER TO PERMIT PASSING OF SAID CONVEYOR BELT THROUGH SAID INLET SLOT AND THROUGH SAID BORE IN THE FORWARD POSITION OF SAID PLUNGER, SAID BEVELED FRONT SURFACE OF SAID PLUNGER ENGAGING AND REMOVING SAID TRAVELERS FROM SAID BELT FOR FITTING SAID TRAVELERS OVER SAID FLANGE OF SAID RING BY FEEDING SAID TRAVELERS THROUGH SAID CURVED RECESSED GUIDE OF SAID FLANGED SUPPORT, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID HEAD FOR EXERTING AN IMPACT UPON SAID PLUNGER TO MOVE THE SAME FROM A BASIC REAR POSITION FORWARDLY TOWARD AND AGAINST SAID TRAVELERS, MEANS FOR RETURNING SAID PLUNGER TO SAID BASIC REAR POSITION, AND MEANS OPERATED BY SAID RETURNING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID FEEDING MEANS.