Apparatus for making yarns from picker laps

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APPARATUS FOR MAKING YARN FROM PICKER LAPS UTILIZING A TWISTER MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH A PAIR OF PARALLEL ROWS OF RING TRAVELERS AND ROTATING BOBBINS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, (1) A CARDING MACHINE FOR FORMING A WEB FROM PICKER LAPS, (2) A TAPE CONDENSER POSITIONED FORWARDLY OF AND CLOSELY ADJACENT THE CARDING MACHINE, (A) SAID TAPE CONDENSER INCLUDING MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND SPLITTING SAID WEB INTO A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY NARROW STRIPS, (B) SAID TAPE CONDENSER ALSO HAVING MEANS APPLYING A RUBBING AND ROLLING ACTION TO THE STRIPS SO EACH STRIP IS CONVERTED TO A ROVING STRAND, (3) SAID PARALLEL ROWS OF TRAVELERS AND BOBBINS ON SAID TWISTER MACHINE EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF THE LAST-NAMED MEANS AND LONGITUDINALLY OF THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE STRANDS ISSUING FROM THE TAPE CONDENSER, (A) MEANS ON SAID TWISTER MACHINE FOR GUIDING AND DEFLECTING THE ROVING STRANDS TOWARD BOTH SIDES OF THE TWISTER MACHINE, (B) TWISTER FEED ROLLS THROUGH WHICH SAID ROVING STRANDS ARE DRAWN FROM SAID GUIDING AND DEFLECTING MEANS AND DIRECTED TO RESPECTIVE TRAVELERS AND BOBBINS IN SAID PARALLEL ROWS, (C) MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION TO THE FEED ROLLS FROM THE TAPE CONDENSER, AND (D) MEANS FOR ROTATING THE BOBBINS OF SAID TWISTER MACHINE AT A SPEED PROPORTIONAL TO THE SPEED OF THE CARDING MACHINE.