Yarn-spool winding machine

Claim 1

A YARN WINDING MACHINE, COMPRISING A WINDING MECHANISM HAVING SPOOL-CORE JOURNALLING MEANS FOR ACCOMMODATING A TAKE-UP SPOOL BEING WOUND, A CORE-SUPPLYING EXCHANGE MECHANISM FOR SUBSTITUTING A NEW CORE FOR A FULL SPOOL ON SAID JOURNALLING MEANS, A LAY-OFF DEVICE ADJACENT TO SAID JOURNALLING MEANS FOR RECEIVING THEREFROM THE FULL SPOOLS, MEANS FOR DOFFING FULL SPOOLS FROM SAID WINDING MECHANISM AND SUPPLYING THEM ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH TO SAID LAY-OFF DEVICE, A SPOOL SENSING DEVICE MOUNTED AT SAID LAY-OFF DEVICE WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE ADJACENT SAID WINDING MECHANISM AND ACTUATABLE INTO A RESPONDED CONDITION UPON THE PRESENCE OF A FULL SPOOL IN SAID PREDETERMINED RANGE, AND STOP MEANS INCLUDING FIXED MEANS FOR PREVENTING A FULL SPOOL LOCATED ALONG SAID PATH FROM ROLLING BACK TOWARD SAID JOURNALLING MEANS AND FURTHER INCLUDING BLOCKING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID SENSING DEVICE FOR ARRESTING THE FULL SPOOLS AT A PREDETERMINED LOCATION ALONG SAID PATH WHENEVER SAID SENSING DEVICE IS IN SAID RESPONDED CONDITION.