Automatic yarn-winding machine

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IN A YARN WINDING MACHINE FOR WINDING YARN FROM YARN-SUPPLY COILS INTO LARGER PACKAGES HAVING A SUPPLYCOIL HOLDER AND A TAKE-UP PACKAGE HOLDER AND A YARN PATH BETWEEN THE TWO HOLDERS, A KNOTTER DISPOSED ALONG THE PATH FOR JOINING THE RESPECTIVE YARN ENDS FROM THE COIL AND THE PACKAGE, AND FIRST YARN-SEEKING MEANS FOR PASSING THE RESPECTIVE ENDS TO THE KNOTTER, THE COMBINATION OF A SUPPLY-COIL MAGAZINE APPARTUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS FOR RECEIVING SUPPLY COILS SEQUENTIALLY DISCHARGEABLE ONTO THE SUPPLY-COIL HOLDER SO AS TO SUBSTITUTE A NEW COIL FOR A DEPLETED COIL DOFFED THEREROM, AUTOMATIC YARN-READYING MEANS DISPOSED ON SAID MAGAZINE APPARTUS AND HAVING SECOND YARN-SEEKING MEANS ACTUABLE UPON THE COILS IN SAID COMPARTMENTS FOR ENTRAINING THEREFROM A STARTING LENGTH OF YARN IN A GIVEN POSITION TO WHICH SAID FIRST YARN-SEEKING MEANS HAS ACCESS AS EACH SUPPLY COIL PASSES FROM SAID MAGAZINE APPARATUS ONTO SAID COIL HOLDER, AND MANUALLY ACTUABLE YARN-READYING MEANS ALSO DISPOSED ON SAID MAGAZINE APPARTUS AND OPERABLE FOR ENTRAINING FROM SELECTED COILS A STARTING LENGTH OF YARN IN SAID GIVEN POSITION.