Apparatus and method for handling yarn bundles

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS COMBINATION USEFUL FOR FOMRING AND PACKAGING A PLURALITY OF FILAMENTS INTO A CONTAINER, SAID COMBINATION COMPRISES A SOURCE OF A PLURALITY OF FILAMENTS MAKING UP A STRAND, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING SAID STRAND TO AND THROUGH A DEPOSITOR DEVICE HAVING HIGH ENERGY FLUID SUPPLIED THERETO, SAID DEVICE BEING IN COMBINATION WITH A DEPOSITOR TRAVERSE WHICH INCORPORATES MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY VARYING THE CROSSWISE AND LENGTHWISE TRAVERSE VELOCITIES TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF MULTIPLE OR HALF MULTIPLE TIME RATIOS BETWEEN THE SLOW AND FAST TRAVERSE MOTIONS, THE DEPOSITOR DEVICE BEING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT COMPRISES AN ENTRANCE SECTION ADAPTED TO IMPINGE THE HIGH ENERGY FLUID ONTO THE STRAND TO BE PACKAGED IN THE CONTAINER TO GENERATE A FORWARDING MOMENTUM THEREIN AND AN EXIT SECTION ADAPTED TO DISSIPATE THE FORWARD MOMENTUM OF THE STRAND IN A RESILIENT STORAGE CHAMBER, THE CHAMBER BEING PARTIALLY ENCLOSED WHEREBY THE STRAND MAY EXIT IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION AND THE HIGH ENERGY FLUID AS AN EXHAUST MAY BE EXHAUSTED IN A RADIAL DIRECTION AND WHEREBY THE STRAND DISCHARGED INTO THE CONTAINER IS NOT SENSITIVE TO THE STRAND BED TO DEPOSITOR DISTANCE AND THE FORMATION OF MOUNDS AND VOIDS IN THE STRAND BED AS THE STRAND IS FED INTO THE CONTAINER IS MINIMIZED.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS COMBINATION USEFUL FOR FOMRING AND PACKAGING A PLURALITY OF FILAMENTS INTO A CONTAINER, SAID COMBINATION COMPRISES A SOURCE OF A PLURALITY OF FILAMENTS MAKING UP A STRAND, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING SAID STRAND TO AND THROUGH A DEPOSITOR DEVICE HAVING HIGH ENERGY FLUID SUPPLIED THERETO, SAID DEVICE BEING IN COMBINATION WITH A DEPOSITOR TRAVERSE WHICH INCORPORATES MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY VARYING THE CROSSWISE AND LENGTHWISE TRAVERSE VELOCITIES TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF MULTIPLE OR HALF MULTIPLE TIME RATIOS BETWEEN THE SLOW AND FAST TRAVERSE MOTIONS, THE DEPOSITOR DEVICE BEING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT COMPRISES AN ENTRANCE SECTION ADAPTED TO IMPINGE THE HIGH ENERGY FLUID ONTO THE STRAND TO BE PACKAGED IN THE CONTAINER TO GENERATE A FORWARDING MOMENTUM THEREIN AND AN EXIT SECTION ADAPTED TO DISSIPATE THE FORWARD MOMENTUM OF THE STRAND IN A RESILIENT STORAGE CHAMBER, THE CHAMBER BEING PARTIALLY ENCLOSED WHEREBY THE STRAND MAY EXIT IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION AND THE HIGH ENERGY FLUID AS AN EXHAUST MAY BE EXHAUSTED IN A RADIAL DIRECTION AND WHEREBY THE STRAND DISCHARGED INTO THE CONTAINER IS NOT SENSITIVE TO THE STRAND BED TO DEPOSITOR DISTANCE AND THE FORMATION OF MOUNDS AND VOIDS IN THE STRAND BED AS THE STRAND IS FED INTO THE CONTAINER IS MINIMIZED.