Compensating biasing and feeler unit for winding machines

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR WINDING A LONG STRIP OF TEXTILE MATERIAL FROM ONE ROLL TO ANOTHER THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A FIRST ROLL AND A SECOND ROLL, SAID ROLLS BEING SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER; MEANS INCLUDING A SPEED CONTROL TO DRIVE AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ROLLS; AND MEANS POSITIONED ALONG THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID MATERIAL STRIP TO MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT TENSION ON THE MATERIAL AS IT TRAVELS FROM ONE ROLL TO THE OTHER AND ONE ROLL DECREASES DIAMETER AND THE OTHER ROLL INCREASES DIAMETER, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF GUIDE ROLLS SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AND EQUI-DISTANT FROM A PLANE OF SYMMETRY WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF THE LOCUS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROLLS, SEPARATE MOUNTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING EACH OF SAID GUIDE ROLLS, EACH OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS BEING FREELY PIVOTABLE ABOUT ITS OWN STATIONARY AXIS, EACH OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS ALSO BEING ARRANGED SYMMETRICALLY WITH REGARD TO SAID PLANE OF SYMMETRY AND EACH MOUNTING MEANS HAVING THEREON A PIVOTING MEANS, SAID PIVOTING MEANS BEING INTERENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER SUCH THAT MOVEMENT OF ONE PIVOTING MEANS WILL CAUSE CORRESPONDING MOVEMENT IN SAID OTHER PIVOTING MEANS, AND MEANS ATTACHED TO ONE OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS TO CAUSE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS ABOUT ITS STATIONARY AXIS THEREBY CAUSING MOVEMENT OF SAID PIVOTING MEANS ON SAID MOUNTING MEANS AND CORRESPONDING MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER PIVOTING MEANS AND MOUNTING MEANS TO MOVE SAID GUIDE ROLLS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.