Apparatus for sorting yarn-coil cores with and without yarn remainders

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR SORTING COIL CORES WITH YARN REMAINDERS FROM THOSE FREE OF REMAINDERS, HAVING CORE SUPPORTING MEANS, SELECTOR MEANS FOR ISSUING CORES FROM SAID SUPPORTING MEANS TO RESPECTIVELY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND A CHECKING DEVICE RESPONSIVE TO PRESENCE OF A YARN REMAINDER ON A CORE AND CONNECTED TO SAID SELECTOR MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID SELECTOR MEANS, SAID CHECKING DEVICE COMPRISING A FEELER, DRIVE MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOVEMENT TO A CORE IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF THE CORE SO AS TO MOVE IT PAST SAID FEELER ONTO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, SAID FEELER HAVING A FRONT ENGAGEABLE WITH THE CORE DURING SAID MOVEMENT TO HOOK INTO ANY WINDINGS OF YARN REMAINING ON THE CORE, SAID FEELER BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AND ROTATABLE ABOUT ITS PIVOT AXIS, DUE TO ENTRAINMENT BY A YARN REMAINDER, FROM A POSITION IN WHICH SAID PIVOT AXIS LAGS SAID FEELER FRONT TO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID FEELER FRONT LAGS SAID PIVOT AXIS AND IS RELEASED FROM THE YARN REMAINDER ON THE CORE, SO AS TO CONTROL SAID SELECTOR MEANS IN RESPONSE TO FEELER ROTATION.