Take-up apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR WINDING TEXTILE FABRIC IN AN OPEN WIDTH ONTO A STORAGE ROLL FROM A SOURCE OF SUPPLY FEEDING THE TEXTILE FABRIC AT A NORMALLY CONSTANT SPEED COMPRISING: A FRAME STRUCTURE, A COMPENSATING ROLL, GUIDE MEANS ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE RECEIVING THE ENDS OF SAID COMPENSATING ROLL AND ALLOWING VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID COMPENSATING ROLL BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS, A FIRST IDLER ROLL CARRIER BY SAID FRAME STRUCTURE ABOVE SAID COMPENSATING ROLL, A SECOND IDLER ROLL CARRIED BY SAID FRAME STRUCTURE BENEATH SAID FIRST IDLE ROLL, SAID STORAGE ROLL BEING ROTATABLY SUPPORTED HORIZONTAL FROM SAID SECOND IDLER ROLL, A FIRST DRIVE MEANS OPERATING SAID SOURCE OF SUPPLY, A SECOND DRIVE MEANS DRIVING SAID STORAGE ROLL TO CAUSE SAID STORAGE ROLL TO TAKE-UP FABRIC FASTER THAN THE SPEED AT WHICH THE FABRIC IS DELIVERED FROM THE SOURCE, A FIRST UPPER SWITCH MEANS TO DEENERGIZE SAID SECOND DRIVE MEANS WHEN SAID COMPENSATING ROLL MOVES UP TO A CERTAIN PREDETERMINED VERTICAL POSITION, A SECOND LOWER SWITCH MEANS TO ENERGIZE SAID SECOND DRIVE MEANS WHEN SAID COMPENSATING ROLL MOVES TO A PREDETERMINED LOW POSITION IN SAID GUIDE MEANS, MEANS ABOVE AND BELOW SAID FIRST AND SECOND SWITCH MEANS DEENERGIZE SAID FIRST DRIVE MEANS AND SAID SECOND DRIVE MEANS WHEN SAID COMPENSATING ROLL MOVES VERTICALLY BEYOND SAID SWITCH MEANS, SAID SOURCE OF TEXTILE FABRIC SUPPLY BEING SPACED FROM SAID FRAME STRUCTURE A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, AND FLOOR MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SOURCE TO TEXTILE FABRIC SUPPLY AND SAID FRAME STRUCTURE TO ALLOW AN OPERATOR TO INSPECT SAID FABRIC ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE.