Spool holder for twisting machine or the like

Claim 1

A thread-spinning machine with a plurality of dispensing units mounted in a row in a common spindle bank, comprising: an integral elongate structure supported on said bank, said structure being subdivided into longitudinally adjoining portions of substantially square outline forming respective housings for said units; a plurality of hollow rototable spindles rising centrally into said housings from said bank; a throwoff disk rigid with each spindle at the bottom of its housing; a tubular spool support carried on each spindle above said disk with all-around separation from the inner peripheral wall surface of the respective housing; guide means in each housing for drawing thread from a spool on said support and directing said thread downwardly therethrough along the axis thereof, said disk having a hollow hub accessible from the interior of the associated spindle for receiving said thread and a lateral orifice for the discharge of said thread along the underside of the disk; drive means for rotating said spindles along with their throwoff disks whereby said thread balloons about its spool on being drawn upwardly past the rim of said disk, said inner peripheral wall diverging upwardly from an annular gap around said disk to an extent sufficient to remain out of contact with the ballooning thread; magnetic retaining elements embedded in said structure at respective corners of said substantially square outline of said portions near the bottoms of said housings; and cooperating magnetic elements on the spool supports in said housings respectively confronting said retaining elements for preventing rotary entrainment of said supports by said spindles.