Apparatus for and method of packaging linear material

Claim 1

Twist frame apparatus for packaging linear material comprising: means for supplying wet linear material along a given path; a rotatable collector upon which the linear material is wound into successive layers as a package; means for rotating the collector; a ring rail having a circular opening for extension of the rotatable collector therethrough; a traveler through which the linear material is advanced along its path to the collector during package formation, the traveler being mounted for circular movement on the ring rail at the circumference of the circular opening; means for reciprocating the ring rail axially of the collector; and means effective to increase the rate of evaporation of liquid from successive outer layers of the wet linear material as the layers are being formed including a nozzle on the ring rail immediately adjacent the package for directing a stream of drying gas onto a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the package and means for supplying the gas under pressure to the interior of the nozzle, the nozzle being moved back and forth axially of the package with the ring rail as the ring rail is reciprocated to progressively subject the exterior of the package to the drying influence of the stream during package formation.