摘要:
A textile yarn ring spinning or twisting apparatus and a method of doffing a fully-wound textile yarn package (8) therefrom, the apparatus comprising a spindle (1) for carrying a yarn support tube or bobbin (2), the spindle (1) being rotatable about its axis to enable yarn to be wound on the tube (2) to form a yarn package (8), a yarn reserve winding member (9) mounted coaxially with the spindle (1) around which member (9) yarn may be wound prior to the doffing of a wound yarn package (8) from the spindle (1), and clutch means (17,19) selectively to clutch the reserve winding member (9) to the spindle (1) so that with the clutch means (17,19) in a first position the reserve winding member (9) is constrained to rotate with the spindle (1) and in a second position the reserve winding member (9) is substantially disengaged from the spindle (1) and free to rotate relative thereto.