Abstract:
Apparatus for and method of packaging linear material using a collector for packaging advancing linear material and traversing means distributing the advancing material on the collector wherein the linear material may freely move laterally of the traversing path and away from the collecting surface throughout the package build.
Abstract:
Apparatus for processing a plurality of strands including means for supplying a group of side-by-side strands along given paths and a member having side-by-side extensions projecting in nonintersecting relationship with the group of strands where the extremities of the extensions have guide surfaces oriented in a direction oblique to the axes of the extensions and facing generally toward the group. The apparatus further including means for moving the member to engage and move the strands over the guide surfaces and into the spaces between the extensions.