Method and device for stacking yarn coils and coil cores

Claim 1

IN THE ART OF WINDING, AN APPARATUS FOR STACKING QUILLS IN VERTICAL STACKS, COMPRISING MEANS FOR FEEDING THE QUILLS DOWNWARDLY TO A HORIZONTALLY AXIAL ISSUING POSITION, A MAGAZINE BOX, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID BOX AT A DEFINED HORIZONTAL LIMIT POSITION OF SAID BOX BENEATH SAID ISSUING POSITION FOR RECEIVING SAID QUILLS, SAID BOX HAVING GUIDE MEANS FIXED TO THE SIDE WALLS THEREOF AND DEFINING VERTICAL CHAMBERS FOR RECEIVING A NUMBER OF VERTICAL STACKS OF QUILLS, AND HORIZONTALLY RECIPROCABLE STOP MEANS LOCATED IN SPACED SEQUENCE BETWEEN SAID ISSUING POSITION AND THE BOTTOM OF SAID MAGAZINE BOX FOR INCREMENTALLY LIMITING THE FREE FALL OF EACH QUILL DOWNWARDLY, SAID STOP MEANS INCLUDING A MEMBER EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY WITHIN SAID MAGAZINE BOX AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A QUILL IN A FILLED STACK FOR ADVANCING THE BOX HORIZONTALLY DURING RECIPROCATION OF SAID MEMBERS WHEN THE LAST NAMED STACK IS FILLED, AND DRIVE MEANS LINKED TO SAID STOP MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING THE LATTER.