Pigtail guide for staple spinning Fisher, Don E.; Fuqua, John W.; Wilkie, Arnold E.; A specially designed pigtail balloon guide for use with ring spinning frames is provided. The guide improves the performance of such frames with respect to sliver breaks and/or sliver throughput. The guide has a single-looped coil through which the sliver is threaded. The coil is designed so that during operation of the frame the coil is tilted with respect to the path of the sliver. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a novel guide for use with staple ring spinning frames of the type wherein the front rolls of the frames are set back from the balloon guide at an angle of at least 10.degree. from vertical. Use of the guide greatly improves the performance of such frames. B. Description of the Prior Art Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a more economical method for improving the performance of ring spinning positions. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Heretofore, the relationship of the yarn contact surface of balloon guides to the sliver during operation of spinning frames was not thought to be particularly significant. Typically, the conventional balloon guide is designed such that during operation of the position, its yarn contact surface is perpendicular to the sliver. | |
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