Detailed Product Description

An apparatus for winding continuous strands of flexible material about a core to form a package which apparatus includes a source of said strands, means for rotating said core about a first axis, a traversing mechanism rotatable about a second axis parallel to said first axis and adjacent to a peripheral surface of said package for imparting primary traversing motions to said strands as they are being wound on said package whereby said strands progress and regress to define a series of bights, and means for imparting a secondary traversing motion to the strands relative to the package to advance the series of bights across the peripheral surface of the package, the improvement comprising: said traversing mechanism comprising at least six elongate straight rods having rounded surfaces for contacting said strands, support means supporting said elongate rods in spaced-apart parallel relationship to define a cylindrical pattern, mounting means for mounting said mechanism so that the axes of said elongate rods extend at an oblique angle of about 30.degree. to 45.degree. relative to said second axis about which said traversing mechanism is rotated.