Apparatus for banding yarn skein under tension

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR BANDING A YARN SKEIN WITH A SPLIT SLEEVE IN TIGHTLY EMBRACING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH AND HAVING ITS END PORTIONS SECURED TOGETHER IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING (A) A PAIR OF SPACED TENSIONING MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY RECEIVABLE WITHIN THE BIGHT PORTIONS OF THE YARN SKEIN FOR CARRYING THE YARN SKEIN IN A RELAXED CONDITIONED WITH A MEDIAL PORTION OF THE YARN SKEIN BEING ADAPTED TO BE LOOSELY CRADLED BY THE SPLIT SLEEVE, (B) MEANS FOR MOVING ONE OF SAID TENSIONING MEMBERS IN A DIRECTION INCREASING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID TENSIONING MEMBERS TO INDUCE STRETCHING OF THE YARN SKEIN FOR APPLYING TENSION THERETO, (C) A SLEEVE SUPPORTING MEMBER MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY TO THE LENGTHWISE EXTENT OF THE YARN SKEIN AND IN THE SPACE INTERMEDIATE SAID TENSIONING MEMBERS, (D) SAID SLEEVE SUPPORTING MEMBER BEING MOVABLE INTO SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH A PORTION OF THE SLEEVE FOR SUBSEQUENTLY URGING THE SLEEVE PORTION ENGAGED THEREBY INTO INTIMATE CONTACT WITH THE YARN SKEIN, AND (E) MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SLEEVE ON THE SIDE THEREOF OPPOSITE FROM SAID SLEEVE SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR CAUSING THE END PORTIONS OF THE SLEEVE TO BE PLACED IN OVERLAPPING SECURED RELATIONSHIP.