RING SPINNING MACHINE COMPRISING AN APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN YARN PIECING

A ring spinning machine (10) that includes an apparatus for assisting in yarn piecing is provided. The apparatus includes a position detector (21), at least one guide (13, 30) that guides a worker (W) to a position of one of the spindles (11, 41, 42, 43, 44) having a yarn break, and a controller (25) that controls the guide (13, 30) based on the position of a spindle (11, 41, 42, 43, 44) having the yarn break and a location of the worker (W). The position detector (21) includes a state memory (22) and a worker's position determiner (23) that, when a state of any of the spindles (11, 41, 42, 43, 44) is changed from a yarn break state to a non-yarn break state, determines that the position of the spindle (11, 41, 42, 43, 44) as the location of the worker (W).