WINDING MACHINE

PURPOSE: To prolong the life of a traverse yarn guide by inserting one traverse yarn guide into a linear guide and a thread groove at an intersection between an approach guide rail and an approach guide groove and at an intersection among a return guide rail, a return guide groove and a return guide thread groove. CONSTITUTION: A linear guide is formed as a linear guide rail pair composed of rails 15 and 16 for approach and return guides, traverse yarn guides 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 guided by the linear guide pair are caused to travel only in a circulating direction regulated along the linear guide rail pair, and the number of traverse yarn guides 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 is set equal to twice + 1 of the number of traverse bobbins. Then, at an intersection between the approach guide rail 15 and the approach guide groove 20 and at an intersection among the return guide rail 16, the return guide groove 21 and the return guide thread groove of an inversion range 23.1, the traverse yarn guides 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 are inserted into the linear guide and the thread groove.