Portable facilities for automatically collecting and sorting wound

Abstract

A portable device for collecting and automatically sorting wound spools from open-end spinning machines is described. The device includes an entry chute that cooperates with the outlet end of a conveyor on the top of the spinning machine for guiding each spool into a wedge-shaped classifying guide, which directs each spool into an auxiliary storage magazine or onto a conveyor in accordance with the overall diameter of the spools. The spools directed to the conveyor are guided in the device onto a second conveyor, which moves in a horizontal path above a movable platform, from which extend a plurality of spool-receiving receptacles. Facilities are associated with the second conveyor for successively receiving classified spools from the first conveyor and for releasing the spools seriatim onto the underlying receptacles. When the spools are completely emptied from the spinning machine, the movable platform loaded with the collected spools can be taken out of the sorting device, while the rejected spools can be emptied from the auxiliary magazine.