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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1990
Siegfried Guenkinger, Heiningen, DE;
Markus Wurster, Owen/Teck, DE;
Manfred Langen, Moenchengladbach, DE;
Gregor Gebald, Korschenbroich-Pesch, DE;
Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH, Ebersbach/Fils, DE;
Abstract
A sliver can transporting apparatus and method for circulating sliver cans between a draw frame and a sliver supply station includes an inner track component and an outer track component. The outer track component transports empty sliver cans from the draw frame to a sliver supply station and the inner track component transports full sliver cans from the sliver supply station to form a row of full sliver cans at a final can ready position. Longitudinal bar members are selectively operated to transfer the full sliver cans in groupwise manner from the inner track components to the outer track component to allow another row of full cans to be supplied to the final can ready position and to transfer the rows of full sliver cans to the double rows of the draw frame. In correspondence with the transfer of the full sliver cans to the draw frame, empty sliver cans are discharged from the draw frame to be transported along the outer track component to a sliver supply station for refilling. Accordingly, the sliver can transporting apparatus continuously readies supplies of full sliver cans for replacement of sliver cans being emptied at the draw frame.