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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1991
Josef Derichs, Monchengladbach, DE;
W. Schlafhorst AG & Co., Moenchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
A transport system for transporting independently movable tube support members between the winding stations of a textile winding machine and a manual re-supply location is provided. The transport system includes a plurality of individual exit paths, each extending past a winding station and leading to a discharge path along which the tube support members are discharged to the manual re-supply location, and a delivery path for delivering the tube support members from the manual re-supply location to the winding stations. Also, the transport system includes a manual re-supply assisting assembly for assisting an operator with a manual re-supply operation in which full yarn packages are manually loaded onto empty tube support members., The assisting assembly preferably includes a loading guide device for guiding full yarn packages during downward travel thereof onto empty tube support members. The loading guide device includes at least two positioning members cooperating together to guide a yarn package with at least one of the positioning members being movable between a cooperating position and a displaced position in which it is laterally displaced to thereby permit relative movement of the loading guide device and the tube support members without interference between the positioning members and the yarn packages which have previously been loaded on the tube support members. Preferably, the assisting assembly includes sensors for distinguishing between empty tubes and tubes still having remaining yarn thereon and an automatic tube removal component removes tubes from the tube support members.