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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1992
Jurgen Kluttermann, Monchengladbach, DE;
Manfred Langen, Monchengladbach, DE;
Gregor Gebald, Monchengladbach, DE;
Martin Bungster, Viersen, DE;
Trutzschler GmbH & Co. KG, Monchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
A transporting carriage for conveying a coiler can of curved outer circumferential surface in an upright orientation between a can stand of a sliver producing fiber processing machine and a can stand of a sliver comsuming fiber processing machine includes an apparatus for transferring the coiler can from the carriage to the can stand and from the can stand to the carriage in a linear transferring direction. The apparatus includes a gripper element having a jaw opening defined by an inner concave surface of the gripper element for engaging the coiler can along a portion of the curved outer circumferential surface; a turning mechanism for rotating the gripper element along a path generally parallel to the curvilinear length to alter an orientation of the jaw opening; and a linear shifting arrangement for linearly displacing the gripper element parallel to the linear transferring direction for placing the gripper element into a first position in which it is situated within an outline of the carriage and into a second position in which it is situated externally of the outline.