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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Hans Grecksch, Monchengladbach, DE;
Jurgen Backhaus, Wegberg, DE;
W. Schlafhorst AG & Co., Moenchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
A transport system for circulating bobbin tube support members from and to a textile winder includes conveyors for conveying bobbin tube support members from and to a textile winder, a plurality of mutually independently controllable accumulating devices disposed intermediate the conveyors for conveying tube support members from and to the textile winder, and an overflow conveyor for conveying loaded support members to the accumulating devices. A position detecting arrangement provides information to a central control device regarding the number and location of tube support members within the transport system and a series of diverting and retaining gates are provided to control the movement of tube support members within the transport system, particularly the delivery of tube support members to and from the accumulating devices depending on the demand of the winder and the speed of the bobbin loading operation.