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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1992
Hans-Werner Schwalm, Moenchengladbach, DE;
W. Schlafhorst AG & Co., Moenchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for transporting full sliver cans to the spinning stations of a textile spinning machine for can exchange operations thereat during which empty sliver cans are exchanged for full sliver cans. The apparatus includes a can transport carriage having three can supports at equal angular spacings from one another relative to a vertical axis and a device for indexing movement of the three can supports to sequentially position each can support at a can transfer location at which a can is transferred between the can transport carriage and the textile spinning machine. Each can support is sequentially indexed to a standby location from the can transfer location and, thereafter, to a ready location from which the can support is indexed into the can transfer location. The can transfer and ready locations are arranged such that two sliver cans supported at these locations are substantially aligned in the direction of travel of the can transport carriage. Also, the three can supports are dimensioned such that the outward lateral extent thereof is generally within the outward lateral extent of the two sliver cans supported at the can transfer and ready locations.