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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1997
Ferdinand Leifeld, Kempen, DE;
Trutzschler GmbH & Co. KG, Monchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
A system includes a first drawing frame having a sliver output; a second drawing frame having a sliver input; and a conveyor apparatus for supplying, in a closed circuit, sliver-filled coiler cans from the output of the first drawing frame to the input of the second drawing frame and for supplying empty coiler cans from the input of the second drawing frame to the output of the first drawing frame. The conveyor apparatus includes first and second storage devices for supporting thereon a plurality of sliver-filled coiler cans and empty coiler cans, respectively. The storage devices are formed of respective conveyor tracks, each having a conveying device. The conveyor apparatus further has transferring devices for moving sliver-filled coiler cans from the output of the first drawing frame to the first conveyor track, from the first conveyor track to the input of the second drawing frame, and for moving empty coiler cans from the input of the second drawing frame to the second conveyor track and from the second conveyor track to the output of the first drawing frame.