Spool transporting device

US4555215A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• W. Schlafhorst AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Hans Raasch · Wittlich, DE
• Hans Grecksch · Mönchengladbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 1983
• Grant date: Nov 26, 1985
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S414/124
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A spool transporting assembly for the sequential transfer of textile spools wound on tubes, includes a spool preparation station having a support surface for textile spools, a spool receiving device, and a spool transporting device for transporting textile spools from the spool preparation station to the spool receiving device, the spool transporting device including a gripper head being movable in at least one plane into and out of a centered spool receiving position being fixed relative to the spool preparation station, the gripper head including gripper elements for gripping textile spools of different diameters in the centered spool receiving position.