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Method and apparatus for automatic orderly removal and collection of fully-spun cops from textile ring spinning machines

US4846414A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 1987
Grant dateJul 11, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD01H9/18
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for automatically removing and collecting in an orderly manner fully-spun cops from a plurality of textile ring spinning machines of the type having longitudinal conveyors for transporting doffed cops to one machine end for collection. The present invention provides a respective transport apparatus in end-facing relation to each spinning machine for automatically bringing magazines to the machine for filling with doffed cops. A cart travels transversely intermediate the machines and their associated magazine transport apparatus to receive doffed cops from the machine conveyors and transfer them automatically into magazines provided on the associated magazine transport apparatus.

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