Maintenance device for the maintenance of work stations of a textile machine and a textile machine

A maintenance device for servicing adjacent work stations of a textile machine, the maintenance device movable along driving rails disposed along the work stations, the maintenance device comprising:

• an operating unit that further comprises at least one operating component configured to perform a service operation on one or more working components of the work stations;
• a mechanical guide unit configured to mechanically fix and move the maintenance device on the driving rails in a direction of travel alongside the work stations;
• the maintenance device configurable from a maintenance position in which one of the work stations is serviceable by the maintenance device into an inspection position in which the maintenance device can be inspected;
• and
• wherein to bring the maintenance device from the maintenance position into the inspection position, the operating unit is pivotal relative to the guide unit and/or the operating component is movable relative to the operating unit.