Textile machine assembly comprising a sliver storage unit for the interim storage of sliver

A textile machine assembly, comprising:

• a delivery unit comprising a card machine;
• a receiving unit comprising a drafting frame, wherein during operation of the textile machine assembly the card machine delivers a sliver to the drafting frame;
• a sliver storage unit operatively configured between the card machine and the drafting frame to store, at least intermittently, excess sliver between the card machine and drafting frame when a delivery speed of the sliver at the card machine is higher than a receiving speed of the sliver at the drafting frame, and to release the stored sliver when the receiving speed of the sliver at the drafting frame is higher than the delivery speed of the sliver at the card machine;
• the sliver storage unit comprising a diverting unit that is movable with respect to the card machine or the drafting frame, wherein movement of the diverting unit changes a sliver path of the sliver from the card machine to the drafting frame;
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• wherein to increase storage, the diverting unit is movable in a first upward direction (Z) counter to a gravity direction (S) to lift the sliver such that a hanging loop formed in the sliver between the carding machine and the diverting unit increases in size.