Yarn clearer and cutting device for a yarn clearer

Abstract

The present invention relates to a yarn clearer for a workstation of a textile machine with a cutting device for clearing out defects from a yarn, as well as a cutting device for a yarn clearer which is configured to be arranged on a workstation of a textile machine, with a cutting knife with a cutting edge adjustable between a rest position and a cutting position, and an anvil arranged on an anvil carrier in an operating position in which a stop surface of the anvil interacts with the cutting edge of the cutting knife in the cutting position. In order to provide a yarn clearer with a cutting device as well as a cutting device with a cutting knife and an anvil, which is characterised by a long service life, there is provision for the anvil to have at least two stop surfaces which are configured to be arranged on the anvil carrier in the operating position and is adjustably arranged on the anvil carrier for the selection of the stop surface which is configured to be brought into an active connection with the cutting edge.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.