Spindle braking device

A spindle braking device for applying braking force to belt driven spindles in textile machines, the braking device comprising a base member fixed to the textile machine and a brake support member pivotally mounted on said base member so as to be movable about a pivot axis between first and second positions, a braking member connected to said support member by an elastically yieldable support member, a belt-disengaging roller mounted to said brake support member, control means operatively connected to the brake support member to rotate the support member between the first position in which said braking member and said roller are disengaged from the spindle and drive belt respectively, and the second position in which said roller engages the drive belt to move it away from the spindle and the braking member is brought into engagement with the spindle;

• the device further including first and second stop means for stopping the movement of said brake support member, respectively, in said first and second positions, and spring means connected between said base member and said brake support member for respectively maintaining said brake support member against said first and second stop means in each of said first and second positions.