Cop tube feeding device for textile machines

Abstract

A device is provided which solves the problem of feeding cop tubes in a textile machine from a supply container to a withdrawing station by means of a conveyor disposed in a conveying channel extending along the machine above the spinning units. The conveying channel has a side wall and a lower horizontal support wall on the upper slide surface of which there is disposed an endless belt of the conveyor. Above the belt there is provided, on the one hand, at the beginning of the conveying channel, an outlet for the supply container for cop tubes to be deposited onto the endless belt, and, on the other hand, in a cop withdrawing station, a retaining unit for arresting the movement of the tube being supplied. The retaining unit comprises a catch which has a blocking arm with an abutting front end provided at the tube supply side and oriented across the endless belt of the conveyor, and a lifting arm with a contacting surface for engaging a tube traveling along the belt.

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