Machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes

A machine for processing textile tubes with yarn residue, the tubes having a wider end and a narrower end, the machine comprising:

• means for removing the yarn residue from the textile tubes and including yarn removing jaws;
• means for opening said jaws;
• means for closing said jaws into the yarn residue with respect to a diameter and conicity of the textile tubes to minimize a pressure exerted by said jaws on the textile tubes;
• guide means for guiding said textile tubes and including a guide member;
• means for moving said guide member in opposite directions between said jaws, said opening means being formed to open said jaws in response to said guide member being moved in one of said opposite directions, said closing means being formed to close said jaws in response to said guide member being moved in the other of said opposite directions so that said jaws close into and retain the yarn residue as said guide member moves;
• means for turning and aligning the textile tubes one by one so as to consistently feed the wider end of the tubes first into said removing means so that the tubes are guided between said jaws by said guiding means;
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• means for capturing the textile tubes so as to feed the textile tubes one by one to said turning and aligning means.