Sliver connecting arrangement for a spinning machine

A spinning machine comprising

• a plurality of adjacently arranged spinning units, each unit containing a sliver feeding means for the withdrawal of a sliver from a container and for the introduction of the sliver into the respective spinning unit,
• sliver splicing means including new sliver pick-up means for picking up the starting portion of a now sliver of a readied container,
• sliver connecting means for connecting the starting portion with the old sliver entering into the respective spinning unit, and
• sliver stopping means for stopping the sliver feeding means in order to leave an end portion of the old sliver which remains outside the spinning unit to be connected with the starting portion of the new sliver,
• wherein the new sliver pick-up means is carried by a mobile servicing apparatus which can be selectively moved to respective spinning units to facilitate to sliver splicing operation, said mobile servicing apparatus including old sliver support means for supporting the end portion of the old sliver and new sliver support means for supporting the starting portion of the new sliver, said old sliver support means and new sliver support means being relatively movable with respect to each other and operable to support the end portions of the old and new sliver in overlapping relation with one another.