Drafting unit for a spinning machine with movable cover

A spinning machine arrangement including a plurality of adjacent spinning units and at least one drafting unit incorporated therewith, said drafting unit comprising:

• bottom rollers,
• pressure rollers,
• a load support for said pressure rollers, said loading support including means for accommodating holding devices for shafts of said pressure rollers, said loading support being pivotable around a supporting rod extending in parallel with respect to said bottom rollers between an operative position adjacent the bottom rollers for drafting operation and an inoperative position disposed further from the bottom rollers,
• locking means for locking the loading support in its operative position,
• said loading support having two arms extending parallel to and at a distance from one another so as to form pressure roller twins assigned to two adjacent ones of said spinning units, said two arms of said loading support being connected at their ends by means of respective cross-struts to form a frame which is disposed on the supporting rod in the area of one of the cross-struts, and
• a pivotable loading support cover for covering the loading support, wherein said loading support cover is disposed such that it can be pivoted away when the loading support is locked in said operative position to accommodate maintenance of the loading support and pressure rollers without disturbing the loading support from its operative position.