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AssigneeW. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
InventorsHelmut Kohlen, Paul Surkamp, Helmuth Hensen
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An apparatus for automatic rotational positioning of textile yarn winding tubes about their lengthwise axes while being transported on peg-tray tube carriers along a conveyor belt or other transport path includes a positioning station having a pair of rotatable positioning rollers disposed at the station along one side of the transport path at a sufficiently close spacing to one another to prevent passage of the peg trays therebetween. Each peg tray has a base plate whose annular surface is formed of a magnetically attractable material such as iron and at least the upstream one of the positioning rollers is magnetized to selectively exert a magnetic force on the peg trays at controllable intervals. As desired, the downstream positioning roller can also be magnetized.
Apparatus for rotatably positioning textile yarn winding tubes about their lengthwise axes, comprising a plurality of tube carriers, each said carrier having a base plate above which an individual yarn tube may be supported in axially upstanding disposition, means defining a path for serial transport therealong of said tube carriers, and a carrier positioning station located along said transport path, said positioning station including a pair of rotatable positioning rollers disposed along one side of said transport path at a sufficiently close spacing to one another to prevent passage therebetween of said base plates of said tube carriers, each said base plate having a magnetically attractable annular surface and at least the one of said pair of positioning rollers located upstream in the direction of carrier transport along said transport path having means for selectively exerting a magnetic force at controllable intervals.
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