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AssigneeW. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
InventorsKarl-Josef Brockmanns, Reiner Reising, Dietrich Witzler, Hans-Werner Schwalm, Theo Lembeck
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The present invention provides a manipulator on a sliver can transport carriage which can travel along the spinning positions of a spinning machine to enable the manipulator to take up a leading end of sliver at a defined position on a sliver container and guide the sliver end to a sliver supply location of a spinning position. The manipulator comprises a suction jet on its free end for receiving and holding the leading end of the sliver, an actuation member for engaging and opening the sliver supply location, and a compressed air supply line for blowing the sliver end into the open sliver supply location
In a method for supplying a sliver from a filled sliver container to a spinning position of a spinning machine wherein a leading end of the sliver is introduced by a manipulator into a sliver supply location of the spinning position, the improvement comprising the steps of suctioning the leading end of the sliver at a defined position on the sliver container and fixing the leading end of the sliver, moving the leading end of the sliver into a position in front of the sliver supply location of the spinning position, opening the sliver supply location, releasing the leading end of the sliver from the suctioning and blowing the leading end of the sliver into the open sliver supply location, closing the sliver supply location, clamping the leading end of the sliver into the sliver supply location, and starting the spinning position.
In an apparatus for supplying a sliver from a filled sliver container to a spinning position of a spinning machine wherein a manipulator is provided for introducing a leading end of the sliver into a sliver supply location of the spinning position, the improvement wherein the manipulator comprises means for suctioning the leading end of the sliver at a defined position on the sliver container and fixing the leading end of sliver, means for moving the suctioning means to move the leading end of the sliver into a position in front of the sliver supply location of the spinning position, means for opening and closing the sliver supply location, and means for releasing the leading end of the sliver from the suctioning means and for blowing the leading end of the sliver into the open sliver supply location.
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