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US 5,350,128 AGranted
Apparatus for loading winding tubes
AssigneeBarmag AG
InventorsLudger A. Deters, Frank Adenheuer
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for transporting empty yarn winding tubes from a tube supply magazine, and then loading the tubes onto the transport: mandrel, of a service carriage. A rake removes the empty tubes in layers from a cardboard carton and delivers the tubes in a predetermined orientation to a channeled tube receiving tray, and the tubes are then individually dispensed from the tray and moved coaxially onto the transport mandrel of a service carriage.
Claims13
An apparatus for transporting empty yarn winding tubes from a tube magazine wherein the tubes are supported in vertically stacked, horizontal rows of tubes, and onto one or more transport mandrels of a transport carriage system, and comprising
- a horizontally disposed tube receiving tray having a plurality of parallel channels formed therein, with the channels being positioned laterally adjacent to each other so as to define a predetermined gauge, and with at least one of said channels defining a tube dispensing position,
- a tube transport rake comprising a horizontal bar and a plurality on tines extending perpendicularly from the bar and in a horizontal direction, and with said tines being laterally spaced apart so as to have a gauge which closely corresponds to said predetermined gauge of said channels,
- means mounting said rake for movement in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction corresponding to the direction of said tines, and such that said rake can be moved horizontally into the uppermost row of tubes in said magazine with the tines entering respective ones of said tubes, and then moved vertically so that the tubes may be deposited in respective channels of said tray,
- tube dispensing means for longitudinally dispensing the tubes located at said tube dispensing position coaxially onto at least one transport mandrel or the like, and
- tube shifting means for laterally shifting the remaining tubes on said tray toward said tube dispensing position and so that at least one tube is shifted to said tube dispensing position and the tube dispensing means can then dispense said at least one shifted tube onto at least one additional transport mandrel.
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A textile yarn processing apparatus comprising
- a plurality of yarn winding machines arranged in parallel rows to define a service aisle therebetween,
- doffer means adapted to move along said service aisle for removing full packages from the winding machines and replacing the same with empty yarn winding tubes,
- transport carriage means movable along a path of travel which includes said service aisle and a remote unloading station, and including transport mandrel means for receiving at least one full package from said doffing means and delivering the same to said unloading station, and for receiving at least one empty winding tube on its travel back to said service aisle and delivering the same to said doffer means,
- magazine means positioned along said path of travel for supporting a plurality of empty yarn winding tubes in vertically stacked, horizontal rows of tubes,
- means for transporting empty yarn winding tubes from said magazine and onto said transport mandrel means of said transport carriage means, and comprising
- (a) a horizontally disposed tube receiving tray having a plurality of parallel channels formed therein, with the channels being positioned laterally adjacent to each other so as to define a predetermined gauge, and with at least one of said channels defining a tube dispensing position,
- (b) a tube transport rake comprising a horizontal bar and a plurality on tines extending perpendicularly from the bar and in a horizontal direction, and with said tines being laterally spaced apart so as to have a gauge which closely corresponds to said predetermined gauge of said channels,
- (c) means mounting said rake for movement in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction corresponding to the direction of said tines, and such that said rake can be moved horizontally into the uppermost row of tubes in said magazine with the tines entering respective ones of said tubes, and then moved vertically so that the tubes may be deposited in respective channels of said tray,
- (d) tube dispensing means for longitudinally dispensing the tubes located at said tube dispensing position coaxially onto said transport mandrel means, and
- (e) tube shifting means for laterally shifting the remaining tubes on said tray toward said tube dispensing position and so that at least one tube is shifted to said tube dispensing position and the tube dispensing means can then dispense said at least one shifted tube onto at least one additional transport mandrel means.
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