Ring spinning machine with sliver feed system

A ring spinning machine comprising:

• a longitudinally extending front machine side facing a machine operating aisle,
• a longitudinally extending rear machine side facing oppositely of the front machine side,
• a plurality of spinning stations arranged only on the front machine side, said spinning stations being arranged next to one another in a row, each of said spinning stations including a drafting unit followed by a ring spindle, each drafting unit having a drivable feeding roller at a drafting unit inlet side thereof,
• a plurality of sliver can depositing sites for depositing sliver cans containing sliver to be spun, said can depositing sites being arranged on the rear machine side,
• and a sliver conveying system for conveying sliver from respective sliver cans at the can depositing sites to respective drafting units of the spinning stations, said sliver conveying system including a driven deflecting roller disposed above the respective can depositing sites and defining a substantially horizontal sliver travel path between respective deflecting rollers and respective ones of the drafting unit feeding rollers,
• thereby providing short sliver transport path length between the driven deflecting roller and respective drafting unit feeding rollers so as to substantially avoid damaging free hanging lengths of slivers.