Apparatus in a spinning room for making available a can-less fibre sliver package (feed material) for a sliver-fed spinning machine, for example a draw frame

Abstract

An apparatus in a spinning room for providing at least one fiber sliver package to a sliver-fed machine having at least one feed position. The apparatus comprises a transport arrangement for transporting one or more fiber sliver packages from an upstream sliver-delivering machine or a storage station to a sliver-fed machine. The transport arrangement is arranged to supply at least one fiber sliver package to a feed position and the fiber sliver package(s) can be stably positioned at the feed position.

1 . An apparatus in a spinning room for providing at least one fiber sliver package to a sliver-fed machine having at least one feed position, comprising a transport arrangement for transporting one or more fiber sliver packages from an upstream sliver-delivering machine or a storage station to a said sliver-fed machine, wherein the transport arrangement is arranged to supply at least one said fiber sliver package to a said feed position and the fiber sliver package(s) can be stably positioned at said feed position.  
   
   
       2 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , in which the transport arrangement comprises at least one transport device and at least one support, wherein a said transport device is arranged for common transport of at least one said support, and at least one stably positioned fiber sliver package received on said support.  
   
   
       3 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which more than one fiber sliver package is supportable on the or each said support, the number of fiber sliver packages on the or each support corresponding to a number of fiber sliver packages to be supplied to the sliver-fed machine.  
   
   
       4 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which a supporting element is mounted on one side of the or each support.  
   
   
       5 . An apparatus according to  claim 4 , in which the supporting element is associated with a side face of a first deposited fiber sliver package.  
   
   
       6 . An apparatus according to  claim 4 , in which the supporting element is in the form of walls, rods or transport belts.  
   
   
       7 . An apparatus according to  claim 4 , in which the supporting element consists of, or is coated with, a material that promotes sliding.  
   
   
       8 . An apparatus according to  claim 4 , in which the supporting element is inclinable by about from 5 to 10°.  
   
   
       9 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which the support is a standard pallet.  
   
   
       10 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which the support is inclinable or is inclined by an angle of from 5 to 10°.  
   
   
       11 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which the support has on its underside insertion openings for connecting with at least one element of the transport device.  
   
   
       12 . An apparatus according to  claim 11 , in which the support has slots or guide means into which driver elements are able to enter.  
   
   
       13 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which the transport device comprises a mobile transport apparatus upon which the support loaded with deposited fiber sliver packages is positionable directly.  
   
   
       14 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , in which the transport arrangement comprises a mobile transport apparatus.  
   
   
       15 . An apparatus according to  claim 15 , in which the transport apparatus is track guided, rail guided, track-guided by means of an induction loop or is freely moveable.  
   
   
       16 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , in which the transport arrangement comprises a conveyor device.  
   
   
       17 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , in which the transport arrangement comprises a rail- or track-guided transport device which serves a plurality of processing devices and/or storage means, which are so positioned that they are arranged along a common path of the transport device.  
   
   
       18 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which the transport device is arranged to transport a support loaded with at least one sliver package to a feed position provided on at least one sliver-fed machine.  
   
   
       19 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , in which there is a plurality of fiber sliver packages present on a support, and processing of two or more of said fiber sliver packages is effected simultaneously.  
   
   
       20 . An apparatus according to  claim 19 , in which the number of sliver working-off points corresponds to the number of fiber sliver packages on the support.  
   
   
       21 . An apparatus according to  claim 19 , in which a plurality of fiber sliver packages are processed one after the other, the ends of adjacent fiber sliver packages being joined together.  
   
   
       22 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , in which, in the case of direct spinning, fiber sliver packages at the feed positions can be exchanged individually.  
   
   
       23 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , in which, in the case of direct spinning, fiber sliver packages at the feed positions can be exchanged in groups.  
   
   
       24 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , in which, in respect of the fiber sliver package(s), the transport to a subsequent processing device or to a storage means is effected without cans or containers.  
   
   
       25 . A transport system in a textile fiber processing installation, for transporting at least one can-less fiber sliver package along a predetermined path within the textile fiber processing installation between a can-less fiber sliver package delivery station and a sliver-fed machine, the transport system comprising a transport device adapted to receive can-less fiber sliver packages from the fiber sliver package delivery station, carry the received can-less fiber sliver package(s) in a stably positioned manner and to deliver those can-less fiber sliver packages to the sliver-fed machine, and the transport system being adapted to deliver the fiber sliver package(s) to a feed location of the sliver-fed machine in such a manner that the fiber sliver package(s) are stably positioned during taking-off of sliver therefrom by the sliver-fed machine.