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.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority of a German Application No. 10 2006 012 581.9, filed Mar. 16, 2006. This application is additionally a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 247,276, filed Oct. 12, 2005, which application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 350,016, filed Jan. 24, 2003, (now abandoned), the latter application claiming priority from German Patent Application No. 10205061.9 filed Feb. 7, 2002, which priority is also claimed in the present application. The contents of all of the foregoing applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to an apparatus in a spinning room for providing a can-less fiber sliver package (feed material) for a sliver-fed spinning machine, such as a draw frame, flyer, combing preparation machine, combing machine, spinning machine. [0003] In earlier U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 350,016 ...

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Benefits of technology

[0004] It is an aim of the present invention to improve such an apparatus to the effect that fiber sliver (feed material) can be made available in a simple manner.

[0006] By means of the measures taken according to the invention, fiber material (feed material) is made available to a sliver-fed spinning room machine in a simpler and significantly more efficient manner. A particular advantage is obtained by the arrangement of, for example, four fiber sliver packages on a support, for example a pallet. The arrangement of the fiber sliver packages immediately adjacent to one another on the support, without cans, saves a considerable amount of space. If the ends of adjacent fiber sliver packages are joined together, a large package consisting of four individual packages is obtained on each pallet, which enables processing efficiency to be optimized.

[0017] Advantageously, the fiber sliver package is displaceable in jolt-free or substantially jolt-free manner during deposit of sliver to form a fiber sliver package and / or during transport thereof. Advantageously, the alteration in the speed of the displacement device on the acceleration and deceleration paths takes place substantially continuously (steplessly). Advantageously, the displacement device is associated with a controllable drive device, for example a drive motor. Advantageously, the controllable drive device is connected to an electronic open-loop and closed-loop control device. Advantageously, the driven displacement device is able to effect stable displacement of the fiber sliver package.

Problems solved by technology

The arrangement of the fiber sliver packages immediately adjacent to one another on the support, without cans, saves a considerable amount of space.

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