Apparatus for doffing bobbing from roving frames and replacing the doffed bobbins with empty tubes

摘要

There is disclosed an apparatus for doffing bobbins from roving frames and replacing the doffed bobbins with empty tubes which apparatus is able of automatically sequentially performing all of the mentioned operations. This apparatus essentially comprises an endless conveyor belt (1) mounted on a horizontal frame (5) and able of downwardly and upwardly moving, with a parallel relationship to itself. The conveyor belt (1) supports a plurality of gripping devices (2), which are evenly spaced from one another, and is vertically arranged above an underlying operating board (15). The apparatus further comprises a bobbin bearing carriage (16) able of longitudinally moving, so as to be alternatively arranged under the flyers bearing frame (18) and above the endless conveyor belt.