A pipe replacement device for the automatic replacement of tubes mounted on textile machines. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

摘要

A tube replacement device for the automatic replacement of tubes mounted on bushes, tubes which are provided with respective bobbins, the spindles being arranged in a textile machine, preferably a spinning or twisting machine, in one or more groups in the form of rows, and a sliding conveyor belt, which extends parallel to the row of spindles, on which the empty tubes are arranged in a step corresponding to the separation of the spindles of this group, and being further provided for Each group of spindles has a gripping device, which is provided with gripping elements to simultaneously take a number of tubes corresponding to the number of bushes of this group of spindles, and means for actuating the gripping members are provided, means for movement and guidance to move and guide the capturing device, as well as a command installation to control the movement of the conveyor, the movement of the grasping device and the actuation of the means for actuating the gripper elements, characterized in that at least that part of the conveyor belt carrying the empty tubes is found during the process of changing tubes in the area of the plane defined by the axes of the bushes of the corresponding busbar group, and in that the gripping device is provided with a bank of gripping elements, in which the gripping elements are arranged, the gripping element bank being arranged displaceable in a straight line transversely to its longitudinal axis, over at least one guiding member, and in that the individual guiding members are pivotably supported, by means of a tilting support, around a tilting axis, preferably stationary, parallel to the axis longitudinal of the bank of fastening elements. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)