Patent ID: 9631299
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B65H,D01H

Claim:
1. A textile machine having a plurality of spinning or winding workstations arranged side-by-side along a longitudinal side of the textile machine between opposite terminal end frames of the textile machine, the textile machine comprising: a plurality of maintenance devices configured to move in the longitudinal direction alongside the workstations for servicing the workstations; a control and communication system having a common data bus line, the maintenance devices in communication with the control and communication system; each of the maintenance devices connected to a bus topology component through a maintenance device bus line, wherein the maintenance device bus lines are a trailing cable or self-spooling line; at least certain ones of the bus topology components connected to the common bus line and arranged in a stationary connection device located at a middle area of the textile machine in the longitudinal direction between the terminal frames of the textile machine; the bus topology components physically connecting the maintenance device bus lines to the common bus line.