Patent ID: 6161257
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B65H,D01H

Abstract:
A process for transporting cans to and from a filling station of a textile machine which produces fiber bands, the process comprising:depositing filled cans that are leaving the filling station onto a can carrier which is located in a full can magazine of the e textile machine;simultaneously guiding empty cans from a can carrier located in an empty can magazine of the textile machine to the filling station;removing the can carrier in the full can magazine from the full can magazine upon a specified plurality of filled cans being deposited on the can carrier; andmoving the can carrier in the empty can magazine with a lift crossover device by lifting the can carrier and moving the can carrier sideways into the full can magazine when the empty cans are removed from the can carrier in the empty can magazine and the full can magazine is empty.