Patent ID: 6662542
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B65H,D01H

Abstract:
A traveling service unit for servicing a plurality of open-end spinning devices which comprise an open-end spinning machine, said traveling service unit comprising:a yarn suction pipe movably mounted onto said service unit, said yarn suction pipe aiding in the servicing of the open-end spinning device and is operable within a predetermined operating plane moving back and forth from a resting position into an operating position within said operating plane for the reception of a yarn formed by one of the open-end spinning devices for servicing of said yarn; wherein said yarn suction pipe operates within at least one additional operating plane in which said yarn suction pipe is positionable in an additional operating position, said yarn suction pipe being movable between said operating planes and between said resting position, said operating positions, and said additional operating position within said operating planes; and a control device operably disposed to said yarn suction pipe, said control device controlling the movements of said yarn suction pipe within said operating planes.