Patent ID: 6056227
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of automatically replacing a peripherally driven thread bobbin on a spooling device of a spinning machine for processing an endlessly supplied thread, said method comprising the steps of:(a) after a bobbin is full, guiding the supplied thread towards a suction nozzle and a cutting device, whereby the supplied thread strand is cut off by the cutting device is directed into the suction nozzle and a runoff strand is wound around the full bobbin;(b) then releasing the full bobbin from a mounting and contact location at a drive roller and causing the released full bobbin to roll on an inclined track from a winding position to a discharge position;(c) by the motion of the full bobbin releasing a prepared empty bobbin from a ready-to-use position to fall into the winding position in contact with the drive roller and into the mounting, where the empty bobbin is seized; and(d) then wrapping the thread running in the suction nozzle is wrapped around the empty bobbin by means of a thread-guiding element, and entraining the wrapped thread by the bobbin.