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EP 0345480 A3 19900816 - APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSPORTING AND STORING COPS OF YARN

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSPORTING AND STORING COPS OF YARN

Publication

EP 0345480 A3 19900816 (EN)

Application

EP 89108496 A 19890511

Priority

IT 2091088 A 19880609

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0345480A2] The apparatus comprises means (2) for transferring the cops from a machine (8) adapted to spin or spool the cops to a conveyor element (3), which allows to move the cops into collection means (4) to subsequently allow the routing of the cops to a machine adapted to sort them.

IPC 1-7

B65H 67/06

IPC 8 full level

B65H 67/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65H 67/06 (2013.01); B65H 67/066 (2013.01); B65H 2701/31 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[A] DE 3309694 A1 19840920 - SCHLAFHORST & CO W [DE]
[A] DE 6803949 U 19690327 - PLUTTE KOECKE & CO FA [DE]
[A] EP 0047340 A1 19820317 - TIMMER JOSEF GMBH [DE]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0345480 A2 19891213; EP 0345480 A3 19900816; IT 1219705 B 19900524; IT 8820910 A0 19880609

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 89108496 A 19890511; IT 2091088 A 19880609