(19)
(11) EP 0 744 372 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/28

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/48

(21) Application number: 96303239.6

(22) Date of filing: 09.05.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B65H 67/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB IT LI

(30) Priority: 23.05.1995 GB 9510822

(71) Applicant: RIETER SCRAGG LIMITED
Macclesfield Cheshire, SK11 0DF (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Eaton, David Charles
    Buxton, Derbyshire (GB)

(74) Representative: Graves, Ronald 
Rieter Scragg Limited Langley
Macclesfield Cheshire, SK11 0DF
Macclesfield Cheshire, SK11 0DF (GB)

   


(54) Package transfer arrangement


(57) A textile machine (11) has an arrangement (10) for transferring full packages (16) of processed yarn from the winding position to a store and removal position without rolling and thereby unwinding the end of the yarn from the package (16). A control arrangement (44) moves the cradle (12) from the winding position to a package brake position and then to an open position, where the package (16) is transferred to a first transfer device (20). This is then moved from its package receiving position, via a park position, to a transfer position at which the package (16) is transferred to a second transfer device (21). The second transfer device (21) is then moved to a store position. A tube loading device (22) is then operated to supply a new tube (15) to the cradle (12), and the cradle (12), the first (20) and second (21) transfer devices and the tube loading device (22) are moved to their respective positions for winding of a new package (16) to commence.







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