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| (54) | Yarn end retrieving apparatus |
| (57) A yarn end retrieving apparatus includes a yarn releasing device (3) that sucks and
releases a yarn end from a surface of a bobbin (1), a cutter device (10) that cuts
the yarn (Y) sucked out by the yarn releasing device (3), and a cylinder elevating
and lowering device (16) that elevates and lowers a suction cylinder (13). The cylinder
elevating and lowering device (16) is composed of a guide member (17), a slider (19)
that slidably elevates and lowers along the guide member, and a driving structure
that uses a stepping motor (25) as a driving source. The suction cylinder (13) is
fixed to the slider (19) so as to be movable together with the slider. Power of the
stepping motor (25) is used to elevate and lower the suction cylinder (13).
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