Abstract: A method and device are provided for supplying empty tubes to winding devices of a textile machine comprising a plurality of operating units arranged next to each other in at least one line and equipped each with a winding device as a part of the operating unit, with a tube container provided at one end of the machine and coupled with a tube conveyer arranged along the line of the operating unites of the textile machine along which is also provided an attending unit adapted to travel along the line of the operating units and containing a handling device for moving a tube from the tube conveyer to a winding device. Prior to the attempt at rewinding, the handling device of the attending device lays into the winding device an empty winding tube. In case of an unsuccessful attempt at rewinding (at restoring the winding), the winding tube 22 is taken out of the winding device 1 by the attending device 4.

Abstract: A method and device are provided for conveying tubes (2) on a textile machine in which cylindrical (21) or conical (22) tubes are conveyed, one at a time, by means of a conveyer (6) provided along a line of operating units from a tube container (5) to an attending device (4). The tube (2), while being conveyed, leans on the circumference only on the moving parts of the conveyer (6) in at least two straight sections parallel with the direction of motion of the conveyer (6). The conveyer for carrying out this method comprises two endless belts (61) arranged next to each other along the machine length in such a manner that their mutual distance is along the machine length constant and inferior to the average diameter of the tube to be conveyed (21, 22).