Abstract: In an individual spindle device for rewinding delivery bobbins into cheeses, the winding head thereof is essentially constituted of the same elements and components (11, 14 to 32), and is essentially mounted in the same way as the serially arranged winding heads of a multi-station winding machine.

Abstract: A method for performing a batch change in an automatic cheese winder, which has many identical winding stations disposed in sections and a transportation system for supplying yarn-wound spinning cops to and removing empty unwound spinning cops from the winding stations. Transport trays for transporting spinning cops or empty tubes revolve within the transportation system, which has many different transport paths, among others transverse transport paths leading to the winding stations. The clearing away of an old batch of yarn is done section by section. Thus, from the transverse transport paths of one winding station section, spinning cop-carrying transport trays are discharged until such time as that section has been cleared out. The temporary storage of empty transport trays in the transverse transport paths of a cleared winding station section is already begun while adjacent winding station sections are still being cleared.

Abstract: A method for operating an automatic cheese winder, having multiple winding stations (A, B, etc.) and a transportation system (21) for supplying the winding stations with spinning cops (39) and discharging them of empty tubes (40). The spinning cops are furnished by a preceding textile machine (30) having a spinning cop and empty tube transport device (31) communicating with the transportation system (21). The delivery of spinning cops to the winder (25) is continuously monitored by a sensor. A control device (46) of a tube monitor (24) assures that empty tube-equipped transport trays are kept on hand in the transportation system, and the tube monitor via the central control unit (27) initiates a controlled slow-down of the winder (25) into an energy-saving mode. Upon resumption of delivery of the spinning cops, the winder is accelerated from the energy-saving mode to an operating mode.

Abstract: In a multi-station cheese-producing textile machine (1) for rewinding delivery bobbins (4) of large volume, each work position (2) has a manipulating and transport installation (3) by which delivery bobbins (4) are transferred from a loading position (I) to a winding position (III). Each manipulating and transporting arrangement (3) has a horizontally arranged transport unit (5), and an essentially vertically arranged transport unit (6). Transport elements (9′, 9″) for receiving delivery bobbins (4, 4′, etc.) are arranged on the transport units (5, 6) in a definitively shiftable manner for transfer between one transport unit (5) and the other transport unit (6).

Abstract: An interface for feeding fresh spinning cops (19) into the transport system (21) of a textile machine that produces cross-wound bobbins. The interface comprises a centering device (33), installed in the area of a receiving conveyor (1), for placing the spinning cops (19) onto insertion spindles (65) of transport pallets (17) circulating in the transport system (21) and an impressing device (26) for fixing the spinning cops (19) onto the receiving spindles (65). A drive (27) is arranged in the area of the receiving conveyor (1) which drive effects the transporting of the transport pallets (17) on the receiving conveyor (1) and the actuation of the centering device (33).

Abstract: A lower thread winding device is structured such that it comprises: lower thread supply means for guiding a lower thread out from a lower thread supply source and also for supplying the lower thread to a bobbin through an opening formed in a bobbin case; bobbin rotate means including a rotary body disposed on a bobbin within the bobbin case in such a manner as to be contactable with and separatable from the bobbin, the bobbin rotate means being capable of rotating the bobbin due to mutual contact between the rotary body and bobbin to thereby wind the lower thread around the bobbin; and, a thread handling member, after completion of winding of the lower thread around the bobbin, for handling a lower thread extended from the bobbin case to the lower thread supply source to thereby guide the lower thread from the opening of the bobbin case up to a slit formed in the peripheral side surface of the bobbin case.