Abstract: An apparatus for removing fully wound cheese-type textile yarn packages from a textile machine and replacing them with empty yarn winding tubes comprises an endless transport apparatus having a plurality of transport units connected via a traction member. Each transport unit has a freely accessible, upwardly facing transport receiver surface which is selectively used for receiving a completed cheese package as well as receiving an empty replacement tube. The exchange of a full package for an empty tube is performed by means of a traveling servicing unit on the textile machine, equipped with, among other things, a tube gripper for handling the empty replacement tubes and servicing elements for handling the completed cheese packages.