Abstract: To permit single-basket conveyor transport of textile cops from a supply bin holding a number of cops, without damage to the thread wound on the cops upon removal of an individual cop and introduction into the conveyor, the supply bin is constructed such that at least a portion of the bottom thereof is inclined forwardly towards a removal opening leading to the conveyor, and includes a movable base plate which is mounted for movement between a feed position in which the base plate is inclined towards the opening and a re-supply position in which the movable portion is inclined upwardly and away from the removal opening; an ejector is provided having a movable ejector element and occupying a space at least approximately the size of the geometric outline of a cop, the ejector element pushing against the cop and pushing the selected cop for removal through the removal opening against a spring-loaded flap, the ejector element, due to its size, blocking contact between the cop being ejected and a next adjacent cop

Abstract: To provide yarn cops to textile machines in predetermined, uniform alignment and orientation of the yarn cops, typically to supply yarn cops to spooling or spinning machines, the diameter of the core ends of the yarn cops is sensed and a difference signal obtained. This difference signal is stored, mechanically or electrically and, when a cop is required to be fed to the spinning machine, the stored difference signal is transferred to an orientation alignment apparatus, typically a pair of pins which retain the cop in horizontal position and, upon withdrawal of a selected one of the pins, permit the cop to drop into a delivery chute, selectively, with the selected end first, to deliver the cop in properly oriented alignment to the textile machine, that is, typically to the spooling or spinning machine.