摘要 |
A package transport system (1) is provided for transferring yarn packages from a textile machine (2) to a transport conveyor (4). Textile machine (2), which is either an open end spinning machine or a winding machine, has conveyor belts (14,16) for transporting yarn packages from rows of spinning stations or winders to chutes (18,20), afterwhich they fall by gravity onto transport conveyor (4). A delay mechanism comprising controller (C); sensors (100,102) connected to controller (C); and switches (110,115), also connected to controller (C), prevents yarn packages delivered via chutes (18,20) from colliding. If textile machine (2) is a winding machine, yarn packages traveling from winders to chutes (18,20) have a sharply angled narrow portion on one side, making them easily susceptible to unwinding and tangling if the angled side is the first to enter chutes (18,20). In this scenario, a reorienting mechanism can be employed to rotate the yarn packages 180~ prior to their entrance into chutes (18,20).
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