Apparatus for the automated handling of yarn packages in dyeing installations and the like

摘要

A handling device (5) forms a basically tubular housing (7) designed to take the stacked yarn packages (R); at the bottom or entrance end of said housing, controllable retractable means (9) are used to release or retain the periphery of the bottommost package (R0) of the stack and with it the packages above it. The machines served by said apparatus are equipped with fixed yarn-supporting spindles. <IMAGE>