Process and apparatus for automatically cleaning bobbin containers and/or the anti-ballooning devices of a two-for-one twisting spindle of a two-for-one twisting machine.

摘要

For the cleaning of bobbin containers (8) and, where appropriate, also anti-ballooning devices of a two-for-one twisting spindle of a two-for-one twisting machine, the invention relates to a cleaning apparatus (23) which contains cleaning members (46) which are mounted on a motor-driven vertical shaft (42), are adjustable preferably in the radial direction and are preferably in the form of brush strips (58) and which can be lowered into a bobbin container (8) and, where appropriate, into an anti-ballooning device of a two-for-one twisting spindle, each cleaning apparatus (23) preferably being assigned a suction device (59) for sucking off air laden with dust or dirt particles. This cleaning apparatus can be part of an automatic servicing unit, the invention also relating to an operating process for such an automatic servicing unit.