To provide a doffing apparatus presenting a configuration that can perform only situation-sensitive required operations, skipping unnecessary operations, and performing only least required operations.
A textile machine represented by an automatic winder or a spinner includes a plurality of winding units arranged in a row, and the doffing apparatus capable of running in an arrangement direction of the plurality of winding units. The winding units wind on a winding tube 7 a spun yarn that is unwound from a plurality of yarn supplying bobbins while performing yarn joining thereby creating a fully-wound package of a specific yarn amount. The doffing apparatus of the automatic winder includes, for example, a cradle opener 32 that performs opening/closing operation and raising/lowering operation of a cradle 12, and a yarn catching unit 60 that catches a yarn end on the yarn supplying bobbin 5 side and guides the yarn end to a winding tube 7. The cradle opener 32 is raised or lowered by a fluid pressure cylinder 38 and opened or closed by a driving motor 52. The yarn catching unit 60 is driven by a driving source 62.
SAWANOI KANAME
MURAYAMA KENICHI
SHIODA TAKESHI
Makoto Suhara
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