Bobbin tube magazine

Claim 1

Bobbin tube magazine assembly, comprising: a bobbin tube feeding device; a bobbin tube conveyor connected to said bobbin tube feeding device, said bobbin tube conveyor being controlled by said bobbin tube feeding device for discharging bobbin tubes from said bobbin tube conveyor to said bobbin tube feeding device and said bobbin tube conveyor being independently actuatable for circulating bobbin tubes; said bobbin tube conveyor including: at least one endless pulling device formed of a plurality of inner and outer transport chains having links, chain wheels for said transport chains, straps each being disposed at an end of a respective one of said chain links, at least one common joint pin passing through a hole formed in said straps of a plurality of said chain links, said joint pin having a support location with an increased diameter for engaging said chain wheels at said outer transport chain, stops formed on said chain links for limiting backward flexing of said transport chain when elongated, slip-on arbors carried by said chain links and protruding from said pulling device, each of said arbors having an end distant from said pulling device for receiving bobbin tubes, said arbors passing through a deflection location during circulation in which said arbors point below the horizontal, as seen in direction toward said ends of said arbors, sliding guides disposed ajacent said ends of said arbors at said deflection location for preventing bobbin tubes from slipping off said arbors, a vane extending over the entire width of said sliding guides, means permitting said vane to move between a first position in which said vane facilitates entry of bobbin tubes at said deflection location and a second position in which said vane pushes bobbin tubes entirely onto said arbors, freely accessible bobbin tube filling location, a bobbin tube discharge location being spaced from said filling location by a distance equal to at least half of the length of said pulling device, in travel direction of said bobbin tube conveyor and a wall disposed between said sliding guides and said discharge location for preventing bobbin tubes from slipping off said arbors; and a discharge device disposed at said discharge location for discharging bobbin tubes from said bobbin tube conveyor to said bobbin tube feeding device.