METHOD OF CHANGING TRAVELLERS ON SPINNING OR TWISTING RINGS, AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
Described is a method of changing travellers on spinning or twisting rings (2), in which, to enable the yarn (11) to be threaded automatically on to the new traveller (10), the old traveller (9) is stopped, together with the yarn (11) passing through it, at a predetermined point on the spinning or twisting ring (2) and held in place there. A length of yarn (12) adjacent to the old traveller (9) is then stretched between the old traveller (9) and a second point such that the length of yarn (12) is essentially parallel to the plane of the spinning or twisting ring (2) and runs, at at least one other point in addition to the point at which the old ring (9) is held in place, so close to the spinning or twisting ring (2) that it can be picked up by the new traveller (10) when the latter is brought into position at this point.