a tube feeding device for cheese - producing textile machines , has a tube magazine arranged on the end of the machine , interim tube reservoirs which are part of the winding stations , and a conveying device for distributing the empty tubes to the interim tube reservoirs of the winding stations . the conveying device comprises a track which horizontally extends over the length of the machine and has spaced windows , along which a control strip , which has correspondingly spaced windows , is displaceably seated , as well as a tube transport carriage , which can be displaced between the tube magazine and the interim tube reservoirs . the tube transport carriage has a magnetically actuable tube gripper device , which can be positively controlled by the axial displacement of the control strip .