A fiber bundle joining apparatus includes: a support table configured to hold a terminal end portion side of a first fiber bundle; a roller mechanism having a roller around which a leading end portion side of a second fiber bundle is capable of being wound; a movement mechanism configured to perform a first movement for moving the roller mechanism to the vicinity of the terminal end portion side of the first fiber bundle, and a second movement for further moving the roller mechanism on the terminal end portion side of the first fiber bundle to create a state where the leading end portion side of the second fiber bundle is stacked on the terminal end portion side of the first fiber bundle; and a thermocompression bonding mechanism configured to pressure-bond the first fiber bundle and the second fiber bundle.

A fiber bundle joining apparatus includes: a support table configured to hold a terminal end portion side of a first fiber bundle; a roller mechanism having a roller around which a leading end portion side of a second fiber bundle is capable of being wound; a movement mechanism configured to perform a first movement for moving the roller mechanism to the vicinity of the terminal end portion side of the first fiber bundle, and a second movement for further moving the roller mechanism on the terminal end portion side of the first fiber bundle to create a state where the leading end portion side of the second fiber bundle is stacked on the terminal end portion side of the first fiber bundle; and a thermocompression bonding mechanism configured to pressure-bond the first fiber bundle and the second fiber bundle.

A device (1) for drawing in and intermediately storing a thread (2), comprising a suction chamber (3), wherein the suction chamber (3) includes an entry opening (8) and an exit opening (9), which define a direction of flow, wherein negative pressure can be applied to the exit opening (9) in order to generate an air flow (4). Moreover, the device comprises a depositing surface (5) arranged in the suction chamber (3), on which the thread (2) can be intermediately stored, and a flow element (6) arranged in the suction chamber (3), with the aid of which the air flow (4) can be directed through the suction chamber (3). The suction chamber (3) is divided into a first region (14) and a second region (15) with the aid of the depositing surface (5) and the flow element (6) is displaceable between a first position, in which the air flow (4) is guided through the depositing surface (5) and through the second region (15), and a second position, in which the air flow (4) is guided past the depositing surface (5) through the first region (14). A textile machine comprising a plurality of workstations arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction of the textile machine is characterized in that the workstations each comprise such a device. In a corresponding method for drawing in and intermediately storing a thread (2), the thread (2) is sucked into the suction chamber (3) with the aid of an air flow (4) and is intermediately stored on a depositing surface (5) arranged in the suction chamber (3). The air flow (4) is directed through the suction chamber (3) with the aid of the flow element (6). The suction chamber (3) is subdivided into a first region (14) and a second region (15) with the aid of the depositing surface (5) and the flow element (6) is displaced between the described positions.

A device (1) for drawing in and intermediately storing a thread (2), comprising a suction chamber (3), wherein the suction chamber (3) includes an entry opening (8) and an exit opening (9), which define a direction of flow, wherein negative pressure can be applied to the exit opening (9) in order to generate an air flow (4). Moreover, the device comprises a depositing surface (5) arranged in the suction chamber (3), on which the thread (2) can be intermediately stored, and a flow element (6) arranged in the suction chamber (3), with the aid of which the air flow (4) can be directed through the suction chamber (3). The suction chamber (3) is divided into a first region (14) and a second region (15) with the aid of the depositing surface (5) and the flow element (6) is displaceable between a first position, in which the air flow (4) is guided through the depositing surface (5) and through the second region (15), and a second position, in which the air flow (4) is guided past the depositing surface (5) through the first region (14). A textile machine comprising a plurality of workstations arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction of the textile machine is characterized in that the workstations each comprise such a device. In a corresponding method for drawing in and intermediately storing a thread (2), the thread (2) is sucked into the suction chamber (3) with the aid of an air flow (4) and is intermediately stored on a depositing surface (5) arranged in the suction chamber (3). The air flow (4) is directed through the suction chamber (3) with the aid of the flow element (6). The suction chamber (3) is subdivided into a first region (14) and a second region (15) with the aid of the depositing surface (5) and the flow element (6) is displaced between the described positions.

A yarn return unit for returning a yarn into a delivery unit of a textile machine during a piecing process includes a yarn-guiding section configured to guide and position the yarn with respect to the delivery unit. A blowing unit generates an air flow for returning the yarn from the yarn-guiding section into the delivery unit, the blowing unit defining a flow direction of the air flow. The yarn-guiding section includes an open contour that defines an insertion area through which the yarn is inserted into the yarn-guiding section transversely to the flow direction of the air flow.

A device for piecing a thread at a workstation of a textile machine includes a suction nozzle configured to pick up a thread end of the thread from a bobbin, the suction nozzle including an entry opening for the thread. A feeder unit is movable with respect to the suction nozzle and includes a cover element configured to close the entry opening in a first position (I) of the feeder unit and to unblock the entry opening in a second position (II) of the feeder unit. The cover element includes a thread-guiding element having an open contour.

A device for piecing a thread at a workstation of a textile machine includes a suction nozzle configured to pick up a thread end of the thread from a bobbin, the suction nozzle including an entry opening for the thread. A feeder unit is movable with respect to the suction nozzle and includes a cover element configured to close the entry opening in a first position (I) of the feeder unit and to unblock the entry opening in a second position (II) of the feeder unit. The cover element includes a thread-guiding element having an open contour.

A process for operating an air-jet spinning device after a spinning interruption, an air-jet spinning machine having a yarn guide channel and such a yarn guide channel. The air-jet spinning device is preceded in the direction of travel of the fibre web by a drafting system for warping a fibre web and a yarn take-up device, which is optionally driven individually by a motor, for taking off a yarn spun by the air-jet spinning device is connected downstream. After a spinning interruption, the yarn end of the spun yarn accumulated on a take-up package is picked up by a suction nozzle and transferred to a yarn end preparation device arranged downstream of the air-jet spinning device in the direction of the sliver run, the yarn end is processed in the yarn end preparation device and is then transferred to a first area of an outlet opening of the spinning cone, the yarn end is pneumatically transported to a second area of an inlet opening of the spinning cone and is positioned there within the air-jet spinning device at a distance in front of the inlet opening, the drafting system of the relevant workstation is raised and the sliver is conveyed through a sliver guide of the nozzle block into the second area of the inlet opening of the spinning cone and there spun onto the prepared yarn end of the spun yarn.

A process for operating an air-jet spinning device after a spinning interruption, an air-jet spinning machine having a yarn guide channel and such a yarn guide channel. The air-jet spinning device is preceded in the direction of travel of the fibre web by a drafting system for warping a fibre web and a yarn take-up device, which is optionally driven individually by a motor, for taking off a yarn spun by the air-jet spinning device is connected downstream. After a spinning interruption, the yarn end of the spun yarn accumulated on a take-up package is picked up by a suction nozzle and transferred to a yarn end preparation device arranged downstream of the air-jet spinning device in the direction of the sliver run, the yarn end is processed in the yarn end preparation device and is then transferred to a first area of an outlet opening of the spinning cone, the yarn end is pneumatically transported to a second area of an inlet opening of the spinning cone and is positioned there within the air-jet spinning device at a distance in front of the inlet opening, the drafting system of the relevant workstation is raised and the sliver is conveyed through a sliver guide of the nozzle block into the second area of the inlet opening of the spinning cone and there spun onto the prepared yarn end of the spun yarn.

A method for preparing of a workstation of an air-jet spinning machine for the resumption of a yarn spinning process after an interruption includes inserting the yarn end into an inlet opening of the spinning nozzle and transporting the yarn in a reverse motion with aid of the spinning nozzle and a fiber feeding device to a guide channel disposed before the spinning nozzle. A spinning-in yarn end is formed on the yarn in the guide channel. A yarn reserve is formed in an underpressure yarn storage device in from of a yarn winding device. The reverse motion of the yarn to the guide channel is performed by reverse motion of a yarn drawing-off mechanism at the workstation. A workstation configured to perform the method is encompassed by the invention as well.