A top apron cradle for an apron drafting system of a textile machine with an apron guide unit for circumferentially guiding a top apron looped around a top roller of the apron drafting system. The apron guide unit has an apron guide section for guiding the top apron, the apron guide section having an entrance section and a deflection section. The apron guide unit has a receptacle, which is assigned to the entrance section, for a replaceable tensioning element which can be brought into pressure contact with an inner side of the top apron, and the tensioning element. For guiding the top apron via the tensioning element and the deflection section, the receptacle and the tensioning element replaceably accommodated in the receptacle are formed at a distance from the area of the apron guide section enclosed by the tensioning element and the deflection section.

A drafting system unit for a drafting system of a spinning machine having a first top roller and a second top roller spaced apart therefrom, characterized in that an apron cage to which negative pressure can be applied is arranged between the first top roller and the second top roller for guiding an air-permeable apron in circulation jointly around the apron cage and an apron top roller, the apron top roller being formed by the first top roller or by a third top roller that is assigned to the apron cage and arranged on the same side as the first and second top roller in relation to the fiber band being transported. The apron cage has at least one through-opening, to which negative pressure can be applied, for applying suction air to the fiber band running between the first and second top roller, through the air-permeable apron.

A drafting system unit for a drafting system of a spinning machine having a first top roller and a second top roller spaced apart therefrom, characterized in that an apron cage to which negative pressure can be applied is arranged between the first top roller and the second top roller for guiding an air-permeable apron in circulation jointly around the apron cage and an apron top roller, the apron top roller being formed by the first top roller or by a third top roller that is assigned to the apron cage and arranged on the same side as the first and second top roller in relation to the fiber band being transported. The apron cage has at least one through-opening, to which negative pressure can be applied, for applying suction air to the fiber band running between the first and second top roller, through the air-permeable apron.

An apron drafting system for a spinning machine, in particular an air spinning machine, with a bottom apron guided over a drivable bottom roller, the bottom apron being supported in the area of a drawing zone, in particular a main drawing zone, by a sliding section of an apron bridge. In order to provide an apron drafting system in which reliable guidance of the bottom apron is ensured while maintaining a high drive power, there is provision for the apron bridge for guiding the bottom apron to have a line section with guiding means for lateral guidance of the bottom apron circulating around the apron bridge.

An apron drafting system for a spinning machine, in particular an air spinning machine, with a bottom apron guided over a drivable bottom roller, the bottom apron being supported in the area of a drawing zone, in particular a main drawing zone, by a sliding section of an apron bridge. In order to provide an apron drafting system in which reliable guidance of the bottom apron is ensured while maintaining a high drive power, there is provision for the apron bridge for guiding the bottom apron to have a line section with guiding means for lateral guidance of the bottom apron circulating around the apron bridge.

An apron drafting system for a spinning machine as well as a carrying device for an apron drafting system of a spinning machine, with a first and a second support, each of which is configured for detachably accommodating an apron bridge and/or for rotatably bearing a drawing roller is provided. In order to provide a carrying device for an apron drafting system as well as an apron drafting system of a spinning machine, which enable an apron to be changed quickly, there is provision with the carrying device for the first support to have a base element and a guide section detachably connected to the base element and having a bearing opening for rotatably bearing the drawing roller as well as a first mounting opening for accommodating a first bearing section of the apron bridge.

An apron drafting system for a spinning machine as well as a carrying device for an apron drafting system of a spinning machine, with a first and a second support, each of which is configured for detachably accommodating an apron bridge and/or for rotatably bearing a drawing roller is provided. In order to provide a carrying device for an apron drafting system as well as an apron drafting system of a spinning machine, which enable an apron to be changed quickly, there is provision with the carrying device for the first support to have a base element and a guide section detachably connected to the base element and having a bearing opening for rotatably bearing the drawing roller as well as a first mounting opening for accommodating a first bearing section of the apron bridge.

A drafting system unit for a drafting system of a spinning machine. In a fiber band transport direction (R), the drafting system unit has a first top roller and a second top roller spaced apart therefrom, which are provided for drafting a fiber band, transported from the first to the second top roller, in cooperation with accordingly assigned bottom rollers, the respective axes of rotation of the first and second top roller extending transversely to the fiber band transport direction. The drafting system unit is characterized in that an apron cage to which negative pressure can be applied is arranged between the first top roller and the second top roller for guiding an air-permeable apron in circulation jointly around the apron cage and an apron top roller, the apron top roller being formed by the first top roller or by a third top roller that is assigned to the apron cage and arranged on the same side as the first and second top roller in relation to the fiber band being transported. The apron cage has at least one through-opening, to which negative pressure can be applied, for applying suction air to the fiber band running between the first and second top roller, through the air-permeable apron.

A tensioning device for a spinning unit and/or stretching device. The tensioning device includes at least one roller, at least one belt, and at least one tension rod. The tensioning device can be transferred from a functional state into a non-functional state. The functional state is designed for positioning position the at least one roller in that the belt is designed and arranged for exerting a tension on the roller, in that the belt is further designed and arranged for running around a section of the roller and a section of the tension rod such that a tension is transferred from the tension rod onto the roller via the belt. In the non-functional state, the tensioning device is designed and configured such as to move the tension rod via tension on the belt, for removing the belt from the tension rod.