GB2174378A - Magazining device for C- shaped ring travellers - Google Patents

Abstract

The magazining device (1) possesses a vibrating floor (7), which conveys C-shaped rings down an incline towards the floor openings (13) as a result of the vibrations. Beneath the floor openings (13) of the vibrating floor there are arranged needles (22) with the point pointing upwards which merge into a profiled peg (4) collecting the ring travellers. Needle and peg are easily exchangeable for different sizes after the release of knurled screws. Rejected ring travellers, e.g. (17) are conducted away by way of a collecting floor (3) into a collecting drawer (6). Above the vibrating floor (7) a filling hopper (68) can be arranged and above that a chute (93). Chains of entangled C-rings may be broken by impact on cylindrical rods (71) and floor 7 may be regularly knocked by a knocker 63 driven by motor 59 further to separate the rings. Wheel (109) rotating with brush (108) may orient all rings so that the opening therein straddles a flange (32). <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Magazining device for C-shaped ring travellers The invention relates to a magazining device for C-shaped ring travellers.

As is known, the rings of ring-type spinning machines and ring-type twisting machines are fitted with the ring travellers. For this purpose inter a/ia tongs-type inserter appliances are used which possess a magazined supply of ring travellers. Single ring travellers are taken in succession from the magazined ring traveller supply and set upon the rings.

Traveller carriers carrying ring travellers arranged in rows are in use inter a/ia for the magazining of the ring travellers. Such a traveller carrier can for example be formed as a clip holding the travellers, arranged together in a row, resiliently together from their outer side, comprising an open longitudinal slot and consisting of resiliently yieldable material.

The invention is based upon the problem of magazining the ring travellers in a simple and at the same time operationally reliable manner.

In accordance with the invention this problem is solved in that the magazining device possesses a vibrating floor settable in vibration, comprising a floor opening and inclined towards the floor opening, which receives the ring travellers in a flat position and conveys them further in the direction towards the floor opening as a result of the vibrations, beneath the floor opening of which floor there is arranged a needle pointing with the point upwards, which merges into a profiled peg col 'ecting the ring travellers.

Since the ring travellers have a C-shaped configuration to which the profile of the peg can be adapted, the profiled peg collecting the ring travellers finally brings about an arrangement in order of the threaded-on ring travellers, in that their feet are arranged in a row.

Ring travellers scattered on to the vibrating floor place themselves flat, travel towards the floor opening, come successively on to the needle point and thence on to the peg.

The profiled peg is advantageously exchangeable with or without the needle. Thus the magazining device becomes universally usable, because C-shaped ring travellers of different dimensions exist and a special peg is necessary for every dimension.

According to a further development of the invention it is provided that the peg with the threaded-on ring travellers fits into the ring traveller magazine of a traveller inserter appliance or itself forms such a traveller magazine.

As soon as a profiled peg is fitted with ring travellers, it is exchanged for an empty peg.

The traveller-fitted peg can be inserted as traveller magazine into a traveller inserted appliance, or the ring travellers threaded in order upon the peg and thus magazined are pushed into the magazine of the traveller inserted appliance or pushed on to its magazine peg.

According to a further development of the invention it is provided that the ring travellers collected on the profiled peg, after they are enclosed by a clip or jacket leaving the traveller feet free, are withdrawable by packets downwards from the peg.

The clip consists for example of resiliently yieldable synthetic plastics material. Its inner surface is adapted to the form of the ring travellers in such a way that the ring travellers arranged in a row are enclosed over a large area by the clip. The open longitudinal slot is advantageously at least so wide that the traveller feet are exposed. The clip can be snapped from the side over the row of ring travellers in each case.

On the traveller inserter apparatus the ring travellers arranged together in a row and enclosed by the clip are for example fitted on to a magazine peg, whereafter the clip can be unclipped aside exactly as it was previously clipped to the peg of the magazining device.

According to a further development of the invention the vibrating floor has side limitations extending in the direction towards the edge of the floor opening. Such side limitations have the task of guiding the flatly lying ring travellers, which are slipping along on the vibrating floor by reason of the vibrations, in the direction towards the floor opening.

In the simplest case the ring travellers can be sprinkled by hand on to the vibrating floor.

Since however they seek to form chains, which if possible should be disintegrated even before the vibrating floor is reached, according to a further development of the invention it is provided that above the vibrating floor there is arranged a filling hopper downwardly narrowed in slot manner, which is settable in vibration.

Chains already formed disintegrate especially well if the filling hopper comprises at its lower end constrictions in the form of interspaces remaining free between bars with preferably round cross-section, as provided by a further development of the invention.

In general it is not chains, but ring travellers already released again from the chains, which pass through the interspaces between the bars.

Since both the vibrating floor and the filling hopper should vibrate, according to a further development of the invention it is provided that the vibrating floor is mechanically connected with the filling hopper and both are attached in common to a vibration, knocking or shaking apparatus.

In magazining it is unavoidable that blockages or entanglements of the ring travellers occur now and again, which then retard or even prevent magazining. So that such a buildup of ring travellers, which forms especially at the floor opening of the vibrating floor, can easily be eliminated, according to a further de velopment of the invention it is provided that the vibrating floor is articulatedly and upwardly hingeably connected with a housing carrying the needle and the peg. After the vibrating floor is hinged up then the needle is exposed and mostly the trouble is removed merely by the lifting of the vibrating floor.

According to a further development of the invention it is provided that at the point where the peg adjoins the needle a longitudinal flange guiding the traveller feet is provided.

The longitudinal flange compels the ring travel lers to arrange their feet in a row. This is especially successful if the longitudinal flange has an upwardly directed cutting edge. The cutting edge can also be arranged falling away radially outwards. Whether this is necessary depends primarily upon the size and shape of the ring travellers.

The vibrations of a vibrating, knocking or shaking apparatus are also communicated to the housing of the magazining device and thus to the needle and the peg. Thus the ring travellers dance on the upper edge of the longitudinal flange until the position of their feet permits of slipping further by way of the long itudinal flange. This is accelerated by the fact that according to a further development of the invention at the level of the upper edge of the longitudinal flange there is arranged a mechanically movable brush which can be brought into contact with the downwardly slipping ring travellers.

Since this brush is advantageously mechanically driven it is advantageous if the brush is a part of a brush wheel rotating transversely of the slipping direction of the ring travellers and comprises radially directed bristles. In the simplest case the brush wheel needs only to be a single bundle of bristles.

The downwardly sliding ring travellers are moved transversely of the slipping direction by the brush, so that their feet can orient themselves more quickly to the upper edge of the longitudinal flange.

Since a knocking device is especially effective, a further development of the invention provides that the knocking device comprises a rocker lever one end of which is formed as a knocker capable of striking from beneath against the vibrating floor and the other end of which is movable by a motor-driven eccentric or cam lever.

According to a further development of the invention it is provided that at least one slottype constriction is adjustable at the lower end of the filling hopper. This adjustability of the constriction has especially the purpose of permitting the passage of chains formed from ring travellers which are unwilling to disintegrate, so that they bounce as a whole on to the vibrating floor and then do disintegrate after all. The slot-type constriction can be formed by a displaceable wall of the filling hopper. By way of example this wall can be arranged above the bars with round cross-section which form the lower conclusion of the filling hopper, so that the chains which do not disintegrate slip away forwards over the bar ends and thence can fall on to the vibrating floor.

Above the filling hopper there is advantageously arranged a chute feeding the filling hop per, to receive an orderless quantity of ring travellers. This chute is advantageously inclined towards the filling hopper and this incli nation is advantageously adjustable.

Since the chute also participates in the vi brations its inclination can be set so that from the orderless quantity not too many and not too few ring travellers pass constantly into the filling hopper lying therebeneath.

Since the ring travellers fall not regularly but irregularly out of the filling hopper on to the vibrating floor, due to follow-up of ring travellers with time compression build-ups can occur at the floor openings of the vibrating floor.

In order to avoid this it is provided according to a further development of the invention that the vibrating floor has at least one overflow opening at a distance from the floor opening.

Ring travellers moving down in excess fall through the floor opening and can then no longer contribute to build-up phenomena.

Advantageously the peg which collects the ring travellers comprises an end section inclined from the horizontal. This end section advantageously lies in hand reach so that all manipulations for removal and passing on the magazined ring travellers can be carried out there.

With the purposes of clearing jamming of the ring travellers according to a further development of the invention an operable stripper lever movable along on the needle towards the needle point is arranged. This stripper lever can be actuated at time intervals either mechanically and automatically, but it is also possible to actuate it by hand from case to case, so that it can lift ring travellers which block up or do not travel further, and can even lift them to above the needle point.

The housing of the magazining device advantageously possesses, beneath the needle or possibly beneath the peg, a collecting floor for all ring travellers which cannot be threaded on to the peg. The collecting floor is advantageously arranged at an inclination to the horizontal and possesses a collecting drawer. The contents of the collecting drawer can be returned to the filling hopper or into the chute, continuously or from time to time.

So that one can always observe whether the magazining is proceeding correctly, and thus at the same time no ring travellers jump away and are lost, it can be provided that the housing enclosing the needle and only an upper part of the peg is covered at the front by a removable transparent pane. After the tran sparent pane is removed or hinged up then the needles are also accessible from the front and build-ups can then also be eliminated by direct intervention from the front.

Advantageously one and the same vibrating floor comprises several floor openings and a needle merging into a profiled peg for the collection of the ring travellers is arranged under each of these floor openings. By way of example in this case two needles lying side by side can co-operate with one single rotating brush wheel. There needs to be only one of the vibrating, knocking or shaking apparatus, likewise the filling hopper, the chute and the collecting drawer.

An example of embodiment of the invention is represented in the drawings. The invention is to be explained and described in greater detail by reference to this example of embodiment.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the magazining device, Figure 2 shows a partial front elevation of the magazining device as represented in Fig.

1, Figure 3 shows details of the magazining device according to Figs. 1 and 2 in front elevation, Figure 4 shows a part of the magazining device as represented in Fig. 1, in longitudinal section, Figure 5 shows a partial plan view of the magazining device as represented in Fig. 1, Figure 6 shows a complete ring traveller magazine, Figure 7 shows ring travellers hanging to one another like a chain, Figures 8 and 9 show details of the magazining device as represented in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1 the magazining device is designated as a whole by 1. It possesses a housing 2 with a collecting floor 3, inclined in relation to the horizontal, for all ring travellers which cannot be threaded on. The collecting floor 3 ends above a collecting drawer 6, beneath two pegs 4 and 5 which collect the ring travellers.

As shown especially by Fig. 2, a vibrating floor 7 is connected articulatedly and upwardly hingeably with the housing 2 by means of two pivot joints 8, 9. The pivot joints 8 and 9 are situated in the side walls 10 and 11 respectively which carry the vibrating floor 7.

According to Fig. 4 the vibrating floor 7 is inclined forwards and lies at the rear on a stop 12 connected with the housing 2.

Fig. 2 especially shows that the vibrating floor 7 comprises two floor openings 13 and 14. The floor openings 13 and 14 are of such size that ring travellers lying flat, for example the ring traveller 15 according to Fig. 4, pass through.

Beneath each floor opening 13, 14 there is arranged a needle 22 and 23 respectively pointing with the point upwards, which needle merges into the already mentioned peg 4 and 5 respectively collecting the ring travellers, for example the ring travellers 21 according to Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 shows that the pegs 4 and 5 have an end section inclined from the horizontal, which extends straight and in practice has a length of about ten centimetres. The lower end section of the peg 4 has for example already collected a pack 24 of ring travellers which can be withdrawn downwards from the peg in the direction of the arrow 25, after it has been surrounded by a clip 29 which leaves the traveller feet, for example the feet 26, 27 of the C-shaped ring traveller 28 as represented in Fig. 6, free. Arrows 30, 31 indicate that the clip 29 can be snapped over the ring traveller pack 24 from the side. Then it encloses the ring traveller pack as shown by Fig.

6. The clip 29 consists of elastically deformable synthetic plastics material.

At the point where the peg adjoins the needle there is a longitudinal flange guiding the traveller feet. According to Fig. 8 by way of example the peg 4 possesses the longitudinal flange 32 and the peg 5 the longitudinal flange 33. The longitudinal flange 32 has securing holes 34, 35 and the longitudinal flange 33 securing holes 36, 37. The longitudinal flange 32 has an upwardly directed knife edge 38, the longitudinal flange 33 an upwardly directed knife edge 39.

While the knife edge 38 extends horizontally, the knife edge 39 forms a variant thereof in that it is arranged falling away outwards.

The combinations consisting of peg and needle can easily be replaced. For this purpose there serve firstly the already mentioned longitudinal flanges 32, 33 and nextly a further flange 40 and 41 respectively for each, which are perforated and situated at the lower end of the respective peg 4 and 5. In the installed condition the flanges 40 and 41 face upwards, as shown by way of example by Fig.

4. To take out the pegs 4 and 5 with needles secured thereto it is only necessary to unscrew the mutually similar knurled screws 42, which are visible especially in Figs. 1 and 2.

Then the longitudinal flanges 32 and 33 can be drawn out of holders 43 and 44 and the flanges 40 and 41 lifted away from transverse pieces 45, 46 connected with the housing 2.

Then the pegs 4, 5 with needles hanging thereto can be withdrawn forward and downward. Installing takes place in the converse sequence.

Fig. 2 especially shows that a hinged piece 47 is mounted on the transverse piece 45 and a hinged piece 48 on the transverse piece 46.

The hinged pieces 47, 48 are loaded so that they come to abut on the pegs 4 and 5 respectively. The loading is effected by coiled flexure springs 49 and 50 respectively. The hinged pieces are to prevent the ring travellers from slipping out from the pegs. However as soon as, from the position as represented in Fig. 4, the clip 29 is snapped over the ring traveller pack 24, the now magazined ring travellers, after lifting for example of the hinged piece 47, can be withdrawn in the direction of the arrow 25.

On both pegs 4 and 5 there may be seen furrows 51 and 52 serving merely for the better snapping-in of the clip 29. Since the traveller feet are situated to left and right of the furrow 51 and 52 in each case, a longitudinal edge of the clip 29 is laid into the furrow 51 or 52 as the case may be and only then is the actual snapping-in begun. In this action the longitudinal edge of the clip slips out of the respective furrow again, so that finally the traveller feet are exposed, as shown by Fig. 6.

It can be seen from Figs. 1, 2 and 4 that the vibrating floor 7 comprises lateral limits 53, 54 and 55, 56 extending in the direction towards the edges of the floor openings 13, 14 respectively. The lateral limits are formed by corresponding V-shaped incisions in a plate 57 lying on the vibrating floor 7.

As shown especially by Fig. 4, the magazining device 1 possesses a knocking device designated as a whole by 58. The knocking device 58 is capable of communicating knocking jolts from beneath to the vibrating floor 7 which lead to shaking of the vibrating floor 7.

Then not only the vibrating floor 7 but the whole housing 2 comes into vibration.

A part of the knocking device 58 consists of a geared motor 59 the shaft 60 of which carries a cam lever 61. The cam lever 61 is capable of acting upon a rocker lever 62. The one end of the rocker lever 62 is formed as a knocker 63 which can strike from beneath against the vibrating floor 7. The other end 64 of the rocker lever is movable by the motordriven eccentric or cam lever 61. At every revolution the cam lever 61 strikes once against the end 64 and at the same time the knocker 63 knocks from beneath against the vibrating floor 7.

The side walls 10, 11 of the vibrating floor 7 carry the rear wall 65 and side walls 66, 67 of a filling hopper 68. An adjustable slot-type constriction 70 is formed at the lower end of the filling hopper 68 by an adjustable wall 69.

Moreover the filling hopper 68 possesses at its lower end further constrictions in the form of interspaces 80 to 87 remaining free between bars 71 to 79 (Fig. 5). Since the vibrating floor 7 is mechanically connected with the filling hopper 68, the two in common participate in the vibrations and jolts communicated by the knocking device 58.

At its lateral ends the wall 69 possesses tabs 88 and 89. A releasable screw 90 connects the tab 88 with the side wall 66, a releasable screw 91 the tab 89 with the side wall 67 (Fig. 2).

A bracket 92 fitted upon the housing 2 carries a chute 93 arranged above the filling hopper 68 and feeding the latter, for the reception of an orderless quantity of ring travellers.

The chute 93 has an adjustable inclination in relation to the filling hopper 58. The inclination is adjusted by pivoting the bracket 92.

The fixing of the position of the chute is effected by resilient abutment of the bracket 92 against the housing 2.

Figs. 1 and 2 especially show that the vibrating floor 7 has an overflow opening 94 spaced from the floor opening 13 and an overflow opening 95 spaced from the floor opening 14.

For the removal of occasional jamming of the ring travellers on the needles or at the transition from the needles to the pegs, to each needle there is allocated a stripper lever 96 and 97 respectively. According to Fig. 2 the two stripper levers 96 and 97 are arranged on a shaft 98 passing transversely through the housing 2 and rotatable by hand with the aid of a lever 99 through an angle of about 120 . According to Fig. 1 the lever 99 in the rest position lies against a stop 100.If the lever 99 is lifted in the direction of the arrow 101, the two stripper levers 96 and 97 pivot according to Fig. 4 out of their rest position for example up into the position represented in dot-and-dash lines, sliding along on the pegs and finally on the needles, and strip all ring travellers situated above them upwards and away out over the needle point. For this purpose it is appropriate previously to hinge the vibrating floor 7 by hand upwards through about 90" against the force of a retaining spring 102.

According to Fig. 1 the housing 2 enclosing the needles 22, 23 and the upper sections of the pegs 4, 5 is covered to the front by a removable transparent pane 103. This permits continuous observation of all movements proceeding in the interior of the magazining device 1. In the present example of embodiment the transparent pane 103 is hung by means of hooks 104, 105 over pins 106, 107 present on the housing 2.

As shown especially by Figs. 2, 3 and 4, at the level of the upper edges of the longitudinal flanges 32, 33 there is arranged a mechanically movable brush 108 bringable into contact with the downwardly slipping ring travellers, for example with the ring travellers 20, 21 according to Fig. 4. The brush 108 is a part of a brush wheel 109 rotating transversely of the slipping direction of the ring travellers, and comprises radially directed bristles. The brush wheel 109 is seated on the end of a vertical shaft 110. The shaft 110 is carried in a bearing 111. The bearing 111 is carried by a bracket 112. The bracket 112 is connected with the housing 2. At the lower end of the shaft 110 there is a motor 113 driving the shaft.

It is indicated in Fig. 4 that leads 114, 115, 116 lead to a protective transformer 121, in which an alternating current voltage of 220 volts is transformed to a safety voltage of 6 volts. Conductors 117 and 118 conducting only 6 volts lead from the protective transformer 121 to the motor 113. Similar conductors 119 and 120 lead from the protective transformer 121 to the geared motor 59. A switch 123 is inserted according to Fig. 1 into the supply lead 122 which conducts 220 volts.

A stylus 125 serving as accessory is secured on a chain 124. The stylus 125 serves for the occasional moving of the ring travellers and the elimination of obstinate jams.

At the beginning of magazining the chute 93 is filled with C-shaped ring travellers which then seek to form ring traveller chains 126 according to Fig. 7. The magazining device 1 is so constructed and designed that this chain formation is harmless. After the switch 123 is switched on the vibrations and thus the conveying of the ring travellers or ring traveller chains commence. Single ring travellers or chains drop into the filling hoppers 68, pass on to the bars 71 to 79 and travel already unchained through the interspaces 80 to 87 between the bars. Individual chain parts which do not further disintegrate sometimes pass through the constriction 70 as a chain on to the vibrating floor 7. Such smaller chains then mostly disintegrate again by impact upon the vibrating floor 7.Then the ring travellers slip in a flat position, under the influence of the jolting, along on the vibrating floor 7 in the direction towards the floor openings 13 and 14. Only the ring travellers which travel along by the side limits 53 to 56 can reach the floor openings 13 and 14. All other ring travellers, which otherwise would easily cause a pile-up, fall through the overflow openings 94 and 95 on to the obliquely disposed. collecting floor 3, like for example the ring traveller 17 in Fig. 4. The rejected ring travellers, for example the ring traveller 18, slide along on the collecting floor 3 and pass into the collecting drawer 6. From time to time the collecting drawer 6 is taken out and emptied into the chute 93.

Almost all ring travellers which drop through the two floor openings 13 and 14 arrive on the needles 22 and 23. They slip along on the needles and are taken and turned by the rotating brush 108 at the ends of the needles.

In this action their feet are oriented to left and right of the longitudinal flanges 32, 33. As soon as this has happened the ring travellers now already situated on the pegs 4 and 5 slip further, as indicated by Fig. 4.

The fitting-on of the clips 29 takes place during operation of the magazining device 1.

The magazining device does not need to be switched off on this account.

Through the transparent pane 103 it is possible to observe whether pile-up phenomena becomes noticeable. For the elimination of such pile-up phenomena the lever 99 can be lifted from time to time in the direction of the arrow 101. If this is done at not too long intervals, major pile-up phenomena do not occur at all.

With the stylus 125 is it conveniently possible to influence the ring traveller distribution in the filling hopper 68 or to convey into the overflow openings 94 and 95 any chains present on the vibrating floor 7 which are reluctant to disintegrate.

In Figs. 8 and 9 it is illustrated how the brush 108 works. The brush wheel 109 rotates in the direction of the arrow 127. According to Fig. 9 it has just engaged a ring traveller 128 in this rotation and turned it so that its traveller feet have oriented themselves to right and left of the longitudinal flange 32.

On the other needle 23 a ring traveller 129 is lying on the knife edge 39 of the longitudinal flange 33 and cannot slip further on the needle or the adjoining peg 5. As soon as the brush 108 sweeps past there, this ring traveller too will be so orientated that its feet lie to left and right of the longitudinal flange 33.

In Fig. 8 there is also indicated a build-up 130 of ring travellers. This build-up can be eliminated by pivoting up of the stripper levers 96 and 97.

Claims (16)

1. Magazining device for C-shaped ring travellers, characterized by a vibrating floor (7) settable in vibrations, having a floor opening (13, 14) and inclined towards the floor opening (13, 14), which floor takes up the ring travellers (15) in a flat position and conveys them further in the direction towards the floor opening (13, 14) as a result of the vibrations, beneath the floor opening (13, 14) of which floor there is arranged a needle (22, 23) pointing with the point upwards which merges into a profiled peg (4, 5) which collects the ring travellers (21).

2. Magazining device according to Claim 1.

characterised in that the profiled peg (4, 5) is exchangeable with or without the needle (22, 23).

3. Magazining device according to Claim 2, characterised in that the peg (4, 5) with the threaded-on ring travellers (24) fits into the traveller magazine of a traveller inserted apparatus or itself forms such a traveller magazine.

4. Magazining device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the ring travellers (24, 28) collected on the profiled peg (4), after they are enclosed by a clip (29) or jacket leaving the traveller feet (26, 27) free, are withdrawable downwards by packets from the peg (4).

5. Magazining device according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the vibrating floor (7) comprises lateral limits (53, 54; 55, 56) extending in a direction towards the edge of the floor opening (13, 14).

6. Magazining device according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterised in that a filling hopper (68) which is constricted downwardly in slot manner and can be set in vibrations is arranged above the vibrating floor (7).

7. Magazining device according to Claim 6, characterised in that the filling hopper (68) comprises at its lower end constrictions in the form of interspaces (80 to 87) remaining free between bars (71 to 79) with preferably round cross-section.

8. Magazining device according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the vibrating floor (7) is mechanically connected with the filling hopper (68) and the two are commonly attached to a vibration, knocking or shaking apparatus (58).

9. Magazining device according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the vibrating floor (7) is articulatedly and upwardly hingeably connected with a housing (2) carrying the needle (22, 23) and the peg (4, 5).

10. Magazining device according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that at the point where the peg (4, 5) adjoins the needle (22, 23) there is a longitudinal flange (32, 33) guiding the traveller feet (26, 27).

11. Magazining device according to Claim 10, characterised in that at the level of the upper edge of the longitudinal flange (32, 33) there is arranged a mechanically movable brush (108) bringable into contact with the downwardly slipping ring travellers (20, 21).

12. Magazining device according to one of Claims 8 to 11, characterised in that the knocking apparatus (58) comprises a rocker lever (62) the one end of which is formed as a knocker (63) capable of striking from beneath against the vibrating floor (7) and the other end (64) of which is movable by a motor-driven eccentric or cam lever (61).

13. Magazining device according to one of Claims 6 to 12, characterised in that at least one slot-type constriction (70) is adjustable at the lower end of the filling hopper (68).

14. Magazining device according to one of Claims 6 to 13, characterized in that a chute (93) feeding the filling hopper (68) is arranged above the filling hopper (68) to receive an orderless quantity of ring travellers.

15. Magazining device according to one of Claims 1 to 14, characterised in that the vibrating floor (7) has at least one overflow opening (94, 95) with spacing from the floor opening (13, 14).

16. Magazining device according to one of Claims 1 to 15, characterised in that an actuatable stripper lever (96, 97) movable along on the needle (22, 23) towards the needle point is arranged for the purpose of elimination of blockages of the ring travellers.

1 7. A magazining device as claimed in claim 1, substantially as described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the example shown in the accompanying drawings.