conveying path 3 is composed of rails of conventional construction supported on conveying path 3 for travelling therealong is at least one conveyor train 4 which is driven by a not shown drive mechanism for instance a friction belt drive mechanism in the embodiment shown conveyor train 4 is composed of runners 5 travelling on the rails of conveying path 3 and connected to one another by a linkage 6 the bobbins to be conveyed are suspended from linkage 6 by respective suspensions to this purpose a first suspension member in the form of a guide member 7 for each bobbin to be conveyed in conveyor train 4 is secured to linkage 6 each guide member 7 is adapted to releasably receive a second suspension member in the form of a slide member 8 to which a bobbin holder 9 of conventional construction is secured as apparent in connection with fig3 a throat portion 8a of slide member 8 extends from below into a cavity 7a of guide member 7 so that a pair of parallel lateral arm ledges 8b are supported on correspondingly shaped ledges 7b of guide member 7 for preventing slide member 8 from dropping out of guide member 7 cavity 7a arm ledges 8b and lateral ledges 7b all extend parallel to the conveying direction slide member 8 is further provided with a substantially circular bore 8c extending completely therethrough in the direction of conveying path 3 for locking slide member 8 and guide member 7 together in the conveying direction guide member 7 is provided with a retaining pin 10 extending into a slot formed in slide member 8 to extend completely.