A mechanism for rotating a cannister during the filling of the cannister with textile material from a carding machine or the like which includes a turntable mounted on a rotatably driven housing, the turntable being arranged to support a cannister having a movable bottom, a spiral spring having a lower end positioned in the housing with a support member on its upper end in underlying engagement with the cannister bottom for urging the bottom into an upper position together with a power driven winch disposed in the housing having a cable connected to the support member for lowering the cannister bottom downwardly against the force of the spring during the cannister filling operation.