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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102131 | Yarn-tensioning device and arrangement and method for operating a creel The invention relates to a yarn-tensioning device for producing a specific thread pull on a thread (5) that is unwound from a winding point (7) of a creel (2) and is guided to a warping machine arrangement (1). Said yarn-tensioning device... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7325283 | Method and device for thread distribution in a warping frame The invention relates to a method for thread distribution in a warping frame (1) which comprises a yarn package (2) for coiling a coil consisting of a plurality of threads (18). According to said method, a warp for producing a thread crossing or... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6513748 | Process for the operation of a bobbin creel and bobbin creel for a winding system At least one thread tension sensor for each thread is provided on a winding machine. The actual value of thread tension is measured for each thread. The actual value is compared with a specified value in a comparator device and, in the event of a deviatio... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511011 | Process for the operation of a bobbin creel and bobbin creel for a winding system At least one thread tension sensor for each thread is provided on a winding machine. The actual value of thread tension is measured for each thread. The actual value is compared with a specified value in a comparator device and, in the event of a deviatio... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6192560 | Method and device for transferring a yarn sheet from a yarn winder onto a winding beam The yarn sheet (1) of a finished yarn winding (2) for example on a warping machine is with the help of a transfer means (8) transferred onto a winding beam (3) for example of a beaming machine. The transfer means with this has a suspension rod (9) which p... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6090157 | Process and device for application of vat dye, especially indigo, to a thread bundle In a process for the application of a vat dye, preferably indigo, to a thread bundle (1), before thread bundle (1) enters a dye liquor (3) it is run through a steam lock (5). Steam lock (5) is separated from a chamber (20) through which thread bundle (1) ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5940945 | Shed insertible sensor for dividing-shed formation on a sectional warping machine On a sectional warping machine, the dividing-shed formation for introducing a dividing element is controlled in such a way that at least one yarn sensor (18, 18') is introduced transversely to the running direction of the shed warp (11, 12) into the opene... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5628098 | Method and device for the winding of warp strips A manipulator (16) is provided in the case of a method and device for winding of warp strips (19) in at least two adjacently arranged sections onto the drum (9) of a sectional warping plant. On completion of the winding sequence for a section, the yarns o... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5588194 | Method and device for the accumulation of a yarn overlength between a bobbin creel and the beam on a beaming machine After yarn breakage, yarn loops are formed in an accumulator device (3) by rollers (13, 13') that are able to be displaced in relation to each other. The beam is rotated in reverse at a specific reverse speed (c) which is less than the accumulation speed ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5573191 | Device for the ejection of remnant packages and empty bobbins on a creel An impact element (12, 17), which is connected with a spring device (15), is tensioned through the feed movement of the package carrier rods (5) and, when a trigger position (23) is reached, will be released in such a way that a force impulse (I) is deliv... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5531001 | Device for yarn division on a sectional warping machine During sizing division, a rod grid (19) comprising lease rods (7a to 7e) is used for the formation of a shed, the rod grid being able to be raised with the aid of a lifting device (22) from a middle position into an upper operating position (O). A lower o... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5517738 | Thread tensioner A thread tightener has a hollow body (49) in which is arranged a thread channel (4), as well as a tightening body (10) which may be pressed against the outlet part (49) of the thread channel (4). The hollow body (40) contains a first hollow section (41) a... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5312062 | Device for monitoring the thread run on a bobbin creel A thread clamping device for a textile machine includes a clamping pad which is pressed against a clamping rib by a compression spring. The spring force can be adjusted, independent of other like devices associated with the machine, by an adjusting mechan... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5285544 | Method of treating a web of material with a liquid The treatment of a material web (2) ensues in a U-shaped shaft comprising two shaft limbs (3, 4) and a connecting area (5) between both the shaft limbs. The shaft is filled with a treatment liquid, the feed of fresh treatment liquid and also the circulati... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5027485 | Sectional warping machine with a height adjustable cross reed for the formation of yarn crossings and methods of its operation The yarn crossing device of a sectional warping machine has a height adjustable cross reed (16), two guide rods (28, 29) which are able to slide in opposition to each other, as well as a horizontally displaceable leasing device (34, 35). Drive motors (22,... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5022128 | Method and device for yarn division on a warping machine Individual segments (38, 39) are slid over a divided yarn strip (22) with a dividing device (35) and connected together on both sides (63). By this means separate separating elements (23, 29) are formed.... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5012564 | Method and apparatus for loading the bobbin creel of a winding installation In order to make the loading operation on a bobbin creel simpler, a fitting pattern is stored for each kind of bobbin in a control means (21). The individual fitting patterns can be sequentially called up as output signals. Those output signals either act... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4986489 | Thread braking mechanism with catchment device A blocking device, preferably in the form of a baffle plate is provided behind the rollers of a thread tightener in a bobbin creel which can be pressed against one another, namely behind the roller pair in the direction of the through-passage. In case of ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4976018 | Device for monitoring threads on a textile machine A monitoring needle (19) is rotatably mounted under spring tension in a housing (18). A light emitter/light receptor device is fixed to the housing (18) in the plane of the thread (5) and in the pivotal region of the monitoring needle (19), this device pr... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4974301 | Method and apparatus for regulating the yarn strip width in warping machines On the warping machine (12) the width (11) of the yarn strip (10) is continuously monitored by means of a line camera (25). The measured strip width is compared in a processor (32) to a stored reference value, with deviations forming a control signal for ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4944077 | Winding machine with reduced yarn run resistance and method of reducing the yarn run resistance The invention relates to a winding machine, in particular a warping or beaming machine, in which yarns are drawn off a bobbin creel at high speed. To reduce the air friction of the yarns and to improve the removal of fiber contaminating material, there is... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4944471 | Method of producing a yarn tension on a bobbin creel In order to increase the yarn tension between a winder and a bobbin creel, the yarns are returned from a first yarn tensioner to the inlet of a second adjacent yarn tensioner in the row. The rows of bobbins which are associated with the second yarn tensio... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4926531 | Apparatus for giving protection from draft and dust at a winding machine The protective apparatus for a winding machine is formed by a support construction comprising pillars and a transverse support member. The support construction is arranged in a portal-like fashion over the winding machine, wall portions in the form of swi... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4924545 | Process and apparatus for mercerizing a fabric web In order to be able to distribute the stretching forces more uniformly when stretching the fabric web in respect of width in the conical entry area of the tentering frame, the edge zones (14, 14') of the fabric web (2) are sprayed with a hot medium, for e... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4888840 | Method for mercerizing textile fabric webs and apparatus for carrying out the method After leaving the hot lye bath (2) the fabric web (1) is immediately cooled down in a cooling zone (C) and only then passed to a residence zone (5) in which the lye acts on the fabric. Stretcing of the fabric web is then effected in a widthwise stretching... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4819310 | Apparatus for regulating the warp section tension during warping During warping, the threads removed from the bobbins of a warp creel are supplied by means of a respective adjustable and settable thread brake to a reed located on the warping carriage of the warping machine and from that location the threads are ordered... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4705232 | Yarn tensioning device Yarn is clamped between two rotatably mounted brake plates. The lower brake plate lies on an annular housing portion and the upper brake plate is held and centered by a guide plate. Weighting discs lie on the guide plate and are secured by a pair of clamp... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4697756 | Winding machine for winding and/or unwinding web-like guided materials To simplify and accelerate the chucking of a journal-free beam or roll mandrel in a winding machine and also to automate and accelerate the alignment of the winding machine and the journal-free beam or roll mandrel in relation to a creel middle plane or c... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4676448 | Winding machine for winding and/or unwinding web-like guided materials The winding machine comprises a driving-side stand, an auxiliary-side stand, a support positioned between the driving-side stand and the auxiliary-side stand, and a beam, such as a journal beam containing journals or pins and clamped between the driving-s... | 06/30/1987 |
