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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042324 | Apparatus and method for winding a roving onto a bobbin The invention relates to an apparatus for winding a roving provided with a protective twist onto a roving bobbin, containing a bobbin mounting for the rotatable mounting of a roving bobbin and a traversing device for traversing in the bobbin axial direction the rovi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7935644 | Machine for the production of non-woven material, adjustment procedure for the same and non-woven material produced thus A machine for producing a nonwoven feeds continuous filaments onto two surfaces that form a convergent passage. At least one of the surfaces is moving to drive the continuous filaments through the passage to form the nonwoven web. The continuous filaments have filam... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7681390 | Spindle with injector duct and piecing method for an airjet spinning machine A spindle of an airjet spinning machine for guiding back the free yarn end after an interruption in a spinning process is disclosed. The spindle contains an injector duct in the immediate vicinity of the spindle orifice. To guide the free yarn end back after an inte... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7661259 | Device and method for the manufacture of a roving yarn by means of air spinning processes The invention relates to a slubbing machine, the use of a twist application means, and a method for the manufacture of a roving yarn (9). The roving yarn (9) is manufactured according to the invention from a fiber assembly (3), which undergoes a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7647760 | Drawing frame-roving frame combination for the production of rove by means of a pneumatic spinning process A drawing frame-slubbing machine combination for manufacturing a roving yarn from a fiber assembly is disclosed. The drawing frame-slubbing machine combination includes a drawing frame for doubling and stretching a fiber assembly into a drafter sliver and a slubbing... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7628005 | Air jet spinning machine An air jet spinning machine for producing spun threads from staple fiber strands includes a number of spinning positions, to each of which compressed air nozzles are arranged for the purpose of generating the spinning twist. A joint compressed air regulator is conne... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7516606 | Process for optimizing the production performance of a spinning machine A process is provided for optimizing the production performance of a spinning machine. Each individual spinning position is separately monitored in relation to the number of end breaks and is adjusted to an optimal production speed. When this process is applied to a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7493749 | Spinning position with fiber guidance element A spinning position for spinning yard from a fiber structure including a fiber guidance element is disclosed. The fiber guidance element includes a fiber guiding surface having a deflection point located in the interior of the fiber guidance element. The input direc... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7464530 | Process for preparing a piecing operation in an air jet spinning arrangement A process for preparing a piecing operation in an air jet spinning arrangement is described. The air jet spinning arrangement comprises a drafting device, whose main drafting zone is bordered on its entry side by an apron roller pair and on its exit side by a delive... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7464529 | Process and arrangement for restarting a previously interrupted spinning process A process and an arrangement for re-starting a previously interrupted spinning process in a spinning arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a drafting unit which can be shut down and also an airjet unit including a vacuum chamber. For the purpose of remov... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7404285 | Adapter for a trash removal opening of an open end spinning machine An exchangeable adapter is provided for reducing the size of a trash removal opening of an opening roller housing in open-end spinning arrangements. The said adapter comprises two semi-spherical supporting surfaces at a distance to one another for positioning the ad... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7328569 | Arrangement for producing a spun thread from a staple fiber strand An arrangement for producing a spun thread includes a drafting unit having a delivery roller pair and an airjet assembly arranged downstream thereof. In the airjet assembly, a vortex chamber with an air evacuation channel is provided. Furthermore, at least one clean... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325390 | Twin unit comprising two drafting devices for a spinning machine A twin unit has two drafting devices for drafting fiber strands and is applicable in a spinning machine. The twin unit includes a common housing for the two drivable drafting devices, whereby the housing is detachably mounted in a machine frame. The drafting devices... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7281366 | Arrangement device for producing a spun thread An arrangement for producing a spun thread from a staple sliver including a drafting unit and an air jet aggregate arranged downstream thereof. A vortex chamber with an air evacuation channel is located in the air jet aggregate. A cleaning channel is arranged to the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7225606 | Rotor cup for an open-end spinning device A rotor cup for an open-end spinning device comprises a supporting base body which is provided with an insert. The insert comprises the fiber guiding surfaces, namely a fiber sliding surface and a fiber collecting groove. The insert is centered radially in the base ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225605 | Modular air spinning frame The invention relates to textile machines with several spinning places, whereby each spinning place comprises a can feeding means, a spinning unit, and winding unit. The invention is based on the task to design the spinning places in such a manner, to minimize the d... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7200983 | Supporting disc for a supporting disc bearing of open-end spinning rotors and method of making same A supporting disc for a supporting disc bearing of open-end spinning rotors has a disc-like base body, on whose outer circumference a tire-like covering is applied. On a front side of the supporting disc facing the operator's side of the spinning aggregate, a cylind... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7131172 | Textile machine texturing system and texturing nozzle therefor In a texturing system with a texturing nozzle and a first drum connected thereto and a further drum, a thread is guided on the outlet side of a texturing nozzle at the circumference of a drum in the form of a strip by friction and at least in part in positive manner... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131896 | Device for grinding of clothing in a textile machine A grinding device for the flats of a card comprises elastically bendable elements which enter between the clothing points, brush over the side flanks of the points and thereby grind the points. Additional grinding elements are provided in order to treat the front si... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7080502 | Arrangement for producing a spun thread An arrangement for manufacturing a spun thread from a staple fiber mass includes a feed channel having an outlet opening for feeding the fiber mass, and a yarn withdrawal channel having an inlet opening. In order to generate a rotating current around the entry openi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7065951 | Yarn withdrawal nozzle for an open-end rotor spinning arrangement and method of making same A yarn withdrawal nozzle for an open-end rotor spinning arrangement is provided which includes a spiral-shaped surface in the yarn deflecting area which extends essentially over the entire yarn deflecting area and designed as a continuous spiral without interruption... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059110 | Spinning device for production of spun thread from a fibre sliver A device for the manufacture of a spun thread from a fiber sliver includes a fiber conveying channel with a fiber guidance surface. A yarn guidance channel includes an inlet mouth aperture disposed such that the fiber guidance surface guides fibers to the inlet mout... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059557 | Rotating station for wound laps A method and apparatus are provided for changing the unwinding direction of wound laps supplied by a delivery station in order to form a group of wound laps in which the face sides of adjacent wound laps are provided with the same distance and the longitudinal axes ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055222 | Clip for clothing strips The invention relates to fastening means (in particular to so called clothing clips) for the fastening of clothing strips on flat rods, made of light metal or light metal alloys. Thereby the fastening means are laid-out in such a manner that, when the flat rods assu... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055221 | Flat end head made of polymer material A flat end head with a mounting section for the flat rod and at least one sliding surface for progressive movement on a sliding guide of a card is made of a polymer material. The polymer material may be fiber-reinforced. Further, the polymer material may include a s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051508 | Yarn withdrawal device for open-end spinning arrangements and method of making yarn using same A yarn withdrawal device for open-end spinning arrangements has a yarn withdrawal nozzle and a balloon-breaking insert which extends the axial channel of the yarn withdrawal nozzle. The yarn withdrawal nozzle has a curved contact surface for deflecting a yarn to be ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043893 | Device for producing a spun yarn To manufacture a spun yarn from a loose fiber structure, devices are used in which a swirl chamber is provided between a fiber delivery channel and a yarn extraction channel. A fluid is blown into the swirl chamber. This device exhibits in the swirl chamber a guide ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043894 | Air spinning frame with reluctance motors For an air spinning frame, reluctance motors are provided for each spinning place to drive the pairs of rollers of the drafting unit, the drawing-off means, and the friction roller. Thereby, for the run-up of a spinning place, e.g., after a thread break, a specific ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037181 | Device for grinding of clothing in a textile machine A grinding device for the flats of a card comprises elastically bendable elements which enter between the clothing points, brush over the side flanks of the points and thereby grind the points. Additional grinding elements are provided in order to treat the front si... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024848 | Tunnel cladding The application relates to a device for air spinning, i.e., for the manufacture of a spun yarn from a sliver. The device contains in particular a fiber guide element, a fiber conveying channel, and an eddy chamber housing attached to the fiber guide element. The edd... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013629 | Open-end spinning rotor The hollow interior of an open-end spinning rotor is defined by an inner contour, which comprises a fiber sliding surface and a fiber collecting groove. The front surface of the open-end spinning rotor may have an opening width of between 19 and 23 mm, the fiber sli... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6988355 | Double-apron drafting unit for spinning machines A double-apron drafting unit for spinning machines has a delivery roller pair and an apron pair arranged upstream therefrom. The apron pair guides a fiber strand in the area of a delivery nipping line, with which it forms a wedge-shaped gap. Devices are provided for... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986244 | Open-end spinning rotor An open-end spinning rotor has its thinnest wall thickness in the area of its fiber collecting groove. The lateral wall of the open-end spinning rotor comprises an outer contour, which—in axial section—is at least partly convex-shaped. The wall thickness of the ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983519 | Textile machine texturing system and texturing nozzle therefor In a texturing system with a texturing nozzle and a first drum (22) connected thereto and a further drum (23), a thread is guided on the outlet side of a texturing nozzle (10) at the circumference of a drum (22) in the form of a strip ( | 01/10/2006 |
| 6962307 | Rotating station for reels The invention relates to a method for changing the winding-off direction of reels (W,W1) which are delivered in succession by a delivery station (1) in order to form a reel group (WG) in which the front faces of adjacent reels (W) are equally spaced (a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959532 | Method and device of piecing or starting of spinning for spinning positions of air spinning frames The invention concerns a start of spinning or the method of piecing for spinning positions of air spinning frames, which, during a spinning process, produce a thread from a longitudinal fiber structure and which, for this, comprise a fineness influencing unit with p... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948303 | Process and arrangement for spinning yarn A process is disclosed for a spinning arrangement for dealing with the correction of an end break. During operation, sliver-like fiber material fed to the spinning arrangement is opened to single fibers by means of an opening roller. The single fibers are then trans... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6928803 | Textile processing machine with a fiber conveying channel and a fiber-guiding surface The invention relates to a device for the production of a spun thread from a staple fiber strand by means of air spin method. The fiber guiding element according to the invention includes a fiber conveying channel with a fiber guiding surface, whereby the fiber guid... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6920747 | Combing ring for an opening roller of an open-end spinning arrangement and method of making same A combing ring for an opening roller of an open-end spinning arrangement is provided with at least two surface coatings, one applied on top of the other. Of these two coatings, the bottom one is a wear-resistant, harder PVD coating, while the upper one is a less har... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6893022 | Arrangement for sealing an opening of a rotor housing An arrangement for sealing an opening of a rotor housing in which a vacuum prevails, through which opening a shaft of a spinning rotor, supported outside of the rotor housing, projects. The arrangement has free floating sealing element arranged towards the opening a... | 05/17/2005 |
