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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5414985 | Process and apparatus for piecing a thread in open-end spinning For piecing a thread in an open-end spinning apparatus having a fibre collection surface, a sliver is supplied to the clothing of an opening cylinder and opened thereby into fibres and is supplied in this form to the fibre collection surface. There, the f... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5402355 | Process and device to convey bobbins or bobbin-like goods of the textile industry The instant invention relates to a process and to devices to convey textile goods from a receiving point to a point of deposit as well as for reception and deposit of the goods by means of a traveling vehicle. The goods to be conveyed are readied at the r... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5313777 | Spinning process and device for the production of a yarn The instant invention relates to a spinning process and to a device for the production of a yarn. In the spinning process the fibers are conveyed to a perforated collection surface which is subjected to suction in one zone. They are brought together into ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5285975 | Process and device to spool a yarn on a spinning machine/spooling device A process and device is provided to handle the yarn after piecing or bobbin replacement where conical bobbins are used. According to the process and with the apparatus, the yarn is transferred to the yarn guide in such a manner that the yarn is first guid... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5279104 | Process and device for the piecing of an open-end spinning device A process for the piecing of a yarn end on a open-end spinning machine. The yarn is backfed a first time from a cross-wound package, the backfeeding is interrupted and the yarn is clamped at a predetermined distance from the package and the free end is cu... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5276947 | Device for the transportion of cans between machines or devices treating or processing fiber slivers A process for the transportation of cans between machines processing fiber slivers by means of a can conveying device. The latter is loaded and unloaded simultaneously in one position at a machine or storage facility. The cans are inspected during their t... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5265406 | Open-end spinning device In an open-end spinning device a yarn draw-off nozzle suitable to ensure constant spinning conditions even at very high rotational speeds is provided. This is achieved in that the yarn draw-off nozzle is designed so as to be especially capable of heat dis... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5243812 | Device for the piecing of a yarn in a open-end spinning machine operating with a spinning rotor A yarn is fed at a piecing speed to the fiber collection surface of a spinning rotor. It is there combined with the fibers of a fiber ring and is then drawn off from the spinning rotor in the form of a continuous yarn while fibers newly fed into the spinn... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5241813 | Spinning process and device for the production of a yarn The present invention relates to a spinning process and device for the production of yarn. Fibers are conveyed through a feeding channel from an opening roller and deposited onto a perforated collection surface, such as a perforated roll or disk, which is... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5230135 | Top bar for carding machine A top bar for carding machines formed from an elongated hollow cold drawn annealed profile. The annealing relieves any stresses developed in the profile during the cold drawing and a dimensionally stable top bar results therefrom.... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5191760 | Process and device for piecing on an open-end spinning device A yarn piecing device and process for an open-end spinning machine wherein opened fiber is fed to a fiber collection surface in a pneumatic stream. The stream of fibers is shifted from the fiber collection surface when a broken or missing yarn is detected... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5175983 | Yarn splicing device for the knot-free piecing of yarns and process for the preparation of yarn ends A yarn splicing device for piecing spun yarns without knots. It contains a yarn splicing chamber and a small pipe through which fluid flows, at a distance from the yarn splicing chamber. The small pipe serves to receive a yarn end and to prepare it for th... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5166582 | Drive arrangement of an open-end spinning machine Drive arrangement for spinning stations of an OE spinning machine. The feed rollers of the spinning stations can be driven by an electric motor and the draw-off rollers by another electric motor. At least one of these two motors is a synchronous motor. Ea... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4845936 | Process and device to piece back to a spinning device operating with a pneumatic torsion element For piecing to a spinning device operating with a pneumatic torsion element, yarn is fed back through the torsion element into a readiness position alongside a drafting mechanism, while the roving is stopped before the end of the drafting zone. The roving... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4840022 | Process and device for the servicing of work stations of spinning or doubling machines by means of a plurality of service units capable of travelling alongside the work stations In order to service work stations of either spinning or doubling machines of the type having several service units travelling alongside their work stations, whenever an inspection of a given service unit becomes necessary, the given service unit to be ins... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4760688 | Open-end spinning machine with plural spinning stations and thread joining process therefor In an open-end spinning machine, a centralized main drive is provided to collectively drive spinning elements of a plurality of spinning stations installed next to each other. At each spinning station, a switch-over device is provided for switching each s... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4638625 | Process and apparatus for stopping and restarting an open-end spinning machine with a plurality of spinning devices To stop and restart and open-end spinning machine with a plurality of spinning devices, all the spinning devices are stopped together, while the vacuum is maintained. The thread end resulting from this interruption in the spinning process is then prepared... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4472934 | Pneumatic gripper In a pneumatic gripper for bobbin changer devices with an elastically deformable collar in the gripper housing, the gripper housing (2) and the collar (3) are of bell-shaped construction. The collar (3) is inserted into the gripper housing (2). The collar... | 09/25/1984 |
