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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4641613 | Process for the starting and low-load running of a diesel engine and a diesel engine putting this process into practice The invention relates to the diesel engine industry. To heat the air contained in the cylinder up to the fuel ignition temperature, the piston is made to execute several successive compression/expansion cycles with the inlet valve and exhaust valve closed... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4452282 | System for mounting harness frames in a weaving loom In a weaving loom, the harness frames are coupled by means of two link-arms to rockers which are actuated by the shedding mechanism. The head of each link-arm is provided with a recess in which is inserted a stub-shaft carried by each harness frame, the s... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4445545 | Device for winding a piece of fabric under constant tension, especially for a weaving loom The fabric produced by a loom is wound on a drum which is driven in rotation from the fabric take-up roller by means of a friction coupling, the friction being adjustable by means of a regulating nut. A tensioning roller which is capable of displacement u... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4372010 | Apparatus for the automatic infeed of a textile fibre sheet into a coiler Apparatus for the automatic infeed of a fibre sheet into a coiler comprises a smooth-surfaced transverse guide 6 to be placed at the delivery side of a pair of drawing rollers 1, 2. The guide 6 has an orifice 7 for gathering into a tuft the fibre sheet 3 ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4362012 | Anti-balloon devices of spinning frames In a spinning or twisting machine, a anti-balloon ring stationarily fixed around the bobbin spindle is first sand-blasted so as to produce a predetermined degree of surface roughness, then provided with a nickel coating in order to reduce undesirable excr... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4280251 | Feed chimney for a textile machine supplied with textile fiber tufts A uniform web of fiber tufts is delivered to a textile fiber processing machine such as a carding machine by a feed chimney provided with a perforated wall. The fiber tufts are impelled into the upper portion of the chimney by means of a fan, a uniform we... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4258541 | Open-end rotor with thread draw-off tube A twisting element placed at the outlet of a high-speed rotor of a freed-fiber spinning device is constituted by a portion of turn of helical wire which is jammed against the internal surface of an elbowed tube. The portion of helical turn is located with... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4238920 | Device for revolving-ring spinning Each revolving ring of a continuous-spinning frame for textile yarn is mounted on a fluid bearing and driven in rotation by a ring traveler. The resisting torque of the ring is intentionally increased by means of hollow or projecting portions such as fins... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4163304 | Rotary cylinder fitted with needles or teeth for the treatment of slivers of textile fibers The needles or teeth are rigidly fixed on longitudinal bars mounted on the cylinder body in such a manner as to be capable of pivotal displacement on the cylinder body about axes parallel to the axis of the cylinder. Locking means carried by the cylinder ... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4159620 | Yarn-piecing and cleaning system for a spinning machine The yarn-piecing and cleaning system comprises an auxiliary carriage which is separate and distinct from the robot carriage but travels on the same track as this latter, is connected thereto by means of at least one compressed-air duct and contains a comp... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4075990 | Diesel engines This invention relates to supercharged four-stroke Diesel engines. The operating conditions of a supercharged four-stroke Diesel engine are improved, especially at starting and during low-load running, by keeping the exhaust valves open, both at starting and d... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4054159 | Picking method for a shuttleless weaving machine A method and means for inserting the weft threads in a shuttleless weaving machine which are particularly advantageous. A weft thread reserve is formed between a selvedge of the fabric and the path of an inserting carrier, the weft thread is cut near the ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4040453 | Shuttleless loom of the single or double layer type A loom is provided with a longitudinal sliding surface over the entire length of travel of the outer extremity of the needles and behind these latter; the coupling system which connects the driving member to the outer extremity of the needles comprises a ... | 08/09/1977 |
