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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4790603 | Apparatus for continuously forming a continuous fabric There is disclosed a mop head sheet-like fabric formed of a plurality of folded and twisted cords on each side of the midline of the fabric which are in side-by-side abutting relation to one another and have looped ends, the cords being bound together by ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4790604 | A continuous process for making a continuous fabric There is disclosed a mop head sheet-like fabric formed of a plurality of folded and twisted cords on each side of the midline of the fabric which are in side-by-side abutting relation to one another and have looped ends, the cords being bound together by ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4717616 | Shippable, sheet like fabric useful in making mop heads There is disclosed a mop head sheet-like fabric formed of a plurality of folded and twisted cords on each side of the midline of the fabric which are in side-by-side abutting relation to one another and have looped ends, the cords being bound together by ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4537021 | Friction spinning A friction spinning apparatus and process use at least one perforated roller enclosing a suction sleeve having the static pressure applied along its suction slot changing between a tip end of the fibre bundle forming the yarn and a downstream location of ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4535512 | Method and means for providing assemblages of opened fibers for intimate blends Method and means for providing assemblages of fully opened and combed fibers for intimate blending with other staple fibers of a diverse type are disclosed, wherein combed tufts detached from preceding and succeeding tufts are moved in an air stream under... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4522022 | Rollers for friction spinning apparatus Friction spinning apparatus comprises two rollers arranged in parallel closely spaced relationship so as to define therebetween adjacent the line of closest approach a throat and a fibre feed means for feeding fibres into the throat for twisting into yarn... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4480433 | Rotor cleaning Means and method are disclosed to clean the fiber collection groove of an open end rotor's cup by use of a flexible member rotated about the groove and counterrotated in the opposite rotational sense, it being the changeovers or reversals in rotational di... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4471606 | Apparatus for forming a composite yarn by friction spinning Friction spinning apparatus for producing a composite yarn has a groove or recess formed in at least one of the friction spinning rollers, to receive a strand guide tube which can then guide a core strand directly to the yarn formation line substantially ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4467597 | Method of spinning a yarn from two types of stable fibers A method of open-end spinning a yarn formed of two different types of fibers of staple fiber and a yarn formed thereby in which most of the outer fibers are formed of one type of fiber and most of the inner fibers are formed of the other component. The ty... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4441310 | Friction spinning apparatus A friction spinning apparatus comprises two rollers in closely spaced parallel arrangement which define between them a yarn formation zone at an elongate gap along the rollers and a feed duct which extends into the gap so as to feed fibres directly into t... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4411129 | Composite yarn A composite yarn comprising a component of staple fibres and a component formed by a continuous strand is spun on a friction spinning apparatus. Staple fibres are fed to a twisting zone where the fibres are twisted to form a staple strand with one end ope... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4404792 | Friction spinning apparatus A friction spinning apparatus comprises two rollers in closely spaced parallel arrangement which define between them a yarn formation zone at an elongate gap along the rollers and a feed duct which extends into the gap so as to feed fibres directly into t... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4399650 | Friction type yarn spinner This friction spinner includes an opening roller system for feeding fibers to and through a feed duct to a throat formed between the adjacent peripheral surfaces of two parallel drum rollers rotating in the same direction, one roller perforate so that air... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4392343 | Friction spinning apparatus A friction spinning apparatus including two rollers defining between them an elongate yarn formation area from which yarn is drawn axially of the rollers, has a fibre feed duct extending to a position between the rollers and closely adjacent the yarn form... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4380892 | Friction spinning apparatus and method for cleaning The yarn formation area of a friction spinning apparatus, in which the rotating friction rollers and the feed duct lie closely adjacent, is quickly and simply cleaned of remaining fibres at a yarn break and protection is provided against damage caused by ... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4372109 | Roller for friction spinning apparatus A roller for a friction spinning apparatus comprises a hollow perforated base member of aluminium or similar material, with a chrome dioxide plasma coating at most 0.004 inch. The perforations are at most 0.03 inch in diameter and provide a ratio of hole ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4367623 | Piecing up a friction spinning apparatus Spinning is started on a friction spinning apparatus by drawing the end of yarn back to a position adjacent the surface but in such a condition that it is free from the influence of the suction through the surface. This is done by closing off the suction ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4364224 | Controlling a yarn package at a winding station The invention relates to winding a yarn on a package. A package tray is provided which in an operative position retains the package out of contact with a package driving roller against the effect of a restoring force tending to move the package into drivi... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4362008 | Method and apparatus for forming composite yarn A composite yarn comprising a component of staple fibres and a component formed by a continuous strand is spun on a friction spinning apparatus. Staple fibres are fed to a twisting zone where the fibres are twisted to form a staple strand with one end ope... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4317260 | Method improvement to increase the proportion of usable fibers in processable textile fiber stock In opening and cleaning fibers an improved method to increase the proportion of usable fibers in processable textile fiber stock using a plurality of bale opening machines feeding fiber to a line of fiber cleaning and mixing machines, following which the ... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4315398 | Open-end spinning apparatus A friction spinning apparatus comprises an opening roller system for feeding fibres in a feed duct to the throat formed between the adjacent peripheral surfaces of two parallel drums rotating in the same direction. Yarn formed at the throat, by frictional... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4280250 | Textile carding machine frame construction A carding machine for textile material has a taker-in cylinder, a main cylinder and a doffing cylinder supported by a frame comprising of two frame side members. The frame side members are costructed from sheet steel and are interconnected by two sheet st... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4248037 | Yarn positioning means for open-end spinning machine piecing apparatus During servicing of a spinning machine station by the piecing apparatus, the yarn positioning means establishes a generally U-shaped yarn line and brings the lowermost bight section of such line into desired association with the yarn delivery rolls at the... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4236319 | Warp sheet splitting device for a drying chamber in a yarn sizing process In a sizing process for a warp sheet of yarns, a drying chamber has an upper first region, substantially void of a drying medium, and a second region containing the drying medium. A transversable warp splitting device is provided in the chamber which is t... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4229285 | Dust removal in an opening and cleaning apparatus for fibrous materials In the opening and cleaning of fibrous materials apparatus is provided which includes a plurality of rotatable beaters within a housing, curved under grids beneath each rotatable beater, baffle plates above and between the beaters, a perforated screen pos... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228642 | Method and apparatus for stopping an open-end spinning machine In a controlled stopping procedure for an open-end spinning machine the fibre feed roller and the yarn delivery rollers decelerate in synchronism. A detector senses a predetermined speed of the yarn delivery rollers after a period of time from starting th... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4221110 | Yarn piecing device for open-end spinning machines The invention relates to apparatus for piecing-up yarn on an open-end spinning machine. A yarn reserve forming member is movable between an extended position, in which it constrains the yarn to follow a prescribed reserve yarn path, and a retracted positi... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4219998 | Apparatus for twisting a strand An apparatus for twisting a fibre strand to have repeated along its length alternating zones of opposite twist comprises a fluid vortex device having two fluid inlets and a valve controlling fluid flow to the inlets. The valve comprises a hollow cylindric... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4206589 | Formation of a self twist fibrous structure A method of forming a self-twisted fibrous structure comprises twisting two strands of similar count such that each has repeated along its length alternating zones of opposite twist, converging the strands at a convergence point such that they partly untw... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4204391 | Open end spinning machine frame construction A frame construction for an open-end spinning machine includes an elongate plate extending along one side of the machine for supporting a first series of spinning unit housings and an elongate plate extending along the other side of the machine for suppor... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4170102 | Open end spinning rotor with special boss A rotor for an open end yarn spinner is disclosed having a depending boss with a bore therethrough for interference fit with a supporting shaft, wherein the boss is formed with an annular concave recess proximal its juncture with the base of the cup porti... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4169348 | Fibre opening apparatus for an open-end spinning machine A fibre opening apparatus for an open-end spinning machine includes a housing provided with a recess in which is mounted for rotation a fibre opening roller. The peripheral surface of the opening roller co-operates with a fibre locating surface defined by... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4167846 | Steel rotor with hardened fibre collecting groove and method of manufacture thereof Disclosed is a method of manufacture of a rotor for the open end spinning of staple fibres into yarn which is formed of a steel and has hardened surfaces at its fiber contacting and collecting surfaces, wherein the rotor may be fashioned by machining from... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4151706 | Yarn stripper Disclosed is a plate-like yarn stripper device for use in removing staple fiber yarns from rotatable elements of circular cross-section, such as in the removal of yarn wraps underwound beneath a spindle blade to anchor the yarn threadline in the doffing a... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4146121 | Clutch or brake mechanism In a clutch or brake mechanism of the type comprising two parts in coaxial relationship and an armature co-rotatably coupled with one of the parts and movable under magnetic forces for frictionally engaging the other part, a resilient restoring member for... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4136835 | Builder mechanism for textile machine All control components of the builder mechanism and its pick motion device are concentrically arranged about the builder shaft of a textile machine in such manner that the builder mechanism can readily be removed from the builder shaft as an entity for re... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4132058 | Insert traveller An insert traveller, of the kind comprising an upper and lower hook portions interconnected by a shank, all of plastics material, with a metal insert for contacting the yarn arranged at the junction of the upper hook portion and the shank, is improved by ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4122656 | Coated pinned roller An opening roller for opening fibres fed to an open-end spinning machine has a cylindrical shell outwardly from which protrude a plurality of fibre-engaging teeth, each of which has a coating of wear-resistant ceramics or metallic material applied thereto... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4122655 | Housing and mounting means for open end spinners A machine for the open-end spinning of yarns includes a machine frame which supports a plurality of side-by-side spinning units, each including a fibre opening roller and a spinning rotor, the arrangement being such that the rotational axes of the spinnin... | 10/31/1978 |
| 3974634 | Resilient mounting means for a traveler cleaner Resilient mounting means for a traveler cleaner fixed to a textile ring holder includes a resilient member, formed from a vibration damping material such as rubber, fixed into or integral with a textile ring holder formed either of such material itself, o... | 08/17/1976 |
