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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4422479 | Loom cloth take-up and method An on-loom take-up apparatus having increased cloth roll capacity is illustrated wherein means are provided for maintaining the loom supported in raised position while removing obstructions to the cloth roll as would limit the size of the cloth roll as wo... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4407332 | Weavers platform assembly and cloth guide A weavers platform is illustrated wherein a smooth tubular roll is carried substantially along each of the sides of the platform and the like extending below a walkway portion for providing a smooth guide for sliding movement of the cloth beneath the plat... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4404997 | Waste binding yarn take-up device for shuttleless loom A waste binding yarn take-up device for a shuttleless loom, comprises a traction device for pulling waste binding yarns at a constant traction speed, a rotary traverse roller rotatable at a peripheral velocity slightly higher than the traction speed of th... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4402347 | Warp let-off and its drive in a loom A loom capable of weaving a wide variety of cloths, the loom requiring at most the simple exchange of gears to permit it to weave cloths of widely varying characteristics. The loom has an input driving element for the warp beam let-off motion which is dri... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4390139 | Oscillating guide roll assembly for cloth winder An oscillating guide roll assembly is illustrated for use with a cloth winder in building a cloth roll in such a manner as to avoid registry of the selvage portions throughout the build of the cloth roll. The subject oscillating guide roll is especially u... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4263792 | Roller drive mechanisms A roller drive mechanism for a knitting machine, in which the drive route is from a spring under tension via an oscillatory member and a one-way clutch to the roller. Means are provided for moving the oscillatory member in the reverse direction to re-tens... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4252154 | Loom takeup apparatus A loom takeup apparatus is illustrated wherein cloth is fed directly from the loom to the takeup utilizing an oscillating roll which is slidably mounted for axial oscillation on the longitudinal axis of the roll for distributing the cloth so that the edge... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4245675 | Weaving loom with improved guide means for fabric In a weaving loom having a frame and a take-up roller spanned between first and second spaced sections of the frame to wind thereon a fabric, a resilient rod is spanned between the first and second spaced sections to cross the fabric at a position upstrea... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4241764 | Sand roller control mechanism for looms There is disclosed a control mechanism for the sand rollers of looms. The output of the cloth take-up motion of a loom is drivingly connected to a first input shaft of a differential gearing mechanism, and the second input shaft of the differential gearin... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4036266 | Take-up motion for looms This invention relates to an improvement in a cloth take-up motion for looms with gradual or intermittent taking-up of cloth in which a take-up roller is adapted to be driven by drive shaft means and gear system means, and wherein the drive shaft executes... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4027506 | Draw-off and take-up arrangement for circular knitting machines A knitted fabric draw-off and take-up arrangement for circular knitting machines, including an idle take-up roller and at least one driven draw-off roller. The tubular knitted fabric is passed from the draw-off roller to the take-up roller and is then ret... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3973598 | Loom having a cloth take-up system The cloth take-up system positively drives the deflecting roller at a transmission ratio in which the roller has a greater peripheral speed than the cloth take-up roller. A gear-type transmission is used to produce a difference of about 5% in the peripher... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3973599 | Loom having a cloth take-up system The cloth take-up system drives the deflecting roller over a friction clutch to allow slippage of the deflecting roller while the cloth moves over the deflecting roller without slip. The clutch is adjustable to create more or less of a relative slip.... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3934620 | Synchronizing apparatus for the drawing roller and the warp beam in a loom To provide synchronization between the drawing roller and the warp beam of a loom, direct transmission is provided between the two members by means of an intermediate shaft which is independent of the speed of the loom. Any variation in the density of the... | 01/27/1976 |
