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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5101864 | Loom guide bar for stretching a fabric laterally A weaving machine including a device for stretching a fabric in the weaving machine includes a guide bar over which the fabric is bent to thereby bring a surface of the fabric into contact with the guide bar. An array of notches on each end of the guide b... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4794680 | Novel wear-resistant laser-engraved ceramic or metallic carbide surfaces for friction rolls for working elongate members, method for producing same and method for working elongate members using the novel friction roll The invention is to friction rolls for working elongate members, e.g., webs or strands, such as crimper rolls, draw rolls, yarn package drive rolls comprising a roll having a generally cylindrical external surface and a ceramic, e.g., alumina, mixtures of... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4781222 | Fabric winding device for weaving looms A fabric take-up system for a weaving loom includes a driven take-up roll and a pressure roll forming a nip with the take-up roll, wherein the take-up roll at least is movable transversely of its axis so that tensioned fabric received from the loom breast... | 11/01/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4192353 | Cloth take-up system The cloth take-up system is provided with an additional deflecting element which is disposed in the path of travel of the cloth between a first deflection element and the take-up roller in order to increase the wrapping angle of the cloth about the take-u... | 03/11/1980 |
| 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 |
| 3960185 | Ribbon weaving loom construction In a ribbon-weaving loom, in which at least two ribbons are being woven simultaneously and must be withdrawn in substantial parallelism, at least one withdrawing roller is provided for each of these ribbons and so located that the respective ribbon is tra... | 06/01/1976 |
