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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7650913 | Method and device for maintaining a weft thread which is introduced into a weaving machine, in particular an air-jet weaving machine, after the starting process A weaving machine starts-up in slow speed operation during a first weaving cycle following the machine start. To help avoid weft breaks, a method is provided to hold a weft thread inserted into the loom shed during the first weaving cycle. A sensor monitors the weft... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7198893 | DNA diagnostics based on mass spectrometry Fast and highly accurate mass spectrometry-based processes for detecting a particular nucleic acid sequence in a biological sample are provided. Depending on the sequence to be detected, the processes can be used, for example, to diagnose a genetic disease or chromo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197796 | Yarn withdrawal apparatus A yarn withdrawal apparatus for continuously withdrawing a yarn from a feed yarn package and then from a reserve package, where the trailing yarn end on the feed package is knotted to the leading end of the yarn on the reserve package. The transition of the yarn fro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194791 | Turn-table type roll stock apparatus and plating factory for process roll for gravure printing There are provided a plating factory for process roll for a gravure printing and a turn-table type roll stock apparatus preferable to the gravure printing plate manufacturing factory where a series of plating steps can be performed against the process roll for the g... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7039489 | Monitoring of thread transport A method for monitoring the transport of a thread in a weaving machine is presented in which the thread includes thread sections (21, 21.i) which are transported with an associated speed (vi). In this method, values (24) of at least o... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028718 | Method for manufacturing a fabric and an apparatus for manufacturing a fabric The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a fabric and an apparatus for manufacturing a fabric that enable weaving of weak fibers including monofilaments of noble metal such as 24-carat gold. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997215 | Method for weaving low flaw cloths by means of the elimination of weft thread sections which have irregularities The method for weaving low flaw cloths (4) comprises an elimination of weft thread sections which have irregularities (22, 22′). The method is carried out by means of a weaving machine (1) which in the presence of an irregularity on a weft thr... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6959738 | Method and apparatus for entangling filaments in a weft yarn on a weaving loom with pneumatic weft insertion The filaments in a weft thread or yarn in a pneumatic loom are tangled and consolidated to prevent untangling of the weft thread when it is transported, after the tangling, through the weft insertion channel in a loom shed. For this purpose the leading end of the we... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953066 | Method of disposing weft in a loom The method of disposing the weft, in a loom for displacing the weft led into a weft insert nozzle by jetting the air current from a guide nozzle disposed in a reed sley and releasing the weft from the upstream side of the weft inset nozzle to the vicinity of an inta... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938648 | Method and apparatus for reducing weft waste in a gripper weaving loom In a gripper weaving loom which weaves several different types of weft threads into a fabric, it is desirable to keep weft material waste to a minimum. For this purpose a weft thread (7) already inserted into the loom shed is simultaneously held by a weft pre... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918512 | Refillable spray container A refillable spray container including a container main body and a cap with a nozzle, wherein a tubular mouth piece provided with engaging projections is mounted to a mouth portion of the container main body, and wherein a cap provided with a guide groove that engag... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6840287 | Power loom with a device for cutting off a woof thread A weaving machine, in particular an airjet loom, which is fitted with a system (16) for cutting a filling thread (12′), which is being held ready for filling insertion, from a filling (12) already beaten into a fabric (10), wherein the ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6763854 | Power loom with a device for cutting off a woof thread A weaving machine, in particular an airjet loom, which is fitted with a system (16) for cutting a filling thread (12′), which is being held ready for filling insertion, from a filling (12) already beaten into a fabric (10), wherein said... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6691744 | Actuator and thread brake comprising an actuator An actuator (A) for a component (2), comprising at least one defined stop position, in particular to a brake component actuator of a yarn brake (B), for a selective braking of a running yarn (Y) which actuator has a drive element (D) for linear or rotatio... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6546966 | Apparatus for making available a leno thread for a weaving machine The apparatus (1) for making available a leno thread (2a, 3a) for a weaving machine comprises a shaft (4) which is rotatably journalled about an axis of rotation (A). This apparatus has an active connection to a drive apparatus (5) in order to set the sha... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6546967 | Method and arrangement for the linear measurement and magazine storage of thread in looms or textile machines In an arrangement for the linear measurement and magazine storage of thread (7) ahead of the pick in looms or textile machines (18) use is made of thread feed elements (1) and thread length-measuring elements (2) together with magazines (6) designed to st... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6505653 | Device and method for variably braking a running yard A device for the selective braking of a running yarn including a controlled yarn brake having at least two brake elements between which the yarn runs, which brake elements can be elastically pressed against each other with an adjustable force that determi... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6497257 | Control of fill yarn during basket weave type patterns on air jet looms A fill yarn holding apparatus for use on an air jet loom of the type used for weaving certain fabric patterns where each pattern has at least two fill yarns introduced between each harness reciprocation, and including a pivotal sley shaft, a reed mounted ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6467314 | Method and apparatus for pairing threads in textile machine An apparatus and method for pairing at least two threads for processing in a textile machine. The apparatus includes individual thread feeding devices for furnishing individual threads to a pairing device in which the individual threads are formed into a ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6418976 | Thread brake system with a linear electric motor for weaving looms At least one of two flexible leaf springs that form a thread gap is controlled by a linearly moveable element of a linear motor or drive. Multi-thread brakes are formed by assembling a plurality of such brakes on a common support whereby a single stator m... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6397898 | Yarn supply draw out regulator for a weaving machine A regulator works with a thread or yarn supply which is intended to provide a draw-out length of the thread or the yarn which is dependent on the one hand on the size of the supply and on the other hand on an assumed or adjusted thread tension in the draw... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6328081 | Weft tension brake control A method for controlling electrically actuated weft brakes for automatically adjusting mechanical tension of a weft thread in textile machines with mechanical insertion, comprising the steps of: generating and modulating an excitation current of an actuat... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6308743 | Device for weft cancellation on a weaving machine Device for weft cancellation on a weaving machine offers wefts (1), (2), (3) to at least one weft insertion (5), (6), (7) on a weaving machine, which can be operated in order either to bring a weft within the feed area of a weft insertion or to hold it ou... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6289939 | High conductivity launder resistant grounding tape A fabric grounding tape and method of making same is disclosed. In accordance with the method the tape is woven on a needle loom using polyester and stainless steel warp yarns. The yarns are maintained under tension during and after the weaving process an... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286562 | Electro-magnetic lamina type weft brake A weft brake for weaving looms, comprising a rigid, fixed and flat plate made of non-magnetic material and a flexible lamina made of magnetic material, between which a weft thread slides; the flexible lamina is actuated magnetically against the rigid and ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6253795 | Tensioning apparatus and method for an interlaced thread A tensioner for gripping an inserted thread in a weaving shed and applying or removing tension based on the thread's inserted tension. Through the use of sensors in a thread gripper, the inserted thread tension is compared to a desired value in a controll... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6240977 | Method and apparatus for imparting and alternating twist and weaving a multi-ply yarn in continuous motion An improved assembly for alternating twist in yarn, utilizing a pair of air jets in which compressed air is supplied producing a vortex that causes the yarn passing therethrough to experience a torque about the yarn's longitudinal axis. This apparatus is ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6179011 | Apparatus for the insertion of weft threads for a series shed weaving machine and a series shed weaving machine with an apparatus An apparatus for the insertion of weft threads contains a stationary unit having an arrangement with a plurality of passages, a plurality of nozzles for the supplying of weft threads and a unit which rotates with the weaving rotor with a plurality of inje... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6155309 | Settable weft clamping and severing apparatus An apparatus for severing a weft thread which is to be inserted into a shed comprises a clamping device with a stationary clamping part and a settable clamping part in order to hold back the weft thread and a severing device in order to sever the weft thr... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6109307 | Thread clamping device figuring weft threads on jacquard machines A thread clamping device, particularly for the figuring weft threads on jacquard machines, in which figuring weft threads, e.g. those on jacquard looms, are only picked from time to time corresponding to the figured form of the woven jacquard fabric, with... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105627 | Method to control weft yarn insertion in a loom During weft yarn insertion in a loom, as the end of weft yarn insertion approaches, a controllable yarn deviation brake (B), positioned between a weft feeder (M) and a warp shed (F) of a loom (D) brakes the weft yarn (Y) with a high braking force, causing... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5983954 | Roller type weft yarn feeding device A weft yarn feeding device includes a feed roller which rotates at a circumferential speed equal to a running speed of a weft and a pinch roller which moves in and out of contact with the circumference of the feed roller with the weft in between. The roll... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5947161 | Pinch roll weft feeder with expandable transport roll A transport roller (10) is provided on a ribbon loom and a press roller (12) is forced against said transport roller to grip a bobbin supply thread (26). In order to simplify adjustment of the transport speed while keeping the speed of the transport rolle... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5937913 | Weft thread distributor apparatus of a series shed weaving machine Weft thread distributor apparatus for a series shed weaving machine in which a weft thread is fed into a connection channel via a supply nozzle and is distributed within the connection channel to shoot-in tubes. In order to achieve a trouble-free cutting ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5937915 | On loom weft texturizing Filament threads such as rayon threads which may be smooth or partly texturized for protection, are texturized or entangled in the loom just prior to their insertion into a loom shed as weft threads. For this purpose a texturizer (4) is positioned between... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5878787 | Ribbon loom with separate guide eye A ribbon loom for making a material web at high speed operates through precise control of the weft thread. The ribbon loom comprises a weft insertion needle to insert a loop of weft thread into a shed. The weft thread loop is tied off by a knitting needle... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5816296 | Method and apparatus for controlling the tension and the presentation of a weft thread for insertion into a loom shed The tension of a weft thread in a loom is controlled during particular time phases within the weft supply, weft presentation, weft seizing, and insertion, including the initial phase of entering into the loom shed. Additionally, the weft thread tension ma... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5794664 | Weft feeding device for fluid weaving machine A weft feeding device which alleviates an excessive tension acting on the weft upon feeding of the weft and inhibits breakage of the weft includes a gripper to grip the weft at prescribed times, a length measuring roller located downstream of the gripper,... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5769132 | Projectile or gripper shuttle loom with anti-ballooning cone for weft feeder A projectile or gripper shuttle loom includes a weft-yarn delivery device with an overend-unwinding delivery unit that has a stationary, brakeless drum, a withdrawal eye arranged coaxially downstream of the drum and a yarn brake controlled in accordance w... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5725029 | Tension control apparatus for weft threads An apparatus for reducing the load on a weft thread being inserted into a loom shed reduces the necessary number of weft thread monitors or stop motion devices functioning as thread tension sensors while still ensuring a reliable tension measurement, espe... | 03/10/1998 |
