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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5544390 | Regulating drawing unit for a sliver drawing frame and regulating method A drawing frame includes an inlet measuring organ sensing a property of a plurality of slivers as they are simultaneously introduced into the drawing frame and emitting a measuring signal representing a magnitude of the property; a regulating drawing unit... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5488758 | Sliver piecing method The present invention relates to a sliver piecing method wherein sliver piecing is performed with yarn incorporated in an overlapped portion of sliver ends and since yarn having a suitable thickness is incorporated in an overlapped portion of sliver ends ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5461757 | Apparatus for measuring the sliver density at a tapering sliver guide in a drafting frame A drafting frame includes a drafting unit for drafting a plurality of slivers running in an advancing direction and combining the slivers into a single sliver; and a sliver guide situated upstream of the drafting unit. The sliver guide has converging wall... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5457851 | Combing machine with evenness and waste monitoring Combing machine. The combing machine includes a process control computer for the preparatory machine of a textile spinning mill, the former being located upstream of a combing machine which reacts to signals from the combing machine, which signals are rep... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5412846 | Draw frame fleece hopper including a wear resistant insert A fleece hopper of a textile draw frame is located between a pair of draw-off rollers and a fiber sliver pipe. Fiber fleece is gathered together in the hopper and deflected into the hopper outlet. The hopper outlet includes a pipe-shaped insert removably ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5406679 | Web guiding and supporting device at the outlet of a carding machine A carding machine includes a web delivering mechanism formed of a pair of cooperating rolls, for discharging a fiber web; and a web guiding element positioned immediately downstream of the roll pair as viewed in the direction of web advance. The web guidi... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5400476 | Apparatus and method for controlling draft uniformity in textile sliver The present invention provides a drafting apparatus and method having a plurality of pairs of rollers which pairs are each driven in the same rotational direction and have silver contact points oriented along a common straight line. Sliver is fed to the p... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5359758 | Process and an arrangement for the piercing of a sliver In the case of a process for the piecing of the starting portion of a new sliver to the end portion of a sliver travelling into a spinning arrangement, it is provided that the starting portion and the end portion of the sliver are overlapped, placed on a ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5343598 | Device to process a plurality of fiber slivers The invention relates to a device for the processing of a plurality of fiber slivers, in particular a drawing frame with drawing-in cylinders for joint feeding of the fiber slivers to the device. A funnel with a passage opening is provided in the device t... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5230125 | Combing machine and process for forming an even combed sliver The combing machine is provided with a plurality of combing devices for delivering a plurality of combed slivers as well as a drafting system for receiving and drafting the combed slivers for delivery to a can press. A measuring device is provided to meas... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5177835 | Method and apparatus for piecing slivers First and second slivers (6, 5) are pieced together by the following steps: overlapping a trailing portion (6a) of a first sliver and a leading portion (5a) of a second sliver; introducing the overlapped portion (5a, 6a) into a drafting zone provided betw... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5155879 | Apparatus for automatically starting formation of sliver from a carded web An automatic startup device in a carding machine includes a roll assembly for discharging the fiber web; and a web transporting arrangement situated under the roll assembly for gathering and advancing the web. The web transporting arrangement is formed of... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5140722 | Sliver piecing device having fiber entangling needles and air jets A sliver piecing device includes a pair of holding members for piling and holding ends of slivers to be pieced, and a plurality of needles extending through the holding members and being inserted into the slivers to force the fibers into the other sliver ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5123280 | Device for measuring the thickness and/or the unevenness of slivers A sliver measuring device includes a pair of rollers (6, 7) which limit two sides of a rectangular measuring space (3). A third side of the measuring space (3) is closed off by a guide roller (8) or by a guide plate. A measuring element (5) for the thickn... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5121522 | Humidity and temperature air conditioning in a textile processing line A fiber tuft processing line for processing fiber tufts preparatory to spinning, includes a plurality of fiber processing machines, fiber tuft conveying ducts serially connecting the machines, a blower generating a fiber tuft conveying air stream flowing ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5111551 | Compact carding apparatus with sliver thread-up and method A compact carding apparatus is disclosed which includes a pair of upstanding carding cylinders (B) and (C) carried in a self-standing manner on a base frame (260). Cylinder (C) is carried generally atop cylinder (B) by mounting plates (272, 274) which all... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5095587 | Method and apparatus for automatically starting formation of sliver from a carded web An automatic startup device includes a roll assembly for discharging the fiber web; a web transporting arrangement situated under the roll assembly for gathering and advancing the web; and a trumpet situated under the web transporting arrangement. The tru... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5065477 | Calendar rollers with rounded teeth for crimping sliver and increasing cohension length The device for increasing the cohesion length of the slivers is embodied by a pair of calendar rollers. Each calendar roller has a plurality of transversely disposed protuberances of rounded shape for interengaging in spaced relation with each other in or... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5058241 | Method and apparatus for combining fibres formed into slivers for supply to textile machinery The tail end of a first sliver and the leading end of a second sliver are superposed and clamped together and their fibres are then combined by means of a plurality of needles which are reciprocated through the ends of the two strips transverse thereto.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5031280 | Method and apparatus for cleaning card slivers pneumatically through spread sliver A method and an apparatus for cleaning a carded sliver during a movement of the latter in its longitudinal direction is disclosed. The carded sliver is guided over at least one guide surface having perforations which leads to spreading and loosening of th... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5016322 | Funnel arrangement at the outlet of a card machine A funnel arrangement adapted for use at the outlet of a card machine or drawing frame for the purpose of bringing together a sliver traveling along a feed path. The funnel arrangement includes a funnel and an air squeeze-out device following the funnel fo... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4998325 | Card having a transverse conveyor with a trapezoidally cross-sectioned shoulder, for conveying a web laterally away from the card The card for producing a fiber includes a swift and a doffer which takes the carded fibers off the swift and supplies them to a nip formed between at least two rotating rollers. The fiber web emerging from the nip is deposited on the top run of a transver... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4987645 | Automatic piecing of overlapped leading and trailing ends of slivers in a textile machine A first sliver in an exhaust can (2F) is introduced and held in a recess (38a) of a sliver piecing unit (38) while gripped by a sliver gripper (34). The first sliver is severed by the displacement of the gripper (34) away from the recess (38a) so that a t... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4949431 | Apparatus for compressing and automatically introducing a textile fiber sliver Known apparatuses comprise a feed passage (4), a nozzle passage (5) extending therefrom in the feed direction (T), and a flow generator for generating a feed gas flow in the feed passage. The outlet portion of the nozzle passage (5) has provided therein a... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4700538 | Method and apparatus for handling a sliver Textile slivers tend to loose their cohesion when travelling over long distances from one piece of storage or processing equipment to another such piece of equipment. This problem is overcome by subjecting the sliver to a false twisting process during its... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4630336 | Apparatus for gathering a fiber web into a sliver in a carding machine An apparatus for gathering a running fiber web into a sliver, includes a web guide element having edge portions defining an outlet opening through which the web passes; a trumpet arranged downstream of the outlet opening of the web guide element as viewed... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4501048 | Method and apparatus for forming a sliver A method and apparatus for forming a sliver from a web of fibres leaving the upper part of a horizontally extending delivery roller (2) of a cotton type carding machine. The web is delivered downwardly from the upper part of the delivery roller into proxi... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4475272 | Sliver forming condenser A cylindrical condenser screen is mounted to rotate adjacent a fiber supply, and around a pair of vacuum plenums, one of which has a generally rectangularly shaped slot extending axially of the screen adjacent its inside surface. A low suction in said slo... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4389752 | Method of producing a staple fibre sliver and apparatus for implementing the method The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for producing a draftable staple fibre sliver (12) from a strand (12) of endless filaments, which is united and condensed for further processing. According to the invention the zone of the united an... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4275482 | Arrangement for forming a sliver from a card web An arrangement for carding fibers to produce a fibrous sliver, in which the fibrous sliver is advanced through the nip between two rollers, and withdrawn downwardly from the nip through a compacting funnel in which the sliver becomes formed with a coheren... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4272866 | Web guiding device for a carding machine A carding machine has a web delivering assembly including cooperating upper and lower rollers and a web guiding device for withdrawing and gathering a fiber web discharged by the web delivering assembly. The web guiding device includes a guide element arr... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4259766 | Condensing trumpet A condensing trumpet for a draw frame has internal passages formed in such a way as to receive two separate sliver types and bring them together in a sheath-core arrangement where one sliver completely surrounds the other.... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4240181 | Web guiding device A device for withdrawing and gathering a fiber web discharged by a web delivering assembly of a carding machine includes a guide element arranged immediately downstream of the web delivering assembly and has a web guiding face; a support for positioning t... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4237685 | Apparatus for producing a yarn Method and apparatus are provided for producing a yarn comprising; supplying a web of staple fibers to a first region; forming said web into a bundle at a zone intermediate said first region and an after-defined second region; tensioning said fibers at a ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4232426 | Web guiding device A device for gathering a running fiber web delivered by a pair of cooperating rolls (forming part of a web delivering assembly arranged downstream of a carding machine) includes at least one operationally substantially stationary guide element having a ho... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4198730 | Web guiding device A web guiding device for withdrawing and gathering a fiber web discharged by a carding machine includes a guide element which is arranged immediately downstream of the web delivering assembly of the carding machine as viewed in the direction of web advanc... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4153978 | Method for fiber alignment using fluid-dynamic forces A method and apparatus are provided for aligning individual fibers parallel to the main fluid stream that is conveying them, using fluid-dynamic forces. This method and apparatus are based on the use of converging streamlines in a nearly irrotational flow... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4085881 | Apparatus for advancing a linear fibrous element Apparatus for and method of pneumatically traversing a linear fibrous element during its packaging in a rotated perforated canister as air is withdrawn from the canister through its sidewalls and bottom wall; the air moves downwardly through the package d... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4070731 | Method of and apparatus for packaging a linear fibrous element Apparatus for and method of packaging a linear fibrous element in a rotated perforated cannister by withdrawing air from the cannister through its bottom wall to move air through the package during package formation to prevent freedom of movement to the e... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070811 | Machine for spinning textile fibers A machine for spinning textile fibers comprises a carding drum with a toothed surface which generates a cylinder during rotation, a mechanism for feeding a roving or sliver of the textile fibers to the carding drum for disintegration thereon and a spinnin... | 01/31/1978 |
