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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6591458 | Top comb The invention relates to a top comb for a textile treating or processing machine, especially a combing machine. Said top comb comprises a plurality of needles that are arranged in at least one row in a side-by-side parallel relation. Said needles, at leas... | 07/15/2003 |
| 5600871 | Combing machine having pneumatic detachment assist A combing machine having a pair of detachment rolls (6") and a nipper head (3) which, during a nip, carries out a forward stroke towards the pair of detachment rolls (6") and a return stroke. In the path of the stroke of the nipper head (3) active apparat... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5197163 | Nipper unit for a combing machine The nipper unit comprises a lower nipper as well as a an upper nipper and an auxiliary nipper, the latter two each being movable with respect to the lower nipper between a closed position and an open position. The auxiliary nipper is spring-loaded against... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5148575 | Combing head with lower nipper plate guide elements The combing head has a pair of lateral guide elements mounted on the lower nipper part with each having a fiber guide surface disposed in front of the front edge of the lower nipper plate in order to laterally guide the fiber tuft extending from the lower... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5131117 | Straight combing machine for wool and a combing method A straight wool-combing machine (10) has, instead of the conventional pair of detaching rollers, a pair of jaws (30, 32) for gripping the combed end of a tuft and for separating it, by a withdrawal movement, from the rest of the fibre sliver (M). The pair... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5062183 | Lap feed plate connected to oscillating nippers in a combing machine The batt or sheet to be combed is unwound by rotation of a lap roller (1) from a lap disposed thereon. The batt goes from the lap roller (1) by way of the lap feed plate (13) to a feed cylinder (10) mounted in oscillating nippers (6, 8). The feed plate (1... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5005262 | Comber with electric motor driven intermittent feed roller The comber has at least one combing head comprising an oscillating nipper unit with an intermittently rotatable feed roller for advancing the lap feed to be combed in the combing head. An electric motor is provided to rotate the fed roller and is energize... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4993122 | Nipper for a combing machine using bonded fiber material The nipper has a lower jaw which carries a nipper plate and an upper jaw with a nipper plate carried by two arms. At least a part of this nipper, e.g. the lower nipper plate and the upper nipper plate are made from bonded fiber material. In this way, the ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4958413 | Drive mechanism for a feed roll of a combing machine The drive mechanism for the feed roll of a combing machine employs a freewheel having an inner member secured to the feed roll and a concentric outer member secured to the pivotal arm which mounts the top nipper. In addition, locking elements are disposed... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4951360 | Top-comb drive mechanism for combing machine A top-comb driving mechanism applied to a conventional combing machine, wherein cycles of forward amd rearward reciprocal swinging displacing motions of a nipper body of each combing head are carried out, is provided with a motion transmission mechanism e... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4947521 | Combing machine The combing machine comprises a nipper unit possessing a bottom nipper and a top nipper which is pivotable relative to the bottom nipper about a pivot axle. An additional nipper is pivotable relative to the bottom nipper about a shaft or journal which ext... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4945611 | Combing machine In a combing machine, in particular for combing of cotton, having a combing roller with at least one combing segment, conveying devices for the fiber tuft to be combed, and an upper and lower nipper for fixing the fiber tuft during the engagement of the c... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4928357 | Lap guide arrangement for a combing machine The lap guide arrangements employs a pair of guide plates for guiding the lap from the lap roller to the feed roller on the nipper. The two guide plates are connected by a strip of flexible material which permits pivoting of the plates relative to each ot... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4672717 | Apparatus for swinging nipper frame of comber The front end portion of a cushion plate (5) provided on the front end of a nipper frame (4) is swung along an upwardly facing arc (25), i.e., an arc with an inner side facing away from the combing cylinder (3). The nipper frame (4) with the cushion plate... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4564979 | Combing machine for textile fibres A combing machine for textile fibres has a "gill" for combing a sliver of fibres and means for tearing successive tufts from the sliver of fibres as the tufts are combed, and partially superimposing the torn tufts on each other so as to form a continuous ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4281438 | Flat combing machine The "cleaning-out" capability of a flat combing machine is increased by decreasing the distance between the jaw of the tong of the flat comber and the points of the opposed rows of needles on the round comber to a minimum distance and keeping this minimum... | 08/04/1981 |
