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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7051405 | Device on a draw frame for textile slivers, having roller pairs arranged one after the other and a roller-cleaning device In a device on a draw frame for textile slivers, having roller pairs arranged one after the other and a cleaning device, for example a cleaning lip, cleaning rod, for each upper roller, in which the loading device for each upper roller has at least two presser eleme... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6245413 | Cleaning sheet A cleaning sheet which is attached to a cleaning tool during use which comprises a wiping region having a wiping layer and attaching regions positioned on both sides of the wiping region, where a plurality of recesses are formed at intervals along boundar... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6082088 | Cleaner for roving apparatus A cleaner for a roving apparatus which is free from an adverse effect caused by air flow blowing along an upper surface of a roller beam rearward of the roller beam, and which, after the fibers scraped from the bottom clearer cloth are collected to the re... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5940925 | Cleaning lip device for a rotating roll of a textile machine The invention concerns a cleaning lip for a rotating roll of a textile machine in a rolling mill (1) for processing fibrous materials wherein the cleaning lip (9) is comprised of a combined carrying device and a lip, the length (1) of the lip (11, 23) bei... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5689858 | Compression bar for a textile machine drafting device A compression bar for use in the main drafting zone of drafting rollers of the textile industry. The invention considerably reduces deposits on a compression bar. The fixed compression bar has a rectangular cross-section, with its narrow faces being round... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5435121 | Yarn lap preventor for a take-up shaft in an open end spinning machine and associated method A yarn lap preventor for deflecting a parted yarn end away from an enlarged diameter area of a rotating take-up shaft of the open end spinning machine, particularly of the type for forming cylindrical yarn packages. The yarn lap preventor is preferably in... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5381651 | Arrangement for monitoring the lap formation on drafting units of a spinning machine For the monitoring of the lap formation in the case of delivery bottom rollers of drafting units, sensing elements are provided which, when a lap is formed, as a result of the enlarged diameter at the delivery bottom roller, are moved radially away from t... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5293667 | Clearer device for draft roller A clearer device for removing accumulated debris on a draft roller has a clearer pad member mounted in a support frame which pivots so as to permit the clearer pad member to come into and out of contact with the draft roller thereby allowing accumulated w... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5208947 | Clearer for draft rollers A clearer for draft rollers is provided, wherein the material for a cloth guide urging a clearer cloth onto draft rollers is changed to an elastic element having an outer shell composed of a flexible sheet made of sponge, foam rubber, foam urethane, plast... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5184374 | Drafting unit with at least one cleaning belt In the case of a drafting unit for a spinning machine comprising several top rollers and bottom rollers, continuous cleaning belts are provided which are arranged and held in such a manner that, because of the inherent weight of at least one of the deflec... | 02/09/1993 |
| 4985967 | Drafting unit for a spinning machine with movable cover In the case of a drafting unit for a spinning machine, a loading support is provided which has two arms extending in parallel with respect to one another at a distance which accommodate the holding devices for the shafts of the pressure roller twins and w... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4922705 | Cleaning device for a drafting device in a spinning machine A cleaning device for a drafting device in a spinning machine comprises a clearer device provided at a drafting device of each of a large number of spindles provided in a row in the spinning machine, and a collecting device for fiber waste which reciproca... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4819302 | Swingingly movable clearer mechanism suspended from a draft roller A clearer mechanism for a draft roller, a clearer holder supporting a clearer member therein, and a suspensory member suspended from the draft roller and detachably supporting the clearer holder such that the clearer member is held against a working perip... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4785507 | Clearer device for bottom draft roller A retainer frame supportiing pat type clearer members is arranged in opposed relation to a draft roller. The retainer frame is inserted at both longitudinal end portions thereof into insert grooves of supporting brackets mounted on roller stands or draft ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4775421 | Method of removing textile roll lap-ups Strand lap-ups may be removed from textile rolls by using the present method and apparatus while the textile rolls remain in position on the textile machine or by initially removing a roll with a lap-up thereon from the textile machine before shearing and... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4691415 | Roller of draft apparatus A draft roller in a spinning machine in which its portion in contact with a fiber bundle, i.e. the draft portion, is made relatively large in diameter, and the roller portion adjacent to the draft portion are tapered gradually away from the draft portion ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4662167 | Spinning machine maintenance unit with fly catching needle A servicing device is provided for a spinning machine which includes a plurality of spinning stations, which servicing device is moveable along the spinning stations and adjustably disposed adjacent to each. The servicing device is outfitted with at least... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4590647 | Device for cleaning rotating rollers of textile machines In a textile machine, roller cleaning is carried out by means of a stripping knife, the front edge of which is pressed against the surface of the roller in the working position. The stripping knife, while maintaining its contact with the roller, is moved ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4590646 | Aspirator systems In order to remove broken threads and debris from textile drawing equipment having a drawing cylinder, a suction pipe connected to an air pressure sink is provided with a triangular suction opening at the drawing cylinder for removing the broken threads a... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4586212 | Cylinder wiping blade system A blade structure for wiping cylinders of textile machines has a wiping blade including a mounting base along a length thereof, and a mounting bar having a longitudinal slot shaped for receiving the mounting base in interlocking engagement over its length... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4509230 | Drafting mechanism for a spinning machine A drafting mechanism for a spinning machine containing a preliminary drafting zone and a main drafting zone is cleaned. There is provided an infeed roller pair comprising an upper roller and a lower roller, an exit or delivery roller pair comprising an up... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4406039 | Device for cleaning the rolls of draft rolling mills of textile machines A device for cleaning the rolls of draft rolling mills of textile machines includes a support bar arranged parallel to the axis of the roll, and a cleaning fillet of resiliently deformable material carried by the support bar and having a longitudinal lip ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4370781 | Clearer device provided above draft rolls There is provided a clearer device located above a series of draft rolls with a predetermined number of plumbs and secured inside a cover plate rotatable and removable by means of a pivot formed in part of two side plates. This clearer device is character... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4171552 | Pile squeezing apparatus Pile squeezing apparatus with pile squeezing rollers between which a fiber strip can pass. Each of two stripping blades is associated with one of the pile squeezing rollers. The stripping blades is brought into pressure contact by an adjusting device, wit... | 10/23/1979 |