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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7240875 | Yarn carrier A yarn carrier is provided in the form of a yarn winding tube having a yarn catch insert. The yarn winding tube is a hollow cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis extending lengthwise between its first and second opposite ends. The tube has a hole through its s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7160236 | Process for production of a bobbin tube for yarn, device for embodiment of such process, bobbin tube obtained and mode of utilization of said bobbin tube A cardboard tube, with respect to a narrow marginal end area of the same provided with a hollow interior roll, is applied against a rotatory die which has a concave surface suitable for forming an entrant perimetric step by means of constriction of the narrow margin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7051767 | End formed tube An end formed tube to which a molded plastic part is attached and sealed. One end of the end formed tube is rolled over to form a lip, which prevents the removal of the molded part. The rolled over lip portion creates a void in which plastic overmold from the plasti... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6394386 | Paper reel for yarn packages A paper reel for yarn packages, and especially a paper reel of which the upper end is cut into a ladder like multiple layered end, the cut wall is folded inwardly twice, so that the end of the paper reel is folded onto a shoulder of the ladder like cut an... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6302343 | Textile tube A textile tube (1) made in an injection-blow molding process and/or an injection evacuation process has a wall (2) with a wave profile with ring-shaped surrounding inward bulges (3) and outward bulges (4) alternately arranged side by side in an axial dire... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6199676 | Inflatable tubular structure with spiral seam An inflatable structure comprises an inflatable tubular member that is constructed of an elongate, flexible strip of woven fabric that is impervious to air and water. The elongate strip has a first elongate edge and a second elongate edge and is spiraled ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5967455 | Single-step molded reel A reel, alternately called a spool, may be manufactured in a fully assembled, single, homogeneously molded piece. Processes may include injection molding, blow molding, and other suitable molding processes adapted to polymeric resins. The apparatus and me... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5820049 | Rigid plastic dye tube A rigid plastic dye tube. The tube includes a pair of solid end caps and an open structure between the pair of end caps to permit dye to pass through the structure. The open structure includes a plurality of rings arranged axially along the length of the ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5513820 | Core plug apparatus A core plug apparatus includes an outer wall, an inner hub, a middle strengthening ring, and a plurality of interconnecting vanes. A vacuum seal wall covers one end of the plug to enable a vacuum lift force to be generated at one end of the roll of materi... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5505395 | Multi-grade paperboard winding cores for yarns and films having enhanced resistance to inside diameter reduction A multi-grade spirally wound paperboard winding core of enhanced resistance to inside diameter deformation includes a plurality of structural paperboard layers having at least two predetermined densities including a lower density and a higher density wher... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5501406 | Plastic bobbin carrier A plastic bobbin carrier for taking up threads and yarns, with a cylindrical or conical shell provided with radial openings and with one end ring at each end of the shell, whereby this shell is comprised of several cylindrical or conical shell segments. T... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5178342 | Dyeing cone A dyeing cone (1) comprising a shell with apertures for the passage of the dyeing liquid, this shell defining an external surface (5) for the winding of the turns of yarn and an internal surface (7) for guiding along a bar of the dyeing machine; the inter... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4901940 | Plastic yarn cone having reinforced nose for damage protection This invention relates to a lightweight plastic yarn carrier adapted to receive yarn wound thereon to form a yarn package. The yarn carrier is comprised of a hollow conical tube with a reinforced end portion at one end of the tube. The end is formed of an... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4874139 | Tubular core assemblies for rolls of paper or other sheet material A tubular core assembly for a roll of paper or other sheet material has a hollow cylindrical core member formed by multiple wraps of paperboard material, and an annular collar within each opposite end portion of the core member. Each collar is a rigid bod... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4742972 | Carrier for textile yarn A carrier for textile yarn characterized by a construction designed to prevent undesirable sloughing-off or migration of the yarn during winding and unwinding and to reduce the amount of material needed to construct the carrier while retaining desired cru... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4519557 | Plastic bobbin A plastic bobbin consisting of a hollow cone defined by a thin-walled sheath includes an inner skeletal frame of longitudinally-spaced circumferential ribs and radially-spaced longitudinal ribs defining an inner support surface for a mandrel with a sheath... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4462556 | Tube with reinforcing strip A composite tube for yarn winding or the like incorporating a body or base defined by a plurality of spirally wound plies of paperboard or the like, and a structural reinforcement ply about the body. The reinforcement ply, spirally wound in the manner of ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4245799 | Textile bobbin An improved bobbin for use in conjunction with automatic yarn winders, the bobbin comprising a butt portion, an elongated barrel portion that terminates in an outer end of reduced size and a resilient cup-like tip mounted over the bobbin's outer end, the ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 3980249 | High speed carrier with deckled underply A high speed yarn carrier or tube comprising a plurality of spirally wound plies of paper and incorporating, beneath the very thin overlapped outer surface defining ply, a strong underply provided with opposed deckle edges overlapped to a width no greater... | 09/14/1976 |