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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6345780 | Coil forming head Coil-forming head to form coils starting from continuous and substantially rectilinear rolled stock, of the type comprising a mandrel rotating around a substantially horizontal axis, containing inside itself a shaped tube conformed as a spiral inside whic... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6027059 | Coiler apparatus and method A coiler apparatus for forming flat coils of textile strands from an upstream stand supply and depositing the coils on a moving conveyor belt for transport downstream to a strand processing station. The coiler apparatus includes a driven rotating arm for ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5988551 | Method and apparatus for severing and conveying uncooled and non-tolerance adhering wire windings A method and an apparatus for severing wire windings which are uncooled and not tolerance-adhering from the beginning and end of a rolling line conveyed over a Stelmor plant or comparable wire winding conveying systems, wherein initially a number of the f... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5826812 | Coiler apparatus and method A coiler apparatus for forming flat coils of textile strands from an upstream strand supply and depositing the coils on a moving conveyor belt for transport downstream to a strand processing station. The coiler apparatus includes a driven rotating arm for... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5501410 | Coil reforming chamber with auxiliary coil plate An auxiliary coil plate is mounted on and vertically adjustable with respect to the conventional elevator platform. The coil plate is designed to be raised into the coil forming chamber well above the level of the shear mechanism. By so doing, the ring fr... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5190236 | Wire coiler with rotating winding drum A wire coiler with a rotating winding drum which can be immersed in a water tank as a rotational body having the greatest possible smoothness in order to avoid energy-dissipating turbulence of the water in the tank includes a winding drum (1) open towards... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5024390 | Apparatus with endless screws for forming flat loops of textile yarn Apparatus with endless screws for forming flat loops of textile yarn. The invention relates to an apparatus having endless screws for forming flat loops of yarn and depositing them on a conveyor belt. The apparatus comprises two endless screws (10 and 11) with para... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4669676 | Device for depositing cables A device for depositing synthetic cables into individual containers comprises a tubular cable feeder feeding a cable into a non-rotating receiver which accommodates four cable-transporting organs which transport cable spirals in an axial direction. The ca... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4434819 | Coil forming machine A coil forming machine comprises a coil former assembly for the formation of a coil therearound, a flier for winding a wire around the former assembly to form the coil and a coil receiving jig for the support of the coil which has been transferred from th... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4432501 | Apparatus for the continuous production and laying down of yarn loops The invention relates to an apparatus for the continuous production and laying down of yarn loops, in which the yarn loops are introduced onto a lap body by a revolving lap flyer and are transferred from the lap body onto a belt conveyor. To ensure yarn i... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4376517 | Method and apparatus for depositing yarn A method and apparatus for depositing yarn in the form of free-falling helical windings reshaped into an elongated, closed curve configuration and laid into a spinning can with a traversing movement so that one end of the closed curve remains on the inner... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4339091 | Device for depositing cable into a receiving container A device for depositing a cable into a receiving container or can, comprises, a rotary distributor including a rotatable cable distributing tube extending obliquely downwardly in the distributor which has an inlet into which the cable is directed adjacent... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4304366 | Device for depositing cable into a receiving container A device for depositing a cable into a receiving container or can, comprises, a rotary distributor including a rotatable cable distributing tube extending obliquely downwardly in the distributor which has an inlet into which the cable is directed adjacent... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4293103 | Metal wire winding apparatus A winding apparatus for metal wire is provided where a carrier table for receiving wound turns of the wire is rotated at a periodically varying speed to change the diameter of the wire turns shed from a winding drum onto the carrier table in such a manner... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4277867 | Apparatus for the continuous delivery of a yarn or the like in loose form Apparatus for the continuous delivery of a yarn or the like in loose form, comprising a rotatable flyer for inserting the yarn into the flights of at least two rotatingly driven screw spindles which are retained in cantilevered and axially parallel config... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4208017 | Apparatus for temporary stock dispenser of wire This invention provides an apparatus for temporarily stocking a dispenser of wire which comprises a support frame, a rotating member supported by the support frame, a driving device for driving the rotating member, a wire winding storage drum rotatably an... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4042989 | Method for packaging and dyeing yarns and yarn packaging obtained thereby Method for packaging and dyeing yarns comprising the steps of winding at least one yarn on a provisional core, at the same time imparting to the yarn a continuous rotation and a rciprocating translation, and to advance the wound yarn continuously so that ... | 08/23/1977 |
