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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896278 | Winding apparatus A wiring apparatus includes a spool; an annular reel surrounding the spool to be rotatable about an axis common with the spool, the reel being previously wound with a wire in layers to be wound on the spool; a winding arm for guiding the wire from the reel to the sp... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7134458 | Method of producing reinforcing fiber woven fabric and production device therefor and reinforcing fiber woven fabric A method of producing a reinforcing fiber woven fabric, for producing on a weaving machine a reinforcing fiber woven fabric from wefts of reinforcing fiber yarns and warps of reinforcing fiber yarns, the method comprising providing, on a weft supply passage for supp... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7083134 | Yarn feeding device The invention relates to a yarn feeding device (F) for weaving or knitting machines whose winding element (W) is driven by an electric motor (M) controlled by an electronic speed control device (CU). According to the invention, the electric motor (M) is a synchronou... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059556 | Thread supplying device A thread supplying device provided with a housing containing an electric motor wherein the stator is non-rotatingly mounted and the rotor is rotatingly mounted on a motor shaft. A thread guiding element is fixed to the motor shaft and a threader device which is fixe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6941976 | Method for controlling a yarn feeding device of a weaving machine The invention relates to a method for the control of a power-loom yarn feed device, whereby a drive motor for a rotating winding element is accelerated, decelerated or stopped, on demand, for yarn storage and, in order to avoid slack yarn during the stopping of the ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6726139 | Method for feeding a thread without twists and a thread feeding device A method and apparatus for feeding a thread to a textile machine in a twist-free manner, which thread has a band-like character. The thread is taken twist-free from a stock and is stored on a stationary storage drum in a thread feeding apparatus. The thread feeding ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6691942 | Yarn feeding device The invention relates to a yarn feeding device with a stationary storage drum and an adjustable yarn pitch. The yarn feeding device comprises a motor housing, a drive shaft of a winding element and a storage drum. Said storage drum consists of meshing fin... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6141948 | Apparatus for making twisted wire An apparatus for the manufacture of twisted wire from two or more feed wires, whereby the twisted wire is taken up onto a take up spool, the take up spool being axially reciprocatingly displaceable along its longitudinal axis and wherein the take up spool... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6062501 | Yarn feeder having a proximity sensor A proximity sensor H with a feeler element 16, 17 which is provided in a holder 22 and is directed towards the motion range of a magnet 28 which is movable in relation to Hall element 16 and can be caused to respond to said magnet 28 has at least one meta... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5979815 | Yarn-feeding device In a yarn feeding device having a winding element which is rotatingly drivable relative to a stationary housing and which has an outer, ring-like edge that overlaps an interior housing flange in an axially open gap portion, a catching element for catching... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5560556 | Yarn feeder having an oscillating damping mass In a thread regulating wheel (F), a storage body (B) is rotatably mounted on a shaft (1) that can be rotated in a housing, and mutually oriented holding magnets (8, 9) mounted in the housing (G) and on the storage body (B) position the storage body (B). A... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5520226 | Device for separating reserve turns of thread on a weft feeder drum A device for separating reserve turns of thread on a weft feeder drum comprising a swift that is formed by a set of axial rods that partially and variably protrude from respective slots formed on the drum of the feeder by virtue of the compound motion app... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5377922 | Sensing and/or analysis system for thread feeder In a sensing and analyzing system for a yarn feeder with yarn storing unit, one or more sensor elements which may be coupled to one or more circuits are used for evaluating or sensing sensor information. At least one sensor element is placed in the unit, ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5370158 | Weft winder for weaving machine having magnets with different surface flux density The weft winder for a weaving machine has (a) a non-magnetic, hollow-cylindrical outer frame member having an inner conical surface at one end thereof; (b) a rotor disposed rotatably and concentrically with the outer frame member, which is only rotatable;... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5294067 | Method of preventing rotational vibrations in a thread storage and feed device and a thread storage and feed device In the case of a method of holding in position a rotatably supported thread storage surface in a thread storage and feed device, in which a group of components defining the storage surface is rotatably supported on a shaft adapted to be rotated in a housi... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5201346 | Thread feeding guide arrangement to a weft accumulator tube Between the supply bobbin and a thread tensioner supplied therefrom, which comprises a thread guide (12) which can rotate around an axis of rotation (11), are disposed a fixed thread guiding component (3) and an optical sensor (20) for monitoring the weft... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5160097 | Yarn storage and feed device A yarn storage and feed device for textile machines, comprising a storage body defining a storage surface as well as a winding member for the yarn, the winding member and the storage member being adapted to be rotated relative to each other for transporti... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5119998 | Method for controlling a yarn storage and feeding device, and yarn storage and feeding device In a method for controlling a yarn storage and feeding device, particularly for a mechanical loom, comprising a storage surface adapted to have windings of a yarn wound thereonto and withdrawn therefrom by a consumer, and a control unit for a winding driv... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4966554 | Apparatus and method for passing a continuous conduit through a rotatable member A continous cable is passed through a rotatable member which has axially adjacent non-rotatable members on both sides of the rotatable member. The continuous cable is coiled around one non-rotatable or stationary member, passed over deflectors mounted on ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4926912 | Weft feeding drum with laming array brake A weft feeding device, for weaving looms, of the type comprising a drum for winding the thread and an array of metallic laminas for braking the thread which unwinds from the drum. The metallic laminas are arranged on the surface of a rotational paraboloid... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4919173 | Yarn storage and feeding device with resilient blocking belt A yarn storage device is provided having a storage drum and a ring surrounding the storage drum. It also has a plurality of yarn stop devices each having a blocking element, which is adapted to be introduced into an annular gap between the storage drum an... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4832270 | Yarn feeding device A yarn feeding device comprises a stationary storage drum from which the yarn can be withdrawn. The yarn feeding device can be operated at a positive feeding mode and at a non-positive feeding mode by means of a rotatable yarn guiding member arranged at t... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4811762 | Weft yarn store for a loom A weft yarn store for a loom comprises a drum adapted to receive a weft yarn supply, a winder for winding weft yarn on the drum and means for retaining the weft yarn at the runoff end of the drum upon the completion of picking. A retaining element of the ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4799517 | Weft yarn store for a loom A weft yarn store (1) for looms (3) stores weft yarn (2), the yarn coming from a package disposed outside the store, on a stationary drum (13) having a first winding zone (135) and a second winding zone (136). While a first winder (12) winds yarn (21) on ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4773607 | Apparatus for accumulating a filiform element such as an optical fiber, at different speeds An apparatus accumulating a filiform element in order to absorb differences in input and output travel speeds of the element, without tangling and damaging the element. Mechanical means located above an accumulation container draw the filiform element at ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4747549 | Accumulating device for weft yarn feeders to textile machines The invention relates to an accumulating device for weft yarn feeders to textile machines, capable of positioning windings of weft yarns onto a fixed winding drum and of advancing them by keeping the same spaced between each other. It essentially comprise... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4744394 | Weft yarn store for looms A loom left yarn store receives yarn being supplied from a weft package (5) and makes the stored yarn supply available to be drawn off from the store intermittently for picking into the shed of a loom. The store includes a stationary drum (11) which is su... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4719947 | Rotor for weft feeding device for weaving looms A rotor for weaving loom weft feeding devices, comprises a framework formed by a hub, a plurality of spokes extending outwardly from the hub at an oblique angle, and an outer circular rim. One of the spokes is larger than the others and contains the weft ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4716943 | Device for controlling weft yarn storing units for jet looms In a jet loom in which weft yarns are stored in weft yarn storing units according to a weaving command, and are jetted in the weft insertion cycles thereof, a device for controlling the storing unit comprises: rotation detecting means for detecting the ro... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715411 | Speed control for weft feed spool in weaving looms A method to control the speed of the weft feed spool in weaving looms includes feeding at least two items of detected data related to weft delivery and supply, and loom operation, into a control mechanism, and using the data to calculate as a number of wi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4695002 | Driven thread storage device A driven thread storage device for compensating instantaneous differences between thread feeding and withdrawal velocities in a textile machine includes a device for axially feeding thread at a feeding location, a device for axially withdrawing thread at ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4676442 | Yarn accumulation and feeding apparatus A yarn accumulating and feeding apparatus (1) has a stationary accumulating drum adapted to have a yarn (27) formed into a yarn supply (26) thereon, the magnitude of which is monitored between a minimum and a maximum by means of at least one mechanical pr... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4651786 | Yarn metering device A weft metering device including a stationary spool, a yarn supply arm for wrapping yarn to the spool, stop means co-operable with the spool for permitting yarn wrapped on the spool to be pulled axially off the spool and intermittently operable drive mean... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4638840 | Weft feeder for weaving looms Weft feeder for weaving looms, of the type wherein the drum (1) around which the weft yarn winds to form the reserve is held stationary, while the turns (3) of the reserve are laid thereon by a rotating reel (2) and are moved forward, mutually spaced, by ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4632154 | Weft feeder for weaving looms In a weft feeder for weaving looms, a rotating arm winds a reserve of weft yarn turns around a drum held stationary and structure is provided to move forward the turns on the drum, keeping them mutually spaced. The structure comprises a set of columns, pr... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4632155 | Electromagnet for stopping the unwinding of the weft yarn in weft feeding devices for weaving looms In an improved electromagnet structure for stopping the unwinding of the weft yarn in weft feeding devices for weaving looms, comprises--mounted in a casing--an electromagnetic coil and an armature mobile therein. The armature comprises a shank, at least ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4627474 | Yarn storing, feeding and measuring device A yarn storing, feeding and measuring device, particularly for jet looms, has a stationary drum onto which an intermediate yarn store is wound by a winding-on device and from which the yarn is withdrawn, yarn sensing means detecting the withdrawal of the ... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4617971 | Loom control system The present invention relates to a loom control system operable to stop a loom in the presence of a yarn breakage. This loom comprises a feeding device having a yarn storage drum for temporarily storing the yarn and a yarn store sensor for sensing the qua... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4586543 | Device for the rotational drive of a weft prefeed and measurement apparatus in a shuttle-less weaving machine This device designed for weaving machines enabling a weft selection, comprises for each prefeed and measurement device (1), an electric drive motor (8) having a controlled angular position, such as a "step" motor. The angular position of the main shaft (1... | 05/06/1986 |
