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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6566773 | Bearing housing for a drive device of a cheese-producing textile machine A bearing housing (23) for a drive device (27) integrated in a creel (18) of a cheese-producing textile machine, which brakes the cheese (11) via a braking current directed opposite the nominal rated current of the drive device. The bearing housing (23) h... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6089491 | Yarn delivery device and drive wheel suitable for this purpose A yarn delivery device has a casing, a delivery drum rotatably mounted on the casing, a drive belt, at least one drive wheel propelling the delivery drum, the drive wheel having a peripheral section for application of the drive belt and being provided wit... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6079656 | Thread feed device for elastic yarn A yarn supply apparatus for elastic yarns in knitting machines having abruptly fluctuating yarn consumption. A yarn wheel, around which the yarn to be supplied is wrapped, furnishes the yarn to a yarn store located between a knitting station and the yarn ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6069426 | Godet for guiding and advancing a yarn A godet for guiding and advancing a yarn with a rotating godet jacket. The godet jacket is mounted to a rotor shaft, which is driven by means of a three-phase motor. The three-phase motor is controlled via a frequency inverter, which is mounted in a housi... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5954258 | Godet for guiding and advancing a yarn A godet for guiding and advancing a yarn with a rotating godet jacket. The godet jacket is mounted to a rotor shaft, which is driven by means of a three-phase motor. The three-phase motor is controlled via a frequency inverter, which is mounted in a housi... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5590547 | Yarn feeder device utilizing position sensors to maintain yarn wrap In a yarn feeder (2), the yarn feed may be effected by a yarn reserve (11) support spool (2), which is arranged to rotate by means of a motor (60). The yarn is taken up by and unwound from the spool as the latter rotates. Unwinding of the yarn reserve on ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5388781 | Cable pulling and reeling apparatus having anti-spill device and method A method and apparatus for pulling cables has a subassembly including a cooperatively driven pulling line take-up spool and level winding device. The subassembly is utilized in combination with a capstan with the take-up spool, level winding device and ca... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5285821 | Arrangement for controlling feed elements on a textile machine A yarn supply system having a plurality of feeders associated with a textile machine. Each feeder having its own speed control system including a variable speed drive motor and a variable speed controller which includes a programmable control unit which i... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5261586 | Yarn feeding device with a guiding flange A yarn feeding device provided with an annular flange which outward extends from a lower edge of a pressing area of a driving belt on a circumferential surface of the yarn feeding drum, so as to instantly restore abnormally displaced yarn or driving belt ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5211347 | Thread feed device A thread feed device having a storage body to which the thread is fed at one end in circumferential direction, and from which the thread is drawn off in axial direction (overhead), and with which there is associated a scanning device. A signal of the scan... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5184484 | Yarn feeding apparatus having yarn break protection Yarn feeding apparatus for a knitting machine in which a rotary cap driven by a motor is provided at the top of a storage drum. Optionally, an idle pulley may also be provided adjacent the lower portion of a driving wheel and a mechanism for shifting the ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5050405 | Method for positively feeding an elastic yarn, and circular knitting machine In a method for positively feeding an elastic yarn to the knitting system of a circular knitting machine having a yarn feeder apparatus controlled by an electronic control unit, the apparatus of a take-out signal (A) initiates the count of a preselected n... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4993241 | Method of knitting The present invention relates to the knitting an item of fabric on a knitting machine requiring interrupted or intermittent yarn feed. In the process of the present invention, the yarn is positively fed at least during a part of the knitting process. The ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4890464 | Positive feeding device for circular knitting machine Vertically stacked drive wheels (171, 172, 173 and 174) are provided above a yarn feed wheel (21) which is provided with a first yarn feed surface (27) providing comparatively high friction with the yarn engaged... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4835988 | Two wheel device for positve feeding of yarn to knitting machine A device for positive feeding of yarn to a knitting machine, which device has independently rotatable first and second wheels disposed axially closely adjacent and individually supported for rotation about first and second axes which extend in the same ge... | 06/06/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4768565 | Method for controlling a yarn storing, feeding and measuring device The present invention relates to a method for controlling a yarn storing, feeding and measuring device, having a stationary storage drum, a yarn sensor and at least one yarn stopping device, wherein the method includes the determining of the number of pul... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4759393 | Loom A loom having a drum type weft reservoir including a drum on which a predetermined length of a weft yarn is wound to be measured and reserved prior to weft picking. The weft reservoir is automatically prepared for loom starting by merely operating a manua... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4756344 | Pick length setting method and device for use with a picking apparatus In a picking apparatus comprising: a weft yarn measuring and storing device including pick length adjusting mechanism capable of varying pick length, for winding a weft yarn on a weft yarn measuring drum to measure and store the weft yarn on the weft meas... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4738652 | Belt drive, for example for thread-feeding devices of textile machines A belt drive includes a driven shaft and two belt pulleys supported on the shaft for guiding toothed belts. Each belt has a toothed portion and a smooth untoothed portion. Each pulley is a multi-part element and includes a first portion having a toothed c... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4660783 | Yarn brake, particularly for textile machines A yarn brake, particularly for textile machines, has a pivoted, low-inertia yarn drum that is wrapped several times by yarn in a slip-free manner in a yarn contact section and is non-rotatably secured to a low-inertia armature of a controllable electric m... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4632324 | Strand storing and delivering device A simplified strand storage and feeding device having a rotatable spool about which a traveling yarn is transiently wound while being fed to a textile machine, utilizes a noval driving arrangement for rotation of the spool, including a pulley operatively ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4604883 | Mass flow control system for wire drawing machine A mass flow control system for a wire drawing machine wherein wire is drawn through a die by a rotating block driven by a variable speed motor. The thus drawn wire is accumulated as a plurality of windings on the block before being removed therefrom via a... | 08/12/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4550754 | Weft picking system of loom and method for operating same A weft picking system of a loom comprises a weft winding-guide arm which wounds a weft yarn around a stationary drum in order to measure a weft length to be required for one pick of the weft yarn. The weft winding-guide arm is driven by a pulse motor whos... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4489899 | Yarn feeding apparatus for multi-feed knitting machines The apparatus comprises a support on which a rotatable wheel is mounted an area of the cylindrical surface whereof is in contact with a belt effective to press a yarn thereon which is led through an eye carried on an inlet arm and, respectively, through a... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4323359 | Machine for the continuous wet treatment of textile thread formations, the process for operating the machine, as well as a non-touching catch-thread device A machine for the continuous wet treatment of textile thread formations has two wet treatment stations each with a reel and three rotating rollers to take up a thread formation. A drive permits running either the reel or the rollers. A thread-laying devic... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4259851 | Positive thread-delivery device for textile machines A positive thread-delivery device for a textile, in particular a knitting, machine with a plurality of thread-guiding rollers, with which cooperates a common delivery belt and with which each one a thread-control element is associated, which thread-contro... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4259852 | Positive thread-delivery device for stripe knitting machines A positive thread-delivery device for a knitting machine, wherein a plurality of thread-guiding rollers are associated with each knitting system, with which one common delivery belt cooperates, wherein with each roller there is associated a thread-control... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4132056 | Open end spinning apparatus An open-end spinning device wherein yarn is produced in a spinning compartment and withdrawn therefrom by yarn-withdrawal rollers and a winding device. The yarn storage device is interposed between the yarn-withdrawal rollers and the winding device. A kno... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4118919 | Yarn take-up and supply mechanism for use with textile machines A yarn take-up and supply mechanism for use with textile machines processing yarn, such as during a threading-up operation of the machine, characterized by a construction for coiling a given length of yarn into a single-layer winding to produce a yarn sto... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4056239 | Yarn supply apparatus for positive thread supply To permit ready reversal of rotation of a yarn supply drum, and to positively guide yarn being drawn off the drum, a thread guide element in form of a finger is located laterally offset with respect to the axis of rotation of the storage drum, extending e... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4034590 | Billet-storage device for drawbenches A storage device comprising two blocks of different diameter with parallel axes and bases arranged at right angles to the axes. The blocks are set up with an eccentricity with respect to each other, the relative displacement of their axes being equal to h... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4004438 | Thread feed device for a hosiery knitting machine A thread feed device for a hosiery knitting machine comprises a tensioning mechanism for the thread, a cylindrical drum for positively driving the thread, a shaft coaxial with the drum and having an axial groove therein cooperating with radially inwardly ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3950966 | Demand responsive positive feed device for knitting machine A knitting machine is provided with a plurality of positive feed devices for feeding yarn from a plurality of yarn packages to a plurality of feeding stations. The positive feed devices comprise a plurality of rotatable rollers associated with a driven ta... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3944156 | Thread storage and supply device A thread storage and supply device for textile machines comprising a storage drum which is nonrotatably journaled at the free end of an axle, which axle is prevented from rotating by means of a laterally displaced journal pin which extends parallel to the... | 03/16/1976 |
