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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195194 | Process for automatic removal of packages A process for automatically removing packages in a winding station of a yarn winding machine, having elements (1) for holding and disengaging a full package (2), a winding guide (3) guiding the yarn to be wound during winding, a bar (7) f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6942174 | Apparatus for winding a thread reserve and a cross-wound bobbin onto a bobbin tube An apparatus for winding a cross-wound bobbin onto a bobbin tube is provided and comprises a bobbin creel including two bobbin creel arms for the mounting of two bobbin tube centering plates, a thread intake device effective in the region of an arm and with which is... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6484961 | Machine for tucking, labelling and palletizing spools at the outlet of a winder or any other machine producing spools of thread and process practiced by this machine A machine for tucking, labelling and palletizing spools at the outlet of winders or other machines producing spools of threads and the process practiced by this machine. The machine includes a station for positioning spools at the outlet of a winder or ot... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6457668 | Apparatus and method for guiding and cutting an advancing yarn during a package doff An apparatus and method for guiding and cutting a continuously advancing yarn (1) during a package doff in a takeup device. The yarn is guided by means of a yarn guide (18) which is movable substantially parallel to a package or to a new tube (13), which ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6375114 | Process and an apparatus for the servicing of a textile machine During the service of a workstation of a textile machine, a thread, presented to a spool apparatus, is captured by a capture mechanism coordinated with the spool apparatus and conducted to a thread cutting device to be cut through. The thread cutting devi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6328247 | Cheese-producing textile machine A cheese-producing textile machine (1), having a central control unit (37), a plurality of work stations (2), and a service unit (23), which automatically supplies the work stations (2). The work stations (2) each have a winding device with a winding drum... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6315236 | Apparatus and method for guiding and cutting an advancing yarn during a package doff An apparatus and a method for guiding and cutting a continuously advancing yarn during a package doff in a takeup device. In this connection, a movable yarn guide guides the yarn substantially parallel to a package or a winding tube, which is driven by a ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6193185 | Automatic steel cord winders An automatic cord winder for steel cord braiding machines is disclosed. The winder automatically and continuously drives a spool assembly during a steel cord winding operation. In the spool assembly, a plurality of spools are assembled together into a lon... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189826 | Apparatus and method for guiding and cutting a continuously advancing yarn during a winding process An apparatus and method for guiding and cutting a continuously advancing yarn during a package doff in a yarn winding apparatus wherein the advancing yarn is wound on a driven bobbin tube. In this process, the yarn is guided by means of a movable yarn gui... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6085511 | Underwinding-thread clamp for a ring-spinning or ring-twisting machine An underwinding thread clamp for a spindle of a ring spinning or ring-twisting machine has a clamping sleeve biased by a spring against and juxtaposed with a collar on the spindle. The juxtaposed surfaces of the spindle and collar have wavy contours so th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6045081 | Method and apparatus for winding a continuously advancing yarn A method and apparatus for winding a continuously advancing yarn at a constant winding speed to form a cross-wound package on a driven tube. During thread-up of the yarn onto the tube, the yarn is caught outside of the winding range in a catching device r... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6027063 | Takeup machine with threadup device A yarn winding machine for winding a plurality of yarns on a corresponding number of winding tubes. Each winding tube is associated with a contact yarn guide in a contacting position for threading the yarn. By means of a threadup device which includes, a ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6012672 | Ergonomic endcap, collets, winders, systems and methods of winding forming packages using the same A radially expandable endcap adapted for mounting upon a mandrel of a collet of a forming package winder. Other aspects of this invention include a collet and winder including the above endcap and method for winding strand using the same. Another aspect o... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5694874 | Under thread supply apparatus and method of supplying under thread An under thread supply apparatus for a sewing machine comprises a bobbin case, a bobbin exchange device, a thread removal device and a winding device. The bobbin case is removably set to a shuttle of the sewing machine and accommodates a bobbin with the t... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5606927 | Under thread supply apparatus and method of supplying under thread An under thread supply apparatus for a sewing machine comprises a bobbin case, a bobbin exchange device, a thread removal device and a winding device. The bobbin case is removably set to a shuttle of the sewing machine and accommodates a bobbin with the t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5584257 | Under thread supply apparatus An under thread supply apparatus for a sewing machine comprises a bobbin case, a bobbin exchange device, a thread removal device and a winding device. The bobbin case is removably set to a shuttle of the sewing machine and accommodates a bobbin with the t... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5501409 | Method of and apparatus for winding all-thread bobbins All-thread bobbins for use as sources of lower thread or underthread in sewing machines are formed by winding a thread onto a slender rotary spindle which extends across a winding chamber between and into aligned openings of two end walls which flank the ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5488753 | Yarn suction device in textile machines Device for the suction of yarn in textile machines, of the type comprising a conduit, maintained in a vacuum, for suction and transport of the yarn, an external mouth for trapping the yarn connected to said main vacuum conduit, and means of controlling su... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5426929 | Method and apparatus for forming a yarn reserve on a cross-wound bobbin A method for forming a yarn reserve on an end surface of a cross-wound bobbin or cheese disposed on a bobbin tube includes predetermining a length of yarn for a yarn reserve. The yarn is unwound to the predetermined length from a cheese while temporarily ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5423170 | Suction apparatus for withdrawing advancing yarns to a waste container A yarn winding machine having a suction apparatus for withdrawing the severed advancing yarns during the bobbin changing operation. The suction apparatus comprises a tubular duct which extends the length of the winding machine, and the duct mounts a yarn ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5326039 | Automatic bobbin changing apparatus for a winding machine In an automatic bobbin changing apparatus of a winding machine having a plurality of work stations disposed along the lengthwise direction of a machine frame, each winding portion of work station is provided with: a yarn treating device including a yarn s... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5016829 | Takeup machine A winding apparatus is disclosed which includes a rotatable revolver having a pair of spindles mounted thereon, with the spindles being adapted to coaxially mount one or more bobbin tubes. Upon rotation of the revolver, the spindles are moved between a wi... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4948057 | Device and process to guide, hold and convey a yarn during bobbin replacement In a spinning and winding machine, a continuously fed yarn is wound into a cross-wound bobbin. When a predetermined diameter of the cross-wound bobbin has been reached, the cross-wound bobbin is replaced by an empty bobbin holder. The yarn is moved to a l... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4938428 | Wire winding system with mobile transfer cart A wire winding system has a plurality of stations, each with a single take-up turntable driven by a variable speed motor. A mobile transfer cart is moveable to a selected station and is operable to effect transfer of the winding of wire from the full spoo... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4638955 | Yarn handling apparatus for winding machine A yarn handling apparatus is disclosed for a textile yarn winding machine of the type having a plurality of side by side winding positions extending along the length of the machine. A separate yarn handling apparatus is associated with each winding positi... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4597539 | Apparatus for cutting and aspirating filamentary material to waste A winder for filamentary material includes a cutter/aspirator which severs a filament and sucks-in same under negative pressure. The filament travels through a stiff tube while the cutter/aspirator and tube are lowered toward a filament throw-on device as... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4165046 | Doffing apparatus in spinning machine The disclosed doffing apparatus is for use in a spinning machine including a mechanism for winding a yarn in the form of a cheese or package, a device for cutting the yarn fed to the winding mechanism when the cheese becomes full and an air suction device... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4108388 | Method for catching, severing and rethreading a thread and an apparatus for implementing the method A method of and apparatus for catching, severing and sucking-off a continuously arriving thread and rethreading said thread onto a new empty bobbin tube, wherein the thread is caught in the zone of a thread traversing triangle, severed and continuously su... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4052017 | Method and apparatus for automatically changing textile bobbins on a cantilevered bobbin chuck of a textile winding machine A method of, and apparatus for, automatically changing textile bobbins on a cantilevered bobbin chuck of a textile winding machine, wherein there is cut and sucked-off a thread moving towards a textile bobbin package placed on the bobbin chuck, the textil... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4006864 | Method and apparatus for carrying out doffing and donning operation An improved method and apparatus for carrying out the doffing and donning operation of a spinning machine such as an open-end spinning machine. A suction nozzle is carried along the lengthwise direction of the spinning machine at a position before and abo... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3971520 | Apparatus for doffing and inserting empty cores on an automatic winder An apparatus is disclosed for doffing and inserting empty cores on an automatic winder having core holders each clamping and freeing cores by assuming two prescribed positions, said apparatus being comprised of a position holding mechanism for holding cra... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3948452 | Open-end spinning machine and method of operating the same An open-end spinning machine, is operated by continuously advancing a yarn towards a take-up station at which it is wound onto a bobbin rotating at a predetermined speed, so that a yarn package forms on the bobbin and the latter eventually becomes full. A... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3941322 | Textile yarn processing In replacing a completed yarn package by an empty bobbin tube in a yarn processing machine, the running yarn delivered to the completed yarn package is severed, the severed yarn is delivered to a yarn collection zone, the running yarn is engaged with an e... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3940077 | Apparatus for and a method of yarn doffing Structure for doffing yarn in a yarn winding machine and by a method such that when a full package of yarn is formed at each winding unit of the yarn winding machine, a driving guiding drum for the winding unit is braked while an engaging shutter plate is... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3940076 | Apparatus for handling a yarn end during a donning operation on a textile machine Apparatus for handling yarn ends during a donning operation on a textile machine wherein in each operation unit, a yarn package is formed on a bobbin rotatably held by a cradle and rotated by the friction roller of a take-up mechanism. Just before or afte... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3938749 | Device for doffing a full bobbin on a textile machine A device for a textile machine for doffing full bobbins, loading empty bobbin tubes, and forming an attachment tail on the bobbin tube. The device includes a pair of arms supporting a bobbin tube at opposite ends and being pivotable between a winding posi... | 02/17/1976 |
