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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6948675 | Apparatus and process for winding cable-like material The invention proposes an apparatus (100) for winding a cable-like material (200), having a winding arrangement (150), a first gripping arrangement (130), for linearly advancing the leading end of the cable-like material (200) and ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6340128 | Device for compensating a tensile yarn force sensor A tensile yarn force sensor (7) has a measuring member (17), with which the tensile force of a traveling yarn (1) is detected as a function of the measurable pressure the yarn (1) exerts on the measuring member (17) during winding onto a cheese (2) at the... | 01/22/2002 |
| 5772137 | Yarn monitor for automatic cross winding and assembly machines A yarn monitor for an automatic cross winding and yarn assembly machine in which at least two yarns are wound in parallel from two run-off bobbins onto a cross bobbin. The monitor includes a drive roller for driving round the cross bobbin, a driver for ro... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5692690 | Cable snagger for winding a continuously produced cable onto a take-up spool An apparatus for winding continuously produced cable about a take-up spool includes a frame, a traveler assembly, multiple take-up spool assemblies, and a translation system for automatically moving the traveler assembly into an aligned position with each... | 12/02/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5566904 | Method for sequentially winding elastic yarn on a plurality of bobbin holders An elastic yarn winding method for winding an elastic yarn in succession by a plurality of bobbin holders, and for transferring a continuously running elastic yarn from a full bobbin to an empty bobbin. The method comprises steps of putting, along a surfa... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5558296 | Method of successively winding an elongated member and an apparatus therefor An apparatus for successively winding an elongated member comprising a pair of pinch rolls disposed between two spoolers to pinch the elongated member to be transferred from one of the two spoolers on which the elongated member is being wound to the other... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5553798 | Method and apparatus for releasing an end yarn from entangled portions Method and apparatus for picking up an end yarn so as to fix the same on a yarn package comprising picking up an end yarn from a yarn package by a suction device so as to hold the end yarn therein in a drawn state, inserting an end yarn handling bar betwe... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5522560 | Double-bobbin device Only one of the two bobbins located side by side is wound at a time. When one bobbin is full, a thread guide must switch the thread to the adjacent empty bobbin. In order to keep the thread wound up on the full bobbin from unwinding, it is held by a press... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5301886 | Method and apparatus for winding textile yarn from a supply package onto a take-up package including responding to a falsely reported yarn break situation The present invention provides a method and apparatus for operating a textile winding machine to wind yarn packages with the capability to verify a reported yarn break situation and to respond accordingly in the event that a yarn break has not, in fact, o... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5246178 | Device for anchoring thread to the surface of a winding bobbin An apparatus and method for anchoring thread to the surface of a bobbin, the apparatus including a movable arm for grasping the bobbin and a lever attached to the movable arm, the lever having two members for engaging the surface of the bobbin with one of... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5232171 | Apparatus for preparing a textile strand end having dual suction conduits A strand end preparation apparatus includes a suction applying housing having a longitudinal suction slot and a pair of suction assemblies, each communicated with the suction applying housing. Each suction assembly includes a suction blocking device for s... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5115629 | Method and apparatus for preparing yarn ends to be spliced In a method and apparatus for preparing yarn ends, two yarns to be joined together by pneumatic splicing are placed in a splicer head of a splicer at a given instant with ends of the yarn to be prepared protruding out of a splicing channel of the splicer ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5063974 | Automatic wire cut, coil, and tie system A system for automatically coiling, cutting, and tying wires. The system (50) includes a plurality of wire reels (52) from which a measured length of a selected wire (114) is coiled at a coiling assembly (60). Each of the plurality of wires (54) are arran... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4978081 | Method and apparatus for disposing the yarn end of a package in a further handling disposition A method and apparatus for disposing the yarn end of a package in a further handling disposition such as, for example, in the tube of the package, is provided. A preliminarily repositioning device receives packages from a ring spinning machine or the like... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4830296 | Automatic winder In an automatic winder having a plurality of winding units, a tension sensor for detecting the tension of yarn is provided in a yarn travelling path extending between a yarn feed side bobbin and a take-up side package. A take-up controller for controlling... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4811910 | Chuck structure There are disclosed one-piece chuck structures for use in winding machines and particularly, but not exclusively, for use in high speed winding machines for the take-up of synthetic plastics filament. These one-piece chuck structures comprise a first elon... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4561601 | Winding method and apparatus for multifilament fiber bundle A winding apparatus for multifilament fiber bundles wherein a plurality of fiber bundles are wound on a plurality of winders corresponding to each fiber bundle. A common waste yarn winder is provided independently from the winders, and the fiber bundles t... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4341005 | Manufacture of hollow fiber fluid fractionating cells Hollow fiber fluid fractionation cells such as used in artificial kidney machines are manufactured by placing a series of half sections of the longitudinal walls of the cell on the periphery of a winding wheel; winding fluid-filled permeable hollow fibers... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4232509 | Method and device for joining an upper thread to a lower thread Method and device for joining together an upper and a lower thread, which includes moving at least one first thread feeder from a thread pick-up position to a thread transfer position, inserting the upper and the lower threads into a longitudinal slot for... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4226378 | Method and apparatus for winding hollow filaments There is disclosed herein an apparatus and method for preparing a continuous, hollow, and semipermeable filament for use in a dialyzer which includes a plurality of substantially-equal-length open-ended fibers. The apparatus includes a body having a supply spo... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4188545 | Yarn processing, method and apparatus The present invention relates in general to yarn processing and in particular to a method and apparatus for detecting unwanted yarn wraps on rotating rolls and consequently severing the supply yarn to prevent further wraps being wound.... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4177957 | Apparatus for clamping a thread Apparatus for clamping a thread in a reeling machine having a reeling cage which is rotatably mounted on the machine frame and comprises bars extending parallel to the axis of rotation thereof, and a thread laying device which is displaceable on the machi... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4145867 | Device for retransporting a thread end of a take-up coil to the withdrawal tube of a rotor spinning machine A device for retransporting a thread end of a take-up coil to a withdrawal tube of a spinning machine, includes a two-armed suction tube with a suction nozzle, the suction tube being pivotally mounted and being formed with a bend in a plane wherein it is ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4121627 | Wire handling apparatus for an electric coil forming machine The disclosure embraces an apparatus for handling wire at a work station of an electric coil making machine where conductive wire is wrapped around a spool to form an electric coil with a number of spools being carried from work station to work station on... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4084758 | Machine having an improved take-up reel for winding hollow filaments There is disclosed herein an apparatus and method for preparing a continuous, hollow, and semipermeable filament for use in a dialyzer which includes a plurality of substantially-equal-length open-ended fibers. The apparatus includes a body having a supply spo... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4026095 | Variable passage type yarn guide arrangement The invention proposes an improved yarn winding arrangement including a series of bobbins and spindles. The arrangement includes a fluid operated yarn sucking and projecting unit positioned at a distance substantially above its related bobbin and in close... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4018401 | Yarn tube with slant cut end A tube usable on an automatic yarn tube winding machine of the type requiring a space between tubes on the winding spindle and between the tubes and the spindle shoulder for permitting yarn being wound on the tube to contact knives on the spindle for a se... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3982708 | Apparatus and method for processing yarn Apparatus and method for interrupting and holding a running textile yarn unwound over-end from a yarn supply. The invention may be combined with yarn break detectors for use with synthetic yarn drawtwist machines.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3948029 | String-up and cut-down device for a ring twister An apparatus for stringing up a rotating package holder on a ring twister with a yarn being fed to a waste jet. A rotatable pulley with a yarn guide attached is used to intercept the yarn and move it into engagement with a cutter attached to the waste jet... | 04/06/1976 |