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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7707699 | High-performance device for air interlacing of a yarn and corresponding method A device for air interlacing (10) of a yarn (Y), comprising an interlacing chamber (24), a first entrance channel (22) for receiving the yarn (Y) at the device (10) entrance and feeding it to the interlacing chamber (24), and a sec... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7353575 | Method and device for producing a fancy knotted yarn The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a fancy knotted yarn. The treatment air is injected into the yarn channel as primary air via a main bore hole, and as secondary air preferably via two auxiliary bore holes. The introduction of primary air ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7318263 | Device for compression crimping The invention relates to a device for the compression crimping of a synthetic multifilament yarn, said device comprising a transport nozzle and a compression chamber. Said transport nozzle comprises a yarn channel by which means a yarn is guided to a compression cha... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7127785 | Interlacing textile slide jet A textile interlacing slide jet (2), (102) includes a jet body (10), a jet carriage (40, 140) on which a ceramic jet nozzle insert (30, 130) is mounted, and a spring housing (52) that includes a stack of compression spring w... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7018192 | Apparatus for heat treatment of oblong articles An apparatus for heat treatment of oblong articles, such as monofilaments, multifilaments, tapes or webs of plastics, comprises a fixed bottom member (2) and a cover member (3) hingedly secured thereto along one long side, where the cover member (3 | 03/28/2006 |
| 6868593 | Tandem interlacing textile jet nozzle assembly An apparatus and method for improving multifilament textile yarn interlacing includes two spaced apart interlacing jet nozzles 2a and 2b positioned so that the yarn channels 4a and 4b of the two nozzles are ali... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6834418 | Interlacing air nozzle The invention provides an interlacing air nozzle for increasing the airtightness thereof, wherein the dual-leverage principle thereof enables front and rear top members to simultaneously move up and down, and the front top member is also capable of pressing horizont... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6609278 | Yarn processing device and use thereof The invention relates to a pin assembly which keeps single-piece, two-piece or multi-pieced yarn processing elements, especially yarn interlacing spinnerets or thermal treatment elements, in an exact position during an entire service life, despite the ext... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6564438 | Method for air-bubble texturing endless filament yarn, yarn finishing device and its use A method and machine for treating yarn may include feeding the yarn through both a heat treatment and an air jet texturing nozzle. The texturing nozzle may be supplied with compressed air, producing an air jet with a speed greater than Mach 1 in the yarn ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6543105 | Device for intermingling relaxing and/or thermosetting of filament yarn in a spinning process The device (80) described can be used in universal fashion for the intermingling, relaxing, and/or thermosetting of filament yarn (50) in a melt spinning process. It comprises a treatment chamber (80, 81), which is capable of being filled with a gas under... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6438812 | Apparatus for intermingling multifilament yarns Apparatus for intermingling multifilament yarns, having an intermingling assembly with a thread channel (3; 11), and at least one blowing channel (5', 5"; 6', 6") opening into the thread channel (3; 11), and capable of receiving compressed air, wherein th... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6397444 | Apparatus and method for texturing yarn A method and an apparatus are disclosed for texturing a yarn product. The method includes the step of passing the yarn product along a yarn path through a liquid jet arrangement. The method also includes the step of applying a force to the yarn transverse... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6311376 | Air jet A relatively compact air jet is provided having a base and an operating part which is mounted on the base to rotate relative thereto to expose a yarn channel for threading. A straight air inlet through the base communicates with the yarn channel and has a... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6199250 | Process and equipment for bulk-texturing and simultaneous interlacing of thermoplastic yarns, using heating fluids Process for bulk-texturizing and simultaneous interlacing of medium or high-shrinkage multi-filament yarns carried out with a device in which the yarns are made to pass into single or multiple chambers where the yarns come under jets of steam or other gas... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6163944 | Yarn blowing device A yarn blowing device used in conjunction with a nozzle is disclosed. The device comprises a base having air inlet in one portion, a housing provided on the other portion of base having a driving shaft with upper portion protruded above housing and lower ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6134759 | Apparatus for fluid treatment of yarn and a yarn composed of entangled multifilament An apparatus for fluid treatment of yarn, which has a yarn passage and a fluid passage with a fluid outlet in the yarn passage, wherein the fluid passage has a substantially straight passage and an expanding passage existing between the end of the substan... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131785 | Air jet piddling An aspirating jet piddler that has no moving parts and operates to achieve a soft laydown with reduced tangling.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6112386 | Interlacing apparatus and process for filament interlacing An apparatus for interlacing a multifilament yarn includes a housing with a conduit defined therethrough. A jet nozzle is configured with the housing. The jet nozzle includes a main channel symmetric to the yarn conduit axis and at least two side channels... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112387 | Yarn treatment jet A yarn treatment jet has a yarn passage extending through the body of the jet and a fluid inlet intersecting the yarn passage transversely. In cross-section the yarn passage has a main part and a substantially parallel sided yarn controlling part which is... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6052878 | Methods and apparatus for interlacing filaments and methods of making the apparatus The present invention relates to fluid jet interlace apparatus and related methods for interlacing filaments into a yarn with the filaments intermingled with adjacent ones of the filaments and groups of the filaments to maintain unity of the yarn by frict... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6032844 | Air jet piddling An aspirating jet piddler that has no moving parts and operates by swirling a textile tow line pneumatically to achieve a soft laydown with reduced tangling.... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032341 | Single impingement bulking jet The present invention is directed to: a non-interlacing expirating yarn bulker comprising a body having an enclosed yarn passage extending therethrough. The yarn passage includes an inlet region, a throat region and an expanding region. A single pressuriz... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6029328 | Process and equipment for bulk-texturizing and simultaneous interlacing of thermoplastic yarns, using heating fluids Process for bulk-texturizing and simultaneous interlacing of medium or high-shrinkage multi-filament yarns carried out with a device in which the yarns are made to pass into single or multiple chambers where the yarns come under jets of steam or other gas... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5970593 | Jet for interlacing textile yarns Either multiple open slot air jets 2 or multiple closed jets 102 interlacing yarn can be positioned side by side in abutting relationship so that the jets can be positioned in close proximity to decrease the centerline spacing for adjacent yarns. An open ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5964015 | Textile jet nozzle with smooth yarn channel A textile yarn interlacing or intermingling jet nozzle 2 has a yarn channel 4, a threading slot 6 and an air inlet 8. The yarn channel 4 is formed between a top plate 40 mounted to a base 20 by bolts 70, 80 which secure both members to a nozzle support 90... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5950290 | Jet for interlacing textile yarns An air interlacing jet 2 includes a yarn channel 20 and a threading slot 42 forming an opening on one side of the yarn channel so that yarn or yarn filaments can be inserted into the yarn channel. An air orifice 40 intersects the yarn channel and high pre... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5715584 | Continuous filament yarn with pixel color effect Multiple (at least two) differently colored or colorable feed yarns are fed from their respective yarn packages to a multi-position interlacer manifold assembly. The feed yarns are maintained separate and apart from one another and are passed in this sepa... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5713113 | Device for treating at least one running multifilament yarn A device for treating at least one running multifilament yarn with compressed air contains one continuous yarn channel (13, 14, 15) which is circular in cross section. Into a cylindrical middle section (14) of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) three blowing m... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5433365 | Fluid nozzle device for yarn processing A nozzle device for processing of synthetic yarns for intermingling or texturization. The nozzle device has a housing with an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is located upstream in relation to the outlet end. An inner nozzle member is provided ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5423859 | Jet entangled suture yarn and method for making same A bioabsorbable surgical suture which includes at least one multifilament yarn having at least one portion wherein the filaments of the yarn are entangled. The suture has a core formed by combining a length of the entangled yarn with a length of at least ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5398392 | Apparatus for treating yarn with fluid An apparatus for treating yarn with fluid which is designed to allow a yarn consisting of an as-spun multifilament to run between first and second components which have inner walls arranged facing against each other with a specified gap provided between t... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5390400 | Process for heat treating moving yarns and apparatus therefor A gentle and fast process for heating yarns passing contactlessly through a heating apparatus. The process includes the steps of preheating a heat transfer has to a temperature above the desired final yarn temperature, feeding the preheated heat transfer ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5325572 | Yarn treating jet A yarn bulking jet has a particular arrangement of the yarn passage through the jet and the two fluid conduits for directing fluid to opposite sides of the yarn passing through the passage is capable of providing control for entangling the yarn by increas... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5275618 | Jet entangled suture yarn and method for making same A method for making a multifilament suture yarn includes jet entangling the filaments of the suture yarn prior to other operations such as twisting and braiding. A multifilament braided suture is made of air entangled suture yarns, such as by braiding. Th... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5216791 | Synthetic yarn bulking jet apparatus Apparatus is disclosed to prevent yarn from melting when stopped in a high temperature fluid texturing jet. A heat sink is attached to the jet body and thermally insulated from the conduit supplying the high temperature fluid to the jet.... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5195313 | Method for evaluating entangled yarn Described is a method for quantifying interlacing characteristics of multifilamentary yarn, having nodes of a length and a width comprising, (a) measuring the length (L) of at least one node, (b) measuring the width (W) of at least each node measured in s... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5157819 | Modular yarn interlacer A yarn interlacer is provided which, being of modular construction, possess a greater versatility for processing yarns of different types.... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5146660 | Device for air-intermingling multifilament yarns The device comprises a body (1, 2) with a continuous yarn channel into which terminate a blast nozzle (7) and a threading slot (8). The yarn channel is defined by two hollow wall surfaces (11.1, 11.2 and 12.1, 12.3) emanating from respectively one rim of ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5140729 | Device for blow-texturing at least one multifilament yarn The device has a guide unit (1) enclosing a through hole with a conical inlet section (2). A needle unit (3) encloses a through yarn passage (4) arranged coaxially with the hole in the guide unit (1). One end of the needle unit (3) extends into the conica... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5079813 | Interlacing apparatus Interlace jets are improved by providing yarn passageways that flare outwardly, being defined by surfaces that are gently convexly curved. A preferred stacked interlace jet assembly is provided with jet members of oval configuration.... | 01/14/1992 |
