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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356983 | Spiraling apparatus A spiraling apparatus is provided that includes a rotatable deck having a deck plate that includes first and second sides. A plurality of first spools are rotatably attached to the first side of the deck plate. The first spools include a length of reinforcement woun... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7189295 | Yarn with heat-activated binder material and process of making Yarn suitable for tufting comprises a base fiber ring spun or wrap spun with a second fiber at least partially comprising a heat-activated adhesive material such that the yarn includes from 0.1 to 12, preferably 0.25 to 10, weight percent adhesive material having a ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6969437 | Yarn with heat-activated binder material and process of making Yarn suitable for tufting comprises a base fiber ring spun or wrap spun with a second fiber at least partially comprising a heat-activated adhesive material such that the yarn includes from 0.1 to 12, preferably 0.25 to 10, weight percent adhesive material having a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 5619848 | Method and apparatus for automatically removing an imperfection from spun filament yarn and staple fibers A method and apparatus for automatically removing a slub from spun filament yarn and a sliver or roving of staple fibers. The sliver or roving of staple fibers are fed through a drafting apparatus to prepare a continuous bundle of staple fibers. The filam... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5588290 | Reel-to-reel pipe wrap machine A machine wraps pipe as it travels along a substantially linear path between a feeder reel from which the pipe is unwound to a take up reel onto which the pipe is rewound. A pipe wrap assembly for wrapping one or more layers of tape about the pipe is rota... | 12/31/1996 |
| 4807430 | Thread wrapping apparatus In the thread wrapping apparatus disclosed herein a binder spindle is driven by control circuit at a speed corresponding to the operating frequency of a variable oscillator. First, second and third sets of drafting rolls which draw and feed a sliver of fi... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4672801 | Apparatus for producing two-component thread The apparatus for producing two-component thread comprises a twisting mem to which the two components of the two-component thread are fed, and means for severing one of the components as the feed of the second component ceases, including a hollow cylinde... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4642979 | Apparatus for adjusting lay of wire rope Method and apparatus for adjusting the lay of a wire rope, in which a torque remaining in the wire rope is detected while the wire rope is drawn out from a reel, and the lay of the wire rope is increased or decreased in accordance with the result of the d... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4574574 | Tension regulator for a stranding machine A stranding machine including a plurality of reels on which filament to be stranded is wound; a separate, rpm-controllable motor connected with each reel; rpm control devices connected to each reel motor for controlling the reel rpm with respect to the st... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4555898 | Apparatus for stranding armor wires about a cable core, and method implemented by the apparatus Apparatus (1) for stranding armor wires (11) about a cable core (10), the apparatus comprising a rotary plate (2) equipped with armor wire bobbins (3), a rotary distributer grid (4) driven by the plate, and a stranding die (5) for bringing together the ar... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4519196 | Wrapped yarn spinning machine with several spinning places A wrapped-yarn spinning machine having several spinning places which include each a hollow spindle connected with a drive and carrying a binding thread rotating therewith; the hollow spindle is provided with a false twist device and is arranged between a ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4495758 | Apparatus and method for forming a wrapped yarn A wrapped yarn forming apparatus is disclosed, which is adapted to form a wrapped yarn composed of a core strand, such as a yarn sliver, and a binder strand which is spirally wrapped about the core strand. The apparatus includes a hollow spindle adapted t... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4491206 | Braking device A braking device with two braking members for frictional engagement with a surface and a brake release linkage, a part of which is pivotable about two positions. A feature is provided to cause pivotal movement of the part in a first sense upon application... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4470248 | Arrangement for winding yarn, strip-material or the like from a supply roll onto a bunch of wires or the like fed through the center hole of the supply roll An arrangement for winding yarn (3) from a supply roll (2) by means of a flyer (4) onto a bunch of wires fed through the center hole of the supply roll for automatically transferring to the unwinding of a new supply roll (2') when the yarn on the first su... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4389837 | Ply yarn spinning assembly The invention involves a ply or wrapped yarn spinning assembly of the type having a drawing unit supplying a sliver through one or more hollow spindles, at which hollow spindles a binding thread is wrapped spirally around the sliver to form yarn. Yarn con... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4350046 | Cable strain monitoring A major problem in the manufacture of optical fibre cables is the strain to which the fibres are subjected, which strain could damage the fibres. To enable this strain to be monitored, and hence remedial action to be taken, one or more metallic elements a... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4170864 | Apparatus for the continuous spiral winding of a tape onto an elongated body A method for continuously wrapping a tape spirally about an elongated body by passing the body longitudinally through the center of a rotating hollow circular spool while continuously feeding tape to the spool to create several wraps of the tape around th... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4117654 | Method of and apparatus for the control of composite effect yarns Method of and apparatus for the control of composite effect (fancy) yarns with enlargements or "stitches", twisted by means of a hollow spindle. A base thread and an effective thread are combined and fed into the rotating hollow spindle where they are met... | 10/03/1978 |
