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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472534 | Method for ensuring and measuring the internal tension of an elevator hoisting rope, and elevator permitting the use of said method A method for ensuring tightness of two or more hoisting ropes in an elevator may include: installing the two or more hoisting ropes in the elevator; running the elevator to verify proper operation of the elevator; and tightening the two or more hoisting ropes after ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7346968 | Method and apparatus for connecting loops of barbed tape to each other A method and apparatus for automatically attaching loops of a coil together at desired points. The apparatus comprises a frame, a rotatable barrel, wire separators, alignment fingers, a clipping rack further comprising pincers, and a clipping gun. The barrel, wire s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337994 | Rope-on-spool uncoiler and granulator Rope made of cellulose fibers, the polymeric chemical structure of which fibers has not been modified (referred to as “raw” cellulose fibers), are subjected to intense electron beam irradiation insufficient to degrade their chemical structure but sufficient to m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331568 | Apparatus for use with coiled barrier material Apparatus for dispensing coiled barb tape which includes a frame in which is located a boom from which the coiled barb tape is suspended. The boom is extensible to assist in deployment of the barb tape and the frame, apart from protecting the coiled barb tape, provi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325787 | Barrier A barrier formed from one or more barrier tapes, which may be barbed. Two lower barrier tapes are supported on the opposed projecting arms of outrigger system installed atop a structure such as a wall, gate or fence. Each extended lower barrier tape is formed from l... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7207094 | Housing A housing 1 for enclosing a nozzle is suggested, particularly an air covering nozzle or an air texturing nozzle 3, with at least one filament pass-through aperture 10, 11, 12, 13 having a filament pass-through aperture circumference 20 an... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7069962 | Wire cutting and twisting tool with spool assembly and manual wire feeding mechanism A wire twisting tool with a spool assembly, locking mechanism, manual wire feeding mechanism, and cutting jaws is claimed. The tool is designed to quickly and efficiently cut wire and twist it, utilizing a series of matching grooves into which are placed two steel b... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6907309 | Textile machine with at least one service unit The invention relates to a textile machine with at least one first service unit capable of traveling along a guide rail alongside a plurality of processing stations of the textile machine, and with a control system for the control of the travel movement of the servi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6860095 | Manufacturing method and apparatus for torque-free singles ring spun yarns An internal torque balancing method of short fiber yarns related to the art of textile and the manufacturing apparatus thereof. The present invention proposes a completely new mechanical processing method of single torque-free yarns, and applies it into the process ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6683031 | Rope handling system A method is provided for preparing a multifunctional additive involving irradiating raw cotton plant material with an electron beam source, continually blending the raw cotton plant material during the irradiating and micronizing the irradiated cotton pla... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6502291 | Process for exchanging the bearings of a traversing fiber guiding rod and textile machine accommodating same Traversing yarn guiding rods in textile machines producing X-packages are often made of carbon fibers for the purpose of reducing the inertia force. These kinds of traversing yarn guiding rods are prone to wear at their bearing points. For this reason, th... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6385956 | Packing yarn made of graphite foil and metal foil and method of manufacturing a packing yarn A packing yarn and a method of manufacturing a packing yarn composed of at least two bands which are at most 5 mm wide and are joined together by a yarn manufacturing method, include forming the bands of a laminate having at least one layer of flexible gr... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6385954 | Processing of american buffalo hair to produce a yarn A method for making a pure buffalo yarn is disclosed and includes the steps of, scouring a buffalo fleece with detergent and water at a temperature of at least 80 degrees centigrade to clean the fleece, dehairing the buffalo fleece to remove unwanted cour... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6363702 | Transportation and storage system for rectangular spinning cans A transportation and storage system for spinning machines with transfer storage places associated with each spinning machine. With an automatic supply of the spinning machine via transporters as the connecting means between the transfer storage place and ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354067 | Process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having improved uniformity, physical properties, and luster and yarns thus produced A process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having a reduced number of irregularities and increased luster is described. The process involves dyeing at least a portion of the cotton fibers which are to form the yarn, then combing the dyed fibers subseq... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6308506 | Production of color blended yarn for denim construction Denim fabric and articles of clothing having a "washed" or heather look/effect are produced in a manner that retains color intensity and substantially avoids the waste of chemicals and/or water inherent in conventional washing processes. A first coarse fe... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6260341 | Modular machine for spinning and doubling with elements for transmitting individually the spindles with conical or double conical continuous and individual folding system Modular machine for spinning and doubling with individual transmission elementos for spindles with continuous, individual, conical or double conical folding system, comprising a frame formed by two metal cabinets connected to each other by means of a cent... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6237315 | Processing american buffalo hair to produce a yarn A method for making a pure buffalo yarn is disclosed and includes the steps of, scouring a buffalo fleece with detergent and water at a temperature of at least 80 degrees centigrade to clean the fleece, dehairing the buffalo fleece to remove unwanted cour... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6216430 | Spinning machine with a multiplicity of electrical loads A spinning machine in a plurality of sections has its electrical loads, especially motors, yarn feeders, stretching and heating devices supplied with electrical energy through cable segments stretching the length of the respective machine section and havi... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6205759 | Individual-spindle-drive type textile machine To provide an individual-spindle-drive type textile machine capable of making a number of wires to the drive motor of each spindle unit compact even if the number of spindle units is large. Because the spindle units are arranged in two parallel arrays, on... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6082090 | Method for producing spinning box frames for open-end spinning devices A method for producing a spinning box frame for an open-end spinning machine wherein lateral elements (2, 3) of a spinning box frame (1) are connected with interposed bracing elements (4, 5, 6) by means of a welding process which substantially prevents th... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6023925 | Production of color blended yarn A colored yarn is made in an inexpensive manner that allows a wide variety of different colors or hues within the product line, and also allows a wide variety of different effects to be produced including yarns with minimal leather effect, or yarns with a... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6014854 | Processing textile strands Wound bobbins of yarn are exposed to constant tensioning treatment to eliminate variances in hot air shrinkage caused by the manufacturing processes used to make the strands.... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5875626 | Adapter for rotatably supporting a yarn carrier in a winding assembly of a yarn processing machine An adapter for rotatably supporting a tubular end of a yarn carrier in a take-up winding assembly of a yarn processing machine which accommodates the placement of a yarn transfer tail across an end surface of the yarn carrier between the yarn carrier and ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5852924 | Method and apparatus for making a tapered line from thread and an improved tapered line Thread is wound between spin hooks (20) and anchor hooks (26) and around loop-pins (TP, BP) to form two thread groups, one extending between a first spin hook (20) and the anchor hook (26) and the other extending between the anchor hook (26) and the secon... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5837009 | Method for the production of quality cotton yarns involving a low-cost process, free of environmental pollution A method for cotton purification is described, where the cotton is subject to a purification process in water. The process solution contains calcium hydroxide and a non-ionic detergent wetting agent. Following this processing the cotton is rendered hydrop... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5819520 | Ventilation system for a machine having at least one rotatable part A ventilation system for a textile machine, including a separation element functioning as an air filter, for shielding an air blast generated by at least one spindle of a row of spindles supported on a spindle table of the textile machine.... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5775079 | Apparatus for imparting virtual twist to strand material and method of imparting same An apparatus and method for imparting a virtual twist to strand material is provided. The apparatus preferably has a textile strand supply source for supplying a plurality of strands of textile strand material and a virtual twister positioned downstream f... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5755086 | Arrangement of draw texturing machines for synthetic fibers A machine unit through which a thread is guided includes a drafting unit comprised of double godets, a texturing unit, a relax unit comprising double rollers, and a winding device. The drafting unit and the relax unit are arranged at an angle of less than... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5713194 | Roving machine with replaceable flyers for winding roving bobbins of different diameters A roving frame for producing large-diameter and small-diameter roving bobbins has two rows of work stations with the work stations lying at vertices of a triangle for the production of small-diameter bobbins, flyers of a small span are provided for each o... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5711142 | Adapter for rotatably supporting a yarn carrier in a winding assembly of a yarn processing machine An adapter rotatably supports a tubular end of a yarn carrier in a take-up winding assembly of a yarn processing machine which accommodates the placement of a yarn transfer tail across an end surface of the yarn carrier between the yarn carrier and the ad... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5709072 | Method of producing colored short staple fiber yarn of cotton and/or synthetics A method of dyeing of short-staple fiber of cotton, synthetics or blends thereof in which the sliver if formed into a roving package on a perforated sleeve in a flyer frame with a slight twist and with a uniform winding density and the roving package is t... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5694826 | Lacing stitch starter tool A hand held tool for starting lace stitching or braiding, including a firm, stabilizing ridge about the perimeter with a relatively thin, flexible plastic panel within the perimeter. The panel includes a systematic scheme of holes that are interconnected ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5671759 | Device for wrapping hair with cord A toy hair wrapping device is disclosed. The device includes a housing for supporting a rotating spindle, a spool, and a motor for rotating the spindle. As the spindle rotates, cord on the spool is dispensed and wrapped around hair in the spindle bore. If... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5647196 | Open-end spinning frame A pneumatic debris aspirating device adapted to be retrofitted on open-end spinning frames originally designed for a mechanical debris disposal installation utilizes an asymmetrical debris pickup funnel which can be connected via a connector conduit to a ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5638669 | Method and device for manufacturing a twisted yarn by an integrated ring spinning and twisting process A method for manufacturing a twisted yarn includes the step of removing two rovings from two separate supplies and passing each roving through a separate drawing device. From each roving a separate spun yarn is produced by ring-spinning. Each spun yarn is... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5632138 | Stand for receiving sliver cans A sliver can transport system includes a can vehicle for transporting sliver cans while traveling between a can delivery station, work stations of at least one sliver-processing textile machine having machine parts with fixed locations, a discharge statio... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5611195 | Device and process for maintenance of spinning devices A method and system for maintaining spinning machines having a plurality of spinning stations include automatically positioning a maintenance unit proximate to the spinning stations for removing spinning components from the spinning stations and replacing... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5595056 | Ring-spinning machine or ring-twisting machine with ring-rail lifter brackets extending toward vertical center of gravity plane A ring-spinning or ring-twisting machine with a ring rail having rings and travelers for each spinning or twisting spindle. The horizontal ring rail is displaceable on rigid vertical rods, the lower ends of which are connected to vertical stretches of fle... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5551223 | Process and apparatus for optimizing spin geometry of a ring spinning machine A method for optimizing the spinning geometry of a spinning machine in which the lengths of the path segments between the drafting output and rolls and the yarn guide, between the yarn guide and the balloon constricting ring, between the balloon constrict... | 09/03/1996 |
