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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7594383 | Balloon control ring for a textile machine A balloon control ring for a textile machine for limiting a circulating yarn balloon, wherein the balloon control ring comprising a metallic hollow cylinder with a wear-resistant surface, is characterised in that the hollow cylinder (2, 23, 37) is formed from... | 09/29/2009 |
| 6332312 | Method and device for spinning with a suppressed yarn balloon The invention relates to a method and device for spinning with a suppressed yarn balloon (75), whereby the rotation of the yarn is predominately produced between a top spindle (2) and the clamping gap (523) of delivery rolls (521, 522) at the exit of the ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6182434 | Spindle spinning or spindle twisting method and operating unit for carrying out this method The process is carried out on a spinning system that has a driven spindle (13) and a balloon limiter (14) concentric with it, driven in the same direction as the spindle (13) an provided with an inner work surface (44). For the purpose of reaching the hig... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6035620 | Twisting spindle, especially two-for-one or direct cabling spindle A twisting spindle has a spindle that is driven in rotation, a protective pot supported on the spindle and secured against rotation, and a rotary disk fixedly connected to the spindle. The rotary disk has a radially extending yarn channel connected to the... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6021631 | Integrated doubling and twisting method and three-for-one twisting spindle An integrated doubling and twisting method includes the step of arranging at least two supply bobbins coaxially above one another in a protective pot of a bobbin support. The at least two supply bobbins are connected to one another, and the bobbin support... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5996328 | Methods and systems for forming multi-filament yarns having improved position-to-position consistency Individual differently colored or colorable feed filament ends are withdrawn from respective creel-mounted packages and passed through a separation guide. The separation guide serves to "normalize" the filament end-to-end positions and tensions. That is, ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5901542 | Ring-spinning machine with spring-biased thread-guide eye A ring-spinning machine has spindles with head pieces, e.g. with fingers about which the yarn can be wound to reduce the ballooning of the yarn around the respective spindles. The thread-guide eyes above the headpieces can be depressed against a spring fo... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5769132 | Projectile or gripper shuttle loom with anti-ballooning cone for weft feeder A projectile or gripper shuttle loom includes a weft-yarn delivery device with an overend-unwinding delivery unit that has a stationary, brakeless drum, a withdrawal eye arranged coaxially downstream of the drum and a yarn brake controlled in accordance w... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5715871 | Frustoconical device with internal ribs for loom yarn feeders Device to control the yarn at the outlet of yarn feeders, particularly antiballoon device for weft yarn feeders of looms, of the type consisting of an element (10) having a substantially frustoconical surface. A plurality of ribs (11) project from the inn... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715670 | Apparatus and method for cooling an advancing yarn having relative transverse movement between the yarn and cooling surface A cooling apparatus and method for cooling an advancing yarn, which includes an elongate cooling rail along which the advancing yarn is guided. At each end of the cooling rail, the yarn and the cooling rail are reciprocated relative to each other in a dir... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5605297 | Device for controlling yarn ballooning at the winding head of a bobbin winding machine In the course of rewinding yarn on a bobbin winding machine, the yarn performs a balloon-like oscillation around the delivery bobbin. The shape of the balloon has an effect on the yarn tension force and thus on the behavior of the yarn during winding. To ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5590515 | Spinning apparatus and control arrangement therefor In a spinning apparatus including a rotatable spindle carrying a package for receiving a yarn from a yarn guide which is arranged in axial alignment with the spindle, a tubular element surrounds the package and the spindle and is floatingly supported by m... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5553799 | Auxiliary yarn releasing apparatus An auxiliary yarn releasing apparatus which can control the releasing tension of a yarn of a thick yarn number count is proposed. The auxiliary yarn releasing apparatus is constructed such that a cover portion which covers over a substantially entire chas... | 09/10/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5497607 | Two-for-one twisting spindle with bristle ring for smoothing and tensioning threads A two-for-one twisting spindle has a protective pot with an upper edge and a bobbin carrier positioned in the protective pot for receiving two bobbins to be placed atop one another. A thread inlet tube extends axially through the bobbin carrier for receiv... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5457950 | Spindle for manufacturing a yarn A spindle for manufacturing a yarn has a spindle body for receiving a fiber supply bobbin from which a fiber is removed radially outwardly to form a fiber balloon and guided to a centering point above the spindle body. A spindle rotor for rotating the spi... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5428948 | Spindle for manufacturing yarn with inlet line for introducing flowable medium into the fiber balloon A spindle for manufacturing yarns has a spindle rotor with a central axis. A fiber guide duct extends substantially from the central axis radially outwardly for guiding a first fiber radially outwardly. The first fiber, after exiting the fiber guide duct,... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5404703 | Textile yarn processing machine having devices for reducing frictional contact between a rotating yarn balloon and a balloon limiter A textile yarn processing machine has a plurality of spindle assemblies for processing of yarn. Each spindle assembly includes mechanisms for forming a balloon of yarn which rotates around a spindle assembly central axis as the yarn travels through the sp... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5379582 | Balloon controller for a spinning nozzle A spinning nozzle comprises first and second nozzles provided with jetting holes through which compressed air is jetted into tubular yarn passages extending along an imaginary center line of the spinning nozzle, and arranged in series coaxially with the i... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5378377 | Process and apparatus for removing liquid from fast moving threads Excess liquid is removed from a fast-moving thread, in that the latter is deflected, so that the liquid is hurled off, the hurled off liquid is removed from the thread, in that the thread is passed through a closed chamber, where a vacuum is produced in o... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5372004 | Cooling plate of a texturing machine A draw texturing machine comprises a first heater for heating a yarn, a false twisting device for imparting twists to the yarn, and a cooling plate, disposed between the first heater and the false twisting device, for cooling the yarn which has been heate... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5361573 | Traveler arrangement in ring spinning apparatus A ring spinning apparatus, which comprises a rotatably drivable spindle, which is adapted to carry and to be non-rotatably connected to a bobbin, a guide ring, which is coaxial to the axis of the spindle and serves to guide a traveler, which is adapted to... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5329755 | Textile yarn processing machine having devices for reducing frictional contact between a rotating yarn balloon and a balloon limiter A textile yarn processing machine has a plurality of spindle assemblies for processing of yarn. Each spindle assembly includes mechanisms for forming a balloon of yarn which rotates around a spindle assembly central axis as the yarn travels through the sp... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5197270 | Magnetic bearing system for a spinning machine rotor For a balloon limiting device, which can be carried along by a travelling yarn, a magnetic bearing system is provided which suspends the balloon limiting device in the axial direction by permanent magnets and implements an electronically controlled radial... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5168697 | Apparatus for changing yarn carriers in a spinning or twisting machine An apparatus for changing yarn carriers in a textile machine, particularly a ring spinning machine, funnel spinning machine or ring twisting machine, includes a revolver having an axis, a pair of spindles being disposed on the revolver symmetrically to th... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4959953 | Funnel for a spinning machine A funnel for delivering yarn for building a package on a spindle of a spinning machine has an entry channel for the passage of yarn therethrough into the interior of the funnel and an exit opening for the passage of yarn therethrough from the interior to ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4953350 | Funnel for a funnel spinning apparatus on a textile machine A yarn feeding funnel for a textile spinning machine having an upper shaft portion and a body portion. A yarn inlet opening in the upper shaft portion is radially offset from the axis of rotation of the yarn feeding funnel and facilitates the formation of... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4951456 | Cap spinning device The cap of a cap spinning device comprises a thread introduction attachment in the top or upper region of the cap. In this thread introduction attachment there is arranged an inlet passage which is upwardly directed at an inclination and provided for the ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4922706 | Device limiting ballooning in the unwinding or winding of a yarn An anti-ballooning can having the form of an enclosure surrounding the yarn winding over its entire height, characterized in that the enclosure has a cylindrical portion against which the ballooning yarn comes to rub over the entire height as it moves pas... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4917326 | Fluff scattering preventing device in winder In a winder, a cover is provided at a portion of the winder where fluff is very likely to occur; that is, the portion is the position of a yarn feed bobbin, and the cover operates to cover this portion, thereby enclosing the fluff therein, and a suction p... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4910952 | Method and apparatus for making a frayless line A method and apparatus for manufacturing a frayless line is disclosed. The device includes a winder with a plurality of individually rotatable hooks mounted on its surface that rotates in a concurrent direction to the hooks, a spreader for separating grou... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4862687 | Spinning system having a rotary balloon checking device Improvements to a spinning system (10) having a rotary balloon checking device (16), the checking device (16) consisting of an upper cylindrical portion (27) and lower frustum-shaped portion (28) which surround a yarn package (14) being formed, the upper ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4825636 | Ballooning control rings for spinning machinery A ballooning control ring for spinning machinery which has an annular body made of sintered material having a groove in which lubricating a lubricating wick is disposed, a cover body covering said groove and a handle fitting body. The lubricating wick in ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4779409 | Method and system for spinning with a rotary balloon-checking device An invention for spinning with a balloon controlled by a checking device is disclosed. The invention is set in rotation by a spindle by means of a yarn, comprising the arrangement of a segment of free yarn constituting a balloon having a controlled and co... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4685285 | Pneumatically controlled anti-balloon device According to the invention, a balloon ring is supported in concentric position about each spindle on a spinning frame by a bracket supported by a mounting rod that is in turn supported on the free ends of air cylinders mounted beside and correspondingly m... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4673138 | Apparatus for preventing scatter of fly in winder An apparatus for preventing scatter of fly in a winder having a plurality of winding units where a yarn is unwound from a yarn feeding bobbin and is taken-up on a take-up package. A first cover member for covering the yarn feeding bobbin unwound at a wind... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4671054 | Mechanism for purging fiber fluff and dust from a spindle assembly of a two-for-one twister textile thread processing machine A mechanism for pneumatically purging undesirable fiber fluff and dust from a spindle assembly of a two-for-one twister textile thread processing machine created during thread processing and particularly in the area of a rotating thread balloon and being ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4604863 | Pigtail guide for staple spinning A specially designed pigtail balloon guide for use with ring spinning frames is provided. The guide improves the performance of such frames with respect to sliver breaks and/or sliver throughput. The guide has a single-looped coil through which the sliver... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4569189 | Two-for-one yarn twisting spindle assembly having no balloon limitor A two-for-one yarn twisting spindle assembly having no balloon limitor utilizes a ring member for receiving a generally horizontal air flow and yarn emerging from the spindle assembly during pneumatic threading and deflects the air flow and yarn generally... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4552320 | Method and apparatus for forming snarl-free thread reserves Snarls are formed at winding machines and the like when the thread tension is reduced. By reducing the angle which the thread forms with the end surface or face of the delivery bobbin or spool the friction between the thread and the bobbin edge ca... | 11/12/1985 |
