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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4124973 | Thick and thin yarn and process therefor A nubby yarn comprising at least one textured core yarn and one separately textured effect yarn is disclosed wherein the effect yarn is periodically wrapped helically around the core yarn and then helically wound over the first helix in the same direction... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4121412 | Spun yarn and process for manufacturing the same This invention relates to a novel spun yarn composed of staple fibers only and having the average number of fibers in cross section and the rate of yarn evenness being within a limited range, and a process for manufacturing the same directly from continuo... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4119253 | Method and apparatus for controlling the advancement of a strand Method and apparatus are provided for controlling the advancement of a strand by directing a fluid along the strand in a first direction opposite to the direction of advancement of the strand to retard the advancement of the strand sufficiently to create ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4098063 | High speed fly-off strander A high speed rigid-type strander includes a main shaft or body mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis with the core wire advanced through the strander substantially along its axis of rotation. Bobbin supporting members are fixedly mounted extern... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4080779 | Production of plied yarn The production of plied yarn in pot spinning in which a pot is filled with yarn emerging in one direction from a reciprocating traversing tube. When the pot is filled to the desired extent a lead yarn is injected into the pot by pneumatic means in a direc... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4069656 | Composite spun yarn and process for producing the same A novel process for producing yarns at high speed by drafting a sliver or roving of short fibers. The process dispenses with rings, travellers or spindles, and a single gas false twist member is effectively used. The process comprises leading a bundle of ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069657 | Yarn texturing process Air-jet textured core/effect nylon yarn provides fabrics having better cover when the core component has been draw-oriented after conventional melt-spinning, and the effect component has been spin-oriented by melt-spinning at unusually high speed. The imp... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4058968 | Bulked yarn and method of forming a bulked yarn A method and apparatus for producing a composite bulked or texturized yarn having a generally uniformly bulked core yarn component of continuous filaments having groups of core yarn filaments extending outwardly from the core component in undulatory waves... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4041690 | Novelty yarn and method for making same A novelty yarn comprising a ground strand of spun staple fibers with relatively short varying length and varying size auxiliary strands of staple fibers randomly distributed along the ground strand and spirally twisted therearound. The largest size auxili... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4038811 | Apparatus for continuously drawing and texturing core and effect yarns An apparatus for continuously drawing and texturing core and effect yarns is disclosed. The apparatus for continuously drawing the core and effect yarns may be economically added to a conventional machine normally adapted to texture synthetic yarns by a t... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4026099 | Differentially drafted lofted multi-component continuous filament yarn and process for making same Process and product obtained by the process by which an undrawn or partially drawn continuous filament yarn serving as an effect yarn component and a continuous filament yarn having a greater orientation than the effect yarn component and serving as a cor... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4010601 | Method for manufacturing a fancy textured yarn provided with slubs A method for manufacturing a fancy textured yarn provided with slubs. In this manufacturing method, at least one thermoplastic multifilament yarn A is supplied to a twisting zone of a false twisting apparatus provided with a heater disposed at an upstream... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4009561 | Method of forming cables The present invention refers to a method of forming cables whether or not all metallic, flexible armored tubes, armored electrical conductors and the like which consists of applying heat to the wires which will form the armor before they are placed around... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4002011 | High speed binding device Disclosed is a high speed binding device wherein a package wound with a binding thread is fixed to a flange of a flyer with its thread-winding axis in parallel with the rotation axis of said flyer and the binding thread is drawn out in the direction of th... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3984970 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing helically coiled coupling elements for slide fasteners A method and apparatus for manufacturing helically coiled coupling elements for slide fasteners. There are provided a filament supply unit, a filament coiling unit, a filament drive unit interposed between the supply unit and the coiling unit, and a tensi... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3969880 | Machine for manufacturing cables by stranding individual wires A machine for manufacturing cables by stranding individual wires, comprising: a pay-out apparatus having four pay-out reels and fixed supports therefor; a stranding apparatus situated after the pay-out apparatus and comprising a forming die receiving the ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969885 | Method for manufacturing a textured yarn A method for manufacturing a textured yarn from an artificial multi-filament yarn consisting of a plurality of continuous mono-filaments, by folding up the mono-filaments in multiple layers and entwining them by genuine twists to form a textured yarn whic... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3955952 | Method of making a slubby strand A method of forming a slubby glass fiber strand is disclosed which involves passing a plurality of glass fibers as they are drawn from a bushing in parallel over a working surface at a first velocity and directing a second plurality of glass fibers drawn ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3945189 | Method of producing knop yarn Fancy yarns such as knop or stripe yarns are produced by supplying an effect yarn or roving to a foundation yarn or roving during the operation of spinning but before the foundation yarn reaches the twisting spindle. The effect yarn is kept under a tensio... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3940917 | Composite elastic yarns and process for producing them A composite yarn, which is bulky when relaxed and elongates to at least 100 percent greater length under tension, with quick recovery of the relaxed condition when tension is removed, is composed of uncrimped elastic yarn and at least five relatively inel... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3934395 | Cable stranding apparatus A cable stranding apparatus wherein back tension on wires drawn from spools thereof and helically wound around a central core is controlled by positive drive means controlling the speed of rotation of each spool about its own axis in a controlled proporti... | 01/27/1976 |
