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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7231943 | Device for a weaving machine A power weaving loom includes weft thread insertion and collecting bands (6, 7). Drive units drive the bands and cause leading parts of the bands to move towards and away from one another between sides of the weaving machine and an approximately half-width po... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7195039 | Jet weaving machine A jet weaving machine is proposed in which a weft thread (S) can be inserted by means of a fluid from a weft insertion side (2) to a receiving side (3), including a weaving sley (9), along which a weft insertion path (4) extends, which de... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168456 | Method and apparatus to remove yarns from the fringes of an industrial textile A method and apparatus for the removal of one or more lateral yarns from a woven industrial textile to prepare it for seaming. The apparatus consists of a movable table, a clamping device to hold the fabric, and a yarn removal device, consisting of a cutter and a co... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7077168 | Thread tension regulation in a thread brake device and method in a textile processing machine A thread brake arrangement for use in a textile processing machine includes two brake elements with the thread running there between. An actuator, preferably a piezoelectric actuator, variably actuates one of the brake elements relative to the other to exert an adju... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073399 | Yarn processing system The invention relates to a yarn processing system, comprising a yarn feeder (F), a textile machine (M), at least one controlled yarn brake (B) and a tensiometer, which senses the yarn downstream of said yarn brake, for at least measuring the yarn tension (g). Accord... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066213 | Catching and holding apparatus for the catching-side weft thread end in a weaving machine A catching and holding apparatus for catching-side weft thread ends in a weaving machine comprises a main nozzle and a catching passage for holding and stretching a weft thread end and a carrier on which the main nozzle and the catching passage are arranged. Further... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048011 | Printing press cylinder flexible jacket covering A flexible jacket covering for a printing press transfer cylinder having a low density selvage for attaching one edge of the jacket to a hook and loop attachment strip on the transfer cylinder. The covering is cut from fabric woven on a shuttleless loom. The fabric ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040353 | Weft yarn deflection brake and method for controlling the weft insertion into weaving machine A weft yarn deflection brake including a braking element 5 which can be adjusted in timed fashion and by its variable braking force, a drive motor 6 for said braking element and a control device CU connected with said drive motor 6 is equipped b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6945283 | Measuring apparatus for measuring the cloth tension in a weaving machine and a weaving machine with a measuring apparatus of this kind A measuring apparatus for the measurement of the cloth tension in weaving machines comprises a probe element and a guide part to which the probe element is connected in order to guide the probe element. The measuring apparatus furthermore comprises a holder to which... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6880584 | Weft end collector A weft end recovery apparatus comprises weft end carrier for carrying by water flow weft ends formed as a result of weft insertion, a plurality of storing and dewatering sections to receive the weft ends carried from the weft end carrier together with the water, and... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6810918 | Method and apparatus for variably braking the weft thread between a supply spool and a thread store in a loom A supply spool supplies a weft thread through an adjustable actuated thread brake and a thread tension sensor to a weft thread accumulator, from which an accumulated insertion length of the thread is provided to a weft insertion device. The tension sensor provides a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6758246 | Weft holder device for holding weft threads ends in an air jet loom A weft holder device holds the free weft thread ends in an air jet loom, using pressurized air and without requiring a suction device. The body of the device has a tapering opening through which the end of the inserted weft thread extends. The opening tapers into a ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6539982 | Loom with an insertion brake A loom with an insertion brake disposed between a yarn feeder and the shed of the loom, which insertion includes a movable brake element, which is capable of movement between two fixedly disposed yarn guides from a position of rest on one side of the yarn... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6470917 | Tack-in apparatus A tack-in apparatus is provided wherein injection ports are arranged at upper and lower sides of a weft yarn path, respectively. The injection ports inject currents for folding back an end portion of a cut weft yarn into a warp yarn opening on the weft ya... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6467512 | Method for monitoring the cycle of the weft insertion into a weaving machine A method for monitoring the cycle of the weft insertion into a weaving machine. The weft yarn passes a yarn brake and a yarn force sensor and the force acting on the weft yarn is measured in a known fashion and the reaction force of the yarn is converted ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6460578 | Brake arrangement for a number of threads of yarns which can be fed in or to a textile machine A brake arrangement is intended for or can be assigned. to a number of threads or yarns which can be fed in or to a textile machine, for example a weaving machine. The brake arrangement comprises two units (1,2) which have thread or yarn parts (11, 12, 13... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6418976 | Thread brake system with a linear electric motor for weaving looms At least one of two flexible leaf springs that form a thread gap is controlled by a linearly moveable element of a linear motor or drive. Multi-thread brakes are formed by assembling a plurality of such brakes on a common support whereby a single stator m... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418977 | Yarn processing system with weft yarn tension regulation A yarn processing system including a feeding device, a power loom, a controllable yarn tension device which is situated downstream from the feeding device, and a tensiometer which supplies a signal that represents the yarn tension and which is arranged do... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6397898 | Yarn supply draw out regulator for a weaving machine A regulator works with a thread or yarn supply which is intended to provide a draw-out length of the thread or the yarn which is dependent on the one hand on the size of the supply and on the other hand on an assumed or adjusted thread tension in the draw... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6328081 | Weft tension brake control A method for controlling electrically actuated weft brakes for automatically adjusting mechanical tension of a weft thread in textile machines with mechanical insertion, comprising the steps of: generating and modulating an excitation current of an actuat... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6305435 | Weaving machine with an insertion system for a plurality of generally different weft threads The weaving machine contains an insertion system for a plurality of generally different weft threads, which comprises for each weft thread a thread supply (2), a thread store (3) and a color selector (4) for the selective serving of the weft threads as we... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6257284 | Woof yarn tension device for weaving machines and method of operating same A woof yarn tension device for weaving machines, has a controllable tension device which acts upon the woof yarn and which, at least on the output side, has a yarn guide eye. In order to reduce the stressing of the woof yarn, the number of the deflection ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6253795 | Tensioning apparatus and method for an interlaced thread A tensioner for gripping an inserted thread in a weaving shed and applying or removing tension based on the thread's inserted tension. Through the use of sensors in a thread gripper, the inserted thread tension is compared to a desired value in a controll... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6220308 | Device for stretching and tensioning a weft yarn An apparatus for stretching and tensioning of a weft thread including a nozzle (6) for producing an air flow directed substantially transversely to a weft direction for deflecting a weft thread with respect to the weft direction; and a reception channel (... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6213161 | Holder apparatus for weft thread in a series shed weaving machine An arrangement for the holding of a weft thread for a series shed weaving machine has a holder apparatus (11) for the weft thread (4). Two forwarding elements (12, 13) are arranged at both sides of the holder apparatus and are movable relative to the hold... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209588 | Weaving machine with pneumatic weft insertion and catch selvedge forming device A weaving machine with pneumatic weft insertion is provided which includes a fixed reed filler at an output end of a reed when it is in a weft insertion position. A catch salvage forming device is disposed at an output end of the fixed reed filler when th... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206051 | Non reed interfering suction weft removal A weft yarn end removing mechanism is incorporated into a shuttleless loom that holds leading end part of a picked weft yarn under tension by a weft yarn tightening device and beats up the weft yarn into the cloth fell of a fabric on the shuttleless loom ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6199598 | Measuring feeding device with brake shoe clamp A measuring feeding device for an air or water jet weaving machine having a stationary storage body for a yarn store consisting of yarn windings wound on tangentially in a predetermined winding direction, from which yarn store the yarn can be withdrawn ov... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6164342 | Method and apparatus for adjustable weft thread insertion in rapier weaving machine In the method a weft thread which is supplied via a thread brake and a thread presenter is inserted into a shed by means of rapiers with a thread clamp, with the thread clamp being set in a freely selectable manner for each weft insertion during the weft ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161595 | Yarn tensioning device A movable brake shoe (32) is mounted in a yarn brake (23). The yarn brake (33) includes two brake shoes (31, 32) arranged to brake a yarn (3) running between them. Actuating devices (33, 34) allow mutual compression of the brake shoes (31, 32). The movabl... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6119733 | Controllable weft thread presenting and clamping apparatus including an actuated clamp element A weft thread clamp for a weft thread presenting lever is positively actuated to selectively open or close the clamp and thereby release or hold the weft thread respectively. To achieve this, a second clamp element is movable or deflectable relative to a ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6109307 | Thread clamping device figuring weft threads on jacquard machines A thread clamping device, particularly for the figuring weft threads on jacquard machines, in which figuring weft threads, e.g. those on jacquard looms, are only picked from time to time corresponding to the figured form of the woven jacquard fabric, with... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105627 | Method to control weft yarn insertion in a loom During weft yarn insertion in a loom, as the end of weft yarn insertion approaches, a controllable yarn deviation brake (B), positioned between a weft feeder (M) and a warp shed (F) of a loom (D) brakes the weft yarn (Y) with a high braking force, causing... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6094945 | Device for feeding an elastically extendable yarn to hosiery knitting machines A device for feeding an elastically extendable yarn to hosiery knitting machines, which includes a positive yarn feeder composed of two mutually opposite contrarotating rollers which have parallel axes and between which the yarn to be fed passes. Elements... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6082413 | Weft stretching and detecting apparatus for a jet weaving loom A weft stretching and detecting device for a pneumatic weaving loom has a housing or mounting (6) with a weft guide channel section (8) in axial alignment with the weft insertion channel (2A) in the reed (2) of the loom and a weft stretching channel secti... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6076563 | Weft stretching and detecting apparatus for a jet weaving loom A weft stretching and detecting device has a first section (1A) for stretching a weft thread and a second section (1B) for monitoring the arrival of a leading weft end (11A) either through a weft guide path (4, 7, 7B) which is aligned with a weft insertio... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6058980 | Method for cutting a selvedge of a weft insertion side of a rapier loom A method for cutting a selvedge on a weft thread insertion side of a rapier loom equipped with a weft thread supply by creating a free space of warp threads arranged separately from a main warp body. The weft thread is inserted through an open shed of the... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6014992 | Mechanical loom with pneumatic weft thread insertion with synchronized clamp cutter and reed A weaving machine contains a reed (8) and a weft thread guide apparatus (32) which are connected to one another and are pivotal between an insertion position and a beat-up position. For the insertion of a weft thread, a weft insertion apparatus (14) which... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6014990 | Filling yarn stretching device for a loom A device for stretching an inserted filling (14), in particular for use in an airjet loom, includes a channel (5) adjoining a filling insertion conduit (4) of a reed (3), a blow nozzle directed at a branch channel intersecting the channel (5) in substanti... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6009915 | Method and distribution apparatus for pneumatic weft insertion in a series shed loom Lengths of weft thread are sequentially inserted in sheds formed by a series shed weaving machine. Weft thread is continuously supplied with a fluid flow. By reversing the flow direction of the fluid flow or deflecting the weft thread, a thread loop is fo... | 01/04/2000 |
