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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762288 | Method for insertion of a weft thread on a weaving loom, and a weaving loom A method for insertion of a weft thread (2, 3, 4) on a weaving loom whereby insertion parameter is determined and in which on the one hand at least one control parameter for an insertion is adapted or, on the other hand, at least one control parameter for a w... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7654290 | Method for transporting a weft thread through the shed of a weaving machine A method for transporting the weft thread through the shed of an air-jet weaving machine having a nozzle fed with a flowing transportation medium, wherein the portion, changeable along the weft thread, of the natural thread charges arranged irregularly on the weft t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7350542 | Blowing nozzle for supporting a weft thread in a weaving machine Blowing nozzle for supporting a weft thread in a weaving machine, provided with a flow-through canalisation (17) for a fluid tracing a bend (20) near the free end of the blowing nozzle (3) to subsequently flow into the environment via at least o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337036 | Three-way connector for connecting weft feeders of textile machines to a serial bus, and a control system based thereon The three-way connector comprises a first, a second and a third gates directly connected to one another. The first and second gate are pluggable onto respective spans of a bus, and the third gate is connectable to a weft feeder. The three-way connector further compr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7063109 | System and method for inserting a weft thread A system for inserting a weft thread into a shed of an air jet weaving machine includes a thread store with a measuring apparatus, a plurality of air nozzles for the insertion of the weft thread and a control system which is connected to the measuring apparatus in o... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055554 | Method for controlling weft insertion in air jet type loom A method for controlling weft insertion in an air jet type loom, includes setting an upper limit and a lower limit with respect to the running property of a weft yarn to be inserted through a shed of warp yarns by way of a main nozzle and a plurality of groups of su... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7028718 | Method for manufacturing a fabric and an apparatus for manufacturing a fabric The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a fabric and an apparatus for manufacturing a fabric that enable weaving of weak fibers including monofilaments of noble metal such as 24-carat gold. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6953066 | Method of disposing weft in a loom The method of disposing the weft, in a loom for displacing the weft led into a weft insert nozzle by jetting the air current from a guide nozzle disposed in a reed sley and releasing the weft from the upstream side of the weft inset nozzle to the vicinity of an inta... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6796338 | Air jet weaving machine and compressed air supply for same The invention relates to an air jet weaving machine 1 with compressed air supply components for supplying air nozzles 3, 4, 5 and 6 with compressed air. The compressed air supply components comprise a compressed air infeed line with a main shut-... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6748981 | Air supply controller for weft insertion nozzles in an air jet loom An arrangement for supplying air with a controlled pressure to the main weft insertion nozzles of an air jet loom includes a single servovalve connected between a pressurized air source, an air vent, and a pressure manifold, and individual shut-off valves respective... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6705354 | Method of forming tuck-in selvage in cloth After a picking action of a weaving machine, a cloth-end warp maintains its shed over a plurality of weaving cycles including a weaving cycle in which weft ends are tucked in. Air is jetted toward a shed formed by warps in a widthwise direction of weaving from outsi... | 03/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6457491 | Weft inserting control device for fluid jet type loom A weft inserting control device for a fluid jet type loom for detecting dispersion of a weft reaching angle to control the reaching angle of weft yarn. The device includes a weft insertion detecting unit for detecting dispersion of the weft reaching angle... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6443188 | Weft inserting control device for fluid jet type loom A weft inserting control device for fluid jet type loom is provided, including a weft insertion detecting unit for detecting dispersion of the weft reaching angle in a predetermined control cycle; a first comparing unit for comparing a detection value of ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439271 | Jet loom and method for achieving substantially identical weaving cycle times A valve arrangement of a loom includes valve modules held between flange plates and sharing a common inlet feeding into a common inner valve space. A valve outlet of each valve module leads to an insertion nozzle or nozzle group, and is controlled by a va... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6142190 | Picking method and apparatus for multicolor picking loom A picking method and apparatus for a multicolor picking loom to provide changes in the number of rotations of the loom in order to pick a desired weft. In particular, a signal generation unit outputs a weft selection signal for each weft corresponding to ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6062273 | Device for the supply of compressed air to a main jet nozzle of an air shuttle loom Apparatus for supplying compressed air to a main blowing nozzle of an airjet loom for filling insertions includes an integrated air feed unit including an intake directly connected to the compressed air supply, an outlet connected to the main blowing nozz... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5970996 | Throttling valve for compressed air or the like and its application to an airjet loom A throttling valve (11) in particular for an airjet loom includes an electric drive (27) for two valve components (17, 19) subtending a throttling gap (25), the drive including motor displaceable in predetermined positions by means of a control and/or reg... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5937915 | On loom weft texturizing Filament threads such as rayon threads which may be smooth or partly texturized for protection, are texturized or entangled in the loom just prior to their insertion into a loom shed as weft threads. For this purpose a texturizer (4) is positioned between... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5816295 | Weft insertion control method A weft picking control method capable of realizing control of a weft picking arriving time with a quick response over a wide range. The weft picking control method in an air-jet loom includes supplying air under pressure to weft picking nozzles, and jetti... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816296 | Method and apparatus for controlling the tension and the presentation of a weft thread for insertion into a loom shed The tension of a weft thread in a loom is controlled during particular time phases within the weft supply, weft presentation, weft seizing, and insertion, including the initial phase of entering into the loom shed. Additionally, the weft thread tension ma... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5417251 | Programmable weft insertion brake for looms A jet loom with a weft yarn insertion brake contains a braking element that is movable from a position of rest, on one side of the weft yarn, across the path of the weft yarn to a braking position. An electric motor, which drives the braking element, can ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5345976 | Method for a pneumatic weft thread insertion in an air nozzle weaving loom In order to avoid or at least minimize weft thread breaking in an air nozzle loom, the supply of pressurized air to the relay nozzles is controlled in such a manner that the velocity of the blowing air is diminished toward the end of the weft thread inser... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5322089 | Fuzzy inference circuit apparatus for controlling weaving nozzle fluid pressure An apparatus for controlling weft inserting enables the calculation of accurate pressures suitable to an actual weft and weft inserting device. One or more definite weaving conditions determined by one or more manufacturer's textile and weaving machine sp... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5320142 | Method and apparatus for controlling an actuator for weft inserting in a jet loom A method and an apparatus for controlling weft inserting without depending on any operation skill, such control being on the basis of at least two kinds of information having mutually different frequencies for correcting weft inserting. A plurality of con... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5303746 | Method for controlling weft thread transfer from empty to full bobbin during weft insertion A running out weft thread end is transferred from a now empty bobbin to a full bobbin during the insertion of a weft thread into the shed of an air nozzle weaving loom from several thread supply bobbins is controlled to obtain a uniform weave even when th... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5295516 | Method of operating a direct weaving apparatus A method of operating a direct weaving apparatus which may include a loop provided with picking nozzles and a weft yarn processing machine having a yarn processing unit for processing yarns, feed rollers and yarn storage drums. The start of the yarn stora... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5295515 | Apparatus for controlling weft insertion in jet loom In a jet loom, a weft insertion start timing, a jet injection start timing of a main weft inserting nozzle and a jet injection stop timing of auxiliary weft inserting nozzles are controlled on the basis of empirical rules. A weft insertion control program... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5261463 | Computer apparatus for checking the correctness of a loom adjustment In a loom, a back roller for guiding warps is supported by a pair of back roller brackets which are mounted on and are horizontally adjustable relative to second back brackets. The latter brackets are mounted on and are vertically adjustable relative to f... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5176184 | Picking control device with pressure correcting apparatus A picking control device for a loom comprising a pressure controller for controlling jet pressure of a picking nozzle, a timing controller for controlling operation time of a picking member, angle corrector for correcting the start angle of the weft yarn ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5144988 | Weft feeder with instrument for measuring yarn tension An instrument for measuring the tension of yarns--particularly weft yarns which wind or unwind forming a "balloon"--avoiding further deviations thereof, which makes use of a variable impedance, for example a differential capacitor or a variable inductor, ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5115840 | Control of lower limit of jet pressure for a picking nozzle A control method and control apparatus for controlling jet pressure of a picking nozzle of a jet loom which includes detecting a flying characteristic of the filling yarn and inhibiting descending control of a pressure controller for controlling jet press... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5107902 | Method for controlling weft thread insertion timing in an air jet loom The insertion of a weft thread into the loom shed through the weft thread insertion channel of an air jet loom is controlled in two phases in order to apply the proper weft thread acceleration to each type of yarn individually so that too slow insertions ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5101867 | Picking control for air jet loom with timing and pressure correction A picking control apparatus for providing stable picking operation in a jet loom. The apparatus comprises an angle correcting section for outputting an angle correction amount of a picking start angle on the basis of an arrival angle deviation of filling ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5095953 | Computer control of auxiliary weft nozzles in a multi-color jet loom A weft insertion control apparatus for a multi-color jet loom comprises a plurality of solenoid valves for controlling supply of a pressurized fluid to weft inserting auxiliary nozzles, an on/off controller for controlling these valves independently of on... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5086812 | Weft thread supplying device with rotary throttle valve in airjet weaving machines A device for supplying weft threads in airjet weaving machines includes at least one nozzle connected to a compressed air source, a buffer tank, a cutoff valve placed in a funnel between the compressed air source and the nozzle, and a controlled throttlin... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5067527 | Adjustment of weft yarn stretch in a shed of an air jet loom A method for adjusting weft yarn stretching in an ordinary or traversing shed and for adjusting the air consumption of relay nozzles forming a travelling zone in the shed of an air jet loom having one or more yarn feed systems. The weft yarns are picked f... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5065796 | Loom temple control system to vary pick density An apparatus for controlling an air jet loom and, in particular, for controlling a loom used for weaving cloth having move than one pick range. One use of such cloth is for tire-cord fabric having a body portion having between 1 and 3.5 ppi and at least o... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5056566 | Control of weft insertion timing as a function of shed opening A method for supplying weft threads into the shed of a weaving machine includes the step of controlling at least one of the weaving machine elements which can influence weft insertion times as a function of the reopening of the shed. The method is particu... | 10/15/1991 |
