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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6901970 | Automatic heddling apparatus and method for automatically heddling An automatic heddling method and a related automatic heddling apparatus 100, by which a plurality of heddles 2 removed from a plurality of heddle frames 1 are integrally collected in such a manner that flat faces 11 of the heddles 2 | 06/07/2005 |
| 6769457 | Face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming provided with twister device and twister device for face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming The invention relates to a face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming, a twister device (1) being provided and relates further to a twister device (1) for a face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming, the twister devic... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6491068 | Apparatus for heating lubricating oil in a weaving machine An apparatus for the heating of a lubricating oil for a weaving machine contains at least one heating element with at least one semiconductor and temperature regulator with a sensor.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 4870996 | Improvements in the gripper transportation system of a shuttleless loom A gripper transportation system for a shuttleless loom, in which in the guide for the flexible tape, in a position in close proximity to the control sprocket, there is provided a transverse slot through which a solid stick of porous synthetic material imp... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4759426 | Pressure oil lubricating device A pressure oil lubricating device, particularly for knitting machines, comprises an oil storing container, at least one oil spraying nozzle, an electromagnetically actuatable oil pump having a suction side connected with the oil storing container and a pr... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4584893 | Lubrication of rack and pinion apparatus A rack and pinion apparatus has lubrication for the rack (14) provided by a split bush (20) of graphite or other solid lubricant. The bush is pressed into contact with the surface of the rack by means of a circumferential spring (22), a sealing lip (23) b... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4520848 | Rapier or gripper weaving machine In the rapier or gripper weaving machine a rapier or gripper rod is moved to-and-fro by a drive gear or wheel. An oil lubricating device is provided whose spray nozzle opens in the vicinity of the drive gear or wheel. This spray nozzle is connected to a p... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4518019 | Lubricator for a weft picking element in a weaving machine The lubricator is disposed at the picking end of the picking element return device and has a guide duct for receiving a picking element prior to the next pick. The lubricator has oil mist nozzles which face only those surfaces of the picking element which... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4448285 | Lubricator for a power loom The pulse lubricator is constructed to deliver oil sprays to various lubrication points of a power loom and includes a plurality of atomizers. Each atomizer includes an atomizer head and a macro-separator for separating out large droplets of lubricant. A ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4444292 | Method and apparatus for lubricating a machine A method and apparatus for lubricating a machine is provided. In an embodiment a method is provided for generating pressure in a lubricating liquid and providing said liquid to a lubricating station at predetermined intervals. In another embodiment an app... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4205708 | Lubricating system and method for a textile machine The lubricating system generates and delivers a programed sequence of gas (compressed air) pulses and lubricant-mist pulses to the lubricating stations of the textile machine. The pulses are determined by an electronic controller which selectively activat... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4188980 | Lubricating means for reciprocating filling-yarn inserters This invention relates to an improvement in a weaving machine with filling-yarn insertion by means of inserters adapted to be alternatingly advanced into and retracted from the shed and being composed of long support devices having gripper systems at the ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4155378 | Method for driving shuttles of a wave-shed machine, and wave-shed loom for carrying out the method A method of driving shuttles through sheds formed by warp yarns of a wave-type loom in which a transport edge of the shuttles is lubricated before entrance into the warp yarns, and a wave-shed loom for carrying out the method of driving the shuttles.... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4117869 | Oil mist lubricated textile machine and method An apparatus and method for reducing contamination of areas ambient to a textile machine such as a machine having fabric forming instrumentalities for forming textile strand materials into fabric and a lubrication system for the fabric forming instrumenta... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4046224 | Apparatus for lubricating the gripper band of a shuttleless loom Apparatus for lubricating and cooling the gripper band on a shuttleless loom in which a roller containing lubricant is resiliently biased against one side of the gripper band and driven by the movement of the gripper band.... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4003409 | Arrangement for oil spray pumps An oil spraying pump having a piston which is stationary with respect to a movable cylinder having a discharge opening therein. A normally sealed bore-hole extends through the piston from the cylinder interior to atmosphere. Means are provided to supply o... | 01/18/1977 |
