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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7543610 | Thread clamp for a rapier head A thread clamp for a rapier head (1) is presented which contains a clamping part (4) for firmly clamping a weft thread (3) and an actuator (5) for moving the clamping part (4). The actuator (5) includes a ferromagnetic core ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7475709 | Yarn feeding device The invention relates to a method for inserting weft yarn material, comprising an insertion system in a loom. According to the invention, for every insertion the insertion system (A) is supplied with a substantial part of the weft yarn required for the insertion in ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7299827 | Loom restarting method A loom restarting method restarts a loom stopped due to a loom stopping cause without entailing a “wavy set mark”. When a loom is stopped due to a loom stopping cause entailing faulty picking, the loom restarting method provides a loom stopping command, withhold... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7249725 | Thread carrying apparatus and a textile machine, in particular a weaving machine, including a thread carrying apparatus for this kind In accordance with the invention a thread carrying apparatus is proposed with a thread (2) lying in contact with or passing along the thread carrying apparatus with friction in the operating state. The thread carrying apparatus includes excitation means (3... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243872 | Device for detecting and/or adjusting a tensile force in a yarn Apparatus monitoring and/or adjusting tensile force in a yarn (10) including at least three consecutive yarn deflecting elements (11, 12, 13) of which the central deflecting element (12) is displaceably held by a retention device (14) tha... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7197796 | Yarn withdrawal apparatus A yarn withdrawal apparatus for continuously withdrawing a yarn from a feed yarn package and then from a reserve package, where the trailing yarn end on the feed package is knotted to the leading end of the yarn on the reserve package. The transition of the yarn fro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156337 | Method for inserting weft yarns The invention relates to a method for inserting weft yarn material, comprising an insertion system in a loom. According to the invention, for every insertion the insertion system (A) is supplied with a substantial part of the weft yarn required for the insertion in ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134458 | Method of producing reinforcing fiber woven fabric and production device therefor and reinforcing fiber woven fabric A method of producing a reinforcing fiber woven fabric, for producing on a weaving machine a reinforcing fiber woven fabric from wefts of reinforcing fiber yarns and warps of reinforcing fiber yarns, the method comprising providing, on a weft supply passage for supp... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125182 | Printer Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7096806 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083134 | Yarn feeding device The invention relates to a yarn feeding device (F) for weaving or knitting machines whose winding element (W) is driven by an electric motor (M) controlled by an electronic speed control device (CU). According to the invention, the electric motor (M) is a synchronou... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059556 | Thread supplying device A thread supplying device provided with a housing containing an electric motor wherein the stator is non-rotatingly mounted and the rotor is rotatingly mounted on a motor shaft. A thread guiding element is fixed to the motor shaft and a threader device which is fixe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7039489 | Monitoring of thread transport A method for monitoring the transport of a thread in a weaving machine is presented in which the thread includes thread sections (21, 21.i) which are transported with an associated speed (vi). In this method, values (24) of at least o... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6997215 | Method for weaving low flaw cloths by means of the elimination of weft thread sections which have irregularities The method for weaving low flaw cloths (4) comprises an elimination of weft thread sections which have irregularities (22, 22′). The method is carried out by means of a weaving machine (1) which in the presence of an irregularity on a weft thr... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6983771 | Feeding device A feeding device for a mechanical weaving machine, including a winding element which can be driven in a rotating manner, a stationary storage, and at least one stop element. The stop element can be axially and radially moved in relation to the storage body, between ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976511 | Method for the control of a weft yarn feeding device in a yarn processing system, and yarn processing system A yarn processing system includes a weft yarn feeding device with a control unit and a power loom which consumes weft yarn. In operation, a run-signal is generated by the power loom that initializes the start-up of the weaving operation. A start-signal that is deriv... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959738 | Method and apparatus for entangling filaments in a weft yarn on a weaving loom with pneumatic weft insertion The filaments in a weft thread or yarn in a pneumatic loom are tangled and consolidated to prevent untangling of the weft thread when it is transported, after the tangling, through the weft insertion channel in a loom shed. For this purpose the leading end of the we... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6948532 | Method and apparatus for the weft insertion in a jet weaving machine A method for the weft insertion in a jet weaving machine is proposed, in which in each work cycle a weft thread (S1) of predeterminable length which is to be inserted is drawn off from a winding drum (3) of a thread supply apparatus (2), the wef... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948530 | Weaving machine A weaving machine is constructed to use a magnetic traction device to reciprocate the shuttle in moving weft threads over warp threads at a high speed without producing noise and preventing direct contact between parts. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945183 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942210 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus according to the present invention includes: a feed rotary member rotationally driven in a sheet feeding direction; a retard rotary member in contact with the feed rotary member under a predetermined pressure and rotationally driven in a di... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941976 | Method for controlling a yarn feeding device of a weaving machine The invention relates to a method for the control of a power-loom yarn feed device, whereby a drive motor for a rotating winding element is accelerated, decelerated or stopped, on demand, for yarn storage and, in order to avoid slack yarn during the stopping of the ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931299 | Micro-control apparatus for circular knitting machines A micro-control apparatus for circular knitting machines that operates through the request of a host end including an input unit to provide operating functions, a processing unit to command input, output and communication, a communication unit to provide a communica... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918414 | Weft length measuring storage unit A weft length measuring storage unit is characterized by comprising avoidance mechanism for setting said weft length measuring storage unit such that a weft is not measured its length or stored while maintaining operable one or more driven members which are driven b... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915831 | Drum for wrapping a cord A cord-wrapping device has a cord attached to a drum and includes a steeply inclined inlet portion and a second less inclined portion adjacent to said steeply inclined inlet. A cord feed guide directs the cord to begin wrapping onto the steeply inclined portion of t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6868871 | Stopper magnet for a measuring yarn feeder A method for controlling the motion of a yarn stopper magnet in a measuring feeder for textile machines, preferably for weaving machines of the air-or waterjet-type. The stopper magnet has an armature connected to a yarn stopper element, which armature co-acts with ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6752177 | Self-adjusting braking device for weft feeders A self-adjusting braking device for weft feeders, comprising a frustum-shaped braking body that acts on a thread, is suspended elastically in front of the drum of the feeder and is pushed into elastic tangent contact with the drum along an exit circumference of the ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6752178 | Method for inserting an elastomeric yarn and yarn processing system A method for inserting a longitudinally elastic yarn from a yarn supply into a shuttleless weaving machine. The yarn is first removed with positive yarn feed from the yarn supply. Afterwards, the yarn in intermediately stored in adjacent windings with a predetermine... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6739357 | Device for smoothening the unwinding from the cylinder of the loops of yarn forming the weft reserve, in weft suppliers for fluid jet looms A device for smoothening the unwinding from the cylinder of the loops of yarn of the weft reserve in weft suppliers for fluid jet looms, is described. The device comprises a pneumatic device capable of subjecting the yarn to a fluid flow, such as an air stream, havi... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6726139 | Method for feeding a thread without twists and a thread feeding device A method and apparatus for feeding a thread to a textile machine in a twist-free manner, which thread has a band-like character. The thread is taken twist-free from a stock and is stored on a stationary storage drum in a thread feeding apparatus. The thread feeding ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6691942 | Yarn feeding device The invention relates to a yarn feeding device with a stationary storage drum and an adjustable yarn pitch. The yarn feeding device comprises a motor housing, a drive shaft of a winding element and a storage drum. Said storage drum consists of meshing fin... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6637692 | Yarn feeding device and yarn braking body A yarn feeder including a stationary storage body and a yarn brake having a brake element which axially contacts the storage body. The brake element is embodied by a truncated cone-shaped, thin-walled braking band which is held externally in an elastic, c... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6572047 | Yarn brake and yarn feeding device having a yarn brake A ring-shaped, thin walled braking body with a circumferentially continuous and conical braking surface in a yarn brake for a yarn feeding device. The braking body is held by a first spring assembly in its outer region in a ring-shaped carrying structure.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6546967 | Method and arrangement for the linear measurement and magazine storage of thread in looms or textile machines In an arrangement for the linear measurement and magazine storage of thread (7) ahead of the pick in looms or textile machines (18) use is made of thread feed elements (1) and thread length-measuring elements (2) together with magazines (6) designed to st... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6513554 | Yarn processing system and method to operate a yarn processing system A yarn processing system includes a yarn consuming textile machine and at least one yard feeding device, each having electric drive means and electronic control and/or monitoring means. The yarn processing system includes data transmission paths for mutua... | 02/04/2003 |
