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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341077 | Method for operating a loom A loom having a first drive motor (10), which for instance drives a batten (13), and having at least one second drive motor (44), which drives a dobby (46), is provided with a control and regulating device (48), which forms a rotat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7055349 | Yarn feeding device for flat knitting machine An object of the invention is to be provide a yarn feeding apparatus of a flat knitting machine capable of accurately predicting a required amount of a knitting yarn and knitting a fabric while supplying knitting yarn necessary for knitting. The knitting yarn is fed... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6945282 | Method and device for forming a shed in a weaving machine A shed-forming device and a method for using it are provided for creating a shed of warp yarns in a weaving machine. The shed-forming device includes a plurality of yarn separating elements operably disposed to one another within the weaving machine. The yarn separa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 5958804 | Fabrics having improved ballistic performance and processes for making the same The invention provides fabrics having improved ballistic performance and processes for making the same. The fabrics include a network of consolidated multifilament yarns formed of high strength filaments. At least a portion of the high strength filaments ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5538048 | System and method for regulating the cloth fell position in a loom A system and method for regulating the cloth fell position in a loom. The desired lengths of cloth and warp thread are determined by averaging the actual values over a given number of weft insertions. The actual lengths of the cloth and warp thread are th... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5487413 | Method for restarting the operation of an air jet loom, after defective weft removal A loom is slowly operated in reverse rotation to move the loom to a position where a cutter is able to easily cut an improper weft when there occurs an error in the picking motion. Then, the loom is operated in normal rotation to move it to a position whe... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5421377 | Weaving process using warps of size-free flat multifilament yarns and woven fabrics obtainable thereby A process for producing woven fabrics which includes the steps of i) producing a stabilized size-free flat multifilament yarn, ii) forming a warp form the flat multifilament yarn of step i), III) leasing the warp formed in step ii) into the heddles of the... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5386855 | Device for automatically varying the position of the shed vertex in a loom A device for automatically varying, during the transient states following loom stoppages, the shed vertex position in the loom. The device consists of a sensor for determining the beat-up pulse intensity of the loom reed. The device also is connected to a... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5335698 | Method of restarting a loom after stoppage A method of restarting a loom after an interruption in the weaving process. A cloth fell (15) is moved from an operative or beating position (15) to a second position (15') away from a sley (4). The weft yarn is prevented from being fed into a shed (20) a... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5224520 | Weaving bar prevention in a jet loom Upon slow operation of a loom, a feed-out motor for a warp beam or a wind-up motor for a surface roller is driven to thereby displace a cloth fell of woven fabric from a normal position toward the fabric, and upon completion of the slow operation, the mot... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5170821 | Warp tension control apparatus with tension reduction during loom stop A warp tension control apparatus includes a tension detector for detecting the tension of a warp and an operation mode controller for generating a control signal to drive a motor so as to minimize the deviation between the detected tension and a normal ta... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5069257 | Method of regulating the speed of warp threads as a function of weave pattern and warp tension The warp beam and/or cloth beam of a loom is driven by a programmable stepping motor. The speed of the motor is regulated, preferably in such a way that the tension of the warp threads remains constant. Improved tension control is obtained by further prog... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5024253 | System for controlling warp take up and let off rates A take-up rate and a let-off rate in warp feed on a loom are controlled while a displacement (ƊL) of a cloth fell position C is taken into account. The system comprises a cloth fell position compensation circuit (2, 16, 21) which outputs a cloth fell com... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4942908 | Warp transfer control system of loom for filling density change A warp transfer control system for a loom, includes a first actuator for varying a warp let-off speed, a second actuator for varying a fabric take-up speed to change a filling density, and a control unit which has a take-up control section for controlling... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4817677 | Method for controlling the warp let-off and cloth take-up on weaving machines Method for controlling the warp let-off on weaving machines, with the characteristic that the method consists of: detecting the variation with time of at least one of the parameters which are a function of the warp tension and speed of motion of the warp ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4768564 | Wireless let-off and take-up control system A wireless let-off and take-up control system for controlling the let-off motion and take-up mechanism of a loom or looms by wireless. The control system comprises a portable transmitter or transmitters, and a receiver or receivers each associated with th... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4619294 | Method of and apparatus for controlling motor-driven let-off and take-up system for looms Motor-driven let-off and take-up motions in a loom are controlled by controlling the rotation of a motor for driving warp yarns with a tension control system operating in response to a signal indicative of a target tension and a feedback input signal indi... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4605044 | Takeup motion control device for looms A takeup motion control device for a loom includes an input setting unit for producing functions of a repetitive period and a takeup speed, a function generator for storing the functions in relation to r.p.m. of the loom, an arithmetic control unit for su... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4593236 | Regulation device for the rotary drive of a supply roll device, especially a warp beam of a weaving machine A regulation device for the rotary drive of a warp beam of a weaving machine for producing as uniform as possible a tension force on an unwinding material or group of warp threads conducted to a weaving device and then to a fabric take-up device. A tachom... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4585037 | Method of regulating warp yarn tension in a weaving machine A method of regulating the tension of warp yarns in a weaving machine is disclosed herein. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, variation in warp yarn tension is detected by a tension roller which is movable with a change in the tension. The speed ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4430870 | Control arrangement for a rotatable winding arrangement In a control arrangement for the motor of a winding arrangement, such as a partial warp beam in a warp knitting machine, there is provided a controller. The controller controls the rate of rotation of the motors of the turning arrangements that influence ... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4402347 | Warp let-off and its drive in a loom A loom capable of weaving a wide variety of cloths, the loom requiring at most the simple exchange of gears to permit it to weave cloths of widely varying characteristics. The loom has an input driving element for the warp beam let-off motion which is dri... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4164963 | Apparatus for forming a narrow weave from bare elastomeric threads A narrow woven stretch fabric is formed from bare elastomeric warp threads separated by high shrink warp threads and from a high shrink weft thread. The edge elastomeric warp threads are loosely wrapped with heat set yarn. These edge threads, which are un... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4125131 | Fixed driving connection between a guide roller and delivery roller of a loom A loom including a drive device for weaving fabric from warp yarn extending from a source over a back rest provided adjacent one end of the loom and after being woven into fabric being fed over a breast beam positioned adjacent the other end of the loom. ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 3934620 | Synchronizing apparatus for the drawing roller and the warp beam in a loom To provide synchronization between the drawing roller and the warp beam of a loom, direct transmission is provided between the two members by means of an intermediate shaft which is independent of the speed of the loom. Any variation in the density of the... | 01/27/1976 |
