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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6543093 | Apparatus for detecting displacements and/or presence of sliver in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes an arrangement for forwarding a sliver through a space in an advancing direction; an arrangement for continuously displacing the sliver in the space transversely to the advancing direction while the sliver is forwarded ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5991977 | Drawing unit for a fiber processing machine particularly a regulated drawing frame for processing cotton A drawing unit for drawing sliver includes first and second drawing roll pairs being spaced from one another in the direction of sliver advance. One drawing roll in each drawing roll pair is a driven roll. There are further provided first and second drive... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5538490 | Safety bar mechanism and sheet processing device having a safety bar mechanism A safety bar mechanism and sheet processing device having a safety bar mechanism, with which such an accident that the operator's hand is pinched between a table and peripheral devices etc. can be positively avoided whatever direction an external force ex... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5524325 | Gin stand heat detection apparatus A gin stand heat detection apparatus which includes a pair of infrared thermocouples typically mounted on the main frame weldment of a gin assembly in facing relationship beside the saw cylinder assembly and the doffing roller, for monitoring the temperat... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5369844 | Method and device for controlling a combing machine The position of the gripper unit in a combing machine is monitored, and when the machine is to be halted its stoppage is controlled such that the machine halts always and only when the gripper unit is at its point of maximum opening or maximum closeness t... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5131515 | Safety apparatus closure lock controlling access to rotational member A safety apparatus for controlling access to a work object having an active mode and a passive mode, the apparatus having a lock assembly for obstructing access, in a first condition, and alternatively permitting access, in a second condition, to the work... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5003668 | Textile spinning machine The textile machine, for example a spinning machine, comprising at least one drawing system consisting of a plurality of runs, such as pairs of rollers and the like. At least two such runs each have a cylinder having markings which are detected by a senso... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4993120 | Apparatus and method for preventing permanent impressions in a fiber web delivered from a feed chute during a machine stoppage A card feed is disclosed in which, in order to prevent machine stoppages from causing the formation of permanent impressions in a fiber web delivered from a feed chute, a displaceable delivery roller is movable on the occasion of a machine stoppage by mea... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4987648 | Combing machine with workstations having a monitoring unit at each workstation The combing machine is provided with a plurality of workstations each of which is provided with a table containing a funnel through which a combed web is formed into a sliver. Each table is pivotally mounted on a fixed shaft and a monitoring unit is provi... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4805266 | Apparatus for detecting foreign bodies in a mass of textile fibers An arrangement for ascertaining the presence of foreign bodies in a mass of fiber tufts includes a fiber tuft-supporting surface having a width; a device for providing a loose fiber tuft layer on the fiber tuft-supporting surface; and a foreign body detec... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4707887 | Apparatus for detecting foreign bodies, such as pieces of metal or the like, in textile fiber bales Apparatus for detecting a foreign body in a textile fiber bale. A search device is provided for detecting a foreign body in a textile fiber bale and a mechanism is provided for varying the location of the search device and of the fiber bale relative to on... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4454631 | Improved safety bar cutoff and brake method An emergency actuator bar extends across an opening in the housing of a lint cleaner in a cotton gin. Actuator arms which hold the bar also normally hold a trip plate in the run position. However, a workman striking the emergency bar will remove a sear on... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4439894 | Door-operated safety shutoff system A safety system operatively connected with a door, includes an air line, a pressure difference generator communicating with the air line and operatively connected with the door for altering the pressure of air in the air line when the door moves from a cl... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4416035 | Safety bar cutoff and brake An emergency actuator bar extends across an opening in the housing of a lint cleaner in a cotton gin. Actuator arms which hold the bar also normally hold a trip plate in the run position. However, a workman striking the emergency bar will remove a sear on... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4364151 | Accident prevention system for machines having one or more movable components An accident prevention system for machines having one or more movable components, such as rotatable components, has a cover by means of which access may be had to the movable component and which can be moved to an open position. A latching arrangement nor... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4167803 | Apparatus for detecting foreign bodies in a textile lap An apparatus for detecting metallic bodies in a running textile lap performs the steps of generating a high-frequency electromagnetic field; passing the textile lap through the high-frequency electromagnetic field; and deriving a sensor signal as a functi... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4115903 | Processing of fibrous materials to reduce same to a generally homogeneous mass of fibers Fibrous materials are processed to produce a homogeneous mass of fibres by using a series of clothed cylinders, the fibrous material having passed from one cylinder to another. The cylinders progressively have coarser teeth, alternate cylinders rotating i... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4100649 | Method and apparatus for producing a uniform textile fiber sliver An apparatus for producing a uniform textile fiber sliver which is removed from a sliver supply device, for instance a card, and taken-up by a driven take-up or receiving device, wherein the fiber sliver removed from the sliver supply device is guided thr... | 07/18/1978 |
| 3999249 | Driving method and apparatus for a tandem carding machine A method for driving a Tandem carding machine provided with a fiber tufts supply means, a first and second carding machine, a first web transfer means disposed between the first and second carding machine, a second web transfer means for transferring a co... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3971103 | Safety device for stopping the bale plucking operation A safety device for stopping the bale plucking operation of a bale plucker provided with a detecting device for detecting the existence of metallic substances contained in a fiber bale. The detecting device is disposed at a position along a path of recipr... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3955243 | Apparatus for receiving a silver can and for controlling the quantity of material deposited therein The turntable on which the silver can is mounted is connected to a piston of a compressed air cylinder and air pressure is used to maintain the piston and table in preset positions. When the silver can is filled to the preset weight, the table and piston ... | 05/11/1976 |
