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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5055829 | Method and apparatus for monitoring yarn tension In monitoring the yarn tension at each of a plurality of yarn processing stations, the mean value of the monitored tension is continuously determined at each station, and the differential between the monitored value and the mean value is also continuously... | 10/08/1991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4881062 | Yarn break detector for spinning and weaving machines A device for detecting break of any of a plurality of yarns arranged closely to each other in a spinning or weaving machine such as loom, knitting machine, warping machine, etc., includes sensor electrodes disposed in correspondence to the respective yarn... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4766647 | Apparatus and method for measuring a property of a continuous strand of fibrous materials A method and apparatus are disclosed primarily for measuring the linear density of a sliver of fibrous strands (e.g. textile) as they are drawn through a trumpet on a processing machine. The measurement is made by detecting the naturally occurring acousti... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4319235 | Yarn-piecing and cleaning system for a spinning machine An order produced by an interruption of yarn delivery at the exit of a spinning unit is cancelled so that the yarn-piecing automaton does not stop in front of the unit but continues to travel towards another spinning unit. At the same time, an alarm syste... | 03/09/1982 |
