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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7845054 | Apparatus on a combing machine for monitoring the noil percentage In an apparatus on a combing machine for monitoring the noil percentage, having a supply device, a combing device for combing out fiber material to be combed and at least one device for forming a combed sliver, at least one arrangement is present for continuous auto... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7823257 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for the fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle, especially for combing, which is supplied by means of supply device to a fiber-sorting device, especially a combing device, in which a mechanical device is present which generates a combing ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7418768 | Set, comprising a plurality of needles having an angular front tip With a set, in particular for fixed combs or round combs on textile combing machines, comprising a plurality of needles which are arranged adjacent to each other, whereby each needle comprises a foot section and a tip section, and whereby between the tip sections of... | 09/02/2008 |
| 6983515 | Device for perpendicular stratification of planary fibrous shapes A device for perpendicular stratification of planary fibrous shapes, above all of fibrous web, comprising two synchronously moving elements, connected with the driving mechanism according to the invention consists in that the reciprocating moving elements are connec... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6829810 | Support for a combing means for an opening roller and method of making and using same A support for a combing means for an opening roller comprises an opening roller combing means, which is designed as a saw-toothed helix having multiple thread grooves. The number of threads amounts to approximately between one twentieth and one thirthieth (expressed... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6591458 | Top comb The invention relates to a top comb for a textile treating or processing machine, especially a combing machine. Said top comb comprises a plurality of needles that are arranged in at least one row in a side-by-side parallel relation. Said needles, at leas... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6550105 | Follow-up system for a reserve lap in a combing machine The method and an apparatus provide for the automatic provision and transfer of a reserve lap (WR) from a reserve position (RP) to a working position (AP) in a machine (K1 to K3) for processing wound laps and for the automatic discharge of an empty tube (... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6449805 | Follow-up system for a reserve lap in a combing machine The method and an apparatus provide for the automatic provision and transfer of a reserve lap (WR) from a reserve position (RP) to a working position (AP) in a machine (K1 to K3) for processing wound laps and for the automatic discharge of an empty tube (... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6393666 | Control unit for "pilgrim step" operation of the detaching cylinders in a combing machine A control unit (10) for "pilgrim step" operation of the detaching cylinders (22, 23) in a combing machine, comprising a first electric motor, which rotates the circular comb (18) of the combing machine with uniform motion and a second electric motor (11),... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6353974 | Circular comb arrangement An arrangement for a rotatable circular comb for processing fibers supplied in the form of a fiber band has arrangement sections fastened on a circular cylindrical mantle surface that is rotatable about an axis of rotation in a direction of rotation. The ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6226838 | Device for opening slivers A device for opening slivers (4) for feeding an OE spinning device (3), comprising a sliver feed device defining a sliver clamping position (7), a rotating opening roller (8) having a circumference with spirally extending combing elements (9, 24) for enga... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6167595 | Method and device for automatically replacing the lap, preparing and joining its edges and restarting it in a combing machine A method and device substitutes, prepares and joins laps in a combing machine, in which the preparation of an edge of a new lap package is made by holding fast the package in an unwinding position, while handling its clamped and crimped edge in a tearing ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6065277 | Process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having improved uniformity, physical properties, and luster and yarns thus produced A process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having a reduced number of irregularities and increased luster is described. The process involves dyeing at least a portion of the cotton fibers which are to form the yarn, then combing the dyed fibers subseq... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5894637 | Top comb for a comber A top comb for a comber has a longitudinally elongated support element extending transverse to a combing direction and a plurality of comb teeth fixed next to one another in a longitudinally extending row along the support element. Each tooth is formed at... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5778493 | Device and method for automatically replacing the feed lap packages and for preparing and joining the relative edges in a combing machine A method for automatically replacing laps in a combing machine, comprising clamping the depleting lap portion, preparing it and retaining its terminal edge fringe, loading the new lap, preparing its initial edge fringe, superposing the edge fringes and jo... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5768880 | Opening roller for an open-end spinning device An opening roller for an open-end spinning device comprises a shaft supported in a bearing housing. A base body is arranged on the shaft, on which base body an exchangeable ring with combing structure is slidably arranged . The ring with combing structure... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5689946 | Opening roller for an open-end spinning arrangement An opening roller for an open-end spinning arrangement is provided with a combing ring, which is slidably mounted onto a base body and is supported between two clamping surfaces. In order to fix the combing ring radially to a cylindrical guiding surface o... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5634243 | System and method for producing a bleached cotton, nonwoven web A continuous textile processing system and method are disclosed for producing a non-woven web containing bleached cotton fibers in a single line system which includes a supply of fibers delivered from a bale opening device, a plurality of fiber delivery l... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5617613 | System for producing a bleached cotton, nonwoven web A continuous textile processing system and method are disclosed for producing a nonwoven web containing bleached cotton fibers in a single line system which includes a supply of fibers such as a bale opening device, a plurality of fiber delivery lines tra... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5517725 | Comber machine A comber has a nipper head (3), detaching rolls (6), and half-lap (4), wherein, during a combing cycle, the nipper head (3) and the detaching rolls (6) are moved by a drive system (31 to 40) out of a rear end position relative to one another into a front ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5509178 | Feed comb arrangement In a feed comb arrangement for a combing machine comprising an intermittently driven pair of feed rollers preceding the feed comb arrangement in the transport direction of the fiber web to be combed and a take-down arrangement, in particular in the form o... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5502875 | Continuous drive unit for combers, a drafting arrangement and a coiler can The combing machine has a row of combing heads which are allocated with a drive shaft extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the row. The combing heads are provided downstream with a drafting arrangement whose cylinders are arranged horizonta... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5467506 | Nipper apparatus for use in comber A nipper apparatus for use in a comber has a nipper frame having a cushion plate fixed to a lower portion of the frame. The nipper frame is suspended as a whole by a nipper pivot and a nipper shaft and is arranged to swing toward and away from a detaching... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5464660 | Use of special compounds as smoothing agents in combing oils Special compounds, having solidification points above 25° C., selected from the group of dialkylethers and/or carboxylic acid esters are used as smooth agents for the production of wool combed slivers.... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5457851 | Combing machine with evenness and waste monitoring Combing machine. The combing machine includes a process control computer for the preparatory machine of a textile spinning mill, the former being located upstream of a combing machine which reacts to signals from the combing machine, which signals are rep... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5430917 | Method and apparatus for piecing lap sheets A method and apparatus for piecing lap sheets in a textile machine, such as a comber or ribbon lap machine. The machine is stopped when a lap roll EL is nearly emptied. A pressing member 53 at a rest position C1 is moved to an operating position C2, and a... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5425158 | Method for producing a bleached cotton, nonwoven web A continuous textile processing system and method are disclosed for producing a non-woven web containing bleached cotton fibers in a single line system which includes a supply of fibers delivered from a bale opening device, a plurality of fiber delivery l... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5419952 | Making slub yarn on open-end machine, and composite fabric Denim fabric is made from warp yarn which is at least 30% novelty cotton yarn having irregularly spaced effects (e.g. slubs) about one-half inch to two inches in length. The cotton novelty yarn is made by separating cotton sliver into cotton fibers, and a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5369845 | Device for fixing rectilinear combs in a combing machine To fix the rectilinear combs (4) of a combing machine, a pneumatic system is provided comprising presser elements (16) acting on the section bars (5) of the combs (4) and operated by respective pistons (17) which move within chambers (18) provided in the ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5367746 | Drive for a comber One or both of the lap rollers on which a lap roll is mounted for unwinding purposes is driven with an increasing speed during the winding-off interval so as to maintain the thickness of the lap layer constant. This, in turn, maintains the count of the sl... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5361468 | System for automatically rippling and hackling wig yarns A system for automatically rippling and hackling wig yarns. The system comprises a rippling heater having a pair of wave rollers each having a waveformed surface and a heating coil, a cooler having a cooling belt and a blast unit comprising a blast fan, a... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5337456 | Method and apparatus for opening a wadding lap In order to open the start of a wadding from a wadding lap, a current of air is produced by a nozzle in the unrolling direction of the wadding lap substantially tangential of the wadding lap and with a spacing to the periphery of the wadding lap. The curr... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5303453 | Textile machine A textile machine is provided with apparatus for preparing the trailing end of a lap and a leading end of a fresh lap so that each end has a reduced fiber mass per unit length of lap in the prepared end. These lap ends are thereafter superimposed and join... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5230125 | Combing machine and process for forming an even combed sliver The combing machine is provided with a plurality of combing devices for delivering a plurality of combed slivers as well as a drafting system for receiving and drafting the combed slivers for delivery to a can press. A measuring device is provided to meas... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5095586 | Method of changing a lap roll in a combing head and a combing head for a combing machine A combing head comprises carrying and drive rollers for the lap roll, a cylinder, a detaching roller pair and nippers reciprocable between a drawn-back position and an advanced position. When the trailing end of the lap material runs off the winding tube,... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5077865 | Comber lap joining device with suction head for preparing ends A textile machine is provided with apparatus for preparing the trailing end of a lap and a leading end of a fresh lap so that each end has a reduced fiber mass per unit length of lap in the prepared end. These lap ends are thereafter superimposed and join... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5038441 | Combing machine having apparatus for changing lap rolls Two lap slivers lying one on top of the other are continuously fed to the combing tools in a plurality of combing heads of a combing machine. The first lap sliver comes from a first lap roll carried by a rear carrier device, and runs over a front carrier ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5027475 | Method and apparatus for automatic piecing of comber laps A textile machine is provided with apparatus for preparing the trailing end of a lap and a leading end of a fresh lap so that each end has a reduced fiber mass per unit length of lap in the prepared end. These lap ends are thereafter superimposed and join... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5023977 | Sliver guide for a textile machine The sliver guide is comprised of a cylindrical sleeve rotatably mounted on an inner element fixed to the guide table. The sleeve carries a radial outwardly projecting flange above the table in order to support the combed sliver such that the moving sliver... | 06/18/1991 |
