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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367088 | Apparatus at a carding machine having a web removal and silver formation device In an apparatus at a carding machine having a web removal and sliver formation device, there are provided, following on from the web removal device, a web funnel and a pair of draw-off rollers, which are arranged to pivot together with a rotary mounting. In order to... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7150077 | Apparatus and method for splicing sliver of yarn during yarn formation and processing An apparatus (20) and methods are provided for splicing selected portions of sliver (S) such as during yarn formation and processing. The apparatus (20) preferably includes a needle carrying member (35) having a plurality of needles (32) ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6694572 | Sliver channel with reduced friction A coiler plate is provided for sliver coil depositing. The coiler plate has a rotational axis, a spatially curved sliver channel having a wall, an inside wall surface, a sliver inlet, and a sliver outlet. The sliver inlet is arranged substantially coaxial... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6588066 | Sliver-forming device in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes an arrangement for producing a running fiber web having a width extending perpendicularly to the running direction; a roll unit having a roll axis and a roll surface engaging the running web; a web guiding element dispo... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6568039 | Sliver channel with reduced friction A coiler plate is provided for sliver coil depositing. The coiler plate has a rotational axis, a spatially curved sliver channel having a wall, an inside wall surface, a sliver inlet, a sliver outlet, and a plurality of air inlets in the sliver channel wa... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550106 | Fiber web guiding device for forming a sliver from a fiber web A fiber sliver producing apparatus includes an arrangement for making a running fiber web and a web gathering device which has a plurality of walls defining an inner space through which the fiber web runs in an advancing direction. The walls are stationar... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6453513 | Apparatus for introducing sliver into a textile processing machine An apparatus for introducing a plurality of slivers simultaneously to a sliver processing machine includes an arrangement for withdrawing the slivers from coiler cans; a creel; a plurality of supply rolls mounted on the creel and contacting the slivers; a... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6425163 | Coiler can having a vertically movable bottom A coiler can for accommodating sliver includes a vertical wall defining an inner can space and a can top through which sliver may be deposited into and withdrawn from the can space; a vertically shiftable bottom disposed in the inner can space; and a tens... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6401303 | Fleece funnel A fleece funnel is provided which is placed at a predetermined distance behind the output rolls of the stretch works of a textile machine, particularly a carding machine. The longitudinal side of the funnel is laterally closed by a baffle plate. The baffl... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6389648 | Device and method for lengthening a free sliver end in a coiler can An apparatus for lengthening, to a determined extent, a free sliver end portion hanging on an exterior face and from an upper edge of a can containing sliver deposited in coils, includes a device for grasping and firmly holding the free sliver end portion... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6345417 | Sliver trumpet for forming a sliver from a fiber web A fiber sliver producing apparatus includes an arrangement for making a running fiber web; a transverse web gathering device gathering the fiber web; and a sliver trumpet through which the gathered fiber web passes for being densified and discharged there... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6336256 | Apparatus for the entry of a fiber band into a stretch machine The object of the invention is to facilitate the entry of a fiber band into a drawing machine. The invention is comprised of a fiber band insertion apparatus having a combination condenser and guide device with a longitudinal slot extending over its entir... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6334237 | Sliver accommodation-conical method and device This invention relates to a method and apparatus for loading sliver onto a sliver tray placed in a designated location in a semi-truncated conical shape without using spindles. This invention enables sliver S spun out of a coiler system C to be accommodat... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6295699 | Sliver orienting device in a draw frame A draw frame for drawing a plurality of simultaneously running inputted slivers and for combining the drawn silvers into a single outputted sliver includes a draw unit having an inlet, an outlet and a roll assembly between the inlet and the outlet for dra... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6195974 | Process and device for the automatic introduction of a fiber sliver The instant invention relates to a process and to a device for automatic introduction of a fiber sliver into a textile machine equipped with a feed mechanism. The end of the fiber sliver is brought into a defined receiving position in which it is introduc... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6158090 | Device and method for collection of the web, and drawing of the latter into the output unit of a carder Method and device for collection of the web, and drawing of the latter into the output unit of a carder, in which the drawing is subdivided for a first part between the compactor unit for the web and the first pair of drawing rollers for the strip, and a ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154930 | Drawing frame with two drawing heads in cascade A textile machine, more particularly a drawing frame, carries out two drawing passes while reducing as much as possible the harmful effects of any stoppage and eliminating the need for spare tubs holding processed slivers of cotton fibers.... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6151760 | Sliver guiding assembly for a draw frame A sliver guiding assembly for the passage of a sliver bundle discharged in a sliver advancing direction by output rolls of a drawing unit forming part of a draw frame. The assembly includes a sliver guide having a wall face converging in a direction of th... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6119312 | Device mounted on a spinning preparation machine, such as carding machine, a draw frame or the like, for guiding and compressing a sliver bundle A device for guiding and compressing a sliver running through the device in a travel direction includes first and second guide elements adjoining one another in the travel direction. Each guide element has two opposite first sides and two opposite second ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119313 | Apparatus for the manufacture or finishing of fiber band In regard an apparatus for the manufacture or finishing treatment of a fiber band (31), such as, for instance, a drawing frame or a carding process, the fiber band (31) is conducted between two feeler rolls (6, 6'). The feeler rolls (6, 6') are adjustable... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6081972 | Fiber band feed apparatus with guide and monitor for breakage The invention concerns a textile machine operating on fiber band with a feeding device for the fiber band and a guide element for the fiber band and further provided with a band monitor for the discovery of band breakage. The band monitor (BW, BW1, BW2, B... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6065191 | Method and apparatus for splicing and feeding slivers An apparatus for splicing a leading end of a first sliver deposited in a coiler can and a trailing end of an out-running second sliver fed into a fiber processing machine, includes a device for tapering the leading and trailing ends to obtain gradually ta... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6058570 | Inflow sensor for a drawing equipment The invention concerns a process and a device for recording a parameter on several slivers (11) fed to a controlled drawing frame. In order to produce a more accurate measured value and at the same time influence the slivers to the smallest possible exten... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6032335 | Apparatus for drawing a fibrous strand into an element of a textile machine The invention relates device for drawing an elongated textile intermediate product (2), such as a staple fiber fleece or sliver, into a receiving element (3) of a textile machine station. In order to be able to take in, transport onwards and twist elongat... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6021548 | Sliver guiding device for a fiber processing textile machine A fiber processing textile machine includes a mechanism for advancing a sliver bundle, formed of a plurality of slivers, in a travel path in a direction of sliver feed; and a sliver guiding body positioned in the travel path and having an axis of rotation... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5996182 | Process and device for the automatic introduction of a fiber silver The instant invention relates to a process and to a device for automatic introduction of a fiber sliver into a textile machine equipped with a feed mechanism. The end of the fiber sliver is brought into a defined receiving position in which it is introduc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5996181 | Apparatus for bundling a drafted roving There is described an apparatus for bundling a drafted roving (4), comprising a rotating conveying surface (3) provided with air through-holes (6) succeeding each other in direction of rotation (9), and comprising a suction means connected to the conveyin... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5966780 | Method for monitoring the fill state of sliver cans A method for improving the monitoring of the fill state of a sliver can (5) at a spinning station of a textile machine processing sliver wherein a defined portion (24 or 124) of a can bottom (22) is initially kept free from sliver (6) while a predetermine... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5953792 | Guide apparatus between delivery rolls and calender rolls A guide apparatus (1) for the fiber band of a textile machine which processes fibers, is situated between a pair of delivery rolls and a pair of calender rolls. The guide apparatus (1) exhibits a nozzle assembly (2, 3) with respective guide passage axes (... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5855043 | Carding machine having an after-connected sliver coiler provided with a sliver drawing unit An apparatus includes a carding machine which has a web trumpet gathering a running fiber web into sliver and a calender roll pair arranged immediately downstream of the web trumpet for pulling the sliver therethrough. The apparatus further includes a sli... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5829101 | Fleece guidance system with lateral guidance in the intake area A fleece guidance system is provided to convey a fiber fleece to the nip of a pair of calendar rollers. The system includes a funnel having a fiber sliver channel defined therethrough which tapers towards an opening adjacent the nip of the calendar roller... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5815887 | Air-assisted introduction of fiber sliver before the nip of calendar disks A process and device are provided to introduce a fiber fleece through the nip of a pair of calendar rollers. Pressurized air is directed to a cylindrical segment of a sliver guiding system down stream from a tapered conical section so that the pressurized... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5796220 | Synchronous drive system for automated textile drafting system An automated drafting system particularly suitable for drafting textile strands of sliver is provided. The automated drafting system includes a synchronous drive sliver drafting roller system utilizing toothed gears in the preferred embodiment operatively... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5761773 | Textile machine fleece funnel A fleece funnel is provided for use in textile drafting equipment to receive a fiber fleece conveyed by a pair of delivery rollers. The fleece funnel includes a long side disposed adjacent to the delivery rollers. A funnel area is defined in the long side... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5745956 | Automatic device for regulating and monitoring the tension of the silver transferred from the drafting unit of a card to the silver collection unit A device for monitoring and regulating the tension in the sliver produced by a carding unit and transferred from this along a path to a unit for its collection into cans for further processing, comprising a deviator bar pivoted on a pivot and an oppositel... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5709011 | Apparatus for determining irregularities in the mass of a sliver The invention relates to a device for determining irregularities in the mass of a sliver, with a measuring chamber (21) for the sliver which has an entrance and an exit and into which a gas stream is introduced via an orifice (25, 26), a relation existing... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5689856 | Swiveling fleece funnel for fiber sliver guidance without guiding channel and process for the operation of same A fiber sliver guidance system is provided for textile machine drafting equipment wherein a fiber sliver is drafted by pairs of drafting rollers and conveyed by a pair of delivery rollers to a calendar device. The guidance system is disposed between the d... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5680678 | Process and guide system for the introduction of a fiber sliver into the nip line of calender disks of a fiber processing textile machine A fiber sliver guidance system for a textile machine drafting equipment is provided and includes a first nozzle section disposed relative to the delivery rollers to receive a fiber fleece therefrom and form the fiber fleece into a fiber sliver. A second n... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5666698 | Air-assisted introduction of fiber sliver before the nip of calender disks A process and device are provided to introduce a fiber fleece through the nip of a pair of calendar rollers. Pressurized air is directed to a cylindrical segment of a sliver guiding system down stream from a tapered conical section so that the pressurized... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5647097 | Process and device to sever the fiber sliver on a textile machine delivering a fiber sliver A process, and machine for carrying out the process, for severing a fiber sliver at a textile machine includes conveying the fiber sliver by a pair calendar rollers through a sliver guiding channel of a rotary plate into a sliver can disposed below the ro... | 07/15/1997 |
