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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331086 | Arrangement at a draw frame comprising a suction device for removing dust, fibre dust and the like In an arrangement at a draw frame including a suction device for removing dust, fiber dust and the like, in which a funnel and a pair of draw-off rollers are present at the outlet of the draw frame immediately after a web-guiding element, the suction removal device ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6769240 | Method and apparatus for removing broken filaments A method and apparatus are provided for removing broken filaments from a continuous filament tow (60) traveling at a tow velocity between a source and a collector. The tow (60) is contacted with a rotatable, cylindrical roller (13), having an ax... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6158091 | Drafting frame for a spinning machine having a roving compactor A drafting frame is provided with at least one compaction unit in which a belt with a perforation under suction serves to draw together the fibers of a drafted roving. The belt is juxtaposed with a stripper spaced from the belt to remove fiber accommodati... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6052984 | Textile drafting machine with upstream dirt separating device A textile machine is provided with drafting equipment for drafting fiber material. The drafting equipment includes a suction device disposed to remove dirt separated from the fiber material. The textile machine further includes a guiding device configured... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5361572 | Fluff cleaning truck A fluff cleaning truck moves along the textile machine being operated to efficiently and automatically remove fluff. The cleaning truck is loaded with cleaning members and travels along the frame of a textile machine and stops at a desired position to cle... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5305498 | Arrangement for cleaning a pressure roller of a drafting unit In the case of an arrangement for the cleaning of the circumferential surface of a delivery roller pair of a drafting unit of a spinning machine, devices are provided for the reinforcing of the cleaning effect while the drafting unit starts up again after... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5119622 | Spinning machine having a plurality of drafting units and a movable cleaning device for stripping devices In the case of a spinning machine having a plurality of drafting units arranged next to one another which each comprise a stripping device, a cleaning device for the stripping devices is provided which can be moved along the spinning machine. The cleaning... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5088157 | Unit drafting mechanism having air jet apertured slide metals and rollers A unit drafting mechanism of a spinning machine, having at least one unit drafting mechanism and provided with a pair of slide metals disposed on roller stands facing each other, and a plurality of bottom rollers and top rollers journaled on these slide m... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4985967 | Drafting unit for a spinning machine with movable cover In the case of a drafting unit for a spinning machine, a loading support is provided which has two arms extending in parallel with respect to one another at a distance which accommodate the holding devices for the shafts of the pressure roller twins and w... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4967946 | Pneumatic pipe conveyor installation for fibres Known pneumatic pipe conveyor installations for fibres, particularly for textile fibre strands, comprise a conveyor pipe and a selectively operable feeder apparatus for feeding the fibres to the inlet opening of the conveyor pipe. For permitting the feede... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4953349 | Apparatus for making a yarn An apparatus for making a yarn consists of at least one ring spinning mechanism and a drawing mechanism, which precedes the ring spinning mechanism and defines at least one draft path for drawing a fibrous roving and includes two delivery rollers defining... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4845938 | Means for mounting a suction tube on a textile machine An arrangement for mounting a suction tube on a fly frame, roving frame, ring spinning machine or the like for collecting broken ends of yarn at the outlet rollers of the machine. The suction tube has a suction end and an opposite end connected through a ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4825634 | Suction tube for collecting broken ends of yarn at the outlet of a textile machine A suction tube for a fly frame, roving frame, ring spinning machine or the like for collecting broken ends of yarn at the outlet rollers of the machine. The suction tube is connected to a collection chamber through a flexible sealing sleeve that permits t... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4799295 | Drawbox air shut-off and method for doffing a textile comber A textile comber drawbox shut-off and method are disclosed for terminating the supply of suction air to the drawbox during doffing. Suction air shut-off assemblies B are placed in suction lines 56 leading to vacuum cleaning nozzles 50, 52 of the drawback ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4739540 | Methods and apparatus for preventing filaments from lapping a roll In an apparatus for advancing a bundle of filaments, a pair of rolls defines a nip through which the bundle passes. A blower blows a stream of gas across an outer periphery of at least one of the rolls in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4689947 | Apparatus and method for reducing broken fibers on the surface of a carbon fiber yarn bundle A method for reducing broken fibers on the surface of a carbon fiber bundle involves passing the yarn past a suction nozzle having an extended trailing edge which impacts the broken fibers as they pass the slot breaking off the fibers. The broken fibers a... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4669259 | Spinning machine The spinning machine comprises a drafting frame for drawing sliver and at least one fiber suction station connected to a vacuum source associated with this drafting frame. To save energy each fiber suction station is provided with a sensing means for dete... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4642852 | Dust extractor for drawframe Dust extraction apparatus for a drawframe of the type comprising a pair of table-like creels (3), on each of which are disposed a set of bollards (5) arranged such that multiple slivers of cotton can be drawn in parallel relationship into a set of differe... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4590646 | Aspirator systems In order to remove broken threads and debris from textile drawing equipment having a drawing cylinder, a suction pipe connected to an air pressure sink is provided with a triangular suction opening at the drawing cylinder for removing the broken threads a... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4519199 | Device for interrupting the feed of a roving to the drawing frames of a spinning machine A device for interrupting the feed of a roving to drawing frames of a thread spinning machine of the type wherein each drawing frame comprises a plurality of pairs of upper and lower drawing rollers, of which the lower drawing roller, located on a roving ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4361006 | Spinning frame A spinning frame having a frame mount, a plurality of spindles and, suction elements for each spindle, a ventilating fan arranged in the frame mount and connected to the suction elements, and a filter on the pressure side of the ventilating fan, the filte... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4357793 | Sliver-processing frame having drawing rollers For automatic feeding of slivers through drawing rollers there is provided a sliver-processing frame having drawing rollers, tubes for conveying slivers to be drawn and a plurality of suction elements connected to a common source of low pressure wherein t... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4350007 | Spinning frame The spindles of a flyer spinning frame are each mounted in respective chambers which are defined by telescopically slidable rings. The lowest ring on each sleeve is sealingly fixed on a spindle rail, while the uppermost ring on each sleeve is attached to ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4306337 | Pneumatic cleaning apparatus for the infeed table of a spinning machine A pneumatic cleaning apparatus arranged at the infeed table of a spinning machine, especially a drafting arrangement, wherein the infeed table possesses a number of sliver infeed locations. Each infeed location has operatively associated therewith a pair ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4208762 | Rotating coiler cleaner Apparatus is disclosed for capturing lint, dust, fly and the like particulate matter released by the passage of sliver to the trumpet of an orbital sliver coiler utilizing an annular plenum arranged to surround the circumferential path of travel of the tr... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4175371 | Broken end-collecting installation and method of operating the same A yarn rupture-suction installation or broken end-collecting installation for the drafting systems or drafting gears of spinning machines, comprising a respective suction head for each drafting system connected with an air pressure sink and having a subst... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4133073 | Cleaning device for the scraper blades associated with rotating separation and/or clearing rollers for a textile fibre web in spinning machines A cleaning device is disclosed for the scraper blades of a clearing roller in a spinning machine such as a card, the improvement consisting in that there is a cleaning element for each of such blades, the cleaning element resting on such blade, control me... | 01/09/1979 |
