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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5443165 | Bobbin feeding system of automatic winder The bobbin feeding system of the automatic winder comprises a bobbin feedback line from the automatic winder which is branched off into a residual-yarn bobbin conveyor line and an empty-bobbin conveyor line, each conveyor line being joined with each other... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5375691 | Peg tray type yarn tube carrier with transmitting receiving device A peg tray type carrier for transporting textile yarn tubes has a codable, readable and erasable electronic information carrying device such as a memory chip connected to a transmitting-receiving antenna arranged in the area of the central axis of the peg... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5289983 | Production control system in spinning mill In a spinning mill in which a bobbin from a spinning frame is mounted on a bobbin tray and sent to a winder, a package doffed from the winder is loaded on a hanger and then the package is mounted on a package tray, recording media is provided on the bobbi... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5279729 | Bobbin sorting device A bobbin sorting device including a color sensor for distinguishing trays on which different kinds of bobbins are conveyed, characterized in that a metal plate is attached to each tray having one of different colors, and a detector is provided near the co... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5190136 | Magnetic guiding assembly for yarn packages transported on a textile machine A tube transport assembly is provided for individually transporting tubes of the type onto which yarn is wound on a textile machine. The tube transport assembly includes magnetic components for guiding and transporting the tube support members along a tra... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5071081 | Method and device for marking and identifying textile supports Methods for identifying textile supports are disclosed, including providing a reference element at a fixed location relative to the longitudinal axis of the textile support, adjusting the reference element to establish a predetermined location for the tex... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5040660 | Cop sorting and transporting system A cop sorting and transporting system for a transporting step from spinning machines to winders in a spinning mill. A tab code representative of a type of a yarn of a cop is set arbitrarily to a tab device provided for each of cop magnazines which are pro... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5033623 | Method and apparatus for associating information with a textile package A memory chip for storing information relating to an individual textile package and a device for manipulating the package and a chip reading device to access the information stored on the memory chip are provided. The memory chip can be loaded with indivi... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4940127 | Wound yarn package transporting system A system for transporting a wound yarn package is constituted such that transport media for independently transporting packages thereon are fed along a transport line between winders an inspecting station and each has provided thereon a source indicating ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4927029 | Device for checking cylindrical bodies, especially tubes of open-end spinning machines A device for checking cylindrical bodies, especially the tubes of open-end spinning machines transported along a feed path from a tube container to the distribution mechanism of the tubes on the machine, for example, by means of a chain conveyor with feed... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4897991 | Method and apparatus for automatic orderly removal and collection of fully-spun cops from textile ring spinning machines A method and apparatus for automatically removing and collecting in an orderly fashion fully-spun cops from a plurality of textile ring spinning machines wherein each ring spinning machine has a longitudinal conveyor for transporting doffed cops to one ma... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4884699 | Winding machine A winding machine having a transporting device for directly supplying to the winding machine bobbins or spun coils from a spinning machine, and for returning ejected tube sleeves to the spinning machine, includes a device for comparing and adjusting a flo... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4871072 | Method and device for tube selection This invention relates to a method for selecting or sorting tubes for textile machines. Specifically, this method separates tubes which contain yarn residue from those that do not and discharges said residue containing tubes into a special container provi... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4854453 | Article selecting and conveying system A cop selecting and conveying apparatus for an automatic winder in which winding units are divided into a plurality of winding sections and different kinds of cops carried on carrying mediums are transferred on the conveying passage to each of the winding... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4846618 | Yarn conveying system A yarn-conveying system in the route consisting of a fine spinning process, a rewinding process. A first closed loop is provided between a fine spinning machine and a winder for conveying cops or empty bobbins and a second closed loop is formed between th... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4843811 | Bobbin transporting system A bobbin transporting system includes a spinning bobbin transporting path and an empty bobbin transporting path both provided between a spinning frame and a winder, and a spinning bobbin reservoir path is formed intermittently of the spinning bobbin trans... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4790131 | Spinning winder A spinning winder in which a spinning frame and an automatic winder are integrally associated. The spinning winder provides carrier routes comprising routes for transporting a spinning bobbin from the spinning frame to the automatic winder and routes for ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4783887 | Machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes A machine for classifying, cleaning and arranging textile tubes, including an intake section for bringing in both clean tubes and tubes containing yarn residue, a classifying section which circulates the tubes so that the clean tubes are separated from th... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4776468 | Bobbin conveying system A bobbin conveying system comprising a spinning frame, a winder and a bobbin conveyance line which interconnects the spinning frame and the winder and is laid above bases of the machines. A bobbin is independently erected on a tray and carried on the conveyanc... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4750622 | Apparatus for sorting spent tubes An apparatus for sorting spent tubes as they are carried on an intermittently advancing conveyor with the apparatus having a tube ejecting device that reciprocates along the length of tubes during dwells in conveyor movement and has a tube contacting elem... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4730733 | System for delivering and inspecting packages A system for delivering and inspecting packages including an apparatus for delivering packages and an inspecting device of packages delivered from the apparatus. The apparatus for delivering packages comprises a first delivering device for receiving packa... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4724666 | Device for keeping a constant number of bobbin tubes in circulation between a spinning machine and a winding machine A device for keeping a constant number of bobbin tubes in circulation between at least one spinning machine and at least one winding machine includes a device for circulating bobbin tubes between at least one spinning machine and at least one winding mach... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4718560 | Device for transporting different kinds of articles A device for sorting and transporting a plurality of different kinds of articles comprises three belt conveyors disposed in adjacent parallel relationship to each other, two of the belt conveyors moving in a direction opposite to each other, guide members... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4694949 | Article selecting system An article selecting system for sorting and discriminating a plurality of types of articles comprising a branch path provided intermediately of a transport path which transports n-types (nࣙ3) of different articles for sorting articles of the n-types int... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4681230 | Tube transfer device A tube transfer device for transferring usable tubes from a tube feeding device to a tube receiving device includes an elevator advancing tubes in a given transport direction from the tube feeding device to the tube receiving device is steps with pauses b... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4681231 | Article selecting and conveying system A cop selecting and conveying apparatus for an automatic winder is disclosed in which winding units are divided into a plurality of winding sections and different kinds of cops carried on carrying mediums are transferred on the conveying passage to each w... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4676061 | Empty bobbin transporting system An empty bobbin transporting system for a fine spinning winder wherein a spinning frame and a winder are interconnected by way of a spinning bobbin transporting path and an empty bobbin transporting path. An additional transporting path for transporting a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4615169 | Apparatus for removing individual textile bobbin tubes from a reservoir including bobbin tube jam break-up mechanism The apparatus is associated with a spinning or twisting machine and removes individual textile bobbin tubes from a reservoir, such as a container which contains such bobbin tubes. The container has in its lower portion a funnel-shaped structure through wh... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4598869 | Bobbin distributing device A device for discriminating and distributing the bobbins, which are discharged from a textile machine such as an automatic winder, in accordance with the quantity of yarns wound on the bobbin and/or the kinds thereof. The device includes sensors, a bobbin... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4596173 | Bobbin separating unit A bobbin separating unit, includes at least two first and second serially connected bobbin separating devices, the second bobbin separating device having a given upper level, the first bobbin separating device including a feeding device being controllable... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4586668 | Bobbin conveying system A cop and bobbin conveying system including a cop feeding lines and bobbin ejecting lines which are interconnecting fine spinning frames and a winder. The cops and bobbins are conveyed by carrier members on which they are fitted and carried. A bobbin supp... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4571931 | Spinning and winding plant A spinning and winding plant includes at least one ring spinning machine, at least one winding machine, at least one first spool conveyor and at least one first tube sleeve conveyor disposed at the ring spinning machine, at least one second spool conveyor... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570865 | Cop supplying device A cop supplying device for feeding a cop to a carrier member which is adapted to convey the cop to an automatic winder. The cop supplying device comprises a storing box for storing a plurality of cops, a cop transporting device for feeding the cops to the... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4566263 | Device for storage of empty bobbins for a spinning frame The spinning frame of the invention comprises a passage through which empty bobbins returned by conveyor means provided above the spinning frame are guided towards empty bobbin supply sections associated with automatic bobbin changer annexed to the spinni... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4553708 | Defective package selector for winders The number of yarn knots while a package is being wound is detected and stored, and compared with a preset number of yarn knots for a single package. When the stored number of yarn knots is greater than the preset number, a signal is produced which is ind... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4544107 | Cop delivery system A spinning frame is connected to the winder through a delivery passage comprising conveyor belts, rotary disc and the like to form a closed loop. Cops are inserted independently on trays arranged on the delivery passage and are circulated along said close... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4535893 | Spool separating device A spool separating device for separating spool tubes with a relatively smaller diameter from finished wound spools with a relatively larger diameter, includes a vibratory conveyor with a bottom, an upper end, a sliding surface extended spirally upward alo... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4516678 | Floppy disk canister A canister for holding a stack of floppy disks, during manufacture of diskettes, or during storage and shipment of the disks. The canister is impervious to ultraviolet radiation, and comprises a base and a deep cup-shaped cover which latches to the base d... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4506572 | Bobbin separating unit Bobbin separating unit, including a first charging device, a second charging device downstream of the first charging device in flow direction of the bobbins, a first separating device, and a second separating device downstream of the first separating devi... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4353467 | Sorting of spinning bodies A spinning machine has a plurality of spinning stations and a transport installation including a conveyor belt for receiving ready spun spinning bodies and for conveying them to a container in a predetermined sequence. A thread sensor scans the spinning s... | 10/12/1982 |
