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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177154 | Multi-purpose yarn creel adapter A multi-package yarn creel adapter mounts on a creel adjacent a textile machine. The yarn creel adapter includes a base designed for being carried by the creel. A plurality of radial spacers are attached to the base. A plurality of elongated package supports extend ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7887001 | Unwinding machine for elastromeric fiber using OETO method An elastomeric fiber can be easily unwound from a package by way of using an OETO unwinding device which comprises a fiber package, a standby package and a static guide such that the distance from the inlet orifice of the static guide to the center of the static gui... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7506831 | Multiple yarn delivery to a single needle method and apparatus A textile machine receives a plurality of yarn strands from a yarn supply. A header receives the yarn strands where multiple strands are combined for joint direction to the textile machine. Beams with multiple yarn strands wrapped thereon preferably function as the ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7353646 | Creel arm latching device A latch member for a creel assembly is disclosed. The latch is constructed of a generally flat plate, with upstanding side entrance and exit portions. A V-shaped slot is provided in the flat portion of the plate, and a mount is provided at an upper end of the latch ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7318456 | Modular weaving system with individual yarn control A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for supporting a plurality of removable bobbins thereon, the bobbins being pre-loadable with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316366 | Compact creel A highly mobile, compact creel that utilizes frames for holding yarn packages (or bobbins) for feeding yarn to a tufting machine. Each frame includes holders affixed to the frame for holding yarn packages facing front and back, a header attachable to the frame for d... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7255259 | Operator-serviceable wire feed sensor guide for use in semiconductor package fabrication A wire feed sensor guide, used in fabrication of semiconductor packages, guides a wire W from a wire source to a wire bonding location. The wire feed sensor guide has a unitary slider 1 that can be manually slid into and out of a fixed portion (2 or | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234213 | Beam winding apparatus An apparatus and method for winding a sheet of aligned parallel yarns onto a beam is described. The beam winder utilizes a circularly arced yarn spool rack that feeds each yarn to an alignment comb through associated guide tubes. The distance between each spool of y... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220942 | Feeder for endless welding wire A device is provided for feeding an endless welding wire stored in a first container in a first coil generally concentric with a first vertical axis and a second container in a second coil generally concentric with a second vertical axis spaced longitudinally from t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7194791 | Turn-table type roll stock apparatus and plating factory for process roll for gravure printing There are provided a plating factory for process roll for a gravure printing and a turn-table type roll stock apparatus preferable to the gravure printing plate manufacturing factory where a series of plating steps can be performed against the process roll for the g... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178558 | Modular weaving for short production runs A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for being pre-loaded with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is configured to receivably support the warp units thereon, so that th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7100863 | Floating liner A floating liner for a container of welding wire which floating liner includes a tube having two ends and a passageway extending between the two ends. The floating liner is unsupported between the top of the container and the retaining ring. The floating liner is de... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7041932 | Apparatus and method for supplying a continuous source of wire An apparatus and method for supplying a continuous source of wire includes a base supporting at least first and second sources of wire, a wire joining apparatus adjacent the base configured to weld a first wire from the first source with a second wire from the secon... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025302 | Machine-mounted thread carousel for home sewing and embroidery machines This invention is a device for transporting, holding and feeding a plurality of spools of level-wound or cross-wound thread on a home sewing and/or embroidery machine. This device fits over the vertical spindle of the machine if so equipped, or over a spindle devise... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017244 | Beam winding apparatus An apparatus and method for winding a sheet of aligned parallel yarns onto a beam is described. The beam winder utilizes a circularly arced yarn spool rack that feeds each yarn to an alignment comb through associated guide tubes. The distance between each spool of y... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004415 | Compact creel A highly mobile, compact creel that utilizes frames for holding yarn packages (or bobbins) for feeding yarn to a tufting machine. Each frame includes holders affixed to the frame for holding yarn packages facing front and back, a header attachable to the frame for d... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004483 | Cart for large slabs The Invention is a cart for moving slabs of stone, such as marble and granite. In a first embodiment, main wheel support the weight of the slabs while front and rear end wheel prevent tipping of the cart. A hydraulic system withdraws the wheels, rendering the cart s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6923401 | Method for unwinding elastomeric yarn from coiled packages A method for unwinding tacky elastomeric yarn from one or multiple coiled yarn packages includes the steps of (a) removing tubular cores from each yarn package to expose the beginning end of the yarn strand at the inner diameter of the yarn package; (b) forming a te... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6848641 | Actuating valve for bidirectional pneumatic cylinder and use of such actuating valve for bobbin creels controlled by pneumatic cylinders An actuating valve has two relay valves connected to a compressed air source and a pneumatic cylinder with two pressure chambers. When one relay valve is actuated, one pressure chamber is pressure-loaded and the other is relieved. Two 3/2 port directional control va... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6786441 | Bobbin creel for textile machines and actuating valve for adjusting such a bobbin creel A bobbin creel is supported on a holder so as to be pivotable by a four-bar linkage arranged on the machine frame of a textile machine. The holder forms the stationary member of the four-bar linkage. The bobbin creel is pivotable from a lower loading position into a... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6776319 | Strand tension equalizing apparatus A tension device is utilized for equalizing, or at least reducing differentials in tension across strands in a web. The device utilizes an overfeed roll which rotates faster than the speed of feeding the web. Strands at the desired tension, or less, slip about the e... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6676054 | Unwinder for as-spun elastomeric fiber An over-end takeoff device (OETO) and a method for unwinding elastomeric fiber from a package are provided. The OETO includes a fiber guide spaced apart from the fiber package and disposed at an acute angle between 0° and 30° to the rotational axis of t... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6527216 | Electronic length control wire pay-off system and method A multi-spindle fiber pay-out apparatus is provided that allows for fiber tension control. A frame supports a plurality of spools of fiber, with each spool of fiber being mounted on a spindle. The spindle is in rotational supporting relation to the spool ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6499284 | Twisting device with coaxial fiber cakes and dual oil rings A twisting device having a pair of fiber cakes that are simultaneously hung on a transversely disposed creel, respectively unwind two fiber strands downwardly during the rotation process of the creel. Each of the two fiber strands passes through a strand-... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6199359 | Positioning unit for a yarn splicer A positioning unit for a yarn splicer mountable to a creel in a yarn winding operation includes a rolling unit attachable to the creel, a main support member secured to the rolling unit, and a slide unit supporting the yarn splicer. The slide unit is slid... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6045023 | Yarn multiple supply device for a machine Apparatus for feeding a machine with a wire selected from a plurality of wires includes wire guides for supplying wires to a receiver device, a wire distributor for selecting one of the wires and moving the selected wire through an output guide to a machi... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6012664 | Wire supply assembly An assembly for supplying wire from a spool includes a support for holding the spool, a sensor mounted on the support and detachably secured to an end of the spool for detecting supplying of the end of the wire from the spool, and a controller for preclud... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5996216 | Apparatus for applying soft filaments to continuous elongate articles A filament applicator includes a frame which defines a machine axis through which an elongate element may be guided at an application station at which filaments are to be applied to or introduce into the elongate element, such as an optical cable. A plura... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5971308 | Wire transfer assembly A wire dereeling assembly for the continuous removal of wire from adjacent reels of wire includes a frame assembly positioned above the reels and located substantially perpendicular to a centerline extending through the reel axis of each of the reels and ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5944272 | Bobbin core holder for a bobbin creel A bobbin core holder for a bobbin creel. The bobbin core holder includes a sleeve body securable on a creel rod, on which sleeve body a ring socket is fitted so as to be rotatable into at least one predeterminable rotary position by a releasable spring de... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5816514 | Wire supply assembly An assembly for supplying wire from a spool includes a support for holding the spool, a sensor mounted on the support and detachably secured to an end of the spool for detecting supplying of the end of the wire from the spool, and a controller for preclud... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5803134 | Creel and yarn package holders with quick stop mechanism A yarn package holder on a creel, with a mechanism for rapidly stopping the yarn package holder once yarn is no longer being drawn. The mechanism has a pivoted member, one end of which carries a transverse braking control arm that overlies the yarn, and t... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5775629 | Non-twisting transfer tail system A non-twisting transfer tail system for interconnecting spools of tape includes a first, currently dispensing spool having a tail with a pivot, a second spool having a tape end, and a lead having a first end with an aperture connectable to the pivot and a... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5749210 | Creel with two-for-one twisting units A creel 1 with twisting devices is capable of directly supplying twisted yarns from bobbins carrying non-twisted yarns to a loom or a warper, and of producing not only normal fabric but also a fabric having a low weft density woven at a higher rate or a f... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5716024 | Yarn supplying device A feeder device for feeding elastomer yarns in knitting machines has a housing split into two parts, on which bearing and drive rollers are rotatably supported, spaced apart from and parallel to one another. The housing encloses an internal chamber that a... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5694873 | Non-suspension type thread feeder for sewing machine A non-suspension type thread feeder including a rack post fixedly secured to a part of a sewing machine, a hollow, truncated, split cone revolvably and vertically adjustably mounted on the rack post to hold a spool of thread, the hollow, truncated, split ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5683056 | Yarn package holder A package holder for mounting a yarn package to a bracket in a creel includes an elongated body member having front and rear ends, a mounting member for attaching the holder to a bracket in the creel intermediate the front and rear ends, and a package sec... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5624082 | In-line yarn feed creel An adjustable yarn creel frame for feeding yarn to an associated textile machine in a generally in-line yarn delivery path and a rear frame section; and at least one creel unit carried. The creel frame includes a plurality of creel units each having a yar... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5613643 | Creel A creel for feeding groups of yarn strands to a textile machine has a framework of interconnected frame members and vertical support members, each support member carrying a plurality of vertically spaced yarn cone holders. A group of yarn strands is suppl... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5531392 | Creel A creel for feeding groups of yarn strands to a textile machine has a framework of interconnected support members and vertical posts, each post carrying a plurality of vertically spaced yarn cone holders. Each group of yarn strands is supplied from cones ... | 07/02/1996 |
