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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7261251 | Yarn feeding device A yarn lifting element (28), which is provided on a positive thread regulating wheel, comprises straight yarn-bearing surfaces (34,35) whose position cannot be displaced by the yarn (2), enabling the yarn to slip in relation to the thread feedin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237742 | Thread feeding device comprising a spring stop for thread detectors The yarn feeder device (1) of the invention has one or more yarn feeler levers (26), which are movably supported on the housing (2). The yarn feeler lever (26) is movable between an operating position I and a response position II. In the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236166 | High-resolution rapid manufacturing The present invention is a method for forming an object, the method comprising jetting a first material to form a plurality of layers that define a support structure increment, and extruding a second material to form a layer of the object. The layer of the object su... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7178753 | Thread brake A drum brake (1) having a rotatably journalled drum (2) and means for adjusting the torque applied to the drum (2) has several peripherally-extending take-up slots (4) for filaments (5) with the slots being spaced from each other i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174819 | Apparatus and method for cutting a web, feeding it into a processing and threading it up through that line The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting of a web (1) conveyed along a conveyance direction (F), and subsequent feeding and threading it up into a processing line, said web (1) comprising a central portion (1c) and edges (1 | 02/13/2007 |
| 7101504 | Highly oriented super microfilaments Method of and apparatus for continuously manufacturing highly oriented super micro filaments with a diameter of 5 μm or less from most of thermoplastic polymers stably by a simple and convenient means without requiring any special apparatus of high accuracy and hig... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6915831 | Drum for wrapping a cord A cord-wrapping device has a cord attached to a drum and includes a steeply inclined inlet portion and a second less inclined portion adjacent to said steeply inclined inlet. A cord feed guide directs the cord to begin wrapping onto the steeply inclined portion of t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6702218 | Thread-feed device, comprising an adjustable thread-guide unit A modular yarn feeder having a basic carrier on which additional modules can be secured as needed by suitable coupling devices. This makes the yarn feeder more adaptable to different kinds of use and different situations.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6568620 | Yarn feeder for textile machines A yarn feeder has a yarn feed wheel, which preferably comprises ceramic or is coated with a corresponding material. The yarn feed wheel, because of the choice of its material or its shaping, has improved long-term operation properties. The geometry and/or... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6471190 | Reel assembly A capstan winch includes a reel assembly comprising a reel, which rotates, and two generally annular floating flanges which are supported so that the planes in which they rotate converge toward one another, which has the effect of creating an apparent axi... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6283397 | Variable and steady yarn feeding apparatus A variable and steady yarn feeding apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a support; a drive device; a steady yarn supply drum for plain knitting; a variable yarn supply drum having a number of high friction resilient yarn guide surfaces, the var... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6257517 | Method and apparatus for feeding welding wire A welding wire feeding system feeds welding wire from a barrel to a welding gun. The system includes a feed mechanism for drawing welding wire from the barrel and advancing the welding wire toward the welding gun. A free-wheeling wheel is disposed between... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6178783 | Yarn feeder for knitting machine An improved yarn feeder for knitting machines includes a frame, a feeding reel, a brake, a press block, a pulley, a holder, a transmission spindle and a yarn guide. The feeding reel includes a driven wheel which has a top flange with a center opening and ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6149092 | Yarn supply apparatus for knitting machines A yarn supply apparatus for knitting machines is provided wherein an outgoing yarn guide eye set is disposed laterally adjacent to and lower than an underside of a yarn supply drum; a yarn pull-out section with a vertical circumferential surface is slight... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145347 | Thread supplying device for intermittent thread consumption A thread supplying device with intermittent thread consumption has at least one thread supplying unit including a rotatable thread supplying drum and a thread supplying device. The thread supplying drum has a first and a second peripheral portion forming ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6131842 | Yarn feeder with improved yarn travel A yarn feeder, which has a yarn feed wheel connected to an electric motor for positive feeding of a yarn as needed, has a yarn travel path which is defined by yarn eyelets at an angle to the pivot axis of the yarn feed wheel that is greater than the sum o... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6079656 | Thread feed device for elastic yarn A yarn supply apparatus for elastic yarns in knitting machines having abruptly fluctuating yarn consumption. A yarn wheel, around which the yarn to be supplied is wrapped, furnishes the yarn to a yarn store located between a knitting station and the yarn ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6029923 | Magnetic noncontacting tension device for winding yarn A tension device for winding yarn includes a bracket with an inclined face and a braking member accommodated in the bracket. A rotary shaft protrudes from the center of the bracket. A tubular member has a through-hole for the rotary shaft. A forward guide... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5839685 | Anti-static thread feeding wheel for knitting machinery The thread feeding wheel is capable of preventing static-electricity from being produced due to rapid feeding of the thread and which provides a surface having a low frictional coefficient so that the thread feeding around the thread feeding wheel would s... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5820047 | Yarn delivery device for textile machines A yarn delivery device with a yarn storage drum that is mounted to be driven rotatably about an approximately vertical axis. The yarn storage drum has an upper portion with a frustroconical yarn take-up region that is adjoined by an essentially cylindrica... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5802880 | Improvement of yarn supply reel and yarn guide for knitting machines A yarn supply reel and yarn guide for use in a knitting machine includes a driving reel with a plurality of spaced struts arranged in an annular shape and a driven reel with a plurality of spaced ribs arranged in an annular shape. The ribs have slanted an... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802881 | Knitting machine thread wheel construction A thread wheel including a top wheel base and bottom wheel base connected together and fastened to a center shaft of an automatic thread storage and feeding unit of a knitting machine. The top and bottom wheels have a respective set of equiangularly space... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802879 | Knitting machine yarn receiver with accumulated waste discharge device An improved yarn receiver for knitting machines includes a driving reel integrally formed by plastics injection with a transmission shaft in the center and a plurality of spaced L-shape struts projecting upwardly around the smooth rim of a bottom flange. ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5423197 | Yarn-delivery device for yarn-consuming textile machines A yarn-delivery device serving as a yarn feeder for textile machines is proposed. To provide an optimum regulation of the yarn transport even for more than one yarn, the yarn-delivery device has a storage drum which is made in one piece with the rotor or ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5156355 | Winding and unwinding apparatus incorporating wrapping arms Apparatus (10) for unwinding a flexible cable (C) from a storage reel (S) on which the cable is wound. The cable is wound onto a take-up drum (50). An arm mechanism (60) engages the cable and wraps it about the drum. A mechanism (64) is provided for conti... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4918948 | Thread feeder for knitting machines A thread feeding device for knitting machines having a rotor on which a thread feeding element is mounted which is divided into a thread lead-in ring section, a thread reserve section and a lead-out section. To enable the thread feeding device to be opera... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4890800 | Yarn withdrawal apparatus and method A yarn withdrawal apparatus and method is disclosed for temporarily withdrawing a freshly spun and continuously advancing yarn to a waste container when the spinning operation is interrupted, and for thereafter threading the yarn onto the feed godet or wi... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4817880 | Yarn withdrawal appratus and method A yarn withdrawal apparatus is disclosed for temporarily withdrawing a freshly spun and continuously advancing yarn to a waste container when the spinning operation is interrupted, and for thereafter threading the yarn onto the feed godet or winder of the... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4793565 | Yarn storage and supply apparatus, particularly for textile machines A yarn storage and supply apparatus, in particular for textile machines, has a storage drum (4) in the manner of a cage with rods having a number of elongated yarn support elements located at identical radial intervals from the drum shaft (2) and distribu... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4754936 | Yarn feed device for textile machines A plurality of yarn guides causes a yarn being drawn from a yarn package or the like to be directed towards a needle of a textile machine along a path which forms at least two tangential arcs with the cylindrical surface of a rotatable feed drum. When the... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4752044 | Yarn supply apparatus with electronic yarn tension control, particularly for knitting machines having rapidly varying yarn supply requirements A yarn supply element (5, 150) that supplies the yarn substantially without slip and is rotatably supported has yarn guide elements (14, 15, 16; 158) and is coupled to an electric motor (3) of regulated frequency that drives it. In the yarn travel path fo... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4706940 | Rope hoist apparatus Rope hoist apparatus comprising a single driven drive pulley (15) in which the rope (11) is pressed by a spring-loaded lever (32) by two pressure rollers (29 and 30) into the rope groove (19). The pressure rollers (29 and 30) are so arranged that the rope... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4689972 | Yarn drying and dye setting apparatus Yarn drying and dye setting apparatus comprising an enclosure having an inlet for receiving a dyed yarn strand and an outlet for discharging the strand, a fan and heater for circulating heated air within the enclosure, a reel comprising a pair of spaced s... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4681272 | Arrangement for positive supply of elastomer filaments in textile machines An arrangement for positively supplying elastomer fibers in a textile machine, comprises a device supplying a non-elastic filament fiber, a drive for driving the non-elastic filament fiber supplying device, a yarn spool for an elastomeric filament, a free... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4676483 | Self-fleeting cable winch A winch drum (1) is designed to operate without fleeting knives. The winching surface of the drum (1) is made up of fingers (6) which reciprocate axially along the drum (1) during use. The design is such that, in use, a major proportion of the fingers (6) are ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4660783 | Yarn brake, particularly for textile machines A yarn brake, particularly for textile machines, has a pivoted, low-inertia yarn drum that is wrapped several times by yarn in a slip-free manner in a yarn contact section and is non-rotatably secured to a low-inertia armature of a controllable electric m... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4632324 | Strand storing and delivering device A simplified strand storage and feeding device having a rotatable spool about which a traveling yarn is transiently wound while being fed to a textile machine, utilizes a noval driving arrangement for rotation of the spool, including a pulley operatively ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4574597 | Yarn feeding apparatus, particularly for knitting machines A yarn feeding or supply apparatus for textile machines, particularly knitting machines, has a rotatable storage drum supported on a holder, which can be coupled to a drive source setting it into rotation and having yarn guide elements for directing yarn ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4545543 | Yarn feed device A capstan wheel yarn feed device for textile machinery. A yarn tension detector (26) is provided in the yarn path downstream of a yarn outfeed eye (24), and is effective to move a yarn infeed guide (20) axially of the capstan wheel (10) in response to the... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4489899 | Yarn feeding apparatus for multi-feed knitting machines The apparatus comprises a support on which a rotatable wheel is mounted an area of the cylindrical surface whereof is in contact with a belt effective to press a yarn thereon which is led through an eye carried on an inlet arm and, respectively, through a... | 12/25/1984 |
