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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7007777 | Thread brake and textile machines and thread feed devices equipped therewith The invention relates to a thread brake with a holding means (17), a bearing pin (25), which has an assembly section (24) disposed in the holding means (17) and a bearing section (26) projecting out of the holding means (17)... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000864 | Consumer product winding control and adjustment Apparatus and method for controlling the winding of a sheet of material such as paper and film finished consumer products into a log using an adjustable reference profile. The apparatus and method may provide improved process control, product quality, manufacturing ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6908242 | Roll paper curl correction device and record apparatus with the roll paper curl correction device A roll paper curl correction device has a clamp roller for clamping and transporting roll paper, and a guide member comprising a guide face being positioned in the downstream proximity of the clamp roller and formed so that the roll paper is curved to an opposite si... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6375112 | Device for winding conical bobbins at a constant yarn delivery rate A device for winding conical cross-wound bobbins has a creel pivotably mounted about a pivot axis and receiving the conical bobbin, a yarn guide traversing alongside the creel, and a yarn accumulator adapted to accumulate and pay-out a stored length of ya... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6240974 | Apparatus for controlling the tension of catch selvage yarn in a weaving loom The tension of catch selvage yarns reeling off a yarn supply spool is kept constant by applying a braking force to the supply spool by a disk brake. The brake has a brake disk (12) rotating with the yarn supply spool (1') and a position variable brake com... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5832826 | Device and method for acting upon sheets in a sheet delivery system A device and a method for acting upon sheets in a sheet delivery system of a printing press, wherein sheets can be printed selectively on one side and on both sides thereof, includes a sheet tautener having a surface by which it is integrated into at leas... | 11/10/1998 |
| 4880175 | Tension setting and controlling method and apparatus in an automatic winder In an automatic winder, the tension device provided on each winding unit has a tenser in contact with a yarn to apply a resistance thereto, and a driving actuator of said tenser member, and each of the actuators provided on each winding unit is associated... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4020998 | Method and apparatus for winding bobbins The present invention concerns a novel method of winding bobbins having a predetermined radial fluid permeability which comprises winding yarn or fabric on a hollow permeable core, passing a fluid radially through the windings on the core and terminating ... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3966133 | Tension controlling apparatus Apparatus for packaging roving from a plurality of continuous glass strands. The apparatus comprising means for tensioning the roving along its path to the collector including a first and a second bar in spaced relation located at opposite sides of the pa... | 06/29/1976 |
