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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356893 | Device for the separation of threads from a thread layer In order, during the processing of a thread layer, which is tensioned in tensioning means and exhibits threads running parallel to one another, to be able to vary the sequence of the processing of the threads, a storage device is proposed for the temporary depositio... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7197796 | Yarn withdrawal apparatus A yarn withdrawal apparatus for continuously withdrawing a yarn from a feed yarn package and then from a reserve package, where the trailing yarn end on the feed package is knotted to the leading end of the yarn on the reserve package. The transition of the yarn fro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7086129 | System for producing wound warps Wound warps are made by pulling a multiplicity of warp filaments off respective supplies and winding them around a warp beam by rotating the warp beam while pressing the filaments against the beam with a predetermined packing force by a packing roller. The packing r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077168 | Thread tension regulation in a thread brake device and method in a textile processing machine A thread brake arrangement for use in a textile processing machine includes two brake elements with the thread running there between. An actuator, preferably a piezoelectric actuator, variably actuates one of the brake elements relative to the other to exert an adju... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6814107 | Device for detecting breakage of leno threads on looms or on a loom more specifically provided with heald frames and with a device for detecting thread breakage The device for detecting breakage of leno threads in leno selvedge devices on looms, the leno selvedge forming device being provided with at least two arms for guiding at least two leno threads, the leno threads being twistable together by virtue of the rotation of ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6292989 | Warp repair assisting apparatus for warper An outermost diameter calculation unit for calculating an outermost diameter d of a take-up beam and a correction amount calculation unit in a warp repair assisting apparatus are combined. The correction amount calculation unit calculates a corrected rota... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6195856 | Method and device for warping with a cone sectional warper Method for warping with a cone sectional warper that winds up the threads (10) in bands on a sectional warping drum (11), in which a support (12) for a thread guide comb is displaced parallel to the warping drum (11) by a forward feed drive, corresponding... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5940945 | Shed insertible sensor for dividing-shed formation on a sectional warping machine On a sectional warping machine, the dividing-shed formation for introducing a dividing element is controlled in such a way that at least one yarn sensor (18, 18') is introduced transversely to the running direction of the shed warp (11, 12) into the opene... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5625934 | Reeling method with scanning of matrix of sensors In a reeling machine a multiplicity of yarns are pulled from respective supplies and wound up on a beam and each yarn is associated with a sensor which produces an output whose state indicates if the respective yarn is broken or not present. Each sensor i... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5446951 | Device for measuring and controlling running distance of a yarn A device for measuring running distance of a yarn, which detects an abnormality in yarn moving along a path of travel past a means for detecting the abnormality. The measuring device is capable of generating a stop signal in response to detecting the abno... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5437082 | Device for detecting and repairing yarn defects in a warper A defective yarn repairing device of a warper, the defective yarn repairing device comprising a yarn detecting device for detecting a defective yarn contained in a warp; a yarn pulling device for pulling out the defective yarn from the warp; and a positio... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5430918 | Warper delivery system having constant delivery angle A method and apparatus for delivering a warp sheet onto a beam which includes a pickup beam on which the warp sheet is wound, a delivery device which is spaced apart from the beam for delivering the warp sheet at an angle, a detecting device for detecting... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5428878 | Thread or yarn monitor for textile machines The thread monitor serves to detect the passage in a textile machine of a thread (F) moving in a direction transverse to the thread length. The monitor contains a pivoting member (B) which can be actuated by the thread and a sensor (7) monitoring the actu... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5410786 | Process and arrangement for the warping of threads onto a drum having a conical surface Threads are warped with an axially moveable slide onto a drum having a cone, into a plurality of successive warp bands. The threads are warped for a first band based on a predetermined advancement schedule for the slide. The warping of the first band, aft... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5365222 | Method and detector for detecting surface roughness or defects on coated wire or cable A method and detector are provided for accurately and continuously detecting surface roughness or oversize defects on coated wire or cable, such as magnet wire. This is achieved by passing the wire or cable through a die having an opening which is larger ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5341851 | Loom having at least two sectional warp beams A loom with two or more sectional warp beam, each associated with a measuring device for detecting the length of at least one of the warp threads, which runs off the sectional beam in question during a given advance of warp thread. Each measuring device h... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5146651 | Process and apparatus for tow cross-section measurement and control Controlling the cross-sectional characteristics of moving tow lines by providing monitors and positioning devices so as to improve stuffer box crimp uniformity. The mass distribution profile of a filamentary tow band is continuously measured as a function... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5109582 | Thread tensioning apparatus A thread tensioning apparatus includes a pair of spaced arms that are simultaneously rotatable relative to supports to which the arms are mounted, a brush for catching threads and drawing out the threads from a thread beam, the brush being attached to the... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5067215 | Automatic adjusting selvedge control device for a textile web using multiple sensors A device for the recognition and readjustment of variations in the cylindrical yarn deposit at the insides of flanges (23,23') of warp beams or sectional warp beams (24) in warping machines has two sensor heads (4,4') with three sensors (1,2,3;1',2',3') a... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5052088 | Apparatus for controlled braking of a driven textile material engaging roll In a textile warping system having one or more driven yarn engaging or yarn winding rolls, e.g. a driven warp beam, braking of each driven component is controlled by an individual pneumatic brake operated by a central programmable logic control system to ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5027484 | Tension controller for warping machine and warping method A tension controller for a warping machine maintains a constant yarn tension during a warping operation from the beginning to the end of the warping operation. The tension controller has a brake force control mechanism (240) for controlling the size of th... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5012563 | Stretching arrangement for stretching of plastic threads An arrangement for the stretching and warping of synthetic warp threads under the influence of heat. The arrangement has feed rollers for driving warp threads, take off rollers for driving warp threads received from the feed rollers, with the take off rol... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4984341 | Apparatus for controlling tension in a traveling yarn Apparatus for controlling tension in a traveling yarn includes sequential yarn-engaging driven and idler rolls, the driven roll having a stationary rotational axis and the rotational axis of the idler roll being movable in a defined path responsive to ten... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4974301 | Method and apparatus for regulating the yarn strip width in warping machines On the warping machine (12) the width (11) of the yarn strip (10) is continuously monitored by means of a line camera (25). The measured strip width is compared in a processor (32) to a stored reference value, with deviations forming a control signal for ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4924567 | Apparatus for controlling tension in a traveling yarn Apparatus for controlling tension in a traveling yarn being delivered to a driven winding apparatus includes sequential yarn-engaging first and second idler rolls, one having a stationary rotational axis and the rotational axis of the other being movable ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4890368 | Warper with tension isolator and tension controller A textile machine in the form of a warper for drawing multiple strands from a creel and for winding the strands on a rotatable beam which forms part of the warper. Located between the creel and the beam is a strand guide and tension isolator comprising a ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4819310 | Apparatus for regulating the warp section tension during warping During warping, the threads removed from the bobbins of a warp creel are supplied by means of a respective adjustable and settable thread brake to a reed located on the warping carriage of the warping machine and from that location the threads are ordered... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4793035 | Dynamic control of textile warp size add-on on a running slasher The amount of textile warp size added to a sheet of threads in a running slasher is controlled by measuring the force applied to a separator bar, by passage of alternate threads on alternate sides of the bar. This force is the result of the dried size, wh... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4773136 | Textile slasher lubricating apparatus The invention relates to a method of lubricating warp yarn ends arranged in sheet form (W) on the dry side of the drying process (16) as part of the process of preparing a loom beam (22) on a slasher. The method comprises providing a pair of rotating poro... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4750964 | Rotating drum accumulator for semi-aligned carbon fibers and process of manufacturing same A large number of melt blown carbon fibers from petroleum pitch through a multi-orifice die under continuous formation, are fed onto the periphery of a continuously moving endless conveyor surface whose surface speed is matched to the linear velocity of t... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4670953 | Method for forming warp beam of uniform diameter A method and device for forming a warp beam of uniform diameter by feedback control of winding tension, in which a signal obtained from local winding tensions, each corresponding to a tension of a yarn at a certain widthwise position, are utilized for adj... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4669159 | Arrangement for the stretching and warping of warp threads In an arrangement for the stretching and warping of thermoplastic warp threads, in particular polyester threads, there is provided an arrangement comprising a set of feeding rollers, a heating arrangement and a set of take-off rollers. The latter set of r... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4656705 | Textile slasher lubricating method The invention relates to a method of lubricating warp yarn ends arranged in sheet form (W) on the dry side of the drying process (16) as part of the process of preparing a loom beam (22) on a slasher. The method comprises providing a pair of rotating poro... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4611410 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of synthetic yarn An apparatus for the heat treatment of synthetic yarn is provided where synthetic yarn is provided by a synthetic yarn source and is fed via rollers to a first heating surface and then via a heating pin to a second heating surface and from there via rolle... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4592119 | Air jet yarn entangling apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously air jet entangling a plurality of advancing multifilament yarns. The apparatus comprises a plurality of elongate air jet beams, with each beam having a longitudinal air passageway extending along its length, an... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4528631 | Process for the control of warping speed and a direct warping machine for carrying out this process In the process for the control of the warp speed during direct warping, the winding diameter is determined by a contactless measurement. The actual thread speed is determined from the winding diameter and the current warp beam rate of rotation. A direct w... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4525905 | Apparatus for beaming elastic threads The arrangement can transfer with respect to a beam, elastic threads having a predetermined initial extension. The arrangement has a first device for imparting a first thread speed to the threads being transferred. Also included is a controller and at lea... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4455549 | Indication device A device for indicating the triggering of a signal transducer in, for example, thread surveillance and monitoring systems. In one device according to the present invention, the signal transducers are, on the one hand, coupled in series by means of lines b... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4141120 | Apparatus for controlling the movements of a reed carriage during warping An apparatus for controlling the movements of a reed carriage of a warping machine during warping a package composed of successive adjacent warp sections wound onto the warping drum of the warping machine, wherein the displacement of the carriage for prod... | 02/27/1979 |
