Quotables
"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom."
Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize winner in physics
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7234212 | Method of winding a beam 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 |
| 7181816 | Beam winder with yarn shrink system 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... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7083827 | Nickel-base superalloy having an optimized platinum-aluminide coating A nickel-base superalloy substrate includes a surface region having an integrated aluminum content of from about 18 to about 24 percent by weight and an integrated platinum content of from about 18 to about 45 percent by weight, with the balance components of the su... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6810918 | Method and apparatus for variably braking the weft thread between a supply spool and a thread store in a loom A supply spool supplies a weft thread through an adjustable actuated thread brake and a thread tension sensor to a weft thread accumulator, from which an accumulated insertion length of the thread is provided to a weft insertion device. The tension sensor provides a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6725884 | Yarn tightening element for a textile machine A yarn tightening element for a weaving machine, comprising a passage (16) for a yarn (15) and a contact means (2) to transmit a tightening force to a yarn (15) moving along through this passage, the passage (16) being not bordered... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6513748 | Process for the operation of a bobbin creel and bobbin creel for a winding system At least one thread tension sensor for each thread is provided on a winding machine. The actual value of thread tension is measured for each thread. The actual value is compared with a specified value in a comparator device and, in the event of a deviatio... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511011 | Process for the operation of a bobbin creel and bobbin creel for a winding system At least one thread tension sensor for each thread is provided on a winding machine. The actual value of thread tension is measured for each thread. The actual value is compared with a specified value in a comparator device and, in the event of a deviatio... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6247504 | Device for tensioning and drawing back warp yarns coming from a creel to a weaving machine A device for tensioning and drawing back warp yarns brought from a creel to a weaving machine. The tensioning and drawing back device keeps tension and if necessary draws back warp yarns (2) led from a bobbin (1) to a weaving machine. A supporting body (6... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6199787 | Method of transferring individual ends of yarns from a beam to individual cones A method of winding yarn into hanks, comprising the steps of loading a beam having a sheet of parallel ends of yarn wound thereon onto a rotatable beam stand; unwinding the sheet from the beam and passing the sheet through a nip between two reciprocating ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6192560 | Method and device for transferring a yarn sheet from a yarn winder onto a winding beam The yarn sheet (1) of a finished yarn winding (2) for example on a warping machine is with the help of a transfer means (8) transferred onto a winding beam (3) for example of a beaming machine. The transfer means with this has a suspension rod (9) which p... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6126102 | Apparatus for high speed beaming of elastomeric yarns A beaming apparatus that includes a creel and warper head, the creel being positioned adjacent to the warper head, the creel having elastomeric yarn unwinder assemblies which include a guide support that supports rotating guides and stationary wound cakes... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125515 | Method for beaming elastomeric fibers A method for winding elastomeric fibers at a predetermined beam-stretch by stretching the fibers to 35-75% of their elongation-to-break value.... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6109557 | Winding device for threads from creels Winding device for threads from V-creels, from the bobbins of which the threads are drawn off via pre-looping bars and through a comb, and wound on a winding shaft of the winding device, where the pre-looping bars near the winding device have more threads... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6053216 | Weaving machine pile warp thread tensioning and drawing-back device A thread tensioning and drawing-back device for pile warp threads of a weaving machine, which device comprises provisions (2) for braking, by spring elements, pile warp threads (4) taken up by a weaving machine, and provisions (5) for drawing back the pil... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6016850 | Controlled warp tensioning during fabric weaving In the event of an interruption of the weaving process and in the case of weaving-technical operations, such as tabby weaving and unraveling, a trailing of warp thread bobbins and thus a trailing of warp threads which are withdrawn from the bobbins and fo... | 01/25/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5775622 | Warp reeling system A warp formed of a multiplicity of parallel filaments is wound on a warp beam by an apparatus having a supply of the warp, a transport roller, and an adjustment roller adjacent the transport roller and movable between a holding position engaging the trans... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5588194 | Method and device for the accumulation of a yarn overlength between a bobbin creel and the beam on a beaming machine After yarn breakage, yarn loops are formed in an accumulator device (3) by rollers (13, 13') that are able to be displaced in relation to each other. The beam is rotated in reverse at a specific reverse speed (c) which is less than the accumulation speed ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5560557 | Yarn brake having an axially vibrative bearing A yarn brake has two brake disks, retained with axial play in a support or bearing device, which are retained against one another via resiliently yielding device, such as permanent magnets. The brake disks are rotatably supported in the support or bearing... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5517738 | Thread tensioner A thread tightener has a hollow body (49) in which is arranged a thread channel (4), as well as a tightening body (10) which may be pressed against the outlet part (49) of the thread channel (4). The hollow body (40) contains a first hollow section (41) a... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5475887 | Method and apparatus for warping using progressively controlled tension on a dye beam and dye beam geometry therefor A method and apparatus for winding yarn to produce a wound yarn package having a variable density profile. The variable density profile in the wound yarn is produced by variably tensioning the yarn during the winding process by an electrical apparatus whi... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5454151 | Arrangement for setting the tension of a thread Arrangement (15) for adjusting the tension of a thread which is pulled from a spool by means of a thread take-off arrangement, has a thread measuring device (23). This thread measuring device, positioned sequentially in the direction of thread travel, can... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5179750 | Method for warping using progressively controlled tension on a dye beam A method and apparatus for winding yarn to produce a wound yarn package having a variable density profile. The variable density profile in the wound yarn is produced by variably tensioning the yarn during the winding process by an electrical apparatus whi... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5114087 | Fiber combiner for aligning filaments in a planar filament array A device for aligning superconductor filaments to form a filament layer includes a backboard and a number of motor-driven supply spools. Each of the supply spools is rotatably mounted on the backboard, and each of the supply spools holds one end of an ind... | 05/19/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5060881 | Process for the winding of warp beams A process for the continual comparison of the actual-value relationship with the target-value relationship of the wound diameter of a warp beam and the number of revolutions executed by said beam, said values being continually transmitted. There is also p... | 10/29/1991 |
| 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 |
| 5027485 | Sectional warping machine with a height adjustable cross reed for the formation of yarn crossings and methods of its operation The yarn crossing device of a sectional warping machine has a height adjustable cross reed (16), two guide rods (28, 29) which are able to slide in opposition to each other, as well as a horizontally displaceable leasing device (34, 35). Drive motors (22,... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4966333 | Method of controlling tension in a yarn sheet during winding Yarn sheet tension in a warp beaming operation is controlled by supplying a primary analog correcting signal to the drive of the warp beam based upon ultrasonic measurement of the progressively increasing effective beam diameter and by adding a supplement... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4941240 | Beam warping machine with a device for the maintenance of required yarn tension Beam warping machine with a device for the maintenance of required yarn tension in a group of yarns (5) with rolls (7, 8; 34, 35, 36) around which said group of yarns is wound following an S-shaped path in continuous operation, said pair of rolls being dr... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4903914 | Warping yarn accumulator In an accumulator in a warping process, a plurality of tension sensors are mounted on a common support member such that adjustment of the support member simultaneously adjusts the release tension of all the tension sensors.... | 02/27/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4664335 | Creel for warping machine A creel for supplying yarns from a plurality of respective packages to a takeup machine such as a warp winder has a support defining respective supply stations carrying the yarn packages, respective stationary brake elements on the supports at the station... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4573245 | Braking system for yarn beaming assemblies An apparatus for assembling warps of spun fibers and/or filament yarns present on yarn beams to form a warp present on a warp beam is described. This apparatus has a pneumatic pressure regulator (1), an electromagnetically operable pneumatic valve (2) dow... | 03/04/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4326322 | Beaming machine A beaming machine (beamer) suitable to run any common width beam for Raschel-type knitting machines, having three beams or heads with individual traverse settings so that different yarn end counts can be simultaneously wound on each beam. Uniform yarn ten... | 04/27/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4137614 | Preparation of a warp beam wound with flexible tapes An improved process is disclosed for preparing a warp beam wound with tapes slit from at least two webs of superimposed flexible film at least 1 m wide, comprising feeding the slit superimposed tapes through nip rolls, separating the tapes at the nip and ... | 02/06/1979 |
