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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 |
| 7325283 | Method and device for thread distribution in a warping frame The invention relates to a method for thread distribution in a warping frame (1) which comprises a yarn package (2) for coiling a coil consisting of a plurality of threads (18). According to said method, a warp for producing a thread crossing or... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6401314 | Method and a device for thread division on a sectional warping machine For inserting a dividing cord loop into the opened shed warp on a sectional warping machine, a dividing device has at its disposal an introduction element (28) with a first, preferably movable guide arm (26) and a second, preferably stationary guide arm (... | 06/11/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5531001 | Device for yarn division on a sectional warping machine During sizing division, a rod grid (19) comprising lease rods (7a to 7e) is used for the formation of a shed, the rod grid being able to be raised with the aid of a lifting device (22) from a middle position into an upper operating position (O). A lower o... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5206976 | Automatic shedding mechanism With the automatic shedding mechanism according to this invention, the warping conditions are inputted by using the program setting unit 151. When it arrives at the predetermined position, the warping drum stops rotating. The closed reed 38 is operated to... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4894892 | Method for processing a warp sheet of yarns An apparatus for processing an advancing warp sheet of yarns is disclosed, and which includes at least one yarn guide reed which serves to maintain a predetermined lateral separation between the individual yarns of the warp sheet. The reed includes a tran... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4893386 | Apparatus for the production of pattern warps etc. on a cone warping machine An apparatus for producing pattern warps on a cone warping machine comprises a drum, a support, a warping reed and lease rods, means for displacing the lease rods, and a driving means for rotating the drum. There is provided a tong-type gripper (60) for s... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4831695 | Apparatus for the production of short warps especially for cloth designs in multicolor weaving A winding drum particularly adapted for the production of short warps, such as cloth designs in multicolor weaving, which includes a winding drum having an exterior peripheral surface upon which thread is wound, the winding drum including an axis of rotat... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4765041 | Apparatus for the production of short warps especially for cloth designs in multicolor weaving In apparatus for the production of short warps, yarns of different color are consecutively wound up while traversing yarn crossing means. A drum having a conically ascending initial portion is provided as a winding body, while lease rods and an overrun ro... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4683625 | Apparatus for the production of short warps especially for cloth designs in multicolor weaving Apparatus for the production of short warps, particularly cloth designs in multicolor weaving in which differently colored yarns are wound one after the other and are crossed while being wound, including a drum of generally conical configuration upon whic... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4571792 | Method of treating warp yarn ends in a sizing process The ends of warp yarns in a sheet form are treated at the end of a sizing process in preparation for a subsequent rewinding process. In the sizing process, the warp yarns are threaded through a reed with at least two warp yarns in each reed dent in vertic... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4438553 | Full automatic leasing machine for a warp beam containing warps of different colors An automatic leasing machine for a warp beam on which a warp delivered from the warp beam is grouped into separate warp sheets of different colors, and warps from a warp sheet in turn are subsequently separated from the sheet, passed through a gap between... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4152815 | Apparatus for dividing warps with leases An apparatus for dividing warp threads or ends by means of leases, comprising a first divider element or first divider means for separating a momentary edge thread from a sheet of warp threads or warp. The first divider element in conjunction with lease m... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4118842 | Weave-de-weave process A weave-de-weave process in which a plurality of weft loops are fluidly injected from opposite sides and normal to a plurality of warp yarns to form a composite tape. The tape is deweaved after the warp is space dyed by splitting the interior of the tape ... | 10/10/1978 |
