Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6901970 | Automatic heddling apparatus and method for automatically heddling An automatic heddling method and a related automatic heddling apparatus 100, by which a plurality of heddles 2 removed from a plurality of heddle frames 1 are integrally collected in such a manner that flat faces 11 of the heddles 2 | 06/07/2005 |
| 6314628 | Warp changing apparatus Apparatus for use in mounting and dismounting a warp beam, loaded with cannisters of warp thread onto or from a loom includes a trolley, with a hoverpad mounted under the trolley, and with a bracket carrying warp healds and reels. Trolleys may be combined... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5806157 | Warp thread drawing in method and apparatus A method of warp thread drawing-in for warp thread machines having at least one warp thread magazine, heald frame, and reed comprises the steps of placing the warp thread magazine, heald frame and reed from the warp thread machine on a warp thread chargin... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5775380 | Warp beam replacement and threading apparatus After a warp beam on a loom is used up, its old warp threads are separated from a material being woven on the loom. The used-up beam, together with its residual old warp threads, is then mounted on a transport device and moved away from the loom. A windin... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5514234 | Method and device for fixing the ends of a yarn layer wound in an ordered manner on a beam At their free ends the yarns are straightened, clamped and welded with a film. Welding is performed with two welding bars to which is allocated a brush beam to tension the yarns. The welding bars are borne and/or guided by a frame to which the brush beam ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5394596 | Carrier frame for transferring a loom harness into a loom A carrier frame for transferring a loom harness into a loom is equipped for carrying additional loom components such as selvage spools, leno spools, and a warp stop motion unit. Such a carrier frame is constructed to be adjustable in its longitudinal dire... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5381594 | Machine for the automatic drawing-in of warp threads having warp beam truck The machine contains a warp-beam truck (2) for the warp beam (3), a lifting device (4) and a drawing-in frame (5) provided for clamping a warp-thread layer (KF), the threading-up of which drawing-in frame (5) takes place separately from the drawing-in mac... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5373614 | Clamping device for a yarn layer and use thereof A clamping device for clamping a yarn layer includes a clamping rail, a clamping comb that is insertable into the yarn layer, and a reed comb that is also insertable into the yarn layer. The clamping comb is provided with spaced apart clamping lamellae wh... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5371930 | Apparatus for transferring a warp thread exchange system into a loom A cart for transferring a warp exchange system from a machine that prepares such a warp exchange system to a warp beam lifting carriage, is equipped to at least temporarily store a prepared warp exchange system after having picked up the system from a war... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5253404 | Apparatus for drawing warp yarns into a weaving reed Apparatus for drawing-in warp yarns into the gaps of a weaving reed includes a reed hook (22) for sequentially opening the reed gaps for the insertion of a draw-in member carrying a warp yarn, and a transport system for the stepwise transport of the weavi... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5218748 | Method for exchanging packages on a textile machine In a system for exchanging packages on a textile machine such as a rewinder, a creel loader receives empty packages from a creel for transportation to the position of a package supporter, the package supporter is rotated about a vertical axis over 180 deg... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5197521 | Warp beam lifting carriage for loom insertion A warp beam lifting carriage for removing an empty warp beam from a loom or for inserting a full warp beam into a loom, is equipped with positioning devices that permit a precise positioning of the carriage in the three directions of space. An insertion s... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5148585 | Device for manipulating drop wires for warp-thread drawing-in machines The apparatus includes magazines (16) for accommodating drop-wire stacks (LA) and transport mechanisms for feeding the drop-wire stacks (LA) to a separating station where the drop wires are singularized. The transport means contain a first path (11) for f... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5136762 | Method of automatic drawing-in and machine for carrying out the said method A method and apparatus for carrying out an automatic drawing-in is provided including forming lengths of thread which are double folded. The thread is passed to a corresponding heddle and between corresponding dents of a reed. The threads are leased and p... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5031666 | Cloth beam changer with resilient transmission link on gripping arm A cloth beam changer includes a conveyor having gripping arms which carry gripping elements at the ends. A transmission is provided in the form of a slide with a spindle and nut arrangement for raising and lowering the slide. A guide rail and stop are pro... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4910837 | Looming apparatus for a loom A looming apparatus for a loom includes in general a warp beam handling unit for attaching and removing a warp beam to and from the loom, and a handling unit for supporting loom components including at least heddles and a reed threaded by the warp from th... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4876775 | Yarn sheet transfer system A method of converting a warping arrangement having two creel halves and a warper from a setup for long lots of one style to a setup for shorter lots. The method includes converting transfer package positions on each of the creel halves to running package... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4773137 | Method of winding and changing warp beams of weaving looms A process for coiling warp beams of looms involves winding new warp threads on warp beams with free ends of predetermined length double wound on the beams at the beginning of the winding process. A warp beam with a securing system for warp threads arrange... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4768564 | Wireless let-off and take-up control system A wireless let-off and take-up control system for controlling the let-off motion and take-up mechanism of a loom or looms by wireless. The control system comprises a portable transmitter or transmitters, and a receiver or receivers each associated with th... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4760628 | Drawing-in of heddles remote from a loom harness frame Methods and means for allowing heddles to be drawn-in with warp yarns away from a loom for subsequent loading into the loom. A heddle holder allows rows of drawn-in heddles to be carried to the loom. Removable heddle rod sections allow for the heddle hold... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4409710 | Apparatus for clamping and unclamping a warp beam in a beam warping machine The centering and entrainment devices, by means of which the warp beam can be clamped or chucked, are axially slidably guided at side plates of the beam warping machine. With their outer ends they are hingedly connected at a respective lever. Both of the ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4148406 | Warp beam transport carriage for twin warp beams A warp beam transport and elevating carriage for twin warp beams is disclosed having a longitudinally extending shaft capable of rotation about its longitudinal axis, a plurality of gripper arms fixed to the shaft and extending downwardly to securely supp... | 04/10/1979 |
