Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7103945 | Machine for joining yarns Device for joining yarns between two machines for treating yarns. The present invention relates to a device for joining yarns between two machines for treating yarns, such as thermofixing and winding or beaming machines or steaming and winding or beaming machines or... | 09/12/2006 |
| 5430916 | Simplified warp change in which a winding unit and clamping members are mounted on a carrier unit An apparatus and method for effecting a warp change in weaving machines involves clamping the warp yarns of a new warp on a tying-in frame by way of clamping members. In addition, the warp yarns of the woven-out warp, the end portion of which has previous... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5297323 | Device and process for automatically joining threads A device for joining a large number of threads on a single frame. Each of a plurality of thread clamps has a guide tube communicating with a vacuum duct. A carriage for carrying a thread joining system is arranged on the frame. As the carriage moves along... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5111851 | Method of restoring a broken warp after mending the same When a warp is broken during weaving on a loom, the broken warp is mended and restored by a method of restoring a broken warp after mending the same, comprising steps of connecting a mending yarn to the trailing portion of the broken warp to form a mended... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4817675 | Method for repairing a broken warp thread on weaving machines, and the rethreading mechanisms used A method and mechanism for repairing warp thread breaks in a weaving loom in which a broken warp thread is detected by a fallen drop wire of a warp stop motion device, the method comprising: upon the falling of a drop wire, taking a new warp thread from a... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4805276 | Monitoring device for double threads in warp tying machines A tying machine includes a tying device, grippers for two groups of warp threads (Ka, Kn) which are to be tied together and a device for separating the outermost warp thread of each group and moving it out of the plane of the warp. I... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4569543 | Yarn knotter especially for yarn spooling machines A knotting arrangement, especially for spool frames for warping and other textile machines in which the orbital knotting head is connected to a suction tube and has a freely movable clamping body, e.g. a ball, therein which, when air pressure is supplied ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4175307 | Thread gripper A thread gripper comprising at least two frictionally coacting clamping surfaces for engaging and holding threads at a textile machine, such as a warp-tying machine and the like, wherein the thread gripper performs predetermined movements. Means serve to ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4140412 | Method of covering a joint of two rope ends This method of covering a joint of two rope ends includes use of a joint cover constructed of plastic tubing, included heat shrinkable plastic tubing, with methods to form a conical wedge shaped cover. The joint cover functions to help provide a smooth mo... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4082328 | Apparatus for joining undrawn yarns An apparatus for tying a knot in the ends of a pair of filaments or yarns comprising a hollow element having an open end and an opening adjacent to the open end, the opening and the open end being connected by a slot. A second element movable relative to ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4021896 | Devices for tying a layer of threads or slivers The shuttle of the tying device is of magnetic metal, at least at its extremities. Each extremity of two arms is fitted with an electromagnet for temporarily receiving and retaining the corresponding extremity of the shuttle. The electromagnets are energi... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3990732 | Releasable thread clamp for a knotting machine A releasable thread clamping device having a hollow knotter mandrel rotatable about its longitudinal axis and a knotter needle made of resilient material mounted within the knotter mandrel and supported for axial displacement relative to the knotter mandr... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3974551 | Thread clamp for warp end tying-in machines Thread clamp for a warp end tying-in machine. In such a clamp, cam control means mechanically related to the remainder of the machine are provided for positively opening the clamps in order that the thread may be inserted therein without hindrance. The cl... | 08/17/1976 |
