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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5408730 | Draw-texturing machine and method for operating the same A draw texturing machine, which is provided with a heater to be set at a temperature higher than a melting point of a yarn to be textured, can be stopped in operation while the yarn is being threaded onto the machine and then re-started. The temperature o... | 04/25/1995 |
| 4905355 | Apparatus for processing a warp sheet of yarns An apparatus and method for processing a warp sheet of synthetic multifilament yarns is disclosed, and wherein the yarns may be withdrawn from supply packages and advanced along a path of travel in warp sheet form, heated and drawn while in advancing warp... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4881062 | Yarn break detector for spinning and weaving machines A device for detecting break of any of a plurality of yarns arranged closely to each other in a spinning or weaving machine such as loom, knitting machine, warping machine, etc., includes sensor electrodes disposed in correspondence to the respective yarn... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4868959 | Apparatus for processing a warp sheet of yarns An apparatus for processing a warp sheet of synthetic multifilament yarns is disclosed, and wherein the yarns may be withdrawn from supply packages and advanced along a path of travel in warp sheet form, heated and drawn while in advancing warp sheet form... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4852225 | Draw warping apparatus A drawing apparatus for a textile draw warping system includes rotatable feed, swing, godet and take-up rolls about which a plurality of synthetic continuous filaments travel in sequential peripheral engagement. The godet and take-up rolls are driven at d... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4630340 | Apparatus for drawing a warp sheet of yarns An apparatus and method for processing a warp sheet of synthetic multifilament yarns is disclosed, and wherein the yarns may be withdrawn from supply packages and advanced along a path of travel in warp sheet form, heated and drawn while in advancing warp... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4407767 | Drawing and beaming a weftless warp of yarns A weftless warp of yarns being drawn and wound on a beam is fed through a tension detector, located prior to the drawing step and responsive to tension in any of the yarns equalling a predetermined non-zero level, for stopping the process. This prevents d... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4292360 | Pressure sensitive adhesive tape A multi-ply non-woven sheet material and pressure-sensitive adhesive tape made therefrom are disclosed. The sheet material comprises a first layer of randomly interlaced fibers bonded to each other by a rewettable binder and at least one additional layer ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4277867 | Apparatus for the continuous delivery of a yarn or the like in loose form Apparatus for the continuous delivery of a yarn or the like in loose form, comprising a rotatable flyer for inserting the yarn into the flights of at least two rotatingly driven screw spindles which are retained in cantilevered and axially parallel config... | 07/14/1981 |
