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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7513021 | Variable coring of twisted yarn A method and apparatus for entangling two or more strands of yarn together in accordance with a pre-selected and changeable pattern so as to obtain twisted yarn with a selected coring level extending for a selected length of the yarn and other selected coring levels... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7228604 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss having compressor A yarn texturizing system, apparatus, and methods of reducing production loss or increasing production speed in a continuous textured yarn production process are provided. The system includes a yarn texturizer to texturize yarn, a chute positioned to receive and gui... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7197796 | Yarn withdrawal apparatus A yarn withdrawal apparatus for continuously withdrawing a yarn from a feed yarn package and then from a reserve package, where the trailing yarn end on the feed package is knotted to the leading end of the yarn on the reserve package. The transition of the yarn fro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7097803 | Process of making a corrugated net material The present invention is to provide a process of making a corrugated net material including the following steps. First prepare a net material with an adequate length, and then heat and soften the net material by means of a heating element. March the soften net mater... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6536087 | Method and apparatus for continuously unwinding and processing a yarn A method and an apparatus for continuously unwinding a yarn from a yarn package which may be associated with a method and apparatus for texturing the withdrawn yarn. The yarn is withdrawn from a feed yarn package supported in a creel, and the trailing yar... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6305059 | Method and apparatus for stuffer box crimping a yarn A method and an apparatus for stuffer box crimping a spun multifilament yarn, wherein the yarn is packed in a crimping device to form a yarn plug. After cooling the yarn plug, it is unraveled into a yarn. In so doing, the position of the unraveling point ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6128913 | Device for the cooling of texturized yarns and texturizing apparatus fitted with said device A cooling device for texturized yarns comprises a rotating drum equipped with a perforated wall, a unit capable of depositing the yarn exiting from a texturizing nozzle on the perforated surface, and a device capable of aspirating air from the inside of t... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6009606 | Device for crimping of synthetic bundles or slivers of yarns A device for crimping synthetic bundles or slivers of yarns, the device has a stuffing box provided with an inlet for a yarn bundle or sliver and including a movable press plate and a stationary counter plate opposite to the press plate, two axially paral... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5822971 | Adjustable heating apparatus for an advancing yarn A heating apparatus for an advancing thermoplastic yarn, which is guided along a heated surface over heating ridges. Essential is that the heat flow to the yarn is variable, in particular by a change in height, a change in width of the heating ridges, and... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5802832 | Texturing yarn A method of controlling the manufacture of false twist textured yarn characterised by adjusting non-isothermally in a closed loop the heat flux taken up by the yarn in tension to a specific yarn dyeability. Adjustment can be achieved by feeding back the o... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5569865 | Gas flow through injector jet A method for monitoring the gas flow rate through injector jets comprises determining the pressure in a drawing tube downstream of the injector jet. The injector jet comprises a feed funnel extended by an injector tube opening into a gas distributor chamb... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5369860 | Method of controlling the temperature prevailing inside an oven intended for heating a yarn in motion Method making it possible to control the temperature prevailing inside a high-temperature oven employed for the treatment of a synthetic yarn, especially during an operation of texturing by false twisting, said method consisting, in the case of a given su... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5351374 | Method and an apparatus for the continuous crimping of thermoplastic threads Threads made from thermoplastic materials are textured, in that they are heated by a delivery medium in a delivery channel and conveyed through an orifice into a stuffer box where they are stuffed to form a plug. In order to maintain plug formation consta... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5214828 | Process and apparatus for guiding a tow A process and apparatus for guiding a continuous moving tow in synthetic fiber manufacture. The profile (the thickness distribution and width) and the position of the tow are continuously sensed in a non-contact manner and an appropriate electrical signal... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5110517 | Method for deregistering crimped multifilament tow A method and apparatus for deregistering drawn crimped nylon multifilament tow includes the steps of stretching the tow under constant controlled tension at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the nylon. The apparatus includes means fo... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5088168 | Yarn texturing apparatus with heat sensor in stuffer box to control heat flow A yarn texturing apparatus is disclosed which includes a nozzle having a yarn duct therethrough, and a perforated stuffer box at the outlet end of the duct. Heated air is introduced into the duct, and the air is heated by a heater which is positioned in t... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5036568 | Method and system to detect the position and tension of yarn being air textured Method and apparatus to produce a plied, air textured continuous filament yarn by severing the supply yarn upon the detection of a drop in tension. When the tension in the yarn being processed drops, the position of the running yarn will be detected by a ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4956902 | Method of predicting yarn caterpillar length A method of predicting changes in caterpillar length of yarn. The process is used in systems wherein yarn is passed through a set of hot rollers to bulk the fibre and is then contacted with an air jet to pull the yarn away from the rollers and impinge it ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4918914 | Yarn quality monitoring method and apparatus A method of monitoring yarn quality in a yarn texturing process comprises measuring the velocity of the travelling yarn at two locations and comparing the measured velocities. At a first location the yarn tension is sufficient to draw out the crimp and at... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4896407 | Air pressure control for yarn texturing processes A yarn texturing system employing an air jet yarn treating device which is supplied air under pressure which is automatically controlled upon start-up and shut-down of the yarn texturing system.... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4807337 | Crimping device for crimping of synthetic textile materials A device for the crimping of synthetic yarns, bundles or bands, which includes a pair of pressure rollers and a subsequent stuffer box chamber having two plates, arranged parallel to the axes of the rollers, of which one is mounted at least partially mova... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4796340 | Method of threading a yarn processing nozzle A yarn texturizing nozzle and method of thread-up of the nozzle are disclosed, and wherein the temperature of the nozzle remains substantially unchanged during yarn thread-up. The nozzle includes a body member having a yarn passageway extending therethrou... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4782565 | Air processing apparatus An air processing apparatus is disclosed having a feed roll pulling yarn from a source and feeding it to an air entangler at a feed rate. The yarn is entangled by a high pressure air stream in the air entangler, and a delivery roll pulls the yarn from the... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4685179 | Air processing apparatus An air processing apparatus is disclosed having a feed roll pulling yarn from a source and feeding it to an air entangler at a feed rate. The yarn is entangled by a high pressure air stream in the air entangler, and a delivery roll pulls the yarn from the... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4680872 | Yarn heating apparatus and method A yarn heating apparatus and method is disclosed which is adapted for the continuous heat treatment of a running synthetic yarn in a yarn false twist texturizing machine or the like. The apparatus includes a yarn guide tube through which the running yarn ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4570312 | Method and apparatus for producing entangled yarn A method and apparatus for producing air entangled yarn from a plurality of yarn ends. A group of individual yarn ends is gathered into a sliver, passed through a yarn tensioner, then wrapped around a pair of rotating rolls. The sliver is carried from the... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4521931 | Method for threading filaments on rollers of oxidizing furnace and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for threading acrylic filaments on rollers of an oxidizing furnace, wherein (a) the atmospheric temperature in the furnace is maintained at 180° C. to the oxidizing temperature, (b) the tips of said filaments are fastened to a fila... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4507832 | Method and apparatus for the continuous treatment of yarn A method and apparatus for the continuous heat treatment of a carpet yarn or the like is disclosed, and wherein the yarn is advanced in loop form through a heat treatment chamber and then along a downstream accumulation zone. A control system is provided ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4369555 | Yarn processing apparatus The temperature of a heating fluid used in a yarn crimping zone is controlled in response to whether a yarn plug is detected at a predetermined point, and in another embodiment a fluid is heated, passed to a yarn heating zone and a yarn is heated in the z... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4335588 | Yarn process and apparatus The invention relates to a process for the treatment on a circular knitting machine of multifilament yarns with a stream of gaseous fluid under superatmospheric pressure, more particularly air, in which treatment the yarns to be knitted are rendered more ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4320563 | Device for continuously relaxing yarns Device for the continuous relaxing of synthetic yarn, comprising a rotatable distributor carrying in a coordinated manner in torsional equilibrium and activated lengthwise several closed rotating rings, a relaxing oven having an outlet, the relaxing oven ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4316311 | Bounce crimping apparatus An improved method and apparatus for bounce crimp texturizing thermoplastic yarn. The process and apparatus are characterized by a unique control system wherein either yarn thickness or a minute accumulation of the yarn discharged from the texturizer is s... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4309801 | Texturizing process An improved method and apparatus for texturizing thermoplastic yarn. The process and apparatus are characterized by a unique control system which facilitates accumulatorless operation and which allows two or more yarns to be texturized at the same time an... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4301579 | Widening-narrowing guide for textile filament bundle A cylindrical guide for varying the width of a bundle of continuous filaments has a surface in contact with the bundle that has an array of nonparallel grooves. The grooves converge until a minimum distance is reached on the guide surface and from thereon... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4295252 | Method for measuring yarn shrinkage and crimp development A method for measuring continuously shrinkage and crimp development in a long continuous sample of yarn involves the steps providing a zero-tension loop, applying a standard tension, then developing crimp in a single downward pass through a hot air chambe... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4259769 | Method and apparatus for banding tows of filamentary material A running tow of filamentary filter material is banded by a plurality of streams of compressed air which issue from the orifices of plenum chambers forming a row which extends transversely of the direction of transport of the tow. The streams which issue ... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4258457 | Method for coating and crimping synthetic thermoplastic Synthetic thermoplastic fibers are produced by drawing the fibers, applying a finishing agent to the drawn fibers, and crimping the fibers in the presence of steam in a crimping zone wherein there are present a defined first region of low but increasing s... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4226010 | Process for bounce crimp texturizing yarn An improved method and apparatus for bounce crimp texturizing thermoplastic yarn. The process and apparatus are characterized by a uniqe control system wherein either yarn thickness or a minute accumulation of the yarn discharged from the texturizer is se... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4204301 | Strand handling system and method therefor Method and apparatus for handling textile yarn strands in which textile yarn strands subjected to a heat treating operation are continuously directed from the heat treating apparatus by a stream of air through an oscillating tube onto a moving conveyor be... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4162564 | Method and apparatus for stuffer crimping strand material Textile strands are bulked or crimped by lengthwise compression, accompanied by flow of propellant fluid, into a foraminous region in which the strand is confined laterally but the fluid may escape except where the strand is compressed into a compact mass... | 07/31/1979 |
