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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475459 | Apparatus and method for conditioning air-entangled yarn A yarn conditioning apparatus and methods for removing interlace nodes from a multifilament, crimped yarn, and including a first roll assembly for accepting the multifilament, interlaced yarn from a yarn supply at a predetermined yarn feed rate and outputting the ya... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7325284 | Apparatus and method for texturizing yarn A texturizing apparatus comprising a drive housing having a false twist inlet to allow a plurality of yarns to enter the drive housing, a pair of opposing counter-rotating nip rollers positioned downstream of the false twist inlet, each nip roller having a circumfer... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7284881 | LED fixing device of a pixel module and method for manufacturing the same An LED fixing device of a pixel module for a sign board is provided. The LED fixing device is installed on a front side of an LED panel of a road sign board, facilitates the downward flow of rainwater, and prevents the rainwater from being introduced into a pixel mo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284306 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss for textured yarn and other related methods 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 supply, a yarn stuffing container to produce textured yarn periodic... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7260875 | Ceramic nozzle and apparatus for stuffer box crimping a synthetic multifilament yarn A stuffer box yarn crimping apparatus for crimping a synthetic multifilament yarn 14. The apparatus includes a feed nozzle 2 which comprises a divided nozzle body, consisting of two molded ceramic components 1. Preferably, the molded ceramic com... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249451 | Texturing and interlacing machine The machine comprises a texturing zone (12) trough which a covering yarn (22) advances; a feed unit (C) for an elastomer yarn (20); combining means to combine the textured covering yarn (22) with the elastomer yarn (20), said means... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7185406 | Device and method for treating an elongated medium A device for treatment of an elongated medium with at least two first rotational bodies, which are pivoted around predefined rotational axes, whereby the rotational axes are essentially parallel to one another, with at least two second rotational bodies, which are p... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7152288 | Stuffer box crimper and a method for crimping The instant invention is a stuffer box crimper and a method for crimping. The stuffer box crimper according to instant invention includes a pair of nip rollers, a pair of doctor blades, and a stuffer box. The pair of doctor blades is adjacent to an exit end of the p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152287 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss for textured yarn and other related methods 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 supply, a yarn stuffing container to produce textured yarn periodic... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7086130 | Apparatus and method for texturing a plurality of blended synthetic multifilament yarns An apparatus and a method for texturing blended synthetic multifilament yarns, wherein the blended yarns are each produced in parallel from a plurality of individual yarn components. The individual yarn components are withdrawn and drawn by a withdrawal means, with ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6890166 | Spinning-drawing-texturing machine A spinning-drawing-texturing machine for producing crimped threads is described, comprising a spinning device, a drawing device, a texturing device, and a take-up device. A plurality of threads spun by the spinning device is assigned to the drawing device, the textu... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887410 | Parallel spinning process involving the intermingling of threads between galettes and a corresponding spinning installation therefor A parallel spinning process, in particular for filaments, e.g. for textile or industrial applications, made from polymers such as, for example, PET or PA, in each case having a thread interlacing device between two godets for each individual thread, the godets being... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6823570 | Method for manufacturing wet absorption yarns and wet absorption yarns made from the method A method for manufacturing wet absorption yarns comprises the following steps of fabricating the polypropylene filaments into yarns; feeding the yarns to a false twisting machine for twisting the yarns; feeding the yarns to a driving roller and a package rollers for... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6726975 | Multiple fiber floor mat and method Dual fiber carpet and matting fabrics are made of tufted ends of yarn with one end being made from standard carpet denier yarns ranging from about 10 to 30 denier per filament and total denier ranging from about 600 to 5000 denier and the second end being made from ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6421891 | Apparatus for processing and winding a yarn A yarn texturing machine for texturing and winding a yarn, wherein the feed system withdraws the yarn from a texturing device and advances it to a takeup device. Between the feed system and the takeup system, a yarn accumulation or free space is provided ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6401315 | Apparent space-dyed yarns and method for producing same A process for combining single color feed yarns, either dyed or melt pigmented, without twisting or heat-setting, to form an apparent space-dyed yarn product. The process includes the sequential steps of individually and simultaneously drawing two or more... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6374470 | Face plate for spun-like textured yarn A compact core and effect yarn producing texturing machine which employs a face plate on which the core and effect yarn godets are mounted in one area of the face plate and another pair of godets are mounted in another area of the space plate. A loop brea... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6332253 | Textile effect yarn and method for producing same A process for combining dyed or melt pigmented textile denier accent yarns in small yarn sizes, into a small building block carpet denier bundle to achieve a face yarn bundle having a wide range of special color effects and appearance, not attainable by m... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6240609 | Apparent space-dyed yarns and method for producing same A process for combining single color feed yarns, either dyed or melt pigmented, without twisting or heat-setting, to form an apparent space-dyed yarn product. The process includes the sequential steps of individually and simultaneously drawing two or more... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6076345 | Method and apparatus for generating a yarn composed of at least two yarn components A method is provided for producing a yarn from at least two individual yarn components having different physical characteristics so that the produced yarn has a desired visual effect. The method includes continuously supplying at least one yarn component ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6055712 | Method of manufacturing air textured threads Method of manufacturing air textured threads comprising at least one ground thread and at least one effect thread, wherein at least the ground thread is drafted before it is fed, together with the effect thread, to a texturizing unit and wherein the textu... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6038847 | Process for manufacturing different shrinkage microfiber texture yarn A process for manufacturing different shrinkage micro-fiber texture yarn which uses a blend of micro-fiber yarn having a boil-off shrinkage lower than 10% and a low crimped filament having a boil-off shrinkage higher than 15%. The different shrinkage micr... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6029328 | Process and equipment for bulk-texturizing and simultaneous interlacing of thermoplastic yarns, using heating fluids Process for bulk-texturizing and simultaneous interlacing of medium or high-shrinkage multi-filament yarns carried out with a device in which the yarns are made to pass into single or multiple chambers where the yarns come under jets of steam or other gas... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5943748 | Adapter device for fiber processing unit In the case of an arrangement for transporting at least one thread treated in a thread conditioning plant from a delivery roller pair to a transport belt which takes up the thread in the form of thread loops, an adapter is arranged downstream of the deliv... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5913976 | Fiber optic handling and coating fixture The invention comprises a fixture and method for holding optical waveguid such as fiber optic cable, in a relatively stable fashion for processing. The fixture includes a first frame and a second frame, releasably securable to the first frame to form a u... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5771674 | Process and apparatus for crimping fibers An apparatus is provided for crimping and heat setting a filament or a tow of filaments and to provide fine filaments. The apparatus has at least one heating zone with means for heating a filament or a tow of filaments in an inert and/or oxidizing atmosph... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5768877 | Heating device with exchangeable yarn guide insert A yarn heating apparatus for use in a yarn false twisting machine, which has a heated axial channel in which the yarn advances along a zigzagged path. To guide the yarn in the axial channel, yarn guides are provided, which are mounted to a generally U-sha... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5640745 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a mixed yarn using multifilament yarn and fibers An apparatus and method for the manufacture of a mixed yarn consisting of two components, continuous filament yarn and staple fibers. The mixed yarn is manufactured by an air jet texturing process. It has been possible to bind the staple fibers undisplace... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5619780 | Production of textured yarn and method for containing said yarn A method for detecting a yarn break between the cooling drum and the windup in a yarn bulking process and containing the broken end to prevent the broken end from interrupting adjacent threadlines. The yarn, when broken, is contained in individual tubes e... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5613285 | Process for making multicolor multifilament non commingled yarn The process includes the sequential steps of supplying in a separated side-by-side parallel relationship to a yarn drawing apparatus first multifilament feed yarn and second multifilament feed yarn which are differently colored or colorable with respect t... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5581858 | Making textile strands There is disclosed a method for making a textile strand comprising passing two filamentous strands together through a jet device which commingles filaments of the two strands and then subjecting the thus commingled strands to a drawing step in which at le... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5558901 | Floss yarn bulking assembly and method A process for manufacturing a continuous dental floss brush comprising alternating portions of thread sections which do not stretch significantly under tension and brush sections which stretch under slight tension, includes the step of coating at least th... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5343601 | Yarn spinning method with high-speed winding A method of processing an endless synthetic yarn is disclosed, wherein the yarn is withdrawn from a spinneret, and advanced into contact with a feed system which is operated under conditions which produce slippage between the feed system and the advancing... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5317791 | Apparatus for producing slub effects in yarn strands An apparatus for air jet processing of threads of yarn to create fancy effects in yarn. The apparatus comprises at least one pair of reciprocally moving triangular profiles which move across the paths of moving yarn strands. Each triangular profile is sep... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5312677 | Latent looped yarn, a fabric made of the same, and a method for manufacturing the latent looped yarn This invention relates to a latent looped yarn having loops produced by an eddy current treatment and once potentialized therein before a weaving operation and revealed in a fabric, after the yarns are woven therein at least as warp yarns, by heat treatme... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5056200 | Apparatus for making novel textured yarn A novel yarn is a bundle of multifilament continuous supply yarns with two sequentially alternating lengths in a preselected ratio. The first length has alternating sections of entangled filaments and unentangled, crimped filaments alternating in closely,... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5040276 | Continuous high speed method for making a commingled carpet yarn A continuous, high speed (greater than 800 meters per minute) process and apparatus enable the production of a multifilament carpet yarn having a degree of filament intermixture high enough so that a standard deviation of less than 6.0 results upon conduc... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5035110 | Nub yarn A substantially twist-free, crimped, continuous, multifilament yarn containing randomly-spaced, tightly entangled nubs and the process and apparatus used for making such yarns is disclosed. The nub yarn is made by feeding a substantially entanglement-free... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5027486 | Method and apparatus for randomizing multiple yarn strands A winding apparatus which includes a plurality of yarn supply package stations for holding a plurality of packages of multifilament yarn, a processing station for receiving yarns from the yarn supply packages and processing the yarn, and a take-up package... | 07/02/1991 |
