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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7309667 | Woven fabric and a method for the production thereof A fabric includes mutually transverse thread systems, with at least one of the thread systems including a differential shrinkage yarn C. The shrinkage yarn C has at least one effect component A that irreversibly elongates itself upon heat treatment, and at least one... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7219516 | Heat setting machine with sealing head A continuous heat set line for setting yarn, having spaced-apart, elongate, tubular entrance and exit cooling chambers interconnected by an elongate intermediate steam heat-setting chamber communicating therewith. The entrance and exit cooling chambers and the inter... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6877197 | Process for treating a polyester bicomponent fiber The invention provides a process for treating a polyester fiber comprising the steps of providing a bicomponent fiber comprising poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) which has been heat-treated at a first temperature and cooled to lower ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6354069 | Method and device for treating filament yarn with air The new invention proposes that filament yarns, in particular partially stretched yarns known as POY yarns, be subjected to stretch texturing via an air treatment nozzle. The air treatment nozzles are designed in miniaturized form, have a continuous yarn ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6348072 | Heat setting chamber arrangement and use of same to make textured yarn An arrangement for transporting yarn through a heat setting chamber has a rotatably driven central mast which is equipped with transport belts arranged around the mast in the form of a polygon in cross section. At least one yarn is wound around the transp... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6199250 | Process and equipment for bulk-texturing 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... | 03/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5983470 | Method to produce bulked deep dyed fabric A polyester multifilament synthetic yarn which has a low draw ratio and a bulk characteristic made by overfeeding the yarn in the range of 4-12% that provides a double plush fabric, when knit, that has a pleasant broken pattern look with at least a 25% in... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5780099 | 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... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5467513 | Method and apparatus for heat-setting carpet yarn using variable yarn laying mechanism A method and apparatus is disclosed for heat-setting carpet yarn by conveying continuously running yarn through a heat-setting chamber. To facilitate production of variable texture yarn, a controllable oscillating yarn supply tube assembly is provided for... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5379501 | Method of produce loop pile yarn A method to provide a looped pile yarn having a high number of loops projecting therefrom. The yarn is produced by drawing and texturing a core and effect yarn with the effect yarn being supplied to the air texturing jet with a high overfeed in the range ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5163208 | Sealing unit for heat treatment apparatus for textile threads A sealing unit for a heat treatment apparatus for textile threads comprises an upper roller (7) and lower roller (8) between which a conveyor belt (8) passes. The seal between the rollers and the frame (2) of the unit is formed by an upper (29) and lower ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5141780 | Multifilament yarn with adhesive polymer component The invention is directed to a process for producing bulked synthetic multifilament yarn comprising a plurality of continuous synthetic filaments having deposited thereon at intermittent intervals an adhesive polymer component having a melting temperature... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5092139 | Installation for the heat-setting of textile yarns The installation for the heat-setting of textile yarns comprises a tubular heating and steam-treatment chamber (1) partially filled with water and connected at its opposite ends to two tubular cooling chambers, these chambers being traversed longitudinall... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5074015 | Unit for continuous heat treatment of textile thread The object of the present invention is the free retraction of thread spirals placed on a perforated conveyor belt during a heat treatment such as heat retraction or heat fixing of dyes. The device applies shaking movements or vibrations to a vertical comp... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4965919 | Potential bulky polyester associated bundles for woven or knitted fabric and process for production thereof Potential bulky polyester associated bundles or yarns for woven or knitted fabric include spontaneously heat extensible multi-filament A and heat shrinkable multi-filament B. The associated bundles are interlaced at 20-100 interlaces/m. For multi-filament... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4955117 | Apparatus for hot air bulking of synthetic yarn Synthetic yarn to be bulked and heat set is supplied to a plurality of ovens in coiled form and is subjected to an even hot flow of dry gaseous fluid to bulk and heat set the yarn as it passes successively through the bulking oven and the heat setting ove... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4949441 | Polylaminar apparatus for fluid treatment of yarn Strand material, such as yarns, tow or film, is processed through a fluid treatment apparatus which utilizes a polylaminar stack structure to form an elongate strand processing duct which has a strand inlet, a strand outlet, and a duct cross section which... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4760629 | Process for the treatment of a filament cable The treatment of a filament cable in a device into which it is introduced, in which it is crimped, treated with a gas, and withdrawn, characterized by the fact that the cable is crimped using a crimping device which is operated gas-dynamically, which has ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4754619 | Heat-set chamber redesign for uniform heat setting of carpet yarns In conjunction with a heat-set apparatus for carpet yarns which incorporates a plenum chamber having a porous upper surface in combination with a forced draft system for recirculating the heating medium throughout the length of the heat-set chamber, an im... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4658483 | Yarn shrinking method Apparatus for shrinking thread having a spool with a speed control, a liquid tank and rollers for guiding thread into and out of the tank, a drive for drawing the thread off the spool and through the tank, a drying chamber, and rollers in the chamber for ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4567720 | Air jet texturing system A new process is provided for producing highly resilient, textured, continuous multifilament polymeric yarns and combinations of such yarns with other continuous filament yarns and with spun yarns. The unstable or wild loops which form in conventional air... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566319 | Process and apparatus for measuring thermal shrinkage properties of yarn The thermal shrinkage properties of yarn are measured by applying heat treatment to the yarn while it travels through a straight yarn path formed between a feed roller and a draw roller. The peripheral speed of the feed roller is set at a desired constant... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4557689 | Texturing machine In an air jet texturing machine or the like for bulking a multifilament yarn with means to conduct the bulked yarn through a heating tube under relatively low tension at high speed, said tube having a nominal inner diameter which is more than 10 times the... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4542619 | Core yarn and method and apparatus for making This invention discloses a yarn, and method and apparatus for making it, composed of a core component having yarn strength wrapped clockwise and counter-clockwise by wrapper components, wherein the core has a sinuous configuration and contains a greater l... | 09/24/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4442573 | Device for intermediate storage of thread A device for intermediate storage of thread having the following: a belt conveyor, a drive mechanism, a winding head, having a thread guide arranged along a circular path, through which thread, in the form of loops, is placed upon the front portion of the... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4420108 | Apparatus for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread into and out of a thread treatment section There is described and shown apparatus which is for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread 12 into or out of a thread treatment section 2 (for example a heating zone of a heat setting arrangement), and which comprises an externally-driven taper... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4418856 | Apparatus for plaiting tow onto a conveyor An inverting tow plaiter adapted to position tow onto a receiving end of a main conveyor in a series of overlying laps oriented to permit trouble-free removal of tow from the main conveyor discharge end. The plaiter comprises a continuous, moving canvas b... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414756 | Method and apparatus for treating strand-like material An improved method and apparatus for treating strand-like material is described. The method comprises conveying loops of such strand-like material supported by conveyor means through a heating zone wherein provision is made for causing certain portions of... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4375957 | Cleaning system for continuous yarn heat set machine A flow of cleaning fluid is directed into the lower ends of the exhaust stacks of a yarn heat set machine, with the cleaning fluid being directed alternately into the stacks at one end of the yarn path and then into the stacks at the other end of the yarn... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4365424 | Method for surface treatment of an endless textile structure An endless textile web is processed by passing it through an elongated tubular member defining a treatment zone which is disposed within a chamber. A jet of treatment air is directed against the web near the inlet end of the zone, the jet being directed a... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365395 | Apparatus for handling textile filamentary material Static tow inverting apparatus for inverting the overlap of overlapping layers of a continuous length filamentary tow band of textile material deposited onto the surface of a moving conveyor in relaxed condition for treatment, such as in the thermal heat ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4351118 | Apparatus and method for continuously treating yarn Indefinite strand yarn is steam and heat treated in an enclosure. The yarn travels in an indefinite length moving coil through a tunnel that extends through the enclosure, with steam being supplied to the enclosure and the exhaust pipes leading from adjac... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4338776 | Process for the production of a crimped continuous multifilament yarn Process and apparatus for producing a crimped continuous multifilament yarn by the sequential steps of air-jet texturizing to form multiple random filamentary loops, immediately pulling out metastable loops formed in the yarn without heating and without s... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4324353 | Apparatus for handling textile filamentary material Static tow inverting apparatus for inverting the overlap of overlapping layers of a continuous length filamentary tow band of textile material deposited onto the surface of a moving conveyor in relaxed condition for treatment, such as in the thermal heat ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4316370 | Yarn conditioning plant A yarn conditioning plant for processing of yarn at high temperature is improved by provision of arrangements for enabling a plurality of yarn threads that have simultaneously been processed upon a single yarn transport to be wound individually upon separ... | 02/23/1982 |
