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Class 28/285 - With thermal treating


Subclass of Class 28 - Textiles: manufacturing
Definition: Method or apparatus wherein the thread finishing operation
No. of patents: 19
Last issue date: 10/16/2001


NumberTitleIssue Date
6301750Sliver compression method and device
This invention relates to a silver compression method and device. By using the compression method of this invention, the loaded sliver is reduced without requiring the use of spindles and thus allow for easier handling in the next process....
10/16/2001
6014854Processing textile strands
Wound bobbins of yarn are exposed to constant tensioning treatment to eliminate variances in hot air shrinkage caused by the manufacturing processes used to make the strands....
01/18/2000
5791135Heat treatment of textile strands prior to plying
Wound bobbins of yarn are exposed to a high temperature heat treatment step to eliminate variances in hot air shrinkage caused by the manufacturing processes used to make the strands....
08/11/1998
5428884Yarn conditioning process
An automated yarn conditioning apparatus and process is provided. This apparatus and process allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conv...
07/04/1995
5423109Yarn conditioning apparatus
An automated yarn conditioning apparatus is provided. This device allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conveyor. Yarn conditioning is ...
06/13/1995
5361609Steam setting apparatus
An automatic winder having a steam setting apparatus in which a steam setter for steaming bobbins is disposed along winding units behind a winder body in a system connecting an automatic winder for rewinding spinning bobbins to a fine spinning frame inclu...
11/08/1994
5353488Yarn conditioning apparatus
An automated yarn conditioning apparatus is provided. This device allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conveyor. Yarn conditioning is ...
10/11/1994
5317887Bobbin treating system
In a bobbin treating system connected to a fine spinning frame and an automatic winder, a steam setter is installed inside of the automatic winder for steaming bobbins coming from the fine spinning frame....
06/07/1994
5269052Yarn conditioning process
A process for conditioning a yarn package enclosed within a conditioning chamber by introducing low temperature steam at approximately 140° F. for two seconds, thereby setting the twist of the yarn after spinning and winding....
12/14/1993
5241844Package stock device
A package stock device in which a plurality of package mounting shelves are arranged within a case through endless chain in such a way as they may be circulated and moved in it, and the case is formed with a supplying port and a discharging port so as to ...
09/07/1993
4966017Fiber creel humidification
A process and apparatus for supplying never-dried yarns from a humidified creel to maintain a constant and controlled amount of moisture on the yarns and, thereby, assure that the supplied yarns are maintained at a constant quality for further processing....
10/30/1990
4953368Method of and apparatus for heat-treating bobbins of yarn
Installed on a conveyor line which connects a spinning machine and a winding machine together, a heat treatment apparatus for bobbins of yarn which accepts a batch of upright bobbins arranged in rows and which performs steam heat treatments on the bobbins...
09/04/1990
4893483Heat treatment apparatus for bobbins of yarn
In a heat treatment apparatus for bobbins of yarn having a plurality of heat treatment baths arranged between a spinning machine and a winding machine, the bobbins from the spinning machine are carried into the heat treatment baths by a conveyor line with...
01/16/1990
4660368Installation formed of a spinning machine and a winding machine
An installation includes a spinning machine, a winding machine, a bobbin transporting device transporting the bobbins from the spinning machine to the winding machine, and a tube or sleeve transporting device transporting tubes or sleeves from the winding...
04/28/1987
4523441Handling of textile yarn
The invention relates to a yarn handling arrangement in which the yarn is subjected to conditioning in a humid atmosphere before and as it is drawn off for use in a textile machine. The apparatus described in an example consists of an enclosure comprising...
06/18/1985
4081888Apparatus for producing compact yarn package
Disclosed is an apparatus for producing a compact package of a textile yarn, comprising an accumulation container disposed to a machine frame in a rotatable condition about a longitudinal axis thereof, an inlet of a textile yarn formed at a position above...
04/04/1978
3986235Space dyeing of textile strands
Space-dyed textile strands are provided by a process which comprises contacting each of the substantially flat ends of a wound yarn package with a color modifying agent, withdrawing the yarn from the yarn package and rewinding the yarn in reverse order in...
10/19/1976
3973906Cheese handling method
Cheeses produced by spinning machinery are canistered in a plurality of cylindrical containers in a manner allowing bobbins of the cheeses to be stacked in end-to-end relationship. A cheese transportation vehicle transfers the containers to a processing p...
08/10/1976
3972176Method of treating synthetic yarns
A novel and improved carpet yarn for cut-pile carpets is produced by twisting a strand of yarn having pre-existing latent filament crimp characteristics to a predetermined twist level in a given direction and then plying it with a similar strand or strand...
08/03/1976
 
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