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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7111446 | Method and apparatus for operating an open-end rotor spinning unit An open-end spinning unit, which comprises a spinning rotor 1 that rotates during the spinning operation at a high rotational speed in a closed rotor housing 2. The spinning rotor is rotated by an individual electric motor drive 18 and supported... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6532396 | Process and apparatus for control of a component of a textile machine with a plurality of similar, adjacent workstations A process and apparatus are provided for controlling components of individual work stations of a textile machine wherein the textile machine includes a plurality of adjacent such work stations. The work station components are run at a first speed during n... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6425236 | Cable and yarn double-twisting spindle A cabling and yarn double-twisting spindle having pneumatic assistance for a threading up of the yarns to be handled by the spindle is provided. The spindle includes a shaft rotatably supportable in a support hub on a spindle bank. The shaft has a central... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6393816 | Motor system for directly driving spindles of spinning machine A mounting of a motor system for directly driving spindles of a spinning machine, wherein individual motors are provided that are superior in insulation property, having a housing construction formed by electric insulation means, each power supply line br... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6298648 | Multiple twist spindle Multiple twist spindle to impart two+two twists to textile yarns and threads, whether they be continuous filaments or discontinuous fibres, the spindle comprising a spindle support (16) which supports a support (13) for the feed bobbin (12) maintained sub... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6272829 | Individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister In an individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister that directly employs separate motors to drive the spindle shafts of each twisting unit, when a spindle is inserted into the housing during motor assembly, a rotor and a stator may attract each other an... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6260341 | Modular machine for spinning and doubling with elements for transmitting individually the spindles with conical or double conical continuous and individual folding system Modular machine for spinning and doubling with individual transmission elementos for spindles with continuous, individual, conical or double conical folding system, comprising a frame formed by two metal cabinets connected to each other by means of a cent... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6256971 | Individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister In an individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister that directly employs separate motors to drive the spindle shafts of each twisting unit, when a spindle is inserted into the housing during motor assembly, a rotor and a stator may attract each other an... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6220009 | Damping device for an open-end spinning rotor mounted in a contactless manner A damping device for the spinning rotor (3) of an open-end spinning device (1). The spinning rotor (3) is fixed radially and axially via a magnet support arrangement (43), supported in a galvanically separated manner as regards the housing of the spinning... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6209305 | Driving and supporting device for transporting roller for textile fibers A driving and supporting device for a transporting roller for textile fibers formed as a drawing roller in an open end spinning machine, the device has an electric motor for driving a transporting roller and having a drive shaft, a device part which is co... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6205759 | Individual-spindle-drive type textile machine To provide an individual-spindle-drive type textile machine capable of making a number of wires to the drive motor of each spindle unit compact even if the number of spindle units is large. Because the spindle units are arranged in two parallel arrays, on... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6167688 | Individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister To provide an individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister that enables the position of a spindle that has stopped due to a malfunction to be promptly identified, thereby making it possible to drive and stop each spindle easily. An individual-spindle-dr... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6148596 | Individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister In an individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister that directly employs separate motors to drive the spindle shafts of each twisting unit, when a spindle is inserted into the housing during motor assembly, a rotor and a stator may attract each other an... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6047535 | Method for contact-free energy and signal transmission on textile machines, especially twisting machines as well as device for performing the method In a method for a contact-free energy and signal transmission for a textile machine between a first stationary part and a second stationary part separated by an air gap, wherein at least one component consisting of an electrically non-conducting material ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6047534 | Stopping and restarting device in independent driven spindle in spinning machine Regarding an independently driven type spindle in a spinning machine, when a yarn breakage is occurred in a spindle 10, a brake operating member 35 of the spindle 10 is moved toward a spindle shaft 13. During the movement of the brake operating member 35,... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5906092 | Spinning machine with spindle motor control system The object of the invention is to provide a spinning machine which the manufacturing expenses and maintenance/checkout expenses are held down and the operation of the low voltage circuits is stabilized. In a spinning machine having a spindle motor control... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5850730 | Opening device for an open-end spinning unit In the course of the installation or removal of an opening roller, the opening fittings, which for example consist of many pointed needles or a sawblade-shaped metal strip, represent a considerable risk of injury. So far no devices are known in connection... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5802837 | Driving bearing device for spinning rotors of open end spinning machines An open end spinning machine has a spinning rotor, an electric motor with an axial component of a main field having a rotor and a stator, a bearing housing for the spinning rotor, the rotor of the electric motor being arranged on the spinning rotor while ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5782075 | Apparatus for wire stranding and control thereof Apparatus and process for the production of stranded wire from copper wire, whereby the stranded wire is wound upon a spool by means of a transfer mechanism. A control arrangement is provided, which regulates the rotation of the spool, the motion of a tra... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5740666 | Method and system for controlling the rotational speed of a rotary ring member The present invention provides a unique method and system for automatically controlling the motion of a rotary ring twisting and winding device, provided with a rotary ring member rotatably mounted on a holder by way of a bearing mechanism, which is utili... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5694757 | Control system for a spinning machine A spinning machine has a third guide eye rail, a third balloon-confining ring rail and a traveller ring rail each of which may be operated by a flexible member from a windless drum and the latter can have an electric motor drive. According to the inventio... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5664409 | Method of controlling the tension of an advancing yarn A method is described for controlling the tension of an advancing yarn, which is crimped in a friction false twist unit of a false twist crimping machine. In accordance with the method, the tension of the advancing yarn is measured downstream of the frict... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5646465 | Drive for a shaftless spinning rotor of an open-end spinning kmachine In a shaftless spinning rotor assembly wherein the spinning rotor is the rotor of an axial field motor, an improved transfer of power and improved running properties are attained by forming the stator windings in channels which extend substantially radial... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5572859 | Individual-motor drive for spinning-machine spindle A spinning- or twisting-machine has an elongated spindle bank, a row of rotatable spindles supported on the bank, respective individual drive motors on the bank for each spindle, respective electrical control circuits connected to the respective motors an... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570572 | Drive and bearing for a shaft-less open-end spinning rotor A device for an open-end spinning machine is disclosed having a drive and a bearing for a shaft-less spinning rotor that forms the rotor of an axial field motor. The device has a stator with a hollow, cylindrical core, a multiphase winding, and a combined... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5557914 | Twisting machine with external and internal control panels On the cradle (9) of the twisting machine there is mounted a control panel (38) powered externally through a first slip ring (37-137) and corresponding electrical lines (35-135-235). In the control panel there is located an electronic computer (39) which ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5548950 | Motor for a shaftless spinning rotor for an open-end spinning machine A shaftless spinning rotor for an open-end spinning machine advantageously protects the rotational bearing components in a combined magnetic-gas bearing management by utilizing a concentric magnet arrangement for the generation of a magnetic field for gui... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5537810 | Magnetic-gas bearing for a shaftless spinning rotor for an open-end spinning machine In order to improve the smoothness of operation of a shaftless spinning rotor embodied as the rotor of an axial field motor wherein the rotor is supported by a magnetic gas bearing, a guide magnet arrangement for generating a magnetic guiding field is dec... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5524426 | Spindle-bearing unit with at least two coaxial spindles Unit to bear spindles which is suitable for spinning machines, twisters and also for two-for-one twisters and comprises a support (11) including two opposite sides (13a-13b), each of which bears at least one main bearing (30) coaxial with an opposite main... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5509261 | Stepping motor arrangement for driving a silver feed roller in a rotor spinning machine A rotor spinning machine has a plurality of simultaneously operated spinning stations each with a spinning rotor, an opening roller, a feed roller for delivering sliver to the opening roller, and a stepping motor connect directly to the feed roller for dr... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5506460 | Precision drive system for independently driven coaxial shafts, particularly to make coiled electric lamp filaments To reduce the moment of inertia and eliminate variations in speed of two xial, driven shafts, in which an outer shaft (8) surrounds a central spindle (2), which is particularly important for coiling filament material used in electric lamps, the motors ar... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5444970 | Spindle directly driven by motor and textile machine using same At least two corners of a basical rectangle, as seen from the top of a spindle, are bevelled so as not to come into contact with each other. As a result, such spindles can be easily installed on a textile machine by using the same spindle gages, without i... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5419111 | Spinning station with operable cove for a rotor spinning machine In a rotor spinning machine, each spinning station's drawing-in roller is connected directly to its own individual drive supported by the cover of the spinning station housing, which provides a simplified and conveniently accessible alternative to the con... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5404704 | Spindle driving and supporting device for textile machines A spindle driving device for winding machines and similar textile machines wherein the spindle is supported rotatably by a cartridge held by an elastic system; the spindle is connected to an electric drive motor, whose stator is fastened removably to the ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5396757 | Directly motor-driven spindle assembly A directly motor-driven spindle assembly in a rotary shaft having one end supported on a bearing and the other end connected to a load a, driving apparatus fixed to the rotary shaft to rotate the rotary shaft, and control apparatus for controlling the mov... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5369945 | Method and apparatus for controlling the yarn tension in a false twist texturing machine A method and apparatus for controlling a false twist texturing machine, which extends the previously known process for controlling operation during the normal operation of the machine, to exceptional operating conditions, such as during yarn thread-up and... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5255503 | Frictional false-twisting unit with electromotive drive A frictional false twisting unit including a plurality of driven shafts, a driven pulley on one of the shafts, an externally arranged motor with a drive shaft, an endless loop toothed belt between the drive shaft and the driven pulley. The shafts are on a... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5231819 | Spinning or twisting machine with electric motor drives In the case of a spinning or twisting machine, it is provided that the spindles are each driven by separate electric motors which, together with their bearings, are arranged in a spindle rail constructed as a longitudinal duct, the stators and the rotors ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5224331 | Textile machine, particularly a spinning or twisting machine A textile spinning or twisting machine which has plurality of units arranged next to one another in a row on one or both sides of the machine which each contain an electric motor. These electric motors are mounted on a supporting body extending in the lon... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5174102 | Twist number setting device for a two-for-one twister A twist number setting device for a two-for-one twister constituted such that an output power shaft of a drive motor is connected to a drive pulley which is connected to a spindle and provides a turning force to the spindle and also connected to a rotary ... | 12/29/1992 |
