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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356983 | Spiraling apparatus A spiraling apparatus is provided that includes a rotatable deck having a deck plate that includes first and second sides. A plurality of first spools are rotatably attached to the first side of the deck plate. The first spools include a length of reinforcement woun... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7252260 | Winding method and winding apparatus Provided are a winding method and a winding apparatus in which it makes possible to expedite the winding cycle with a relatively simple construction. In a winding method in which a plurality of conductor wires are arranged in parallel and wound around a reel ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7197809 | Method for fabricating an helical stranded cable, particularly for mechanical motion transmission, and cable produced by that method A method for fabricating a stranded cable particularly for mechanical motion transmission, which cable is composed of multiple strands or wires, helically wound around a common longitudinal axis, including the steps of: a—winding... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189295 | Yarn with heat-activated binder material and process of making Yarn suitable for tufting comprises a base fiber ring spun or wrap spun with a second fiber at least partially comprising a heat-activated adhesive material such that the yarn includes from 0.1 to 12, preferably 0.25 to 10, weight percent adhesive material having a ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7124978 | Spiraling device A spiraling arrangement (1) for applying a spirally-shaped filament layer to an elongated carrier (2) which is drivable in the direction of the carrier longitudinal axis (X). The arrangement has a rotor (3), which is rotatable about the carrier ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6969437 | Yarn with heat-activated binder material and process of making Yarn suitable for tufting comprises a base fiber ring spun or wrap spun with a second fiber at least partially comprising a heat-activated adhesive material such that the yarn includes from 0.1 to 12, preferably 0.25 to 10, weight percent adhesive material having a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6804942 | Composite tubular assembly and method of forming same A composite tubular assembly formed by a core or tube which is reinforced by a multitape product which is wrapped in alternate non-bonded helical wraps on the core or tube. Each tape is first formed by impregnating a fibrous strip with a resin and then such tapes ar... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6260343 | High-strength, fatigue resistant strands and wire ropes Strands and wire ropes composed of materials such as high carbon steels and stainless steels can be provided in a compacted, mechanically stress relieved and thermally stress relieved condition. The wires are compacted during stranding to form the individ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 5826419 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing fiber optic cable An apparatus and method for manufacturing fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fiber buffer tubes bound by a binder is provided. The apparatus includes a frame and an oscillator shaft support on the frame for oscillating movement about a longit... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819518 | Method of producing a hose including reinforcing threads A hose with reinforcing threads, includes an inner wall forming a pipe wall; a plurality of coated conductive wires spirally wound with a predetermined pitch; a plurality of reinforcing threads disposed on outer surfaces of the inner wall and the coated c... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5791134 | Winding device and method for wrapping a product being processed in cable technology A method and device for winding an elongated element onto a cable product comprises a probe for measuring the tensile stress of the elongated element as it moves from a supply coil to a point for winding the element onto the cable product.... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5640766 | Method and apparatus for producing a compressed stranded wire for a press-connecting terminal The present invention provides a wire for a press-connecting terminal which has a high flexibility, and achieves a high reliability for a connection portion at the time of press-connection, and also provides a method of producing a conductor of such a wir... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5561974 | Steel cords for the reinforcement of rubber articles and method of producing the same A steel cord for the reinforcement of rubber articles has a three-layer twisting structure comprising a core of 2 steel filaments, a middle sheath layer of 6 steel filaments and an outer sheath layer of 11 steel filaments, in which a ratio of filament dia... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5496969 | Concentric compressed unilay stranded conductors Concentric Compressed Unilay Stranded Conductors are formed of certain combinations of compressed wires, such as 1+7+12, 1+6+11 or 1+7+12+17, which have nominally equal diameters. The combinations of conductors or wires are selected so that the number of ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5418333 | Stranded elliptical cable and method for optimizing manufacture thereof A method of manufacture and a resultant cable structure of elliptical stranded cable which optimizes the use of existing conventional stranding machines. In accordance with the present invention, one or more layers of shaped, non-circular, wires are inter... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5260516 | Concentric compressed unilay stranded conductors Concentric Compressed Unilay Stranded Conductors are formed of certain combinations of compressed wires, such as 1+7+12, 1+6+11 or 1+7+12+17, which have nominally equal diameters. The combinations of conductors or wires are selected so that the number of ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5231820 | Method for producing sinking/floating rope A unique rope for use in commercial fishing comprising floating and sinking portions. The sinking portion has blended yarns made up of a blend of first and second non-metallic synthetic filaments in proportions to yield a sinking rope portion having a spe... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5111646 | Tape wrapping device with plural independently rotatable spool carriers A device for winding tape around a continuous strand of material, for example a cable, wherein two reels of tape (11, 12) are mounted on a rotating tape feed device (1) via individual reel carriers (13, 14) which rotate independently and coaxially with th... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4903473 | Method for controlling a cage stranding machine A stranding machine, and a method for controlling same wherein a measurement device is utilized to measure the centrifugal forces of a spool of the stranding machine. The strand spool rotation rate is then regulated dependent upon the measured centrifugal... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4724663 | Steel cord twisting structure A steel cord, for use in the reinforcement of resilient articles such as rubber tires, comprises a central bundle of wires surrounded by a circumferential layer of helicoidally twisted wires. In the central bundle, one can distinguish a core and a surroun... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4610403 | Pipe tape tensioner A pipe tape tensioner (26) is disclosed for applying tape (12) with constant tension to a pipe (14). The pipe tape tensioner (26) employs a primary roller (32) rotatably mounted on a base (34). First clutch disks (92) and second clutch disks (100) are urg... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4601165 | Method of manufacturing a compact, multilayer single strand reinforcing cord for use in elastomeric products and a cord produced by this method A reinforcing cord for elastomeric products is produced by feeding a plurality of single metal wires of the same diameter into a set of successively arranged stranding points. At least two wires are fed into the first stranding point and through the subse... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4549391 | Wire-like structure twisting machine A wire-twisting machine for twisting individual wire-like structures into a cable, having a plurality of bobbins around which are wound the wire-like substance to be twisted, the bobbins being mounted on individual cradles which are supported at either en... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4484433 | Method for manufacturing a wrapped yarn, a wrapped yarn, and an apparatus for carrying out the method A method and apparatus for manufacturing a multi-component yarn as well as a multi-component yarn produced thereby, in which staple fibers and at least one endless yarn are combined with each other in a defined manner such that a wrapped yarn will result ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4407116 | Apparatus or stranding wire An apparatus for stranding wire, cables, ropes or the like, has one or more rotatable supports and a plurality of receptacles are non-rotatably mounted on each of the supports. A bundle of wound wire which is to be stranded is contained in each one of the... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4385485 | Methods and apparatus for fabricating optical fiber cables The present invention discloses several optical fiber cable constructions which basically dispose the optical fibers in a loosely-fitting fashion in respective longitudinal compartments provided by splicing tapes folded or shaped to a designated transvers... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4341064 | Cable making apparatus What is disclosed is an improvement in a braiding assembly having a structural framework and a main rotating braider deck carrying a plurality of bobbins, each having a plurality of spools from which cable is pulled at the desired tension for being braide... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4332131 | Apparatus and process of manufacturing a metal cord A compact single-strand cord consisting of at least nine single wires of the same diameter twisted together in the same direction and with the same pitch, characterized in that, in cross-section, the cord has the shape of a compact stack of polygonal, pre... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4325212 | Laying optical waveguides and electrical conductors onto a support filament Laying optical waveguides and electrical conductors onto a support filament in two separate laying operations spaced along a feed path of the filament.... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4309866 | Laying and binding optical waveguides onto a support filament Optical waveguide laying and binding apparatus having a binding station for a spool to wrap binding tape around an assembly of waveguides on a support filament. Replacement spools located in a replacement station are movable into the binding station by en... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4309865 | Method and apparatus for producing windings of fiber compound material on a core Windings of fiber compound materials are produced on a core in multicourses hereby the fiber arrangement may change from course to course. For this purpose a plurality of fiber coil carriers are arranged in sequence one after the other as viewed in the dir... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4300339 | System for stranding and cabling elongate filaments A system for stranding and cabling elongate filaments in a single operation wherein a plurality of modules are adapted for end-to-end alignment and each module includes a carriage supporting a plurality of supply reels from which elongate filaments are dr... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4294064 | Method of and a device for balancing a changing load of a strip roll orbiting about an axis in a strip winding machine The method of balancing a changing load of a strip roll orbiting about an axis in a strip winding machine comprises the steps of measuring the changing diameter of the strip roll, converting the measured change into electrical control pulses fed to a reve... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4275117 | String construction produced by subjecting a fibrous strand composed of fibrous materials having differing melting points to heating conditions sufficient to melt some but not all of the fibrous materials An integrated string primarily for use in connection with athletic rackets, such as tennis, badminton, squash and the like, but also usable for fishing line, musical strings, etc., said string in one embodiment comprising a thermoplastic core having a the... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4270340 | Rotating ring yarn spinning or twisting apparatus and method An air-bearing supported, freely rotated spinning or twisting ring carrying a yarn traveler having radical and cylindrical air-bearings and an annular plenum cavity in at least one of the cylindrical air-bearing surfaces for generally open, unencumbered a... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4253298 | High speed cage fly-off strander A high speed rigid strander is described that has a rotatably mounted cage which includes a plurality of bobbin support members which are parallel to and angularly spaced about the axis of rotation of the cage. Each support member includes a locking mecha... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4224787 | Apparatus for forming dielectric optical waveguide cables Apparatus for winding tape around an elongate core comprises a frame structure which supports one or more reels of tape. The frame structure carries a bobbin which is rotatable with the frame structure about the core. Tape passes from the reel to the bobb... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4142352 | Multi-wrap hose reinforcement An apparatus for applying in continuous manner about a flexible hose a plurality of reinforcing wraps. The apparatus comprises generally a first yarn treating head including a first bobbin table and a second yarn treating head including a second bobbin ta... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4125741 | Differentially compressed, multi-layered, concentric cross lay stranded cable electrical conductor, and method of forming same A compressed, multi-layered, concentric layer stranded cable electrical conductor with each succeeding overlying layer of strands helically wound in an alternately opposite direction, comprising the product of sequentially circumferentially compressing ea... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4098063 | High speed fly-off strander A high speed rigid-type strander includes a main shaft or body mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis with the core wire advanced through the strander substantially along its axis of rotation. Bobbin supporting members are fixedly mounted extern... | 07/04/1978 |
