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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370464 | Method and machine for feeding a yarn to a textile machine with automatic replacement of the yarn if interrupted or when its bobbin becomes empty A method for feeding a yarn to a textile machine for its processing and preparation for subsequent use, such as an interlacing, texturizing-interlacing or doubling machine, the yarn including at least two threads (3, 4) which are bound together, the first thr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7313907 | Apparatus and method for treating synthetic yarns The present invention relates to equipment/apparatus, and the relative method/process, for the treatment of synthetic filaments, in particular for drawing said filaments, comprising at least two nozzles each provided with a main passage, through which said yarns pas... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7288306 | Textile substrate having low variable twist yarn A textile substrate is made from two or more strands of yarn that are twisted together using a very low variable twist level. The amount of slight twist and variation in the twist are effective to give the finished carpet made from the textile substrate a uniform ap... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7155890 | Production device for carbon fibers and production method therefor A production device and production method for carbon fibers of the present invention is utilized to reliably obtain a connecting portion having a high process passing property with a simple mechanism so as to achieve a continuous operation and improve a firing proce... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150077 | Apparatus and method for splicing sliver of yarn during yarn formation and processing An apparatus (20) and methods are provided for splicing selected portions of sliver (S) such as during yarn formation and processing. The apparatus (20) preferably includes a needle carrying member (35) having a plurality of needles (32) ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146792 | Service trolley for open-end spinning machines Service trolley for open-end spinning machines equipped with members dedicated to the operations in the intervention cycles and managed by the trolley's own control unit in which each member is independent from the others, being equipped with independent actuation c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7082745 | Clump cutter apparatus of elastic yarn To provide a clump cutter apparatus of an elastic yarn for improving a success ratio of clump cutting when cutting the elastic yarn running in a draft state. A clump cutter apparatus of an elastic yarn configured by overlapping and combining a plurality of laminate ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059110 | Spinning device for production of spun thread from a fibre sliver A device for the manufacture of a spun thread from a fiber sliver includes a fiber conveying channel with a fiber guidance surface. A yarn guidance channel includes an inlet mouth aperture disposed such that the fiber guidance surface guides fibers to the inlet mout... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6907721 | Spliced yarn and method for forming the same A method for producing a spliced yarn comprising alternating predetermined lengths of a first and a second yarn and to the yarn is disclosed. A predetermined length of a first yarn is drawn through an intermingling jet. A leading portion of a second yarn is f... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6453656 | Piecing method and piecing device for the spinning machine The object of the present invention is to provide a piecing method and a piecing device of a spinning machine capable of blowing off the sliver effectively during piecing and controlling the joint thickness. Accordingly, a means is provided for sucking by... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6434921 | Method for the pneumatic splicing of threads or yarns containing an elastomer and device for performing said splicing A method for the pneumatic splicing of threads or yarns containing an elastomer comprises, in sequence, at least the following phases: introduction in a splicing chamber (11), belonging to a splicing device (10, 10a, 10b, 10c), of the ends of the threads ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6430911 | Yarn texturing machine A yarn texturing machine for texturing a plurality of thermoplastic yarns, each in a processing station. The yarns are guided and advanced in each processing station by a plurality of feed systems. One of the feed systems is mounted on a movable slide, an... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6339921 | Textile yarn piecing device with an evaluation arrangement for determining parameters of an automatic yarn piecing process A piecing device with an evaluation arrangement for determining parameters of an automatic piecing process at a spinning station (1) of an open-end spinning frame, wherein a control device is provided which, initially in a test phase, controls the creatio... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6332311 | Hairiness suppressing device for automatic winder The present invention provides a hairiness suppressing device for an automatic winder that can perfectly balloon a spun yarn using a whirling current in a yarn passage. In a hairiness suppressing device (1) comprising a yarn inserting opening (9) that ext... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6298647 | Yarn-connecting device for a cheese-producing textile machine A yarn-connecting device for a cheese-producing textile machine having a pneumatic splicing device (22) located outside of the normal travel path of the yarn, a gripper tube (25) acted upon by suction air for manipulating yarn ends to be spliced, and a pi... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6209304 | Spinning device A device for producing spun yarn by means of an airflow acting in the area between a sliver guide and a spindle (13) on fibers of a non-twisted sliver (10) drafted and delivered by a drafting arrangement in order to twist the fibers. Thereafter, the slive... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6109014 | Method and device for initiating the rewinding process after a yarn break during pot spinning A method and a device for initiating the rewinding process after a yarn break in single stage pot spinning. In the process, a yarn detaching device (14) is introduced into a spinning centrifuge (3) rotating a high rpm, and places a cutting edge (16, 48) a... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6029435 | Threading apparatus To provide a threading apparatus that can thread yarn by feeding compressed air when the yearn is fed from a large diameter portion of a spindle member to a small diameter portion of the spindle member preceding the large diameter one. A spindle member is... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6026636 | Yarn false twist texturing apparatus A yarn false twist texturing apparatus which includes a serially arranged heater, cooling device, and twisting unit. In order to collect and remove the oil vapors arising within the false twist zone, the cooling device is configured as an elongate hollow ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5934058 | Piecing method and apparatus for a spinning machine A method and apparatus are described for piercing severed yarn to a sliver in a spinning machine in a manner to prevent formation of an excessively long or frail piecing portion by passing leading yarn Y' through a twist device T; driving draft rollers 1,... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5927061 | Process and device to piece a yarn on an open-end spinning device The present invention relates to a process to piece a yarn (2) to an open-end spinning device (1), in which a plurality of handling devices (4) on a service unit (3) traveling alongside a plurality of identical open-end spinning devices (1) execute differ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5865022 | Method and apparatus for piecing a broken yarn at an open end spinning station A method and apparatus for piecing a broken end of yarn at an open end spinning station utilizing a piecing cart servicing the spinning station. To repair the yarn break, a defined yarn length is unwound off the winding bobbin and is temporarily stored in... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5862660 | Method for removing yarn defects at a winding head of a bobbin winding machine A method for removing both long and short yarn defects at the winding heads of a bobbin winding machine. Following the appearance of a yarn defect, the length of the defective yarn between the time of the appearance of the defect and the time of a subsequ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5850729 | Apparatus for detaching the terminal spiral windings from the surface of a spinning cop An apparatus for detaching the terminal spiral winding of yarn from the surface of a spinning cop, utilizes a hook-like yarn catcher element movable vertically along the cop by a pulling device and movable into and out of engagement with the yarn surface ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5813209 | Piecing method and device for a spinning machine Piecing method of a spinning machine whereby, after holding outside a twist device both a leading yarn ejected from the sliver guide entrance of a twist device in a stationary state and a sliver delivered by a re-operated draft device, the twist device is... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5809764 | Piecing method for a spinning machine A piecing method for a spinning machine wherein, following stoppage of the spinning operations, after cutting the sliver (S) between the usually rotating draft rollers (13) and the stopped draft rollers (12) and before the restarting of drafting and spinn... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5802831 | Piecing method for a spinning machine On a piecing method of a spinning machine which, after cutting a sliver between normally rotating draft rollers and stationary draft rollers, inserts a leading yarn into the spindle of a twist device and carries out piecing by the restarting of the draft ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802835 | Spinning machine negative pressure distribution system A negative pressure distribution system for a textile spinning machine includes a negative pressure channel and a plurality of lines configured to deliver negative pressure to a device in the textile machine to carry out a desired task. A distributor is d... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5772136 | Automatic assembly machine for yarns The machine comprises a yarn guide for axially guiding the yarn on the receiving cross bobbin, for each wound off yarn at least one yarn watcher, a cutting device for cutting through the yarn, a yarn tensioner and a joining device for joining yarn ends, w... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5743077 | Method for forming core/wrap yarn A method is provided for manufacturing a new core wrap yarn which is strip resistant to the degree that it is able to be passed through a knitting needle at an entrance-exit angle of about 10°, at a tension of 100 grams and a speed of 100 meters per minu... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5704204 | Method and apparatus for piecing yarn slivers to a parent yarn in a yarn spinning machine This invention is related to a yarn piecing apparatus of a spinning machine arranged with a holding member (12) that holds the parent yarn (Y') which is inserted in the hollow spindle (6) of the spindle member (5) which is seperated from the nozzle member... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5699971 | Method of, and device for, detecting the yarn end on a bobbin A method and device for detecting the yarn end on a bobbin in a textile machine. The textile machine comprises a plurality of operating units situated next to each other and an attending device adapted to travel along the units and to stop at a selected o... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5689945 | Drawing unit for a fine-spinning machine, in particular a jet-spinning machine An apparatus and method for guiding a broken thread end in a yarn spinning machine into a position in readiness for piecing wherein the broken thread end is retrieved from a bobbin, routed through a yarn spinning mechanism, guided into the nip of a pair o... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5682718 | Method and apparatus for drawing off a yarn at a spinning station A yarn being spun in a spinning station of a spinning machine is drawn off with an apparatus which includes a pair of rollers for clamping the spun yarn in a gap between the rollers and transporting the spun yarn. The rollers include a draw-off roller bei... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5673547 | Method of and apparatus for spinning and piecing yarn A spinning apparatus having a spinning section for forming yarn by applying a rotating air current of predetermined air pressure to a supplied fiber bundle and twisting the yarn while opening an end of the fiber bundle, and having a piecing section for re... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5651507 | Yarn splicing device for bobbin-winding textile machines A yarn splicing device for textile winding machines comprises a splicer mechanism for pneumatically joining yarn ends, upper and lower clamping and cutting devices, and suction-actuated yarn placement devices for placing the yarn ends to be spliced. Accor... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5619848 | Method and apparatus for automatically removing an imperfection from spun filament yarn and staple fibers A method and apparatus for automatically removing a slub from spun filament yarn and a sliver or roving of staple fibers. The sliver or roving of staple fibers are fed through a drafting apparatus to prepare a continuous bundle of staple fibers. The filam... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5613355 | Method for rewinding a spinning cake in a pot spinning apparatus A method for rewinding a spinning cake from a spinning pot of a pot spinning apparatus onto a rewinding body, preferably onto a tube as a yarn carrier, includes drawing a sliver to be spun in a drafting configuration, guiding the sliver in a pneumatic pie... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5597129 | Drive roller for the rotational frictional drive of a textile bobbin A textile machine includes a bobbin winder for winding a textile bobbin having a longitudinal axis, a given length and a yarn package with a peripheral surface. A drive roller assembly includes a drive roller for rotationally frictionally driving the text... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5586428 | Roving bobbin changing method and apparatus for spinning machine Provided for a spinning machine, a roving bobbin changing apparatus which includes a roving end finding/pick-up section equipped with a roving end finding/pick-up mechanism at a leading side as viewed in a direction in which the roving bobbin changing app... | 12/24/1996 |
