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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7065936 | Fill and packaging apparatus An apparatus is provided for filling food product drafts into packages. A supply of open top containers are arranged in rows and carried by an elongated web of film and are movable by the web into a fill station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6272833 | Process and an apparatus for the manipulation of an empty spool on a textile machine On a textile machine, arL empty spool (12) is conveyed along a multiplicity of spool stations (1) situated next to one another. In a predetermined position relative to a grasping apparatus (3) the said empty spool (12) is stopped and is picked up by said ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5970699 | Roving frame with bobbin changing device In order to quickly exchange empty sleeves (18) for full bobbins (6)in a roving frame, guiding rails (14, 21, 22) are mounted along at least one row of flyers (4). A suspended carriage train (15) with hangers (16) can be driven on the guiding rails (14, 2... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5937629 | Method and device for supplying empty tubes to winding devices of a textile machine A method and device are provided for supplying empty tubes to winding devices of a textile machine comprising a plurality of operating units arranged next to each other in at least one line and equipped each with a winding device as a part of the operatin... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5822970 | Transport apparatus for bobbins and bobbin sleeves in a textile plant A roving frame and spinning machine system in which each roving frame is coupled with a plurality of spinning machines via a respective suspension track system having a respective transporter for transferring bobbins from the roving frame to the spinning ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5715669 | Bobbin transporting system for roving and spinning machines with apparatus to exchange bobbins of differing pitches A bobbin transporting system are overhead transporting rail for the flyer frames and an overhead transporting rail for spinning machines are disposed independent of each other. The bobbin transporting carrier running on the transporting rail for the flyer... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5671596 | Bobbin and core sleeve transport system for a roving frame A roving frame having a suspension carriage track extending through the flyers thereof has a parking rail which can accommodate the full length of the suspension carriage train which removes the full bobbins from the flyer row and on the parking rail, by ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5632594 | Machine for ordering textile tubes for a continuous spinning machine The machine for ordering textile tubes for entry into the distributor of a continuous spinning machine includes mechanisms that perform that ordering so that, independently, the textile tubes can be delivered to one side or the other of the spinning machi... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5628173 | Method and apparatus for feeding sliver to a spinning machine without sliver cans at spinning stations Sliver is delivered from a drawing frame to an open-end spinning frame in sliver containing cans and, at a transfer location along the travel path of a servicing device for the spinning frame, sliver is removed from the cans in partial lots and transferre... | 05/13/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5526634 | Robot device for piled-package type double twister A robot device for a piled-package type double twister, capable of detecting the condition of a pilot lamp for indicating yarn breakage, provided in a double-twisting unit which unwinds yarns from two feed packages placed one over the other, twist the yar... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524428 | Method and apparatus for separating the roving wound on packages from the flyers of a roving frame or the like, and for securing the roving end to the packages before doffing To secure the end of the roving (5) to packages (9) before their doffing from a roving frame, it is proposed to initially raise the package support carriage (2) into a position such that the lower end (4a) of the tubes (4) is at the level of the compresso... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5414986 | Method and apparatus for supplying sliver to the spinning stations of spinning machines in the form of a transport-containerless bunch An apparatus for supplying the spinning machine with feed material includes a transport unit being movable along the spinning machine for advancing feed material produced by a production machine upstream of the textile machine to a region of the spinning ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5363638 | Method of handling a wound bobbin on open-end spinning machines and a device for carrying out the method A device for handling wound bobbins which are wound on a spinning machine includes an attending device which is moveable along the spinning machine from one wound bobbin to another. A tending device includes a lever which carries a gripping mechanism, for... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5359844 | Sliver can exchange apparatus with can transport carriage having a rotatable platform with three can supports An apparatus for transporting full sliver cans to the spinning stations of a textile spinning machine for can exchange operations thereat during which empty sliver cans are exchanged for full sliver cans. The apparatus includes a can transport carriage ha... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5349807 | Robot apparatus for double twister A robot apparatus for a double twister, which can travel along the units of the double twister, is provided with an operating arm for drawing a yarn end from a feed package, a suction arm for drawing a yarn end from a winding package, a yarn hook portion ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5329756 | Automatic device for starting a two-for-one twisting station after interruption of the feed yarn and relative automatic process There is described an automatic device for restarting a two-for-one twisting station after yarn interruption, the device being provided on a carriage which patrols the twisting machine faces and is equipped to discharge a completed bobbin, seize the yarn ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5272865 | Method and apparatus for exchanging roving bobbins in a ring spinning frame A method and apparatus for carrying out a roving bobbin exchange operation when applied to a conventional ring spinning frame. The roving bobbin exchange operation is simultaneously carried out on a plurality of successive pairs of a front bobbin hanger a... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5197272 | Apparatus for the automatic removal of bobbins from a bank of spindles for long fibers and short fibers and process for using this apparatus Process and apparatus for the automatic removal of bobbins from a bank of spindles. A transporting fork has a plurality of recesses for simultaneously handling a plurality of spindles. The transporting fork is movable in a vertical direction and in at lea... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5189872 | Processing robot for a two-for-one twister The present invention provides an arrangement wherein a carriage is provided so that the carriage may travel along units of a two-for-one twister disposed, the carriage comprising a yarn exchanging mechanism for exchanging an empty yarn package supported ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5184453 | Robot for a double twister An automatic doffing method for a double twister and a double twister movable along each unit of the double twister which is provided with a yarn supply package changing mechanism for replacing an empty feed package supported on a spindle of each unit wit... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5170617 | Method and apparatus for producing packages Packages, particularly cross-wound packages are produced directly at a ring spinning frame. In a method and apparatus for making packages a rewinding device is provided for a group of spinning stations. The rewinding device comprises a fixed winding stati... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5165615 | Take-up package doffing apparatus for textile yarn processing machine For the automated removal of takeup packages, in particular cross-wound twister packages, held in a pivotally supported package holder, and their replacement with empty tubes, the present invention provides for mechanisms to open largely at the same time ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5138827 | Service unit for groupwise exchange of bobbins between a creel and a bank of a textile fly frame A traveling service unit for groupwise exchange of bobbins supported on a creel above the service unit for bobbins supported on the bank of a textile fly frame. The traveling service unit includes a gripper assembly having gripper components for releasabl... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5136833 | Method and apparatus for removing yarn package and transport adapter from a spindle assembly of a yarn processing machine and securing the free end portion of yarn for transport For an automated removal of a package and transport adapter with a hollow core, on which at least one empty winding tube or a winding tube holding a residual length of yarn is inserted, from a yarn processing station, in particular from the protective pot... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5119621 | Maintenance device for exchanging yarn supply packages at spindle assembly stations of a yarn processing machine A maintenance device is provided in a two-for-one twister textile yarn processing machine having a plurality of spindle assembly stations in side-by-side relationship along the length of the machine for processing of yarn at each station as the yarn is fe... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5109662 | Operating method and apparatus for the automated removal of yarn remnants from winding tubes by an automated maintenance and servicing device traveling along a textile yarn processing machine In yarn processing stations, in which two yarns are withdrawn from feed yarn packages inserted on a package adapter, the problem arises that a residual yarn wind is left on the tube of a feed yarn package. To remove this residual yarn wind, the maintenanc... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5092116 | Bobbin transfer apparatus for spinning machines Apparatus for transferring empty and full bobbins to and from a plurality of juxtaposed spinning machines makes use of peg trays each having a peg engageable with a bobbin. The apparatus includes stationary bobbin transfer devices arranged on both sides o... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5010724 | Method and apparatus for producing packages Packages, particularly cross-wound packages are produced directly at a ring spinning frame. In a method and apparatus for making packages a rewinding device is provided for a group of spinning stations. The rewinding device comprises a fixed winding stati... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4979360 | Transport and handling system for multi-position textile machines A transport and handling system for multi-position textile machines, in particular twisting machines, comprising a first track system, the path of which extends along the longitudinal sides of the machines, and which accommodates at least one automated ha... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4953942 | Optical fiber cable and method of making the same A spacer-type optical fiber cable has a rod-type spacer which includes closed spaces for holding corresponding optical fibers within these closed spaces. The closed spaces of the rod-type spacer are formed from open straight grooves on a flat-type spacer ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4938017 | Apparatus for automatic doffing and donning of tubes in a textile spinning or twisting machine A method and apparatus for automatically doffing fully wound bobbins simultaneously from the plural spindles of a textile spinning or twisting machine and subsequently donning empty tubes simultaneously onto the spindles. When doffing a fully wound bobbin... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4928476 | Two-for-one twisting machine A two-for-one twisting machine comprising a plurality of two-for-one twisting units arranged in rows, the two-for-one twisting units each consisting of a twisting machine and a take-up device, wherein there is provided a travelling member adapted to trave... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4899531 | Method and apparatus for automatic exchange of roving bobbins of a ring spinning machine A method and apparatus for exchanging roving bobbins on a ring spinning machine or the like. A temporary storage spindle is provided in a service unit which services the ring spinning machine and a roving cutting and piecing apparatus and a spindle are mo... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4891933 | Method and apparatus for the rapid reestablishment of operation of a textile spinning machine A method and apparatus for reestablishing the spinning operation of an open-end spinning machine following completion of spinning of a full package. The apparatus uses a traveling service unit having a device for forming a yarn reserve on a projecting end... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4865260 | Equipment and process to supply winding tubes to the individual winding stations of a textile machine Equipment and process to supply winding tubes to individual reeling stations of a textile machine, and to carry out the subsequent insertion of a new winding tube between the bobbin holder arms of a collection station. The equipment comprises an accumulat... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4856270 | Automated textile thread processing system An automated thread processing system is characterized by reducing thread package handling and labor requirements. The system includes a textile thread processing machine station having a plurality of spindle assemblies for processing thread and forming w... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4846414 | Method and apparatus for automatic orderly removal and collection of fully-spun cops from textile ring spinning machines A method and apparatus for automatically removing and collecting in an orderly manner fully-spun cops from a plurality of textile ring spinning machines of the type having longitudinal conveyors for transporting doffed cops to one machine end for collecti... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4841719 | Apparatus for transporting roving bobbins An apparatus for transporting roving bobbins (Y) along a transportation rail (5) arranged between a spinning process (3) and a roving process (1), comprising bobbin carriages (11), each having a plurality of bobbin hangers (13) for suspendingly holding ro... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4805352 | Flyer doffer for automatically replacing full roving bobbins with empty roving bobbins An apparatus for automatic exchange of at least one full bobbin with at least one empty bobbin in a flyer, i.e. a flyer doffer, comprises a transport device reaching the flyer acting to transport the full bobbins and the empty bobbins, a doffing region an... | 02/21/1989 |
