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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226286 | Apparatus for guiding, treating, or conveying at least one yarn An apparatus for guiding, treating, or advancing at least one yarn (1), comprising a delivery roll (2) and a companion roll (3) cooperating with the delivery roll so that the yarn repeatedly loops the delivery roll (2) and the companion r... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7185406 | Device and method for treating an elongated medium A device for treatment of an elongated medium with at least two first rotational bodies, which are pivoted around predefined rotational axes, whereby the rotational axes are essentially parallel to one another, with at least two second rotational bodies, which are p... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7159380 | Tie yarn for incandescent bodies and the use thereof The invention relates to an asbestos-free binding yarn for fastening incandescent bodies to burners of incandescent lamps whose incandescent bodies after the fastening are exposed to a flame, wherein the binding yarn consists of a fireproof material, preferably sili... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7124956 | Product comprising product sub-parts connected to each other by a crimp connection In the case of a product (1) having a first product sub-part (4) and a second product sub-part (3), the two product sub-parts (3, 4) each comprise two connection zones (8, 9, 10, 11) consisting of metal and of suitably thin constru... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7107753 | Heating device for heating a yarn A heating device for heating a yarn, in particular in a texturing machine. The heating device comprises a thin-walled heating tube, which can be evenly heated on its circumference by a heating jacket. Fitted within the peripheral wall of the heating tube is an inser... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080501 | Yarn false twist texturing apparatus A texturing apparatus for draw texturing a synthetic yarn. To this end, the texturing machine comprises a first feed system, a heating device, a cooling device, a texturing unit, a second feed system, and a takeup device for winding the textured yarn. Between the he... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073318 | Apparatus and method for heat-setting carpet yarns with hot atmospheric air An apparatus and method for texture heat-setting bulk continuous filament (BCF) yarns in hot air heat-setting machines that includes a preheating device/step using a mixture of steam and atmospheric air to preheat a twisted BCF yarn bundle to develop crimp memory an... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6990795 | Yarn false twist texturing machine A texturing machine for draw texturing a plurality of synthetic multi-filament yarns and which includes a plurality of side by side processing stations. Each of the processing stations comprises a plurality of processing units for advancing, texturing, drawing, and ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6967057 | Poly(trimethylene dicarboxylate) fibers, their manufacture and use A process for preparing poly(trimethylene terephthalate) fibers including (a) providing a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) composition comprising about 0.05 to about 10 weight % ionomer and (b) spinning the polymer composition to form fibers. In addition, a poly(tri... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6929134 | Heat treatment device for synthetic fiber filament yarns When a heat treatment device for simultaneously heat-treating synthetic fiber filament yarns with saturated steam of heat medium liquid stored in a plurality of closed containers is installed with other devices together, the total height of the installation is lower... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923925 | Process of making poly (trimethylene dicarboxylate) fibers A process for preparing poly(trimethylene dicarboxylate) multifilament yarns and monofilaments. One process for preparing poly(trimethylene dicarboxylate) multifilament yarns includes (a) providing a polymer blend including poly(trimethylene dicarboxylate) and about... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6901734 | Yarn false twist texturing apparatus A yarn false twist texturing apparatus which includes a yarn heater, a yarn cooling device, and a yarn twisting unit serially arranged along a yarn path of travel. The cooling device is composed of a cooling tube, and yarn guides are arranged so that the yarn advanc... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6834489 | False twist texturing apparatus A false twist texturing apparatus for false twist texturing a plurality of synthetic yarns in a plurality of processing stations, which each comprise a plurality of feed roll systems, a primary heater, a cooling device, a false twist unit, a secondary heater, and a ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6735934 | Method for feeding in and starting a thread and false twist texturing device A process and device for texturing a thread within a false twist texturing device with a heat exchanger having thread passages formed by thread passage segments. The heat exchanger possesses a first section and a second section which form a chamber into which a flui... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6705071 | False-twist texturing method According to the false-twist texturing method of the yarn including poly lactic acid fiber, the false-twisting device 8 is made to be a nip typed false-twisting device and the heating temperature by the first heater 5 is made to be lower than or equal ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6681555 | False twister, especially for producing spiral filaments The invention relates to a false twister (10), especially for producing spiral filaments. The false twister comprises a rotatably driven twister (17) with at least one guide roller (18) around which the filaments (11) are wrapped. The aim of the invention... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6672047 | Processes of preparing partially oriented and draw textured poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarns A stable partially oriented poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarn suitable for use in subsequent drawing and/or draw-texturing operations characterized by an elongation to break of at least 110%, and a process for false-twist texturing a partially oriente... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6536199 | Method and apparatus for controlling a yarn false twist texturing machine A method and apparatus for controlling a machine for false twist texturing a plurality of synthetic filament yarns and which includes a plurality of side by side processing stations. The plurality of processing stations are divided into a plurality of sec... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6487842 | Drawing and temporary twisting machine A yarn feeding device including a preheater 23 for preheating a yarn bar Y, a first feed roller 27 for drawing the yarn bar Y from an original yarn package 11 is provided opposite to a temporary twisting and relaxation heat treating device including a sec... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6457668 | Apparatus and method for guiding and cutting an advancing yarn during a package doff An apparatus and method for guiding and cutting a continuously advancing yarn (1) during a package doff in a takeup device. The yarn is guided by means of a yarn guide (18) which is movable substantially parallel to a package or to a new tube (13), which ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6438933 | Threading apparatus and threading method in a textile machine An apparatus and method for threading a yarn onto a draw texturing machine comprising a main frame (20) provided with twisting devices (5) and second heaters (13) and a winding frame (22) provided with winding devices (10) are disposed sandwiching an oper... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430912 | Yarn false twist texturing apparatus A yarn false twist texturing apparatus having a plurality of side by side processing stations for texturing a plurality of thermoplastic yarns, wherein at each station a first feed system withdraws the yarn from a feed yarn package, and advances the yarn ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6408607 | Method of false twist texturing a synthetic yarn to a crimped yarn A method for false twist texturing a synthetic yarn, as well as the thus-produced crimped yarn, wherein a false twist is produced on the yarn at a speed of a false twist unit, which exceeds 2.2 times of the yarn speed and is above a saturation limit for a... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6399194 | Polypropylene terephthalate twisted yarn and method for producing the same The present invention offers polypropylene terephthalate textured yarn which has little dyeing unevenness or fibrillation, and is outstanding in its product quality, by carrying out texturing at the same time as drawing under specified conditions using po... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6374588 | Hairiness controlling device and winder It is an object of the present invention to provide a hairiness controlling device that can start, simultaneously with the start of spun yarn running, stabilizing a spun yarn run through disks. According to the present invention, a rotation speed of each ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6349532 | Method and apparatus for producing textile yarn, and yarn produced thereby A method and apparatus for producing a combined textile yarn comprising two yarn components that are false twisted to different twist levels and then combined to form a combined textile yarn. The yarn components may be twisted in the same or opposing dire... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6345491 | Fluid-jet twist-inserting method An apparatus for inserting twist into a moving strand, including a first body including an orifice extending therethrough for permitting passage of a moving yarn. An air channel extends therethrough and communicates with the orifice. The air channel commu... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6279307 | Tension control method using fluff control device The present invention introduces a yarn y that is unwound from a supply bobbin 1 into a control member 3 for controlling the propagation of twisting toward a supply bobbin, then introduces the yarn into a friction-disk-type false twister 4 to suppress flu... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6244031 | Process for production of a composite textured yarn, woven or knitted fabrics made therefrom A composite textured yarn contains a component yarn A and a component yarn B each false twisted and crimped. The component yarn B is shorter in yarn length or larger in shrinkage at least after heat treatment. Single fibers of component B have thick porti... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6199361 | False twist texturing machine By appropriately controlling a yarn tension of an upstream side from a false twist device, variations in yarn quality among packages can be eliminated. A false twist texturing unit 7 which imparts a yarn Y with a false twist, a first feed roller 4 arrange... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6164054 | Machine for the spinning and texturing of threads by false twisting Machine for spinning and texturing by false twisting, in which the false-twist zone comprises a plurality of identical texturing stations arranged side by side on a common frame, each station comprising in order, with regard to the displacement of the thr... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6151879 | Wire filament, especially for reinforcing rubber of plastic items, process for its production and device for implementing the process For reinforcing rubber or plastics articles, particularly pneumatic tires, a wire filament is proposed which is spirally shaped and exhibits no elastic residual torsional stresses. A wire filament 8 according to the invention is produced by twisting drawn... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6138448 | Yarn heating apparatus To provide a yarn heating apparatus offering greater heating efficiency and ease of manufacture than a conventional yarn heating apparatus. Provide two heating spaces for yarn, and make the middle heating part 13a between these two heating spaces 10a, 10b... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6089009 | Fluid-jet false-twisting method and product A process of producing an assembled yarn, including the steps of providing two or more yarns moving downstream from a supply to a take-up, inserting alternating-direction zones of twist into at least one of the yarns, the at least one yarn having an area ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6047536 | Textile machine arrangement A textile machine for texturing textile yarns by false twisting, heating and cooling the false twisted yarns, has yarn feeding devices, a heating device with a heated surface, a cooling zone and a false twisting device. The feeding devices are operable to... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6041587 | Machine for making a mixed yarn by combining two false-twist textured yarns A machine for making a mixed yarn by combining two false-twist textured yarns is disclosed. The machine comprises drawing systems (3A, 3B; 8A, 8B) arranged on either side of the texturing area and mounted alternately on two separately controlled parallel,... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6041586 | Texturing yarn In a yarn false twist texturing process in which yarn is passed through heating and cooling zones to a false twist device, the yarn is passed in a helical path around a cylinder at opposed ends of which yarn guides are disposed to provide the helical path... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6000208 | Heater control apparatus for textile machine To provide a heater control apparatus capable of checking, during initial installation, whether heaters and temperature sensors are connected together so as to be correctly paired, and whether the outputs from the temperature sensors are correct. The pres... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5996328 | Methods and systems for forming multi-filament yarns having improved position-to-position consistency Individual differently colored or colorable feed filament ends are withdrawn from respective creel-mounted packages and passed through a separation guide. The separation guide serves to "normalize" the filament end-to-end positions and tensions. That is, ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5822971 | Adjustable heating apparatus for an advancing yarn A heating apparatus for an advancing thermoplastic yarn, which is guided along a heated surface over heating ridges. Essential is that the heat flow to the yarn is variable, in particular by a change in height, a change in width of the heating ridges, and... | 10/20/1998 |
