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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318263 | Device for compression crimping The invention relates to a device for the compression crimping of a synthetic multifilament yarn, said device comprising a transport nozzle and a compression chamber. Said transport nozzle comprises a yarn channel by which means a yarn is guided to a compression cha... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7254577 | Methods, apparatus and computer programs for evaluating and using a resilient data representation Provided are methods, apparatus and computer programs for evaluating the resilience, to structural changes in a data source, of a representative label representing a data element within the data source. Also disclosed are applications using a resilient representativ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7201814 | Fibers and ribbons containing phosphor, conductive metals or dielectric particles for use in the manufacture of flat panel displays This invention is directed to a process for the fabrication of features on a display panel utilizing fibers or ribbons comprising organic polymer and inorganic material, the inorganic material containing phosphoe, conductrice metals or dielectric particles. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7155893 | Method of producing heat-resistant crimped yarn The present invention relates to a method for producing a heat-resistant crimped yarn comprising: twisting yarn of a heat-resistant high functional fiber; twist-setting this twisted yarn by heat treatment; and untwisting this twist-set yarn, wherein a snarl value of... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7127784 | Treatment of filament yarns to provide spun-like characteristics and yarns and fabrics produced thereby A process for forming a continuous filament yarn having the surface tactile character of a spun yarn. The process includes passing the cohesive yarn structure through the interior of a rotating sleeve member disposed in surrounding relation to the cohesive yarn stru... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7013542 | Process and apparatus for the transformation of yarns and a yarn thus produced Process for the mechanical transformation of a thread (F) of vegetable, animal or artificial or synthetic origin, characterized in that it includes abrading the thread (F) when the latter is supported in the air between two supports (55, 56). ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6998079 | Process of making partially oriented poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarn 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 oriented poly(trim... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6986242 | Device for the continuous cabling and setting of yarns followed by additional heat treatment The device comprises: a two-for-one twisting spindle supporting a yarn winding which is twisted or cabled via a second yarn; a mechanism for pulling the yarn in order to cancel the tension resulting from the twisting or cabling operation; a heater for heating the ya... | 01/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6926962 | Dyed yarn The invention provides dyed yarn characterized by comprising dyed polytrimethylene terephthalate fiber, having an elastic recovery of 60% or greater under 10% elongation, and having a boiling water shrinkage of no greater than 4%. The dyed yarn of the invention has ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6668535 | Heat-resistant crimped yarn The invention provides heat-resistant crimped yarn, of which the constituent heat-resistant high-functional fibers are prevented as much as possible from being deteriorated under heat in the process of producing the yarn. Not losing excellent properties o... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6479799 | Yarn heating device A heating device for heating at least one advancing yarn in a texturing machine, wherein the body of the heating device defines an elongate heating channel. The heating channel accommodates an exchangeable support which mounts a plurality of yarn guides w... | 11/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6393817 | Method and relative equipment for coupling an elastomeric yarn to an inextensible yarn Machine for combining an elastomer thread (81) with an unextendable thread (11) wound on respective spools (80,10), which comprises a first pair (20) of rollers for driving the unextendable thread (11), a heating oven (30), a false-twisting group (40), a ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6354069 | Method and device for treating filament yarn with air The new invention proposes that filament yarns, in particular partially stretched yarns known as POY yarns, be subjected to stretch texturing via an air treatment nozzle. The air treatment nozzles are designed in miniaturized form, have a continuous yarn ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6209302 | False twist texturizing machine The invention relates to a false twist texturing machine and to a method of texturing synthetic yarns in, in each case, one processing point, in which a twist-stopping device, a heating device, a cooling device and a false twisting unit are disposed insid... | 04/03/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6109016 | Low-shrinkage hybrid yarns production thereof and use thereof The low-shrinkage hybrid yarns comprise reinforcing filaments and matrix filaments composed of thermoplastic polymers having a lower melting point than the melting or decomposition point of the reinforcing filaments. The yarns are characterized by a 160°... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109015 | Process for making poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarn In a method of producing poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarn from PTT chip which has been extruded through a spinneret into filaments and coated, the coated filaments are passed between an unheated feed roll and a tension roll to tension them without ca... | 08/29/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6021632 | Device for producing thick and thin effects in a filament yarn An apparatus for producing thick/thin effects in a filament yarn, whereby between inlet and outlet gallets or pairs of pinch rollers, in a stretching zone, the filament yarn contacts the periphery of at least one rotating disk which is heated and is forme... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6014854 | Processing textile strands Wound bobbins of yarn are exposed to constant tensioning treatment to eliminate variances in hot air shrinkage caused by the manufacturing processes used to make the strands.... | 01/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5974777 | Yarn texturizer cooling drum A rotatable yarn cooling drum for cooling yarn plugs emanating from two texturizers has a circumferential perforated shell about which the yarn plugs are wound and cooled. A deflector in the form of a finger is spaced radially from the surface of the shel... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5950412 | Machine for continuously plying or twisting yarns with subsequent complementary heat treatment An improved machine for continuously twisting or cabling, as well as thermally treating of yarns includes a central stand capable of supporting a plurality of stations. Each station includes a direct cabling or double twist spindle for supporting and twis... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5924272 | Yarn threading and guiding device for false twist texturing machine A yarn false twist texturing machine having a vertically adjustable device for threading and guiding the advancing yarn at a location between the heater and the cooling plate of the machine. The threading and guiding device comprises a tubular casing havi... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5918455 | Drawing/false-twist-texturizing process and novel type of oven enabling it to be implemented A drawing/false twist texturizing process capable of being implemented during the treatment of the yarn. During the treatment, the point of striction is localized during the drawing phase by bringing about an abrupt break or modification in the trajectory... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5901632 | Rope construction A method for forming a braided rope. Twisted yarns are first braided together to form braided strands, and the braided strands are then braided together to form the rope. The diameter of the individual twisted yarns is kept to a minimum, thereby reducing ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5839265 | Cooling device for false twisting machine A cooling device for a false twisting machine having a fixed wall member 16 and movable wall members 18a and 18b which have faced side surfaces between which yarn treatment passageways 19a and 19b are formed. The facing side surfaces are formed with yarn ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5836146 | Method of and apparatus for producing thick regions in a filament yarn The distribution of thick regions along a filament yarn can have a random character if the thick regions of a filament from a first stretching zone are heated in a second stretching zone and thereby permitted to stretch and reduce in thickness. The heatin... | 11/17/1998 |
| 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 |
