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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406818 | Yarn manufacturing apparatus and method The present invention is an apparatus and method of making yarn for carpet that exhibits a high degree of color pop. More specifically, in one aspect, the present invention comprises an apparatus and method that comprises supplying a plurality of yarns, false-twist ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7137238 | Yarn quality assurance method and yarn processing machine A yarn quality assurance method and a yarn processing machine set up for implementing the method according to the invention is proposed comprising at least one feeding spool receiver 24, 30 set up to receive respectively at least one feeding spool 20, 29 | 11/21/2006 |
| 7096655 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a singles ring yarn In a process for manufacturing a singles ring yarn, firstly a first twist is supplied to a strand of traveling drafted fibers at a false twist device for producing a preliminary singles yarn. The false twist device rotates at a first speed for twisting the fibers. I... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6860095 | Manufacturing method and apparatus for torque-free singles ring spun yarns An internal torque balancing method of short fiber yarns related to the art of textile and the manufacturing apparatus thereof. The present invention proposes a completely new mechanical processing method of single torque-free yarns, and applies it into the process ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6745097 | Management method for fiber processing and a management apparatus thereof A management method for fiber-processing and a management apparatus thereof, which can detect the occurrences of the selected monitoring events by monitoring the occurrences, can investigate the causes of the occurrences of the events by treating the events so that ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6715276 | False twist yarns and production method and production device therefor A false twist yam including synthetic fiber yam having elongation, crimp rigidity, crimp appearance stretch ratio, dry heat shrinkage stress maximum value, deformation degree of single filament and entanglement number in specific ranges respectively. The yam has goo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6609277 | Texturing method There is put forward a method for texturing thermoplastic yarns with which the thread before the provision of texture is brought to the necessary texturing temperature (T2) and during the actual texturing provision is cooled to a setting temperature (T23)... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6477828 | Method of false twist texturing a synthetic yarn to a crimped yarn A method of false twist texturing a synthetic yarn as well the thus-produced crimped yarn. In the method, the yarn is irregularly drawn in a draw zone on a draw pin and subsequently textured in a false twist zone. As a result of the irregular drawing, an ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6209301 | Texturing machine A texturing machine is described which consists of a plurality of processing-points for thermoplastic threads. A feed bobbin, a first delivery mechanism, an elongated first heating device, an elongated cooling device, a false-twist unit, a second delivery... | 04/03/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6041585 | Spinning machine and its operation method To prevent yarn from being cut when an operating spinning machine stops, thereby preventing subsequent re-activation from being affected. In a spinning machine for manufacturing yarn by passing a fiber bundle that exits a draft apparatus 1 through a spinn... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5899056 | Spinning process for producing a yarn In a spinning process for producing a yarn, fiber material in the form of at least one sliver is opened to a fibrous veil consisting of single fibers, and is deposited on an air-permeable suctioned collecting surface. The speed of the fibrous veil transpo... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5699661 | Spinning apparatus and method for producing a false twisted spurn yarn This invention is concerned with a spinning apparatus with an arrangement of a spinning nozzle which generates a rotating air current positioned close to the front roller and a pair of false twist units having hollow cylindrical rollers formed from elasti... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5664409 | Method of controlling the tension of an advancing yarn A method is described for controlling the tension of an advancing yarn, which is crimped in a friction false twist unit of a false twist crimping machine. In accordance with the method, the tension of the advancing yarn is measured downstream of the frict... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5499911 | Apparatus for spinning of polyurethane elastic filaments There is disclosed an apparatus for spinning of polyurethane elastic filaments, which includes an improved means for application of a finishing agent and/or an improved means for false twisting. Each of the improved means has a groove through which a poly... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5369945 | Method and apparatus for controlling the yarn tension in a false twist texturing machine A method and apparatus for controlling a false twist texturing machine, which extends the previously known process for controlling operation during the normal operation of the machine, to exceptional operating conditions, such as during yarn thread-up and... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5119623 | False-twisting nozzle for pneumatic false-twist spinning In the case of a false-twisting nozzle for pneumatic false-twist spinning having a nozzle body formed of one or several segments, it is provided that, for the reduction of the cross-section of the outlet opening of the blow duct, at least one part of its ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5094068 | False twister for yarn A yarn false twister in which an endless belt an a first rotary member are disposed across each other to constitute a nip point at which a yarn is twisted, and a second rotary member, on which the yarn is wound after the nipping thereof so that the upstre... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4927445 | Apparatus for producing coated single twist glass yarns A process for producing coated, single twist glass yarns which comprises drawing a plurality of fibers formed from fibers of molten glass, applying to the fibers a sizing comprising a thermoplastic, thermosetting or photosetting composition, gathering the... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4607483 | Method and apparatus for twisting and advancing strand material This invention relates to a conveyor means for simultaneously advancing and twisting a plurality of strands into a rope and the process for utilizing these means. The conveyor includes an elongated trough with two walls which are joined to define the line... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4590755 | Low fatigue apparatus for stranding wire A tube for use in apparatus for twisting wires together such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,429,520. The tube has an outer layer of one material and a thinner inner layer of another material which is bonded to the outer layer. There are at least two... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4547940 | Transport roller assembly A transport roller assembly is disclosed which is adapted for use as a yarn delivery roller in a yarn false twisting machine, and which is designed to minimize the time and expense of its replacement upon being damaged. The assembly comprises a spool-like... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4425691 | Fabric forming process A method of forming a fabric from yarns includes wrapping each yarn about a cylindrical pin in the feed zone of a fabric-forming machine and varying the angle of intersection of the pin with the yarn path to permit alternating real twist to pass the pin a... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4414802 | Apparatus for stranding wire Wire stranding apparatus having a single tube defining a single axial passage providing at least two side-by-side feedpaths for wire, the passage being shaped to prevent wires from moving across from one feedpath to another. The tube is rotationally flexi... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4325214 | Apparatus for stranding wire Wire stranding apparatus for giving a periodic reverse twisting operation, in which a rotationally flexible elongate member, preferably a rod, carries wire guiding elements extending radially outwardly from it. Each element has guide holes for wires as th... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4322944 | Method of and apparatus for break spinning yarn Method of and apparatus for break spinning yarn in a spinning machine. A fiber ribbon is formed into a fiber ribbon, the ribbon is false twisted in a first twisting element, staple fiber ends are lifted from the false twisted ribbon in a second, re-spinni... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4244175 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensioned crimp filament A three-dimensioned crimp filament is prepared by twisting a bundle of large denier filaments into a single twist while said filaments are stretched between a freely-rotatable first roller with a peripheral groove having 10-500 mm of diameter at a grooved... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4154051 | Apparatus for manufacturing three-dimensioned crimp filament An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensioned crimp filament comprising: a drive means for pulling filaments; a group of guide rollers arranged in a reverse U-shaped roller group, said roller group being provided ahead of said drive means and adapted... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4062176 | High speed rotary body for false-twisting A high speed rotary body for false-twisting comprising a tubular body in the hollow portion of which a pin element is perpendicularly fixed. The yarn to be crimped is fed into the hollow portion, looped with one turn around the pin element and delivered t... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4055940 | Internal friction twist device The invention relates to an internal friction twist device for texturing fine threads comprising an air-supported twist device in the form of a component of the rotor of an electric motor.... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4028871 | Process and apparatus for producing spun yarn A process and apparatus for producing spun yarn using an electrostatic field produced by a pair of spaced electrodes, one of which surrounds the other to isolate the electrostatic field therebetween from external physical and electrical disturbances. Stap... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3943693 | Apparatus for false-twist texturing of textile yarns A false-twist device comprises two axially parallel rollers rotatable about their axis for supporting a twist tube in the cuneal throat formed thereby, driving means for simultaneously driving the rollers, at least one yarn deviating element for feeding a... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3936996 | Method and apparatus for production of false twist textured composite yarn A cellulose acetate yarn and a nylon or polyester yarn are independently false twist textured in opposite directions on the same machine using different false twisters to impart to each its optimum level of false twist and the yarns are collected side-by-... | 02/10/1976 |
