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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377096 | Open-end rotor spinning device An open-end rotor spinning device comprising a spinning motor rotatable at high speed inside a rotor housing subjected to low pressure and closable by a covering element. A single motor-driven opening cylinder rotates in a opening cylinder housing. A fiber guiding c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347040 | Fiber guide channel A fiber guide channel for pneumatic transport of individual fibers combed from a sliver by an opening cylinder of an open end spinning device for delivery to a spinning rotor. The fiber guide channel is arranged in a cover element for the rotor housing and the input... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7181901 | Channel plate for an open-ended rotor spinning device A channel plate for an open-end rotor spinning device for closing a rotor housing charged with underpressure in which a spinning rotor rotates, having a channel plate tower extending into the spinning rotor, in whose shell face the outlet opening of a fiber guide ch... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6321522 | Spinning rotor for open-end spinning machine and method for producing the spinning rotor A spinning rotor for open-end spinning machines and a method for balancing the spinning rotor in the course of a single clamping process by removing material from a cylindrical-shaped section of the collar (20) of the rotor cup (19) to form an identificat... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6295800 | Apparatus for open-end spinning In the case of an apparatus for open-end spinning, a fiber feed channel is arranged between an opening roller and a spinning rotor, which fiber feed channel tapers in a transport direction and which comprises a deflecting zone on its transport path. Immed... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6240717 | Fiber conduit plate for an open-end spinning device An open-end spinning device (1) with a forwardly-opening vacuum-loaded rotor housing (2), a high speed spinning rotor (3) rotating in the rotor housing and with a fiber conduit plate (4) for closing the rotor housing. The fiber conduit plate (4) has a rep... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6079117 | Device for removing moisture from textile webs A device for removing moisture from a continuously advancing textile web by suction. A suction slit which reaches crosswise across the textile web is provided, which is delimited on one side by a slide surface, on the other side by a roll. On the side fac... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6047538 | Fiber guide conduit for an open-end spinning device An open-end spinning device (1) with a spinning rotor (3) whose spinning cup rotates at a high speed in a rotor housing (2) loaded by a vacuum and closed by a yarn guide plate. A fiber guide conduit (14), arranged between a sliver opening device (26) and ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6035623 | Open-end spinning device with replaceable conduit plate adapter An open-end spinning device having a spinning rotor housed within a rotor housing which includes a yarn conduit plate for closing the front side of the rotor housing and a conduit plate adapter, defining a mouth area of a yarn conduit guide and including ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6016650 | Fiber feed element for a rotor spinning machine The invention concerns a fiber feed element 1 of a rotor spinning machine. A bearing surface formed on the lower side 2 of the fiber feed element 1 can be disposed above a opening cylinder for the processing of the initial fiber material. A pivotably born... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5953896 | Adaptor for an open-end spinning arrangement and method of making same An adaptor is provided for an open-end rotor spinning arrangement, which adaptor is exchangeably arranged on a cover element of a spinning rotor and projects partly into the inside of the spinning rotor. The adaptor comprises the first section of a yarn w... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5953897 | Fiber guide device for connecting a sliver opening device with a rotor spinning housing in an open-end spinning apparatus An open-end spinning apparatus (1) has a spinning rotor (4) rotating in a vacuum-applied rotor housing (2) closed by a conduit plate (37) with a sliver opening device (51) delivering individualized spinning fibers into the rotor housing through a fiber gu... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5937630 | Open-end spinning device The invention relates to an open-end spinning device with a rotor housing connected to a source of suction and open at a front side, in which a rotor rotates at relatively high rpm. A cover element is provided for closing the rotor housing and a cover ext... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5901546 | Fiber conveying channel for a spinning machine With channels for the conveying of fibers, fiber slivers or yarns on spinning machines, problems are encountered in their manufacture. The channels must be made with a certain inside contour, where at the same time the quality of the surface inside the ch... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5873231 | Method and device for open end spinning of yarns An open end spinning method includes the step of providing a spinning chamber with an annular slip wall. A sliver of fiber material is placed onto the annular slip wall that widens continuously in the direction of sliver introduction into the spinning cha... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5867975 | Apparatus for the initiation of spinning a thread on an open-end spinning apparatus The present invention concerns an apparatus, in particular a cover for a rotor (51), for the initiation of the spinning of a thread in an open-end spinning apparatus (1), which apparatus possesses a fiber feed conduit (6) which extends from a disintegrati... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5778654 | Adaptor for an open-end spinning device An adaptor in the form of an exchangeable extension adapted to the dimensions of an open end spinning rotor and in use is detachably connected with a spinning rotor cover. The adaptor comprises the first part of a yarn withdrawal channel as well as the en... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5749216 | Open end spinning apparatus In the case of an open-end spinning arrangement, a spinning rotor is arranged in a rotor housing, to which a vacuum of at least 500 mm water column is applied. A fibre feed channel, beginning at an opening roller with an entry opening, is directed with an... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5687558 | Fiber supply arrangement for open-end rotor spinning In the case of an open-end rotor spinning arrangement, in which the spinning rotor is arranged in a housing which is connected to a vacuum source, a fiber feeding duct is provided which extends from an opening roller to the area of a sliding surface which... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685137 | Fiber guide conduit in an open-end spinning unit An open-end spinning unit having a one-piece fiber guide conduit inserted between the opening roller housing and the rotor housing is drawn from a steel tube and embodied as an interchangeable component. The fiber guide conduit can be releasably mounted a... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5603210 | Device to convey fibers to the fiber collection groove of an open-end spinning rotor The instant invention relates to a device for the feeding of fibers (51) to the fiber collection groove (23) of an open-end spinning rotor (2). The latter is covered by a rotor cover (3) whose side toward the spinning rotor (2) contains a fiber guiding el... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5598695 | Rotor type open-end spinning unit having outer and inner rotors A rotor type open-end spinning unit has a collecting section collecting an opened and supplied fiber to make a fiber bundle. The fiber bundle is drawn through a yarn drawing passage to spin a yarn while twisting the fiber bundle. A rotatable outer rotor h... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5595058 | Open-end spinning device In an open-end spinning device the spinning rotor can be replaced by a spinning rotor with a different diameter. Furthermore, the opener device is capable of being displaced in relation to the spinning rotor. The rotor cover can be adapted through replace... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5581991 | Process for open-end spinning In open-end spinning, the fibers coming from an opener unit, upon leaving a fiber feeding channel (3), are conveyed to a fiber guiding surface (10) and then to a fiber collection groove (11) of a rotating spinning rotor (1) in which the fibers are deposit... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5555714 | Combing roller A combing roller for use in a singling-out device of an open-end spinning machine includes a cylindrical body having a plurality of teeth formed on its outer circumference. Each of the teeth is formed by the intersection of at least one spiral circumferen... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5555717 | Open-end spinning device having an improved fiber feeding channel In the recess of a housing (4) of an open-end spinning device containing a driven opener roller (40), an insertion piece (32) is provided which contains the first channel part (30) of a fiber feeding channel. The insertion piece (32) is installed in housi... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5509263 | Method and device for manufacturing a twisted yarn In a method and device for manufacturing a twisted yarn a spindle rotor having a hollow spindle axle with inlet and outlet and a yarn guide channel extending radially outwardly from the outlet is provided. The yarn exiting the yarn guide channel forms a y... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5499496 | Method and device for manufacturing a twisted yarn In a method of manufacturing a twisted yarn a rotor is rotatably supported on a machine frame. A yarn guide channel extends radially within the rotor over at least a portion of its diameter. A centering eye for the twisted yarn is positioned on the extens... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5491966 | Process and device for open-end spinning In open-end spinning, the fibers coming from an opener unit, upon leaving a fiber feeding channel (3), are conveyed to a fiber guiding surface (10) and then to a fiber collection groove (11) of a rotating spinning rotor (1) in which the fibers are deposit... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5488822 | Curved fiber guide channel for an open-end spinning apparatus An open-end spinning apparatus includes a feed device for supplying sliver; a device downstream of the feed device for separating the sliver into individual fibers; a fiber guide channel downstream of the fiber separating device for pneumatically transfer... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5479771 | Method and device for manufacturing a twisted yarn In a method and apparatus for manufacturing a yarn from fiber material at least two spinning devices arranged adjacent to one another are provided. Fiber material is dissolved and fed to the at least two spinning devices. Each spinning device generates an... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5471829 | Open-end spinning device In an open-end spinning device the spinning rotor can be replaced by a spinning rotor with a different diameter. Furthermore, the opener device is capable of being displaced in relation to the spinning rotor. The rotor cover can be adapted through replace... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5423172 | Open-end spinning device The opener roller housing of an open and spinning device is provided with a stop for a rotor cover and for axial adjustment of the rotor shaft support. The stop is located on the side of the fiber feeding channel section of the opener roller housing which... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5419952 | Making slub yarn on open-end machine, and composite fabric Denim fabric is made from warp yarn which is at least 30% novelty cotton yarn having irregularly spaced effects (e.g. slubs) about one-half inch to two inches in length. The cotton novelty yarn is made by separating cotton sliver into cotton fibers, and a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5373690 | Process and device for pneumatic conveying of fibers to the fiber collection surface of an open-end spinning element With pneumatic feeding of fibers to the fiber collection surface of an open-end spinning element, an auxiliary air stream flowing from the immediate proximity of the feeding device to the inlet into the fiber feeding channel is produced and is sufficientl... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5367868 | Process and device for open-end spinning During the production of a yarn, and independently of fiber feeding into the spinning element, the air circling together with the opener roller during spinning is removed from the area of the housing which does not convey fibers by an auxiliary air stream... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5361574 | Process and device for pneumatic feeding of fibers to the fiber collection surface of an open-end spinning element In conveying fibers (20) pneumatically to the fiber collection surface of an open-end spinning element, the fibers (20) fed into the fiber feeding channel (4) are detached from the wall (42) of the fiber feeding channel (4)which follows the fiber-guiding ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5111651 | Open-end spinning device An open-end spinning device with a fiber feeding channel which extends from a housing with a rotating opening roller to a spinning element. The fiber feeding channel comprises two channel sections which can be moved towards each other and can be brought i... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5109663 | Arrangement for open end rotor spinning In an arrangement for open-end rotor spinning having an opening roller, a spinning rotor and a fiber feeding duct connecting the opening roller and the spinning rotor, it is provided that the fiber collecting groove has a diameter of maximally 33 mm, that... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5095689 | Method and device for rejoining yarn with high efficiency in an open-end spinning machine A method for rejoining yarn in an open-end spinning machine in which the rejoining is effected by feeding intact fibres to the rotor but preceding the rejoining by an operation in which the sliver is cleared and the carder is cleaned by the high-vacuum su... | 03/17/1992 |
