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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353646 | Creel arm latching device A latch member for a creel assembly is disclosed. The latch is constructed of a generally flat plate, with upstanding side entrance and exit portions. A V-shaped slot is provided in the flat portion of the plate, and a mount is provided at an upper end of the latch ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 6775970 | Apparatus and method for making a hybrid cord A process and apparatus are disclosed for making a hybrid cord which may be used. The process combines and twists at least three yarns together where one of the yarns is different. The different yarn maybe of a different size (denier), or made from a different polym... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6513314 | Apparatus and method of manufacturing multi-filament cords The invention includes a first bobbin that supplies a first yarn, a second bobbin that supplies a second yarn, and a third bobbin that supplies a third yarn. Additionally, the invention includes a guide that guides the first and second yarns so that they ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6434922 | Track sliding facilitating method and device for a wire stranding machine A method and a device for facilitating the sliding, along a track, of an element having a predominant axial dimension subjected to an intense force pressing it against the track, particularly for facilitating the sliding of a wire subjected to stranding i... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6098392 | Process for making multicolored yarns and the product thereof This invention relates to a new cable-twisting process for making yarns suitable for use in carpets. The process involves cable-twisting together two component yarns. At least one of the component yarns comprises two singles yarns co-twisted but not cable... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6035620 | Twisting spindle, especially two-for-one or direct cabling spindle A twisting spindle has a spindle that is driven in rotation, a protective pot supported on the spindle and secured against rotation, and a rotary disk fixedly connected to the spindle. The rotary disk has a radially extending yarn channel connected to the... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5457950 | Spindle for manufacturing a yarn A spindle for manufacturing a yarn has a spindle body for receiving a fiber supply bobbin from which a fiber is removed radially outwardly to form a fiber balloon and guided to a centering point above the spindle body. A spindle rotor for rotating the spi... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5404703 | Textile yarn processing machine having devices for reducing frictional contact between a rotating yarn balloon and a balloon limiter A textile yarn processing machine has a plurality of spindle assemblies for processing of yarn. Each spindle assembly includes mechanisms for forming a balloon of yarn which rotates around a spindle assembly central axis as the yarn travels through the sp... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5329755 | Textile yarn processing machine having devices for reducing frictional contact between a rotating yarn balloon and a balloon limiter A textile yarn processing machine has a plurality of spindle assemblies for processing of yarn. Each spindle assembly includes mechanisms for forming a balloon of yarn which rotates around a spindle assembly central axis as the yarn travels through the sp... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5303550 | Apparatus and method for forming elastic corespun yarn A spindle is mounted to a frame for rotation about the spindle axis. A core yarn package of elastic core yarn is held stationary on the spindle. Elastic core yarn is withdrawn from the core yarn package in a direction substantially along the spindle longi... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5303537 | Apparatus for making metallic cord Apparatus for stranding together high tensile steel filaments to produce metallic cords, including a flyer having a forming die with its drawing axis merged with the flyer axis.... | 04/19/1994 |
| 4945720 | Thread cabling machine having an improved regulator device A thread cabling machine is provided with an improved regulator device (or cabling head) in which each work station consists of a DT unit similar to a double-twist unwinding spindle which enables two elementary threads to be united by twisting. One of the... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4932198 | Cabling machine A cabling machine comprises several cabling stations (2) each of which comprises a spindle (3), a thread combining means (7) which is disposed thereabove on a horizontal support arm (8), a delivery device (20) disposed thereabove, and above the delivery d... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4894982 | Twisting machine particularly for twisted threads A twisting machine, which yields a twisted thread at an unusually constant twist value, comprises within a main frame first and second yarn paths converging toward a gathering point of respective yarns from a first reel carried on the main frame and a sec... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4848075 | Method of adjusting the tensile force ratio between an outer thread and an inner thread when manufacturing cabled industrial yarns, and an apparatus for implementing this method A method and apparatus for automatically adjusting the tensile force ratio between axially moving outer and inner threads of cabled yarn during manufacture of such yarn in a cabling machine in which the actual tensile force ratio is measured in the region... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4689942 | Device and method for assembling threads A device for assembling at least two threads comprises two groups of bobbins; a wall and means for driving the wall in rotation around an axis; and means for twisting a first thread in the direction of rotation of the wall, the twisting means permitting t... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4640087 | Rope-making machine In a rope-making machine of type having a number of reel-carrying cradles aligned along an axis and oscillating about this axis, and a number of strand guide structures supported about the cradles and coaxially with the axis, the alignment of cradles cons... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4606181 | Method and apparatus for producing spun yarns of various constructions A method and apparatus for producing spun yarns of various constructions which includes separating a potentially highly productive drafting stage from a spinning process and thereafter by the use of an apparatus which can be used to spin and ply two yarns... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605182 | Yarn tension control device The present yarn tension control device is adaptable for regulating and adjusting the tension being applied to a running yarn being fed along a predetermined path of travel. The device includes first and second plate members having adjacent inner faces po... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4592195 | Device for making cabled yarns of improved regularity This invention relates to a device for making cabled yarns of considerable regularity wherein a first yarn is firstly braked by a progressive brake, then it is subjected to a false twist. A second yarn is braked in order to impose a very regular tension t... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4578939 | Choke guard for twisting machine spindle A choke guard for the spindle of a twisting machine for preventing broken yarn from entering the rotating parts of the spindle comprises a cylindrical member disposed coaxially about the spindle so as to extend between the fixed body of the spindle and th... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4565060 | Device to carry out doubling-twisting operations and twisted yarn obtained with said device A device to carry out doubling-twisting operations on yarns and to make it possible to obtain twisted yarns very resistant to the stresses of tension and also having a very even appearance comprising a limiting element to limit a balloon of the yarn, a ho... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4549393 | Machine for cabling yarns and in particular glass yarns The invention relates to a machine for producing a cabled yarn from two strands supplied from different supply sources. The two strands are twisted together over a freely rotatable roller disposed on the same axis as the upper bobbin, and the yarns which ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4545190 | Metallic cable and method and apparatus for making same A metallic cable comprises a strand of identical helical shaped filaments positioned beside and against each other such that each filament of the strand is in line contact with at least one other filament of the strand. The helixes of the filaments of the... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4509317 | Apparatus and method for making metallic cord Apparatus and method for making metallic cords to be used as reinforcing members in elastomeric structures using a skip strander and a false twist principle to join together two elements comprising filaments or strands parallel in at least one element and... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4498281 | Apparatus and method of making metallic cord Method and apparatus for making metallic cords to be used as reinforcing members in elastomeric structures using a 2 for 1 strander (10) and a false twist principle to join together two elements comprising filaments or strands parallel in one element and ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4368614 | Vertical wire-rope twisting machine A wire-rope twisting machine comprising a rotor mounted in supports secured to a carrying plate, the rotor having a vertically disposed axis of rotation and accommodating journaled in bearings, a spool holder of magnetic material and spools provided with ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4300339 | System for stranding and cabling elongate filaments A system for stranding and cabling elongate filaments in a single operation wherein a plurality of modules are adapted for end-to-end alignment and each module includes a carriage supporting a plurality of supply reels from which elongate filaments are dr... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4204392 | Method and device for the production of a wrapped yarn The invention relates to a method for producing a wrapped yarn which consists of a bundle of textile fibers essentially without twist wrapped spirally by a binding-thread wherein prior to wrapping, the bundle of textile fibers is false-twisted and is intr... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4163357 | Apparatus for cable-twisting two yarns An apparatus for twisting a first and second yarn having a parallelogrammatic mounting support for a plurality of supplies of one of said yarns mounted above a twisting spindle carrying the other of said yarns and having a radially open aperture, a takeup... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4073127 | Twining and cabling system A system for twining and cabling pairs of elongate elements such as wire is disclosed wherein pairs of filaments are first twined by twining apparatus and then passed to a cabling device. The twining apparatus includes rearward and forward supply reels fr... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3981130 | Single process twisting machine for producing twisted yarn from two strands A single-process twisting machine for production of twisted yarn from two strands is particularly adapted for cord production. The machine comprises longitudinally spaced work stations, each work station including a twisting spindle, a device for balancing the... | 09/21/1976 |
