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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136337 | Wire twisting device A wire twisting device and a method for use is provided. One embodiment includes a plate having a wire engaging face, a tool engaging face, and a plurality or wire ports extending therethrough. The wires to be twisted are inserted through individual, appropriately s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7497070 | Helically-wound electric cable Apparatus for manufacturing a helically-wound electric cable having a winder means for winding two groups, each group having two twisted-together conductor wires, in such a manner as to form a group helix. A means is provided for varying the pitch of the group helix... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7284306 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss for textured yarn and other related methods A yarn texturizing system, apparatus, and methods of reducing production loss or increasing production speed in a continuous textured yarn production process are provided. The system includes a yarn supply, a yarn stuffing container to produce textured yarn periodic... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7260874 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss for textured yarn and other related methods A yarn texturizing system, apparatus, and methods of reducing production loss or increasing production speed in a continuous textured yarn production process are provided. The system includes a yarn supply, a yarn stuffing container to produce textured yarn periodic... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7152287 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss for textured yarn and other related methods A yarn texturizing system, apparatus, and methods of reducing production loss or increasing production speed in a continuous textured yarn production process are provided. The system includes a yarn supply, a yarn stuffing container to produce textured yarn periodic... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150140 | Device for twisting decorative materials A device for twisting decorative material from rolls comprising a shaft having two ends, an attachment means for affixing at least one roll of decorative material provided on one end of said shaft, and a crank provided on the other end of said shaft. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138167 | Preform precursor for fiber-reinforced composite material, preform for fiber-reinforced composite material, and method of manufacturing the precursor and the preform A preform for a fiber-reinforced composite material including a bent portion along a curved line for bending, a flange portion corresponding to an outer circumferential portion, and a semi-cylindrical portion formed by bending an inner circumferential portion along ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6948304 | Compact universal concentric strander with take-off sheaves mounted on strander shaft A concentric strander has an elongate concentric shaft that defines a shaft axis and supports for rotatably supporting the concentric shaft. A number of wire bobbins are spaced at substantially equal intervals along the shaft to form spaces between the bobbins. Each... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6321519 | Jigs for creating coiled craft stock, and methods of using same Wire, or other material, is wrapped around a shaft as the shaft turns, producing a coil. After being slid off the end of the shaft, the coil can be re-coiled by repeating the process. By shaping the twice-coiled material, a variety of pleasing jewelry bea... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6286294 | Wire stranding machine A wire stranding machine is provided, being capable of stranding the wire materials evenly and uniformly even if two wire materials are used, by installing the capstan assembly outside of the rotary structure on the wire incoming side. A rotary structure ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6209299 | Double twist twinner with back-twist pay offs and intermediate capstan An apparatus is provided comprising a first twisting device that dispenses a first wire and imparts a twist to the same, a second twisting device that receives the twisted first wire and twists the same about a second wire, and a metering device or capsta... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5946897 | Production unit for twisted cable A production unit for twisted cable is disclosed that facilitates the supply and removal of fixed length cables, thereby contributing to improved workability and automation compatibility. A plurality of pairs of relatively rotatable opposed cable clamps a... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5918453 | Melamine fiber-containing fabrics with improved comfort Fabrics containing melamine fibers are rendered more comfortable by carding the melamine fibers under vacuum so as to exhibit a narrower fiber diameter distribution (δd) and/or a narrower staple length distribution (δl) as compared... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5852924 | Method and apparatus for making a tapered line from thread and an improved tapered line Thread is wound between spin hooks (20) and anchor hooks (26) and around loop-pins (TP, BP) to form two thread groups, one extending between a first spin hook (20) and the anchor hook (26) and the other extending between the anchor hook (26) and the secon... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5775079 | Apparatus for imparting virtual twist to strand material and method of imparting same An apparatus and method for imparting a virtual twist to strand material is provided. The apparatus preferably has a textile strand supply source for supplying a plurality of strands of textile strand material and a virtual twister positioned downstream f... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5632140 | Method and device for directly manufacturing a twisted yarn from dissolved fiber material In a method for manufacturing a twisted yarn a spindle rotor is positioned in a stationary cylinder housing. At least two spinning devices are supported in a receiving chamber of the spindle rotor such that the spinning devices are located adjacent to one... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5628177 | Method and device for manufacturing a twisted yarn in an integrated spin-twisting process according to the two-for-one twisting method from dissolved fiber material In a method for manufacturing a twisted yarn by an integrated spinning-twisting process a vacuum is generated within the spindle rotor. Individual staple fibers are fed by vacuum to at least two rotor spinning devices positioned within the spindle rotor i... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626011 | Method for joining a thread in a device for manufacturing a twisted yarn by an integrated spinning and twisting process as well as a device for performing the method In a method for joining a thread a spindle rotor with hollow spindle shaft is rotatably supported on a machine frame. A radially outwardly extending yarn guide channel is connected to the hollow spindle shaft. Two spinning devices with upwardly open spinn... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5605037 | Method and device for producing a twisted yarn A device for producing a twisted yarn has a spindle rotor with a hollow spindle axle connected to a vacuum source and also has a vacuum chamber connected to the hollow spindle axle. A fiber-dissolving device for producing individual staple fibers is provi... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5603207 | Crafts rope maker Apparatus for making decorative crafts ropes including a hand-held motorized strand twisting unit and an improved method for rigging, anchoring and spreading strands. Strand twisting unit includes a frame or housing, hand grip, electrical circuit, motor, ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5492152 | Creel with twisting device A creel for directly supplying twisted yarns to a machine (13) such as a loom or warper from a plurality of yarn bobbins (3) arranged on a creel (1) for holding non-twisted yarn (2). Two banks of bobbins (3), optionally contrarotate at a predetermined spe... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5400579 | Apparatus and method for the manufacture of telephone cables A double twist machine uses a reel on which two or more wires have been wound. Guides are provided within the double twist machine for simultaneously guiding all of the wires and imparting two twists to the entire set as the wires proceed through the doub... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5323598 | Process for withdrawing sliver from a can and guiding the sliver to a spinnning machine for spinning the slivers into yarn In the case of a spinning machine whose spinning stations spin slivers which are withdrawn from cans, it is provided that the cans during the withdrawal rotate about their axis so that the slivers are provided with a true twist during the withdrawal.... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5282353 | Continuous self-neutralizing strander A strander for generating a multi-strand cable including at least one pay-off station which is spaced radially from a common rotational axis along which the cable is formed. Each station includes a reel for paying-off a strand to be used in the cable, and... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5144792 | Cage-type stranding machine A cage-type stranding machine includes a rotatably mounted supporting pipe (6) and radially outwardly oriented longitudinal webs (7) attached to the supporting pipe and distributed uniformly around its circumference, resulting in greater stiffness which p... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4998403 | Apparatus and method of covering spandex yarn A method and apparatus are disclosed for wrapping a cover yarn onto an elastic core yarn utilizing a "producer" package directly. The disclosed apparatus eliminates the conventional rewinding step used by garment material manufacturers.... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4848078 | Flyer for textile apparatus A textile apparatus is disclosed wherein a cylindrical package of strand material is mounted on an elongated hollow spindle and the strand material is withdrawn from the package and through the hollow spindle for further processing. A flyer arm is mounted... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4789008 | Creel for loom A creel which can deliver untwisted yarns from bobbins in a weaving machine while at a same time twisting them or else twisting some of such untwisted yarns in the S twist and the remaining untwisted yarns in the Z twist with relative low investment for e... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4776159 | Automatic spindle An automatic spindle with a propeller guide and a hook provided in front of an extension of the propeller guide, the hook being attached to a filament for preparatory spinning, the back-pull given by virtue of such an arrangement serving to bring the prop... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4769980 | Yarn twisting apparatus A yarn twisting apparatus is disclosed which comprises a central spindle and a coaxially disposed yarn package carrier. A central wheel is fixedly mounted to the spindle, and the spindle and yarn package carrier are mounted for relative rotation about the... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4765130 | Method and apparatus for making cable core In a method and apparatus for making a cable core, cable core units are stranded together while drawing the cable core units along a passline through a closing die and while vibrating the closing die. Vibration of the closing die facilitates movement of i... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4712368 | Manufacture of telecommunications cable core units Apparatus for changing relative positions of conductor pairs in a cable core in which each pair is moved through its individual guide movable around a substantially circular path. The guides lie in series and move independently of one another. An array fo... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4709542 | Method and apparatus for twisting filaments to form a cable A method and apparatus for making a twisted cable of unlimited length. The apparatus which is operative for performing the method includes a rotating reel having a group of wires or filaments wound thereon, a flyer which rotates around the reel for unwind... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4693069 | Doubling machine A heat-insulating jacket extends around each rotating can of a doubling machine. Half way up the height of the can envelope surface, an extraction line for extracting the air heated by friction as the can rotates extends into the interior between the jack... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4677816 | Stranding machine A stranding machine for making multi-stranded cables or the like incorporates a rotatable filament feeding device having a plurality of elongated tubular support devices for supporting coils of the filament with their axes parallel to each other and to th... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4628681 | Cabling machine Cabling machine for fine strands, in which the strands feed from cans that are arranged in a circle about the axis of a rotary table, each can taking part in one rotation about its axis for each rotation of the table.... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4625503 | Method and device for stranding multifilament superconductor strands Multifilament superconductor strands of less than 1 mm diameter able to carry alternating current are stranded to a pitch of between 7 and 3 diameters, at a temperature above 200° C. and a speed between 30 and 5,000 rpm.... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4607481 | Process for spiral wrapping reinforcement filaments There is disclosed an improved feedstock package for a spiraling machine. The package comprises filamentary yarn having a twist of less than 5 tpi wound around a king spool. In contrast to prior art cone packages, the invention significantly reduces packa... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4599853 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing compact conductors with bunchers An apparatus and method are described for producing compact stranded conductors on single and double twist machines. This is achieved by preshaping and metering the preshaped wires to have generally sectored cross-sectional profiled complementary configur... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4581885 | Manufacture of telecommunications cable core units Changing relative positions of conductor pairs along a telecommunications cable core by passing the unstranded pairs, as they approach the core unit forming means, through individual guides which are reciprocally moved across a feedpath for the pairs, the... | 04/15/1986 |
