Bizarre Patents
Reward Candy Dispenser for Personal Computers
A personal computer peripheral, battery powered reward candy dispenser which immediately presents students with a single candy for each problem completed correctly.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6971226 | Procedure for preparing a piecing process in an open-end rotor spinning unit In the case of a procedure for preparing a piecing process in an open-end rotor spinning aggregate it is provided that a thread end, which is to be pieced in a fiber ring located in a spinning rotor, is first cross-cut, thinned-out and moistened. The dampening takes... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6272829 | Individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister In an individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister that directly employs separate motors to drive the spindle shafts of each twisting unit, when a spindle is inserted into the housing during motor assembly, a rotor and a stator may attract each other an... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6256972 | Device to automatically cut the slubbing of a yarn being worked Device to automatically cut the slubbing, or spinning sliver, (11) of a yarn being worked, the device being used in any textile machine whatsoever and comprising a cutting assembly and sensor means (18) functionally associated with the cutting assembly, t... | 07/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5758482 | Sliver stop motion for spinning machine An apparatus and method for interrupting delivery of sliver to a spinning frame for spinning sliver into yarn and winding the yarn onto a spindle utilizing a sliver stop motion. The sliver stop motion is positioned on a respective drafting system of the s... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5735113 | Anti-choking spindle with cylinder having thread cutting slots A yarn spindle is provided having a housing, a spindle drive shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a cylinder fixedly attached to the spindle drive shaft. The cylinder includes a downwardly extending circumferential skirt, with the skirt and the spi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5694756 | Process and device to stop an open-end rotor spinning device When an open-end rotor spinning device is stopped, a short yarn end is produced. For this, and in synchronization with the interruption of fiber feeding to the opener device (116), the fibers which continue to be combed out of the leading end of the fiber... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5619848 | Method and apparatus for automatically removing an imperfection from spun filament yarn and staple fibers A method and apparatus for automatically removing a slub from spun filament yarn and a sliver or roving of staple fibers. The sliver or roving of staple fibers are fed through a drafting apparatus to prepare a continuous bundle of staple fibers. The filam... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5284008 | Sliver delivery system in textile machines that process sliver A textile machine for processing sliver includes a plurality of work stations disposed side by side. Each of the work stations has a respective fixedly assigned parking place. Sliver cans are each disposed on a respective one of the parking places behind ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5211709 | Stop motion device for strand processing machine A stop motion device for a textile strand processing machine including a sensor positioned between a supply package and a take-up package for sensing the presence or absence of a strand within a defined sensing range of the sensor and a strand breaker pos... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5163279 | Arrangement for producing feeding packages for a twisting operation In an arrangement for producing packages used as feeding packages for a subsequent twisting operation and containing two yarns wound up side-by-side, it is provided that the yarns are monitored with respect to a yarn breakage and, in the case of the occur... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4976018 | Device for monitoring threads on a textile machine A monitoring needle (19) is rotatably mounted under spring tension in a housing (18). A light emitter/light receptor device is fixed to the housing (18) in the plane of the thread (5) and in the pivotal region of the monitoring needle (19), this device pr... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4947633 | Process and an arrangement for producing packages to be used as feeding packages for twisting In a process for producing packages used as feeding packages for twisting, onto which two prestrengthened yarn components are wound side-by-side as a double yarn, it is provided that, when one of the two yarn components breaks, the other yarn component is... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4916890 | Apparatus for supporting a stop member of a textile ring spinning machine An apparatus for supporting a stop member of a stop motion device of a textile ring spinning machine is provided. The apparatus includes a carriage having a cam portion for removably receiving and manipulating the projecting cam follower portion of the st... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4763467 | Method and means of controlling the stop of the feed of roving in a spinning machine Controlling the stop of the feed of roving in a spinning machine in which yarn is wound on spindles through travelers rotating on rings and in which a stop motion is actuated to stop the feed of the roving to drafting rolls in response to detecting a yarn... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4753064 | Spinning or twisting machine with yarn-breaker reset The spinning or twisting machine comprises a plurality of drafting rolls, a plurality of associated spindles and positioned between them a plurality of yarn breaking devices pivotable between an upright spinning machine operating position into a yarn brea... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4738094 | Roving stopping clamp, in particular for spinning machines A clamp is disclosed to be mounted on a yarn spinning machine and, if a roving of the yarn should break, serves to clamp the roving preventing it from further unravelling. The clamp comprises a housing body including a member for defining a passage guide ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4716801 | Rapid cut-off apparatus for high speed moving yarn Rapid cut-off apparatus for high speed moving yarn whereupon any excessive force exerted upon the yarn causes the apparatus to be triggered into a yarn cut-off operation with the apparatus being accelerated to the speed of the moving yarn upon frictional ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4683711 | Thread monitoring device A spinning machine is provided with a thread monitoring device having a light source and a light sensitive cell to sense the thread running to a spindle from the front exit rollers. The thread monitor is formed of two parts, each having a housing arranged... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4672801 | Apparatus for producing two-component thread The apparatus for producing two-component thread comprises a twisting mem to which the two components of the two-component thread are fed, and means for severing one of the components as the feed of the second component ceases, including a hollow cylinde... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4630434 | Roving blocking mechanism on draw frames of spinning machines A draw frame for a spinning machine is provided with roving blocking mechanism associated with its inlet rollers actuable on rupture of the remittant thread to arrest movement of the roving and is further provided with a sensor for detecting the continuit... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4581881 | Textile yarn spinning machine with improved supply strand interruption means Apparatus for use in combination with a traveling unit including sensor and remote actuator means to interrupt supply strand feeding to drafting systems of a textile spinning machine. A collar means is rotatably mounted on an elongate strand guide and one... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4570429 | Thread guard for spinning or twisting machine A device attached to a spinning or twisting machine, designed to monitor the integrity of two threads merging under tension into a yarn, has a carrier swingable about a horizontal axis and provided with a thread guide, such as a pair of parallel pins, bra... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4506498 | Textile yarn spinning machine with supply strand interruption Apparatus for use in combination with a traveling unit including sensor and remote actuator means to interrupt supply strand feeding to drafting systems of a textile spinning machine. Interruption is accomplished through the cooperation of an elongate str... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4505099 | Yarn cutting device in twister A device for cutting fed yarns at a suitable position in quick response to the breakage of the yarn when a plurality of yarns are arranged and twisted together in a twisting frame. A first cutter which is operated by a detecting device and cuts the yarn o... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4501114 | Apparatus for controlling passage of material through textile spinning or twisting machine The passage of material through a textile spinning or twisting machine is regulated through operation of a control element associated with the movement of said material. Light reflected from the moving material is converted into a variable electrical sign... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4484376 | Blocking device for rovings on spinning machine draw frames A drawing frame for a spinning machine is provided with a blocking mechanism movable into a position between the upper and the lower feed rollers in the event of yarn breakage, to lift the roving from contact with the driven roller. A roving holder facili... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4480354 | Roving holding mechanism for draw frames A drawing frame for a spinning machine is provided with a blocking mechanism movable into a position between the upper and the lower feed rollers, in the event of yarn breakage, to lift the roving from contact with the driven roller. The blocking mechanis... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4472932 | Thread guard for spinning or twisting machine A device attached to a spinning or twisting machine, designed to monitor the integrity of two threads merging under tension into a yarn, has a carrier in the form of a disk or a stem rotatable about an axis and provided with a thread guide such as an eyel... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4466236 | Thread-break sensor for textile machinery A device for detecting a break in one of two tensioned threads merging into a yarn comprises a support on which a guide member with two yarn-bracketing pins is pivotable about a horizontal axis. The guide member is provided with a hole penetrated by a stu... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4453377 | Two-for-one twisting spindle A two-for-one twisting spindle has a compressed-air-actuating device which is disposed in the region of the hollow axle (21) of the spindle (1) above the spindle rotor, and which influences the run of the yarn and to which a compressed-air passage (29), e... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4450677 | Thread monitor and a slubbing clamping device for draw frames of spinning machines equipped with double upper rollers A bearing rail is provided extending along each side of the draw frame and spaced laterally from the outer edges of the double upper rollers. At the end of the each rail, in the area when the thread exits from the exit rollers, each rail is provided with ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4444005 | Stop motion for spinning frame A spinning frame is provided with a fiber break guard having a fiber guide which as a consequence of the breaking of one of the individual fibers is displaced to cause the breaking of the other fiber. For a certain and rapid breaking of the remaining fibe... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4404791 | Spinning machine A ring spinning machine for spinning yarns comprised of finite length fibers has a plurality of spinning locations for combining two untwisted textile strands into a yarn to which a twist is imparted prior to winding up of the yarn. A sensor is associated... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4362009 | Yarn actuated stop motion device A yarn stop-motion device for use with a yarn-processing apparatus comprising yarn break-detector means, yarn cutting means and yarn guide means positioned close to each other and combined in a single unit. This device is characterized in that the yarn gu... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4343144 | Control arrangement for a textile machine The control arrangement is used in conjunction with a textile machine at which a thread or a filament, respectively, supplied from a creel package is guided via a roll, around which it forms a plurality of windings, to a thread guide eyelet and to a ring ... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4292798 | Strand break-out device A strand break-out device for preventing the formation of the fault yarns due to strand breakage when two unspun fibrous strands are spun on a common twisting spindle. A member (24) has pins (38) forming a passage means to which the strands converge durin... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4166356 | Method of and apparatus for pneumatically removing a fibrous ribbon or a severed yarn end from the spinning rotor of an open-end spinning machine A method of and an apparatus for pneumatically removing a fibrous ribbon or a severed yarn end from the spinning rotor of an open-end spinning machine in the event of an interruption in the spinning process having the steps of withdrawing the fibrous ribb... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4110963 | Break-out apparatus for fault prevention in the production of multi-strand yarns Apparatus and processes for breaking out a residual strand where one strand breaks in a strand combining operation. The invention makes use of the change in the line of travel of the residual strand to effect break out in the new line of travel.... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4055936 | Method for terminating a spinning operation A method for terminating the spinning operation in a spinning machine having a loosening-up and a feeding device for slivers, includes the steps of running a sliver having a substantially full cross section with a substantially uniform count over the enti... | 11/01/1977 |
