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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6820405 | Device for producing effect yarns and use of the device The device serves to produce effect yarns on process machines through the deliberate production of short lumps in the yarn through short-duration yarn overfeed and includes a device (A) for lateral yarn deflection which comprises a motor-driveable, servo-controlled ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 5848524 | Manufacture of yarn spun on closed-end, high draft spinning systems A twisted yarn structure includes constituent fibers which extend between a surface and a core of the yarn structure so that at least one portion of each fiber is trapped and bound within the yarn structure by portions of other fibers. The fibers can exte... | 12/15/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5317791 | Apparatus for producing slub effects in yarn strands An apparatus for air jet processing of threads of yarn to create fancy effects in yarn. The apparatus comprises at least one pair of reciprocally moving triangular profiles which move across the paths of moving yarn strands. Each triangular profile is sep... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5307616 | Method to manufacture a slub yarn Method to provide a novel false twisted slub yarn by combining a core yarn and an effect yarn in a fluid tangling zone. The linear velocity of the effect yarn is raised to allow slubs to be produced in the combined yarn in an air jet apparatus. The slub y... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5148663 | Arrangement for generation of fancy twists arranged and/or formed at random on a yarn Fancy twists arranged and/or formed at random are provided on a yarn. The threads are delivered by a feed device at different feed speeds. The feed device has a first roller and a second roller, which rotate at different peripheral speeds. A yarn thread i... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5010721 | Arrangement for the generation of a yarn having fancy twists arranged and/or formed at random On a yarn, fancy twists arranged and formed at random shall be generated by a device added to the normal twisting device. To this end a fancy twist yarn thread is led through a pivotable fancy twist lever extending transversely to the moving direction of ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4926626 | Flamme fancy yarn manufacturing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for flamme fancy yarn manufacture for textile production of various number of effects along the length and in a given length of ready-made yarn, irrespective of the length of the fibres of the inlet product both from short staple an... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4829757 | Apparatus for forming a composite yarn from elastic and inelastic yarns An apparatus for the production of a yarn has a joining group provided with a frame carrying a pneumatic-joining assembly, a unit for conditioning substantially inelastic yarns and feeding them to the pneumatic-joining assembly and a unit for feeding an e... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4674271 | Apparatus and process for converting a continuous multifilament yarn to a staple-like yarn The present invention pertains to a process and product thereof, and an apparatus, for converting a twisted, continuous filament, multifilament yarn into a staple-like yarn. The process is carried out by needling the yarn with a barbed needle in order to ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4663927 | Method and apparatus for producing slub yarn A slub yarn, in which a sheath component is wound around a core component to form a plurality of slub portions along the axis of the yarn, which structure is obtained by simultaneously false-twist texturing the core and sheath components. The slub yarn ha... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4569192 | Apparatus for producing special yarns An apparatus for producing special yarn made of a fiber strand in which a number of fibers are randomly arranged along the lengthwise direction thereof, in which special yarn at least one of the yarn structural parameters, e.g., yarn count number or numbe... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4567720 | Air jet texturing system A new process is provided for producing highly resilient, textured, continuous multifilament polymeric yarns and combinations of such yarns with other continuous filament yarns and with spun yarns. The unstable or wild loops which form in conventional air... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566259 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of fancy yarns A method and apparatus for producing a fancy yarn, in which a core and effect yarn 5 are fed along a path to a false twist device 6 and a binding yarn 4 is fed via a rotating component 1 adjacent the path, the component rotating about an axis transverse t... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4532760 | D. C. Yarn tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which periodically has the D. C. voltage increased from low voltage to high voltage and the high voltage is driven to zero a successive predetermined number of times to vibrate the tension discs i... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4478036 | Method, apparatus and intermittently textured yarn Method and apparatus to produce a continuous filament textured yarn with unusually low crimp contraction and intermittent crimp and molecular orientation along its length. This is accomplished by the use of an electromagnetic tension device to control the... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4453297 | Novelty yarn production A method and apparatus for producing novelty yarn with an unusual configuration. An effect yarn is fed to a novelty yarn jet, and a core yarn is fed to a different yarn port in the same jet, the core yarn being maintained substantially taut. The combined ... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4449356 | Continuous A.C. tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which has alternating current superimposed on the direct current circuit to allow the electromagnet to vibrate the tension discs in order to break the contact between the tension discs to lower th... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449355 | A.C.-D.C. Slotted type yarn tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which has alternating current superimposed on the direct current circuit to allow the electromagnet to vibrate the tension discs in order to break the contact between the tension discs and between... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449354 | Disc type yarn tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which has alternating current superimposed on the direct current circuit to allow the electromagnet to vibrate the tension discs in order to break the contact between the tension discs and between... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4446691 | High A.C.-D.C. yarn tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which periodically has alternating current superimposed on the direct current circuit to allow the electromagnet to vibrate the tension discs in order to break the contact between the tension disc... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4446690 | Bar balloon control The apparatus includes a control between the electromagnetic tension control and the yarn supply package to prevent the yarn coming off the package from rotating in a full balloon path and consequently prevent entanglement of the yarn in the yarn guides t... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4418523 | Notched roller for producing fancy yarns in spinning-twisting machines A spinning-twisting machine with a hollow spindle, particularly for the production of fancy yarns, includes a drawing frame for an assembly of fibers. A drawing roller is contained in the drawing frame and it is notched at spaced locations around its circ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4381638 | Apparatus with a bobbin support member The present invention concerns the production of fancy yarns, in which during open-end spinning a roving is supplied program-controlled to the spinning unit for the yarn to be produced. According to the invention at least one roving bobbin is supported by... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4368612 | Apparatus for forming false twisted slubyarn Apparatus and method to provide a novel false twisted slub yarn by combining a core yarn and an effect yarn in a fluid tangling zone. The linear velocity of the effect yarn is raised to allow slubs to be produced in the combined yarn in an air jet apparat... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4348859 | Method and apparatus for the production of fancy yarn A method and an apparatus for the production of fancy yarn includes the supply of elongate fancy material pieces (17) by gas under pressure to suction-loaded spinning cylinders (10) which spin the fancy material pieces together with separately supplied ba... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4311000 | Novelty yarn production A method and apparatus for producing novelty yarn with an unusual configuration. An effect yarn is fed to a novelty yarn jet, and a core yarn is fed to a different yarn port in the same jet, the core yarn being maintained substantially taut. The combined ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4305245 | Method of forming false twisted slub yarn Apparatus and method to provide a novel false twisted slub yarn by combining a core yarn and an effect yarn in a fluid tangling zone. The linear velocity of the effect yarn is raised to allow slubs to be produced in the combined yarn in an air jet apparat... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4276739 | Electronically controlled system for making a multiply effect yarn A multiply effect yarn is wound up from a plurality of strands on a yarn-winding body that is rotated at a variable predetermined speed. Each of the strands is fed via a respective strand-feed element to the yarn-winding body. The feed rate of each of the... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4170865 | Yarn slubbing device This invention is directed to an improved apparatus in which a fluid jet texturing device is used to produce a composite novelty yarn having slubs of selectively varied size distributed with selectively varied spacing along the linear length of the yarn. ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4160359 | Random signal generator for the manufacture of slub open end spun yarn A random signal generator using a maximum-length shift register sequence to provide control pulses to a slub yarn producing open end spinning system. The time between control pulses is random to prevent any discernible pattern appearing in the fabric made... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4144703 | Open end spun slub yarn Method and apparatus to produce slub or thick and thin yarns with twist variation on open end spinning machines by changing the speed of the yarn as it exits from the rotor of the open end spinning machine. The speed of the yarn is varied by a pivotally m... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144702 | Open end spun slub yarn A method of making slub or thick and thin yarns with twist variation on open end spinning machines by changing the speed of the yarn as it exits from the rotor of the open end spinning machine. The method produces a unique slub yarn which has a portion of... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4130984 | Method and apparatus for making novelty yarn A method and apparatus for making a novelty yarn, having relatively short varying length and varying size auxiliary strands randomly distributed therealong, on a spinning frame provided with a series of spaced pairs of rotatable drafting elements defining... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4119253 | Method and apparatus for controlling the advancement of a strand Method and apparatus are provided for controlling the advancement of a strand by directing a fluid along the strand in a first direction opposite to the direction of advancement of the strand to retard the advancement of the strand sufficiently to create ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4112561 | Apparatus for manufacturing filaments of varying denier and actuating means therefor An apparatus for manufacturing filaments of varying denier includes electrically activated tension means disposed between a feed roller and a draw roller for engaging the filament and producing a variable tension thereon when activated. A circuit arrangem... | 09/12/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4100726 | Method for producing slubby yarn A process is disclosed for preparing slubby strands in which a textile strand is passed either over a surface or through a slubbing tool. The surface, if employed, may include a plurality of fluid passages positioned therein. As the strand passes over the... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4100399 | Programmed control for effect spinning and twisting machines A programmable electronic control system is provided to control the feed devices which supply different threads at different speeds in a spinning or twisting machine in order to produce yarn with special effects of color or shape at intervals along the ya... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4099307 | Apparatus for producing slubby yarn A process is disclosed for preparing slubby strands in which a textile strand is passed either over a surface or through a slubbing tool. The surface, if employed, may include a plurality of fluid passages positioned therein. As the strand passes over the... | 07/11/1978 |
