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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6476570 | Device and process for controlling the motor drives of textile machines A device and a process for controlling the motor drives (121) of textile machines, comprising at least one "encoder" (101), capable of controlling the number of revolutions of each motor (121), and at least one central electronic unit (111) processing the... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6425236 | Cable and yarn double-twisting spindle A cabling and yarn double-twisting spindle having pneumatic assistance for a threading up of the yarns to be handled by the spindle is provided. The spindle includes a shaft rotatably supportable in a support hub on a spindle bank. The shaft has a central... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6374588 | Hairiness controlling device and winder It is an object of the present invention to provide a hairiness controlling device that can start, simultaneously with the start of spun yarn running, stabilizing a spun yarn run through disks. According to the present invention, a rotation speed of each ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6367237 | Play-free and centering tube coupling for the spindle of a textile machine Play-free and centering tube coupling for the spindle of a textile machine, which includes at least three driving elements which are centrically arranged to bear against an inner wall of the tube in a tube receptacle connected nonpositively to the spindle... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6318062 | Random lay wire twisting machine A wire twisting machine and method provide a randomly varying lay to pairs of twisted wires forming a cable. A pair of wires are fed into a motor driven bow mechanism which twists the wires at a given rate of speed. The bow winding speed is sensed to prov... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6256971 | 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... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6148596 | 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... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148598 | Thread delivery device for a textile spinning, throwing, texturing or suchlike machine It comprises a bowl (2) driven positively in rotation and a guide finger (3) which is spaced from the bowl (2) and is mounted on an arm (6) articulated relative to a support (7) mounted on the frame of the machine. The shaft (8) supporting the bowl (2) is equi... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6116012 | Supporting disk for a shaft of a rotor in an open-end spinning machine A supporting disk for a rotor of an open-end spinning machine comprising a hub ring made of metallic material and a support ring made of polymer material affixed to the outer circumferential surface of the hub ring, the outer circumferential surface of th... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5699660 | Stranding station for reverse lay or SZ type stranding machine A stranding station (1) for SZ type stranding machines intended for the helical stranding of a plurality of individual wire strands (4a-4g). The stranding station (1) is characterized in that the accumulation element (50) is mounted so as to be free to ro... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5692367 | Device for damping the vibrations of a package on spinning, twisting or winding machines A device is disclosed for damping the vibrations of a package on spinning, twisting or winding machines. Damping elements act on the swivel-mounted package holders, which damping elements are arranged on the machine frame and which are effective on the sw... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5682718 | Method and apparatus for drawing off a yarn at a spinning station A yarn being spun in a spinning station of a spinning machine is drawn off with an apparatus which includes a pair of rollers for clamping the spun yarn in a gap between the rollers and transporting the spun yarn. The rollers include a draw-off roller bei... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5540042 | Open-end spinning device The spinning rotor of an open-end spinning device is supported by means of a rotor shaft in the nip of at least one pair of supporting disks and can be driven by means of a tangential belt. A change-over device with a pressure roller is provided to press ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5535582 | Drive for a shaftless spinning rotor of an open end spinning machine A drive for a shaftless spinning rotor wherein the spinning rotor is embodied as the rotor of an axial field motor utilizes axially opposed yoke-forming, magnetically conductive elements disposed respectively on the opposite sides of an air gap formed bet... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5509261 | Stepping motor arrangement for driving a silver feed roller in a rotor spinning machine A rotor spinning machine has a plurality of simultaneously operated spinning stations each with a spinning rotor, an opening roller, a feed roller for delivering sliver to the opening roller, and a stepping motor connect directly to the feed roller for dr... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5341633 | Apparatus for winding a roving applied to a roving frame In a roving winding apparatus applied to a roving frame provided with a plurality of draft parts and corresponding bobbin wheels, a bobbin shaft for driving the bobbin wheel, a bobbin rail on which the bobbin shaft is rotatably horizontally mounted along ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 4916891 | Open-end rotor spinning machine An open-end rotor spinning machine which operates at rotor speeds higher than 100,000 rpm is constructed so that the critical system rotational speed is higher than the 100,000 rpm operating rotational speed. The rotatable rotor has a shaft bearingly supp... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4899528 | Control device to drive and stop an open-end spinning element A device for the control of an open-end spinning element, including a pivoted control lever (4) is provided which is capable of assuming three different working positions. In a production position the control lever brings a first drive, running at product... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4893460 | Belt type spindle drive for textile machines A belt type spindle drive apparatus for textile machines of the type having a plurality of simultaneously driven aligned spindles arranged in at least one row. An endless belt extends in driving engagement along the spindles and is driven by a plurality o... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4875334 | Spindle construction for mounting arrangements for spinning machine rotors A spindle is provided which is intended especially for use in the mounting arrangement of a spinning rotor within the spinning housing of a textile spinning machine. The spindle comprises an outer sleeve, two rows of balls disposed in cages, and a shaft w... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4803834 | Textile spindle The jacket enclosing a motor driven textile spindle of the type wherein the spindle is driven by a separate motor which is mounted on a common base with the spindle is modified to include air inlet and air exit openings. The motor is located in proximity ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4785620 | Bearing and drive for a spinning rotor A bearing and driving unit for a spinning rotor of an open-end spinning unit is provided. A braking element is provided for braking a rotor shaft, and a cleaning element is provided for cleaning the rotor shaft. Actuating elements are provided for activat... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4773210 | Open-end rotor-spinning device The invention relates to an open-end rotor-spinning device with a rotor shaft which is mounted and driven in the wedge-shaped gap between supporting disks and to the free end of which is assigned an axial bearing. A simplified mounting, which also allows ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4760688 | Open-end spinning machine with plural spinning stations and thread joining process therefor In an open-end spinning machine, a centralized main drive is provided to collectively drive spinning elements of a plurality of spinning stations installed next to each other. At each spinning station, a switch-over device is provided for switching each s... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4753067 | Open-end spinning machine In an open-end rotor spinning machine having a plurality of spinning stations located next to one another, each spinning station has a spinning rotor (40) which is arranged in a housing (1) and has a drive spindle (42) extending transversely to the machin... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4738095 | Spinning or twisting machine drive The process for operation of a spinning or twisting machine calls for a plurality of working units which are concentrated in groups with at least one motor and tangential belt. The spinning or twisting machine has a different total power need based on dif... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4736580 | Apparatus for making textile fiber strands and method of operating same The apparatus for making textile fiber strands has a principal drive unit and at least one auxiliary drive unit. At least one alternating current motor of the principal drive unit is provided with a supply current of an adjustable frequency by a frequency... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4703616 | Bearing and drive for a horizontally arranged open-end spinning rotor A bearing and driving assembly is disclosed for an open and spinning rotor unit of a spinning unit of the type having a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft, a twin disk bearing arrangement for rotatably supporting the rotor shaft and a tangential belt drivingl... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4694643 | Spinning or twisting machine For compensation of changes in rotational speeds, for example, occurring because of varying loads on the motors, the drive mechanisms for at least two kinds of working units have a common synchronizing mechanism and are connected operably by a torque tran... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4667464 | Bearing and driving arrangement for a spinning rotor of an open-end spinning machine A bearing and driving assembly is disclosed for an open end spinning rotor at a spinning unit of the type having a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft, a twin disk bearing arrangement for rotatably supporting the rotor shaft and a tangential belt drivingly eng... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4628680 | Spinning machine with a plurality of spinning units A spinning machine having a plurality of adjacently arranged spinning units is provided. Each spinning unit is developed as a construction unit along with at least one part of its related driving mechanism. The construction unit is respectively removable ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4612761 | Drive for spinning or twisting machine A drive system drives a plurality of whorls rotatable about respective whorl axes and having radially outwardly directed faces centered on the respective axes, forming a discontinuous whorl surface, and of a predetermined whorl width measured parallel to ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612760 | Drive for multiple-spindle twisting or spinning machine A spinning or twisting machine has a plurality of spindles which are rotatable about upright axes aligned in a row and which are each provided with a whorl tangentially engaged by the outer face of a straight stretch of a flat drive belt. This machine is ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4574577 | Driving arrangement for a spinning rotor of an open-end spinning machine In the case of an arrangement for disposing and driving a spinning rotor of an open-end spinning unit which, by means of a rotor shaft, is disposed in wedge-shaped gaps formed by two pairs of supporting disks and is driven by a belt looping around it, it ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4493182 | Driving device for twisting heads of an SZ twisting machine The driving device for the twisting head of an SZ stranding machine assures short switching times with little equipment even for a multi-step change of the rotary motion by associating with one or both magnetic clutches of the twisting head either one dri... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4437300 | Device for the continuous spinning of textile yarns The device is composed of a spindle (7) which is provided with a drive means (9 and 10), and of a member for providing a twist, in the form of a bell (1), which encloses the spindle and can be rotated about the extended spindle axis. The bell is mounted i... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4314388 | Roller drive for draw frame An assembly of fiber-drawing rollers, used for stretching rovings or fiber bundles in a spinning machine, is divided into a plurality of stages each including an elongate driven roller and a set of coacting counterrollers, the driven rollers being rotated... | 02/09/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4186548 | Bearing for the spinning rotor of an open-end spinning assembly A bearing arrangement is provided for a rotor shaft of an open-end spinning assembly which includes a ball engageable with the end of the rotor shaft opposite the spinning rotor to axially support the same. The ball is wettable by a lubricant supplied by ... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4167845 | Axial guide for the shaft of a spinning rotor The shaft of a spinning rotor is journaled for rotation on pairs of rollers, and is urged against the rollers by a drive belt. The end of the shaft away from the rotor has a taper fitted into a corresponding taper of the central hole of a rolling bearing.... | 09/18/1979 |
