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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170709 | Method for introducing a weft thread in a weaving machine Method for introducing a weft thread in a weaving machine which comprises a device (10) for introducing a weft thread (3, 64), which method comprises adjusting a control parameter and adapting the number of insertions for determining the mean deviation... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165712 | Loom, in particular a ribbon loom The loom, in particular a ribbon loom, has at least one electrically-driven thread transport device for the weft threads for processing at least one thread or a group of threads over at least the distance between two lengths of weft. It also contains a fabric outlet... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8150543 | Methods, apparatus and articles for an air jet loom In some embodiments, a method includes providing a first controller; providing a second controller; using the second controller to control a plurality of valves to provide a sequence of air jets that propel a weft thread across at least a portion of a weft insertion... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8086342 | Method for controlling the tension of the yarn unwinding from a negative yarn-feeder for textile machines, and apparatus for carrying out such method The tension is modulated by a weft-braking device controlled by a tension control block programmed for comparing the measured tension with a reference tension, and for transmitting a braking level signal to the weft-braking device, which braking level signal is adap... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7894928 | Device for forming a jacquard type shed, a loom fitted with such a device, and a method of forming the shed on such a loom A device for forming a Jacquard type shed including a plurality of electric actuators (61) and control means (C1, C21) for controlling each actuator (61) suitable for generating a signal (S211) rep... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7584014 | Control unit for yarn-braking devices in weft feeders for looms, and tuning method therefor A control unit for yarn-braking devices in weft feeders for looms, in which the yarn unwinding from the feeder is pressed between a drum and a braking member connected to two linear actuators controlled by position and provided with position sensors. A position cont... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7341077 | Method for operating a loom A loom having a first drive motor (10), which for instance drives a batten (13), and having at least one second drive motor (44), which drives a dobby (46), is provided with a control and regulating device (48), which forms a rotat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337036 | Three-way connector for connecting weft feeders of textile machines to a serial bus, and a control system based thereon The three-way connector comprises a first, a second and a third gates directly connected to one another. The first and second gate are pluggable onto respective spans of a bus, and the third gate is connectable to a weft feeder. The three-way connector further compr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7319965 | Method and apparatus to control the operating speed of a manufacturing facility A method and apparatus for controlling the operating speed of a manufacturing facility is disclosed. It includes determining a desired operating speed that is dependent on at least one economic variable. The variables vary with the operating speed. Also, the operati... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310565 | Method for optimizing a textile production process and devices applying this method Method for optimizing a textile production process, which consists in manufacturing a fabric (11) on a weaving machine (1), characterized in that characteristics of the fabric (11) and/or fabric-determining elements are visualized on a machine s... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7272244 | Method and unit for the production of images with high resolution in jacquard fabric The invention relates to a method for the production of images with high resolution jacquard fabric comprising the following steps: colour scanning of an output image to be reproduced on a fabric, video visualisation of said image with the largest number of colours ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7203567 | Method and apparatus for electronically controlling fiber processing machines, particularly spinning preparation machines An apparatus for electronically controlling a fiber processing machine includes at least one plug-in module group and at least one memory for receiving and storing data. A non-volatile memory is disposed physically apart from the plug-in module group whereby the dat... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7177719 | Pattern builder The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an item. The method includes providing a pattern building program to a client, wherein the client is to build a pattern using the program. The method also includes manufacturing the item based on the pattern. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155367 | Method for evaluating relative efficiency of equipment The current invention is a computer implemented method of evaluating relative efficiency of equipment by constructing a mathematical model of the operation of the equipment, calculating a distance between an actual operating point and the mathematically obtained opt... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7110847 | Method for adjusting the weaving parameters of weaving machines, and control device A method to adjust weaving parameters of weaving machines when changing the weaving rate based on optimized weaving-parameter values, one or more altering functions being used to determine and adjust weaving-parameter values which match the changed weaving rate.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7039489 | Monitoring of thread transport A method for monitoring the transport of a thread in a weaving machine is presented in which the thread includes thread sections (21, 21.i) which are transported with an associated speed (vi). In this method, values (24) of at least o... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035710 | Device for automating and/or controlling of machine tools or production machines A device for automating and/or controlling machine tools or production machines is described. The device includes at least one computer which is located remote from a machine. The computer operates like a handheld controller and is connected via at least one bus sys... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6999837 | Device and method for controlling and/or monitoring a yarn processing system A device for controlling and monitoring a yarn processing system, which comprises an electronic main control unit and at least one yarn feeding unit, and inside of which a serial communications field bus system is provided with at least one field bus for carrying ou... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6860298 | Host computer for use in loom user supporting system, loom user supporting system, loom user supporting method A host computer is used in a supporting system for supporting a user of a plurality of looms. The host computer includes a database section for storing specifications information relating to specifications of each of a plurality of looms, the specifications informat... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6850857 | Data fusion of stationary array sensor and scanning sensor measurements The present invention is directed to improving the accuracy with which a stationary array sensor provides cross directional measurements by providing an offset compensation to the stationary array sensor using the output of a scanning sensor associated with the manu... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6834681 | Method for controlling the shed in a loom with mechanical weft insertion In a loom with a mechanical weft insertion the motion of each individual warp thread on its way from an uppermost position to a lowermost position and vice verse is controlled individually by a jacquard in such a way, that the motion profile includes a shed stopping... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6807457 | System for the telemanagement of weaving looms in weaving premises and method of assistance thereof A method and system for the management of and assistance to weaving looms in the weaving premises includes, for each loom, a unit to control actuators, a set of operation sensors, and a logic a unit apt to correlate signals from the sensors with the control unit. Th... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6751521 | Information display apparatus of a loom The information display apparatus is characterized by storing at least plural pieces of loom information, by comprising: data control means capable of outputting the stored loom information; display means for displaying in a screen the loom information outputted fro... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6748290 | System and method for textile production A method of producing a textile product, including the steps of: receiving order information from a customer over a network, the order information including an image to be reproduced on the textile product; processing the order information to create an order record ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6314335 | Fuzzy control apparatus for jet loom A fuzzy control apparatus for a jet loom detects a flying state of a weft yarn, performs, based on a detected value thus detected, fuzzy inference to determine a modification amount to a rotational frequency of a motor, drives the motor to rotate at a pre... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6301519 | Method and apparatus for controlling and monitoring the cutting function of a thread cutter driven by an electric motor in looms A method and apparatus is provided for controlling and monitoring the cutting function of a thread cutter driven by an electric motor in looms. The monitoring of the cutting function is effected by monitoring the rotation of the motor shaft of the cutter ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6263257 | Method and device for determining relevant variables in the processing of textile structures A device for the simulation of spinning machines with a view to their optimum economic use and operation. Starting from material properties of a preproduct (1) determined by measurement, as well as from configuration and setting parameters (3) of such a s... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6135162 | Method and device for regulating a back rest and/or a drop wire position of a weaving machine In a loom of which the backrest (3) and/or the warp stop motion (17) are adjustably supported on the machine frame (22) and are adjustable by associated adjusting equipment with at least one adjusting function, at least the backrest (3) and/or the warp st... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6014592 | Cheese-producing textile machine A cheese-producing textile machine 1 with a central control unit 37 and a plurality of winding stations 2 which are serviced by an autonomously operating service unit 23. The central control unit 37 of the textile machine 1 is connected via a machine bus ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5838570 | Device for monitoring the feed of a plurality of yarns to a textile machine having encoded sensor means, and a method for its control A device for monitoring the feed of a plurality of yarns (2) to a textile machine (1) comprises a number of sensor means (4) equal to the number of yarns (2) and each cooperating with a corresponding yarn (2) of which they sense the state of feed, and bei... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5829487 | Method for representing a fabric consisting of warp and weft threads A method for representing optically a fabric consisting of warp and weft threads and with a pattern. To optically represent the fabric, the pattern is acquired by scanning from a model, or from an existing data carrier, or represented directly on a comput... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5818720 | Process for large repeat fabric design and weaving A process of designing and weaving fabrics with pattern repeats over the full length of the fabric such as draperies or bedspreads. The pattern can incorporate one or more actual patterns within the repeat to reduce waste and inventory requirements for fa... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5758697 | Method for weaving patterns having different yarn types alternately arranged in a 1/f fluctuation A weaving method that imparts a 1/f fluctuation to the weave pattern. Adjacent and different numbered groups of different yarns, for example black yarn and white yarns, are alternately arranged in contiguous reed dents. The sequential number which is asso... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5743305 | Shedding control method based on stored shedding curves In an electric shedding control apparatus, shedding patterns are stored in memories in such a manner that the shedding patterns are compressed and the time required to read the shedding patterns is shortened. An electric shedding apparatus is provided for... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5676177 | Method for optimally processing materials in a machine Methods for optimally processing materials in a machine, such as a weaving machine, employing modular environmental control apparatus to control the conditions of gas flows sourced to or captured from various critical zones in materials processing machine... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5613525 | Method and apparatus for generating an artificial angular shaft position to operate a weaving machine A weaving machine having a rotating main shaft for driving the weaving machine, with a plurality of accessories on the weaving machine for weaving cloth is provided with an artificial signal of shaft position. A generator generates the artificial signal r... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5598875 | Reeding method for 1/f fluctuation warp yarn distribution A weaving method for woven goods in which the warp yarns are disposed among reed dents of uniform spacing in a reed according to a sequence of numerical values having a 1/f fluctuation, thereby imparting a 1/f fluctuation to the arrangement of warp yarns.... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5440495 | Control device for weft inserting in jet loom A control device for weft inserting in a jet loom realizes weft inserting in stable running conditions without depending on the professional perceptions and experiences of operators. The control device for weft inserting is constructed by inferring a corr... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5390709 | Fabric forming machine including pneumatic shedding apparatus and method A shedding apparatus for being fitted onto a fabric-forming machine such as a loom for controlling the up and down movement of warp-carrying heddles to form a filling insertion zone. The shedding apparatus includes a computer for storing pattern informati... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5388618 | Weaving-machine control with display of the site and nature of thread breaks A control system for adjusting and/or checking the operational parameters of a weaving machine includes a control unit with a monitor, the control unit including an image memory for storing images of the site and/or type of thread breaks. The images are d... | 02/14/1995 |
