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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6584651 | Device for increasing the specific weight of fiber material in a carding machine A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder and a doffer to which fiber material is transferred from the main carding cylinder and a fiber removing device positioned downstream of the doffer as viewed in an advancing direction of the fiber material... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6289599 | Apparatus for measuring the thickness of sliver bundle formed of a plurality of side-by-side running slivers An apparatus for measuring the thickness of a plurality of side-by-side running slivers includes a supporting surface guiding the side-by-side running slivers thereon in a single plane; a holding member; and a plurality of sensor elements movably secured ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6249935 | Apparatus for removing foreign material from a fiber processing line A fiber processing machine includes a rotatably supported clothed opening roll; a withdrawing roll adjoining the opening roll and supported for rotation for forwarding the fiber material to the opening roll; an optical sensor system for detecting foreign ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6223398 | Web heating device for a fiber processing machine A textile fiber processing machine includes a device for forming a fiber web from a fiber lap; a device for advancing the fiber web to a web outputting device for discharging the web thereby in a direction of advance; and two cooperating calender rolls de... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6223609 | Apparatus for measuring the thickness and/or irregularities of a running sliver An apparatus for advancing a sliver and sensing thickness variations thereof in a fiber processing machine includes a tongue-and-groove roll pair composed of a tongue roll and a groove roll. The groove roll is radially fixedly supported and has a circumfe... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6216318 | Feed tray assembly for advancing fiber material in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine for forming a fiber lap from fiber tufts, includes a fiber feeding assembly which has a feed roll having a rotary axis; a carrier element extending adjacent and along the feed roll; and a feed tray array cooperating with the fee... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6167593 | Apparatus for varying the depth of a chute in a fiber feeder A fiber processing machine for forming a fiber lap from fiber tufts includes a generally vertically oriented reserve chute, a generally vertically oriented feed chute having an inlet adjoining the outlet of the reserve chute, and a fiber feeding assembly ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6163931 | Feeding device for advancing fiber material to a fiber processing machine A feeding device for advancing fiber material includes a driven feed roll; a support element immovably held during operation and extending spaced from and generally parallel to the feed roll; and a feed tray assembly composed of a plurality of side-by-sid... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6119312 | Device mounted on a spinning preparation machine, such as carding machine, a draw frame or the like, for guiding and compressing a sliver bundle A device for guiding and compressing a sliver running through the device in a travel direction includes first and second guide elements adjoining one another in the travel direction. Each guide element has two opposite first sides and two opposite second ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6088882 | Regulated sliver drawing unit having at least one drawing field and method of regulation A regulated drawing unit for drawing fiber material includes an inlet through which the fiber material passes before being drafted; an outlet through which the fiber material passes after being drafted; a first arrangement defining a drawing field includi... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085390 | Device for adjusting the distance between a roll and a stationary carding segment in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a fiber processing roll carrying a roll clothing on a circumferential surface thereof; an operationally substantially stationary carding segment carrying a segment clothing for cooperating with the roll clothing along a... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6061877 | Clothing for a roll advancing fiber material A roll for advancing fiber material has a roll surface provided with a sawtooth clothing which includes a plurality of teeth separated from one another by respective tooth gaps each having a gap bottom. Each tooth has a frontal flank oriented in a directi... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6024206 | Closed-circuit coiler can conveyor system between two drawing frames A system includes a first drawing frame having a sliver output; a second drawing frame having a sliver input; and a conveyor apparatus for supplying, in a closed circuit, sliver-filled coiler cans from the output of the first drawing frame to the input of... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5989110 | Flexible roll for removing material from components of a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a fiber processing component and a material-removing roll supported to be in contact with the fiber processing component for removing material therefrom. The material-removing roll includes a radially deformable resilie... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983456 | Sliver guiding device for a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a sliver guiding device having first and second wall elements as well as first, second, third and fourth wall faces. The first and second wall faces which form part of the first and second wall elements, respectively, a... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5974629 | Method and apparatus for measuring fiber length and nep number in a carding machine A method of measuring fiber material while being processed by fiber processing components of a carding machine, includes the following steps: measuring fiber length and nep number at an outlet of the carding machine; applying measured values of the fiber ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974631 | Apparatus for making a fiber batt An apparatus for making a fiber batt includes an opening roll for opening fibers fed thereto; a fiber removing device directing an air stream to the opening roll for removing the opened fiber therefrom; a downwardly open fiber gathering hood; an arrangeme... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5930870 | Measuring fiber length at input and output of a fiber processing machine A method of measuring fiber while being processed by a fiber processing machine, includes the following steps: measuring the length of fiber at an inlet of the fiber processing machine; measuring the length of fiber at an outlet of the fiber processing ma... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5918349 | Carding machine including a device for adjusting the distance between flat bars and carding cylinder A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder having a cylinder axis and a cylinder clothing; and traveling flats cooperating with the main carding cylinder along a circumferential length portion thereof. The traveling flats include a plurality of fl... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5862573 | Carding machine having a fiber introducing apparatus A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder and an apparatus for introducing fiber material to the main carding cylinder. The apparatus includes a fiber feeding device and at least one licker-in having a sawtooth clothing and being disposed between... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5855043 | Carding machine having an after-connected sliver coiler provided with a sliver drawing unit An apparatus includes a carding machine which has a web trumpet gathering a running fiber web into sliver and a calender roll pair arranged immediately downstream of the web trumpet for pulling the sliver therethrough. The apparatus further includes a sli... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5852844 | Suction apparatus for removing waste from a drawing frame inlet A combination of a sliver intake assembly for guiding and introducing simultaneously a plurality of slivers into a drawing frame and a suction assembly for removing waste, such as dust or fiber fly. The combination includes an emplacement situated below t... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5815890 | Apparatus for measuring the thickness of a running sliver in a sliver producing machine An apparatus for measuring the thickness of running sliver includes a body having inner walls defining a funnel-shaped cavity through which the sliver passes; a contact finger having an end portion for contacting the running sliver at the narrow end of th... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5791489 | Apparatus for separating foreign bodies from a fiber tuft stream An apparatus for detecting foreign substances in a fiber tuft stream and for separating the foreign substances therefrom, includes a conduit guiding the fiber tuft stream therethrough in a conveying direction; a metal detector situated at a first location... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5761771 | Apparatus for detecting and separating foreign bodies from a fiber tuft flow An apparatus for detecting a foreign substance in a fiber tuft stream and for separating the foreign substance therefrom. The apparatus includes a conduit guiding the fiber tuft stream therethrough in a conveying direction; an optical sensor system situat... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5737806 | Apparatus for treating fiber and producing a fiber lap therefrom An apparatus for treating fiber and producing a fiber lap therefrom, includes a fiber feeder; a carding machine including a multi-roll licker-in assembly receiving the fiber material from the feeder, a main carding cylinder receiving fiber material from t... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5692267 | Apparatus for recognizing impurities of fiber material during processing in a textile machine and method A fiber processing apparatus includes a plurality of serially-arranged fiber processing components for forming and advancing a fiber web and for gathering the web into a sliver. Some of the components are spaced by a clearance from one another such that t... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5682647 | Apparatus for moving coiler cans to a sliver producing textile machine A coiler can transporting assembly for advancing coiler cans in a transporting direction to a sliver-producing textile machine. The assembly includes coiler cans each having a bottom forming a conveying face; and a conveyor element having a discharge end ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5673462 | Sliver guiding and measuring assembly having a resiliently biased thickness sensing element An apparatus for measuring sliver thickness in a drawing frame includes a sliver guiding device which has an inlet for simultaneously receiving a plurality of side-by-side running slivers having an advancing direction; and a sliver combining arrangement d... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5664398 | Apparatus for charging flat cans with sliver at a sliver producing fiber processing machine A system for charging a coiler can of elongated horizontal cross section with sliver obtained from a sliver producing fiber processing machine includes a stationarily supported rotary coiler head discharging sliver in coils; a sled disposed underneath the... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5659968 | Sliver guide assembly including a thickness sensor having operative and servicing positions An apparatus for measuring sliver thickness in a drawing frame includes a sliver guiding device having converging inner wall faces for bringing a plurality of simultaneously introduced slivers together to form a sliver assembly constituted by side-by-side... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5647098 | Apparatus for transporting a coiler can between a sliver-producing and a sliver-consuming textile machine A system for transporting sliver between a sliver-producing textile machine and a sliver-consuming textile machine includes a coiler can containing the sliver; a carriage for transporting the coiler can; and a can-handling arrangement for moving the coile... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5642553 | Imaging apparatus for scanning a clothed roll in a fiber processing machine and method A fiber processing apparatus includes a rotary roll carrying a clothing and having an axis and a length measured parallel to roll axis; and an imaging apparatus which has an illuminating device directing a light beam onto a surface area of the clothing, a... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634316 | Method and apparatus for handling flat coiler cans before, during and after filling the cans by a sliver-producing textile machine An apparatus for handling flat coiler cans before, during and after filling the cans with sliver by a sliver producing textile machine. The apparatus includes an empty-can storing device; a full-can storing device; an intermediate space defined between th... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5630251 | Sliver guide assembly including a sliver guiding device and a sliver preformer An apparatus for measuring sliver thickness in a drawing frame includes a sliver guiding device having converging inner wall faces for bringing a plurality of simultaneously introduced slivers together to form a sliver assembly constituted by side-by-side... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5623749 | Apparatus for separating opened fiber tufts from an air stream An apparatus for feeding fiber tufts to a fiber processing textile machine includes a feed chute having upper and lower ends; a densifying air stream generating arrangement for introducing an air stream into the feed chute to densify the fiber tufts there... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5619772 | Sliver guide assembly including a thickness sensor and a movable counterelement An apparatus for measuring sliver thickness in a drawing frame includes a sliver guiding device having converging inner wall faces for bringing a plurality of simultaneously introduced slivers together to form a sliver assembly constituted by side-by-side... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5615453 | Sliver guiding and measuring assembly having an exchangeable component An apparatus for measuring sliver thickness in a drawing frame includes first and second selectively used sliver guiding devices having converging inner wall faces for bringing a plurality of simultaneously introduced slivers together to form a sliver ass... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5611116 | Fiber batt feeding apparatus for a fiber processing machine An apparatus for feeding a fiber batt to a fiber processing machine includes a feed roll; a feed table formed of a plurality of separately movable feed table segments each cooperating with the feed roll and defining therewith a nip through which the fiber... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5604957 | Fiber batt feeding apparatus for a fiber processing machine An apparatus for feeding a fiber batt to a fiber processing machine includes a rotatably supported feed roll; a feed table having a face portion cooperating with the feed roll and defining therewith a nip through which the fiber batt passes in an advancin... | 02/25/1997 |
