Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
057400000 |
Open end spinning
| 22 |
057003000 |
Covering or wrapping
| 20 |
057332000 |
False twist device
| 13 |
057580490 |
Unitary multiple twist devices
| 11 |
057315000 |
With drafting
| 11 |
057112000 |
Elements
| 10 |
057295000 |
With coating or impregnating
| 9 |
057066000 |
Receiving twist type
| 7 |
057261000 |
Piecing up
| 7 |
057350000 |
With fluid jet
| 6 |
057282000 |
Twist setting
| 6 |
057092000 |
Driving | 5 |
20110072774 | Cable Stranding Apparatus Employing a Hollow-Shaft Guide Member Driver - A cable-stranding apparatus for performing SZ-stranding of strand elements about at least one core member is disclosed. A first stationary guide member individually guides the strand elements in a spaced apart configuration and centrally passes the at least one core member. At least one hollow-shaft motor is arranged downstream of the stationary guide member. A rotating guide member is disposed in the hollow shaft and rotates with the hollow shaft according to a rotation relationship. The rotation relationship controls the rotational speed and direction of the rotating guide member to SZ-strand the strand elements about the at least one core member to form an SZ-stranded assembly. Embodiments of cable-stranding apparatus having multiple hollow-shaft motors and respective multiple rotating guide members are also disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110072775 | Cable Stranding Methods Employing a Hollow-Shaft Guide Member Driver - Cable-stranding methods for performing SZ-stranding of strand elements about at least one core member are disclosed. One method includes passing initially spaced apart strand elements through peripheral guide holes and passing at least one core member through a generally central location of at least one guide member. The method also includes actuating a controller that controls the rotation of the at least one guide member and rotating the at least one guide member to form the SZ-stranded assembly. | 03-31-2011 |
20120291413 | CABLE STRANDING APPARATUS EMPLOYING A HOLLOW-SHAFT GUIDE MEMBER DRIVER - A cable-stranding apparatus includes a stationary guide, a motor, a driven guide, and a controller electrically coupled to the motor. The stationary guide is configured to guide strand elements in a spaced-apart configuration and to pass a core member. The motor is operatively associated with a guide driver. The driven guide is disposed at least partially within the guide driver so as to rotate therewith. The driven guide is configured to receive the strand elements from the stationary guide, individually guide the strand elements received from the stationary guide, and to further pass the core member. The controller is electrically coupled to the motor and configured to control the rotational speed and direction of the motor. | 11-22-2012 |
20100223900 | Thread Twist System for Twisting and Spinning Machines - Thread twist system for twisting and spinning machines which comprises means ( | 09-09-2010 |
20130219849 | TEXTILE MACHINE WITH A PLURALITY OF WORKSTATIONS - A textile machine with multiple workstations equipped with a yarn processing device, and a drive shaft extending along multiple workstations, each yarn processing device connected to the drive shaft by a continuous traction means, and the drive shaft including multiple drive devices each guiding a continuous traction means. Each drive device has two grooves coaxially to the drive shaft, one of the grooves being part of a free wheel about the drive shaft. An output means is connected to each yarn processing device, each output means having front and rear guide grooves, the front groove at a free end of the output means and the rear groove adjacent the associated yarn processing device. Each traction means has one loop engaged in the rear groove of the associated output means and another loop engaged in the front groove through 180 degrees. | 08-29-2013 |
057264000 |
Monitor and control | 5 |
20080276593 | Characterization of Fancy Yarn - According to the method for characterizing fancy yarn, at least one characteristic of the fancy yarn is scanned along the longitudinal direction of the fancy yarn. Values of the scanning are evaluated and the results of the evaluation are outputted. The results of the evaluation are the fancy yarn parameters such as base yarn mass, base yarn diameter, slub distance, mass increase (ΔM) of a slub, slub diameter increase, slub diameter, slub length (L | 11-13-2008 |
20090031692 | DEVICE FOR MANAGING AN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE IN, IN PARTICULAR, A YARN TRANSFORMATION TEXTILE MACHINE - The device comprises: yarn advancing elements subjected to the action of motor devices controlled by frequency converters or changers, supplied by a common direct current bus; a monitoring/control system supplied by the same direct current bus; and processors for processing the yarns provided in the form of power spindles particularly being subjected to the action of individual motor devices, controlled by frequency converters or changers. The power spindles are not supplied by the direct current bus, but are self-powered and autonomous. The set of yarn advancing elements are on the direct current bus whose supply is maintained by a flywheel so that the two systems are, in total, electrically independent, and only the value of the ramps of both avoids any voltage fault. | 02-05-2009 |
20090049819 | System for activating a rotor drive of an open-end rotor spinning machine - A system for activating a rotor drive ( | 02-26-2009 |
20110061358 | Characterization of Fancy Yarn - According to the method for characterizing fancy yarn, at least one characteristic of the fancy yarn is scanned along the longitudinal direction of the fancy yarn. Values of the scanning are evaluated and the results of the evaluation are outputted. The results of the evaluation are the fancy yarn parameters such as base yarn mass, base yarn diameter, slub distance, mass increase (ΔM) of a slub, slub diameter increase, slub diameter, slub length (L | 03-17-2011 |
20110061359 | Characterization of Fancy Yarn - According to the method for characterizing fancy yarn, at least one characteristic of the fancy yarn is scanned along the longitudinal direction of the fancy yarn. Values of the scanning are evaluated and the results of the evaluation are outputted. The results of the evaluation are the fancy yarn parameters such as base yarn mass, base yarn diameter, stub distance, mass increase (ΔM) of a stub, slub diameter increase, stub diameter, slub length (L | 03-17-2011 |
057022000 |
Splicing | 4 |
20130186054 | Intermittent Weaving Splicer - Woven products using combined materials are provided. An intermittent weaving splicer terminates and combines materials having different functional and/or aesthetic properties to create woven products that reflect the different properties of the combined material. Further, a dynamic tensioner variably adjusts tension on the combined materials based on the different properties of the combined material. | 07-25-2013 |
20140260173 | FID APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING - A fid apparatus includes a first channel formed along one side of the fid and a second channel formed along an opposite side of the fid. The fid further includes an aperture that passes completely through both the first channel and the second channel. This arrangement enables the fid to be able to grasp or clutch a segment of rope during a splicing process. The splicing process involves a method of using the fid apparatus in such a way that the segment of rope is arranged within the first channel, second channel, and aperture of the fid prior to commencing splicing processes. The segment of rope used is determined by the particular form of splicing that is implemented. | 09-18-2014 |
20150128553 | SPLICED ROPE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A spliced rope apparatus and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The apparatus has a first rope including a first plurality of strands and a second rope including a second plurality of strands. The apparatus also has a splice connecting the ropes and defined by the first and second pluralities of strands. The splice has a spiral section including a first pair having strands of the first plurality of strands that are positioned proximate each other. The first pair extends helically and the strands of the first pair together pass under a plurality of picks defined by the second plurality of strands and together pass over a remainder of the second plurality of strands. The splice also has a tuck section in which at least some of the first plurality of strands extend longitudinally to pass under and over sequential picks defined by the second plurality of strands. | 05-14-2015 |
20090139197 | AIR-SPLICING DEVICE FOR SPLICE-CONNECTING TWO GLASS FIBER ROVING STRANDS AND PROCESS OF SPLICE-CONNECTING SAME - An Air-splicing device for splice-connecting two glass-fiber roving strands ( | 06-04-2009 |
057090000 |
Feeding | 4 |
20120144794 | FIRE RETARDANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MAKING THE SAME - An apparatus for producing a textile product generally includes a feeding section for providing a starting material to facilitate producing a textile product derived from the starting material; a drafting section operably coupled to the feeding section for gripping, pulling, stretching and breaking at least one strand of the starting material into at least one continuous and cohesive network of an intermediate product; and a spinning section operably coupled to the drafting section for winding and twisting the at least one continuous and cohesive network of an intermediate product onto a removable receiving member to form the textile product; the feeding section, the drafting section, and the spinning section are configured to form the textile product in a continuous operation. | 06-14-2012 |
20120304613 | SPLIT FIBER PRODUCING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MICROFIBERS AND NANOFIBERS - Described herein are apparatuses and methods of creating fibers, such as microfibers and nanofibers. The methods discussed herein employ centrifugal forces to transform material into fibers. Apparatuses that may be used to create fibers are also described. Described herein are fiber producing devices that are composed of two or more members, that, when coupled together, define an internal cavity and a plurality of openings. | 12-06-2012 |
20130186055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FLOW RATE OF A FEED LINE - A feed-line management system and associated method are presented for controlling flow-rate of at least one material. The system controls a feed driver to control the motion of the feed-line in response to statistical analysis of data received from a contactless speed monitor. The speed monitor may use an image processor to capture images of the feed line, identify features in the images and determine their speed of movement. The system may provide contactless motion control in industrial conditions, for example controlling yarn feeds in the textile industry. | 07-25-2013 |
20140075915 | FILAMENT POSITIONING CONTROL DEVICE FOR COMPOSITE SPINNING OF FILAMENTS AND STAPLE FIBERS - A filament positioning control device for composite spinning of filaments and staple fibers comprises a fixed shaft and a hollow shaft mounted thereon. Left and right spiral wheels with left and right spiral grooves are mounted on the hollow shaft. Left and right positioning plates are provided on outer sides of left and right spiral wheels, each having a guide pin engaged in a spiral groove. Each positioning plate has a guide block engaged in a guide rail. As the hollow shaft is rotated, the spiral wheels rotate accordingly and the guide pins on the left and right positioning wheels move along with the spiral grooves. Because spiral grooves on two spiral wheels have different directions, when the spiral wheels rotate, the distance between positioning grooves on the two positioning plates increases or decreases, thereby changing the distance between two filaments guided by grooves on the positioning plates. | 03-20-2014 |
057078000 |
Stopping or starting | 4 |
20130067880 | Spinning Machine and Method for Interrupting Yarn Production on a Spinning Machine - A method for interrupting yarn production on a spinning machine is provided. The spinning machine has a spinning point having an inlet for a fiber material and an outlet for the yarn made from the fiber material, as well as a delivery device for feeding the fiber material into the spinning point, a take-off device for drawing off the yarn out of the spinning point, a winding device for winding up the produced yarn, and a yarn monitoring unit for monitoring at least one yarn parameter. The yarn production is interrupted upon detecting a defined deviation of the monitored yarn parameter from a target value, upon changing bobbins at the winding device, and/or prior to switching off the spinning machine. The feed speeds of the delivery device, the take-off device, and the winding device are gradually reduced to a stop in order to interrupt the yarn production. | 03-21-2013 |
20130067878 | Spinning Machine and Method for Interrupting Yarn Production on a Spinning Machine - A method for interrupting yarn production on a spinning machine interrupts yarn production upon detecting a defined deviation of a monitored yarn parameter from a target value, upon changing bobbins at the winding device, and/or prior to switching off the spinning machine. Feed speeds of the delivery device, the take-off device, and the winding device are gradually reduced to a stop in order to interrupt the yarn production, wherein the reducing takes place such that the end of the produced yarn is located between the outlet of the spinning point and the winding device after the reducing is completed. The invention further relates to a spinning machine having a control and/or regulation device designed for operating the spinning machine according to the disclosed method. | 03-21-2013 |
20130067879 | Spinning Machine as well as a Process for Removing an End Section of a Yarn of a Spinning Machine Prior to a Subsequent Piecing Process - A spinning machine has a spinning point, that includes a spinning device with an entry for a fibre material and an outlet for a produced yarn, as well as a feeding device for feeding the fibre material to the spinning device and a winding device for winding on the produced yarn. The spinning point includes a yarn end disposal means partly arranged between the outlet of the spinning device and the winding device, and with the aid of which an end section of the produced yarn is able to be separated from the rest of the yarn and eliminated. Furthermore, a process for removing an end section of a yarn at a spinning point of a spinning machine prior to the subsequent piecing process is proposed. | 03-21-2013 |
20130227925 | Method and Device for Yarn Braking Especially at Renewal of Spinning in a Working Position of an Air Jet Spinning Machine - The inventions relates to the method of yarn braking especially at renewal of spinning in a working position of an air jet spinning machine by means of attending a device provided with a vacuum tube ( | 09-05-2013 |
057352000 |
Strand guiding or guarding | 4 |
20090038286 | Balloon Control Ring for a Textile Machine - A balloon control ring for a textile machine for limiting a circulating yarn balloon, wherein the balloon control ring comprising a metallic hollow cylinder with a wear-resistant surface, is characterised in that the hollow cylinder ( | 02-12-2009 |
20100199625 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TWO-FOR-ONE TWISTING OR CABLING MACHINE AND TWO-FOR-ONE TWISING OR CABLING MACHINE - Method for operating a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100107590 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A ROPE LAP - Device and method for producing a rope lap. The device includes a rope-forming device structured and arranged to combine threads drawn off from a plurality of thread bobbins in a creel to form a rope, and a bobbin carriage having a warp beam with side disks and a traversing device with a rope guide arranged adjacent to the warp beam. The rope is guided through the rope guided. | 05-06-2010 |
20110308226 | TEXTURING MACHINE - A texturing machine is described comprising a plurality of processing points for texturing a plurality of multifilament threads. The texturing machine comprises a plurality of delivery mechanisms per processing point and a texturing system for guiding, drawing and texturing one of the threads. A central heating device is associated with the processing points for thermal treatment of a plurality of threads, wherein the texturing systems within the processing points downstream of the heating device each delimit a texturing distance. In order to treat all threads qualitatively the same, according to the invention the texturing systems of the processing points associated with a thread outlet of the heating device are held in a symmetrical arrangement with respect to the heating device such that the threads within the processing points can be guided in texturing distances of the same length. | 12-22-2011 |
057362000 |
Processes | 3 |
20090188231 | Twisted Electric Heating Cables And Method For Manufacturing Thereof - Disclosed herein is an electric heating cable which is used in an electric heating apparatus and minimizes an electromagnetic field. The electric heating cable is manufactured by twisting first and second electric heating strands in three axes. Each electric heating strand includes a core wire comprising a stranded wire of a resistor, and an insulating sheath made of fluorine resin. According to the invention, the electric heating cable does not come untwisted in a free state even if no adhering means is used, and is compactly twisted, so that the electric heating cable maintains a state of closer contact and has superior flexibility, thus reducing leakage flux, and the electric heating cable has a small in outer diameter and is light, so that it is useful for a thin electric heating apparatus, and incurs a low manufacturing cost. | 07-30-2009 |
20110265440 | Manufacturing Methods for Indigo Fleck Fancy Yarn and Indigo Fleck Fancy Fabric - Manufacturing methods for an indigo fleck fancy yarn and for an indigo fleck fancy fabric are provided. The indigo fleck fancy yarn manufacturing method includes providing an original indigo yarn, oxidizing the original indigo yarn, reducing the oxidized indigo yarn, soap washing the reduced indigo yarn, and drying the soap washed indigo yarn to form an indigo fleck fancy yarn. The indigo fleck fancy yarn is an indigo yarn having irregular white area. The indigo fleck fancy fabric manufacturing method includes providing a plurality of indigo fleck fancy yarns made by the above indigo fleck fancy yarn manufacturing method, and using the indigo fleck fancy yarn to make an indigo fleck fancy fabric. | 11-03-2011 |
20120186218 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MERGED CORD - A pneumatic tire for use on aircraft has a tread, a crown reinforcement, and a radial carcass reinforcement having at least one axially inner ply of textile cords wound around a pair of bead cores, at least one axially inner ply being wound around the bead core in each bead from inside to the outside forming outside turn-ups and at least one axially outer ply of textile cords extending from bead to bead along the turn-ups of the at least one axially inner ply. The at least one axially inner ply or at least one axially outer ply has merged cords having a percent elongation at break of 12% to less than 20% and a break strength greater than 1050 N with a linear density of greater than 9,000 dtex. Merged cord reinforcement is preferably used in the ply layers or strips of the crown reinforcement as well. | 07-26-2012 |
057266000 |
Doffing or donning | 3 |
20080314017 | System and Method for Maintaining the Location of a Fiber Doff Inner-Diameter-Tow at the Point of Payout Within a Constant Inertial Reference Frame - A method of maintaining the location of a fiber doff inner-diameter-tow at a point of payout within a constant inertial reference frame includes providing a flat fiber tow payout system with a center-pull doff of flat fiber tow that pays out at a point of payout along an inner diameter of the center-pull doff with rotation of the center-pull doff about a vertically oriented axis of rotation, the flat fiber tow payout system including a constant inertial reference frame for payout of the flat fiber tow along the inner diameter of the center-pull doff without twisting the flat fiber tow; and accelerating and stopping rotation of the center-pull doff with the flat fiber tow payout system so as to maintain payout of the flat fiber tow along the inner diameter of the center-pull doff in the constant inertial reference frame, preventing twisting of the flat fiber tow. | 12-25-2008 |
20190145026 | WORKSTATION OF A TWO-FOR-ONE TWISTING OR CABLING MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CARPET YARN | 05-16-2019 |
20100236212 | Device and Method for the Provision of Cut Rovings and Machine for the Reinforcement of a Semi-Finished Textile Product - The present invention relates to a device and a method for providing cut-to-length rovings having a defined length from an endless roving, in particular in the aviation and aerospace sector, and also to a machine with a device of this type. The device comprises a loop shape setting arrangement, a loop bracing arrangement and a cutting arrangement. An endless roving can be braced by means of the loop bracing arrangement onto the loop shape setting arrangement, thus forming a loop which can be cut to length by means of the cutting arrangement in order to produce the cut-to-length roving. | 09-23-2010 |
057059000 |
Delivery twist type | 2 |
20110011050 | APPARATUS AND A SYSTEM FOR TWISTING A STRING OF WRAPPED AND SPUN TOBACCO LEAVES - An apparatus ( | 01-20-2011 |
20160032499 | METHODS OF MAKING NANOFIBER YARNS AND THREADS - There is disclosed a method of making a material comprising an assembly of at least one spun yarn, comprising: synthetic inorganic fibers, such as carbon, metal, oxides, carbides or alloys or combinations thereof, wherein a majority of the fibers: (a) are longer than 300 (b) have a diameter ranging from 0.25 nm and 700 nm, and (c) are substantially crystalline, wherein the yarn has substantial flexibility and uniformity in diameter. In one embodiment, the method comprises spinning yarn by pulling fibers from a bulk material with at least one spinner that has real time feedback controls. | 02-04-2016 |
057200300 |
Untwisting with separating | 2 |
20140069073 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPREADING A CABLE OF CARBON FIBERS OR CARBON YARNS - A device for spreading a cable of carbon fibers or carbon yarns, includes a disk mounted on a rotary shaft and provided with at least one comb adapted to comb a cable of carbon fibers or carbon yarns in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the fibers or yarns of the cable. The comb includes a plurality of teeth protruding radially toward the outside of the disk, and a device for rotating the disk around its rotary axis. Furthermore, a method for spreading a cable of carbon fibers or carbon yarns, includes at least making the teeth of the comb of the device flush with the cable in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the fibers or yarns of the cable. | 03-13-2014 |
20150020494 | FIBER UNBUNDLING ASSEMBLY - The invention is related to a yarn separating mechanism including a three dimensional flapping element providing more practically separation of the yarns in form of said bundles or clamps with three dimensional flapping effect, applied to a lot of textile machines working yarns in form of bundles and clamps and have to separate these again in the next step. | 01-22-2015 |
057310000 |
With stretching | 2 |
20120180450 | Method For Removing And Drawing A Synthetic Thread And A Device For Performing The Method - The invention relates to a method and a device for removing and drawing a synthetic thread to form a fully drawn yarn. The thread is formed by joining a plurality of extruded filaments and is guided by contact on the circumference of heated guide jackets of several driven galette pairs. In order to obtain a gentle and highly homogenized treatment of the filaments, the thread is guided in an S-shaped or Z-shaped thread course by a first galette pair having two guide jackets driven in opposite directions during the removal from a spinning zone and before the drawing. Thus, both sides of the thread can be brought directly into circumferential contact with the guide jackets for in order to heat the thread. | 07-19-2012 |
20150315743 | Advanced Methods and Designs for Balancing a Stranded Termination Assembly - Devices and methods for loading a cable in order to create a desired distribution of the load among the cable's constituent strands. Strand terminations are applied to many—and possibly all of—the cable's strands. The ultimate goal is to connect the strand terminations to a collector in order to create an overall cable termination. The relationship between each strand termination and the collector is allowed to “float” using the inventive process while the cable is tensioned and an appropriate spatial relationship between each strand tensioner and the collector is determined. One the appropriate relationship is found, it is configured to be repeatable (such as by locking the strand termination in place or by recording its position for later application to the same or similar collector). | 11-05-2015 |
057300000 |
Clearing | 1 |
20090120053 | Suction Air Nozzle for a Textile Machine - A suction air nozzle for a textile machine for storing a yarn length of a running yarn passing the nozzle opening. The nozzle has an elongate nozzle body, with a clear cross section having a narrower width in the region of its central longitudinal axis than in its tube-like edge regions. The nozzle further has an inlet opening, which has its largest width in the yarn running direction. The clear cross section of the nozzle body of the suction air nozzle increases from the inlet opening of the nozzle body in the axial direction to an end-side outlet opening. | 05-14-2009 |
057309000 |
Strand finishing or developing | 1 |
20130247536 | LOWER DRAG HELIX ROPE FOR PELAGIC TRAWLS AND METHODS - From a first aspect, a method is provided for forming a helix rope for a trawl comprising the steps of: a) situating upon a portion of a rope a bead of a substance being selected from a group consisting of: (i) a liquid substance; and (ii) a semi-liquid substance. From a second aspect, a helix rope ( | 09-26-2013 |
057308000 |
Atmospheric conditioning | 1 |
20140360151 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPEN-END ROTOR SPINNING MACHINE - A method for operating an open-end rotor spinning machine having a plurality of workstations, usually a large number, each including a spinning device with a rotor housing, to which negative pressure can be applied, in which a spinning rotor ( | 12-11-2014 |
057293000 |
Alternate twist | 1 |
20150082765 | CABLE STRANDING APPARATUS EMPLOYING A HOLLOW-SHAFT GUIDE MEMBER DRIVER - A cable-stranding apparatus includes a stationary guide, a motor, a driven guide, and a controller electrically coupled to the motor. The stationary guide is configured to guide strand elements in a spaced-apart configuration and to pass a core member. The motor is operatively associated with a guide driver. The driven guide is disposed at least partially within the guide driver so as to rotate therewith. The driven guide is configured to receive the strand elements from the stationary guide, individually guide the strand elements received from the stationary guide, and to further pass the core member. The controller is electrically coupled to the motor and configured to control the rotational speed and direction of the motor. | 03-26-2015 |
057281000 |
Package handling | 1 |
20130174531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND CRIMPING A SYNTHETIC MULTIFILAMENT YARN - A method and an apparatus for spinning and crimping a synthetic multifilament yarn, wherein a filament bundle is spun from a polymer melt and compressed to a yarn plug. The yarn plug is advanced at a cooling speed and cooled within a cooling zone in a moving cooling groove. After cooling, the yarn plug is disentangled to form a crimped yarn, with the latter being wound to a package. The method of the invention also provides for selecting the length of the cooling zone and the cooling speed of the yarn plug such that the yarn plug is cooled in the cooling groove over a period of at least 1 second. To this end, the apparatus of the invention includes a cooling groove, whose width is dimensioned such that the yarn plug can be advanced in meander form in a plurality of superposed layers. | 07-11-2013 |
057279000 |
Threading up | 1 |
20100018178 | Two-For-One Twisting Spindle Having a Pneumatically Actuated Threading Device - Two-for-one twisting spindle having a pneumatically actuated threading device, with a spindle shaft rotatable about a vertical axis partially configured as a hollow shaft with a lower feed bore extending coaxially to the rotational axis, and with an injector element opening into a thread guide channel of a thread guide ring temporarily connectable during threading to a compressed air source. Part of the compressed air feed to the injector element is formed by the feed bore. The compressed air feed comprises a connection element ( | 01-28-2010 |