Patents Examined by Mary K. Fiore
  • Patent number: 6205759
    Abstract: To provide an individual-spindle-drive type textile machine capable of making a number of wires to the drive motor of each spindle unit compact even if the number of spindle units is large. Because the spindle units are arranged in two parallel arrays, one in front and one to the rear, maintenance work is greatly simplified. A wiring duct box, in which the common wiring line for each wiring is extended and routed, is disposed between the front-stage and rear-stage spindle unit group arrays, and is configured such that an electronic circuit board governing the rotation speed control of each motor is removably connected to the wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiji Kuroda
  • Patent number: 6167688
    Abstract: To provide an individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister that enables the position of a spindle that has stopped due to a malfunction to be promptly identified, thereby making it possible to drive and stop each spindle easily. An individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister M comprising a large number of twisting units installed in a line, each of which rotates a spindle so as to twist yarn Y1 released from a supply package P, and each of the spindles having a spindle drive source 8, wherein a switching means 23 corresponding to the spindle drive source 8 for each spindle is provided at the same or approximately the same height relative to a machine body in order to drive and stop the spindle drive source for each spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshinari Umeoka
  • Patent number: 6164054
    Abstract: Machine for spinning and texturing by false twisting, in which the false-twist zone comprises a plurality of identical texturing stations arranged side by side on a common frame, each station comprising in order, with regard to the displacement of the thread (2) during its texturing treatment:a first delivery (3) associated, if appropriate, with a system for drawing the thread (2) and making it possible to deliver the thread to be textured;a heating device (4) followed by a cooling zone (5) for the heated thread;a false-twist spindle (6);a second take-up (7) for the textured thread emerging from the false-twist spindle (6);if appropriate, a third take-up (8) of the thread, downstream of which is arranged a second thermal treatment zone (9), and;a final take-up arranged immediately in front of the receiving members,wherein the feed of threads to all the texturing stations is carried out from means for the spinning and drawing of chemical threads, which means are mounted on said texturing machine, the threads p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: ICTB Yarn SA
    Inventors: Carlos Matas Gabalda, Jean-Claude Dupeuple
  • Patent number: 6161370
    Abstract: An endless transport belt made of thermoresistant synthetic filaments for transporting yarn is described, which yarn is wound around a plurality of transport belts in the form of loops, said transport belts being arranged polygonal in cross section. In order to reduce stretching of the transport belt, at least one reinforced thread is included among the synthetic filaments, which reinforced thread is preferably a steel wire or cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignees: Seil-Baur GmbH, Michael Hoerauf GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tilman Bertram
  • Patent number: 6155037
    Abstract: A revolving body (1) with a circumferential surface (2) and two end faces is provided for inserting twist into a midportion of a longitudinally moving elongate strand of filamentary material. In order to produce a revolving body into which the elongate strand can be introduced very easily and which is also suitable for automated introduction of the strand, this body is provided with a groove which is open towards the circumferential surface and the end face so as to take up the elongate strand in the region of a longitudinal axis and is configured to deflect the strand away from the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Zellweger Luwa AG
    Inventor: Diego Madone
  • Patent number: 6148596
    Abstract: 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 and adhere to each other, and this attraction may prevent the spindle shaft from being correctly inserted into a target bearing, thus making it difficult to assemble the motor. A spindle shaft 4 is rotatably supported by bearings 27a and 28a mounted onto upper and lower supporting members 27 and 28. The distance A between the lower end of the rotor magnet 32 of the drive motor 10 fixed to the spindle shaft 4 and the lower end of the spindle shaft 4 is longer than the distance B between the upper end of the stator coil 31, which is fixed to the housing 34 of the drive motor 10, and the bearing 28a of the lower supporting member 28. In addition, the tip 4 of the spindle shaft 4c is tapered to facilitate insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kimura, Toshinari Umeoka
  • Patent number: 6138448
    Abstract: To provide a yarn heating apparatus offering greater heating efficiency and ease of manufacture than a conventional yarn heating apparatus. Provide two heating spaces for yarn, and make the middle heating part 13a between these two heating spaces 10a, 10b detachable. By doing this, yarn can be heated sufficiently and the heating unit can be manufactured more easily. Place heating units 17, 17 on both side of the heating space 10a, 10b through which the two yarns will pass. By doing this, heat is radiated from both sides of the heating space 10a, 10b towards the yarn, heating the entire heating space uniformly. Taper the heating space 10a, 10b towards the yarn inserting port and make the wall facing the heating space 13a, 13b flat. This makes it easier to manufacture the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigenori Kataoka
  • Patent number: 6109014
    Abstract: A method and a device for initiating the rewinding process after a yarn break in single stage pot spinning. In the process, a yarn detaching device (14) is introduced into a spinning centrifuge (3) rotating a high rpm, and places a cutting edge (16, 48) against the conically wound portion (32) of a spinning cake (15) deposited on the inner wall (26) of the spinning centrifuge (3). The yarn detaching device (14) has a yarn guide device, whose yarn guide contour (17, 43) covers the cutting edge (16, 48) of the yarn detaching device (14) such that in the course of the initiation of the rewinding process lower winding layers of the conically wound portion (32) are lifted on the rewinding tube (9) and in this way dependably prevents the winding of yarn around the yarn detaching device (14) during the rewinding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: W. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
    Inventors: Karl Koltze, Peter Voidel, Bernhard Schwabe
  • Patent number: 6101802
    Abstract: A take-up unit for take-up of a synthetic filament yarn (1) onto a cop (2), with a rotary drive (3) which carries the cop (2) and which causes the cop (2) to rotate at a speed which can be stipulated, with a balloon thread guide (5) which is located in the axial direction at a considerable distance from the cop (2), with a ring holder (6) which surrounds the cop (2) at a constant radial distance with a race located therein and a ring traveler which runs on the race, with a ring holder drive (9) which carries the ring holder (6) and which moves the ring holder (6) back and forth parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cop (2) between the ends of the latter, take-up of the filament yarn (1) onto the cop (2) taking place according to stipulated cop generation factors and such that the cop (2), at the conclusion of take-up, has a roughly cylindrical middle area of large diameter and end areas with diameters which decrease towards the ends of the cop (2) except for the raw diameter of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventor: Wolfgang Erdmann
  • Patent number: 6085511
    Abstract: An underwinding thread clamp for a spindle of a ring spinning or ring-twisting machine has a clamping sleeve biased by a spring against and juxtaposed with a collar on the spindle. The juxtaposed surfaces of the spindle and collar have wavy contours so that, upon engagement of an actuating member with each collar, the latter is cammed into its open position to release the respective underwinding thread so that the latter, engaged when a full bobbin was removed, can be released. The clamping of the underwinding thread permits the thread to be wound on the newly mounted core sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Dinkelmann, Peter Mann
  • Patent number: 6073435
    Abstract: A centrifugal spinning and winding machine (23) with a plurality of work stations (1) arranged in series. The work stations (1) comprise several autonomous centrifugal spinning units (2), an associated winding device (5), and an associated storage device (4) located between the centrifugal spinning units (2) and the winding device (5) and having at least one storage path (31) for holding spinning cops (16) and at least one waiting path (33) for holding empty bobbin tubes (11) for supply to the spinning units and the winding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: W. Sclafhorst AG & Co.
    Inventors: Karl Koltze, Karl-Heinz Bruss
  • Patent number: 6041587
    Abstract: A machine for making a mixed yarn by combining two false-twist textured yarns is disclosed. The machine comprises drawing systems (3A, 3B; 8A, 8B) arranged on either side of the texturing area and mounted alternately on two separately controlled parallel, shafts, and heat treatment units (5A, 5B) located in the false twisting area and having a temperature controlled by two mutually separated systems. The false-twist spindles (7) are power spindles with a speed that may be varied to suit each kind of yarn. The machine comprises joining device (9) for interlacing two yarns from two different texturing positions, the device being arranged, when seen from the front, between the positions so that the two yarns (2A, 2B) follow identical paths before being joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: ICBT Yarn
    Inventors: Carlos Matas Gabalda, Jean-Claude Dupeuble
  • Patent number: 6029318
    Abstract: A drafting frame for a spinning machine has a compaction unit at the downstream end of the drafting path which can be removed and other rollers and belts of the upper and lower arrays can be advanced as required to maintain the length of the paths of the sliver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Dinkelmann