Patents by Inventor Claus Matthies
Claus Matthies has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20140103648Abstract: A device for producing intertwining knots in a multifilament thread has a rotating nozzle ring with an encircling guide groove on an outer casing and an encircling sealing surface on an inner casing. At least one nozzle bore opens radially into the guide groove and passes through the nozzle ring. The nozzle ring is guided on a stator that has an encircling sliding surface on its periphery for guiding the nozzle ring and that forms a pressure chamber having a chamber opening that opens into the sliding surface. The sealing surface of the nozzle ring interacts with the sliding surface of the stator in order to provide air sealing. The nozzle ring is formed in a pot-like manner with an end wall having a disc-like end sealing surface which interacts with an end sliding surface formed on an end side of the stator to provide air sealing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: OERLIKON TEXTILE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Claus Matthies, Jan Westphal
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Publication number: 20140090220Abstract: An apparatus for producing entanglements on a multifilament thread, has a treatment channel, has a nozzle bore that opens into the treatment channel and has an air supply device. The air supply device interacts with the nozzle bore in order to produce pulse-like compressed-air flows, wherein the compressed air is produced via a pressure chamber and a pressure source. In order in particular to control the pressure pulses produced in the pressure chamber, a volume store is arranged between the pressure chamber and the pressure source, wherein the volume store has a storage volume which is greater than a chamber volume of the pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Claus Matthies, Jan Westphal
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Publication number: 20140077408Abstract: A method and a device for producing a crimped multifilament thread are described. A multiplicity of filaments are extruded by means of a spinning machine, cooled and subsequently treated by a drawing device and a crimping device to form a crimped thread. Before the thread is wound up to form a bobbin, a multiplicity of intertwining knots is produced on the crimped thread by a treatment device. In order to obtain defined patterns of the intertwining knots within the thread, a pulse sequence of compressed air pulses at a predefined frequency is directed at the thread. The treatment device has a controllable blowing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Mathias Stündl, Marco Kaulitzki, Claus Matthies, Friedrich Lennemann, Christian Hubert, Ludger Legge, Jan Westphal
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Publication number: 20140068902Abstract: A method and an apparatus produces intertwining knots in a multifilament thread. In this case, an air-stream pulse is directed through a nozzle opening transversely onto the thread. In order to produce a continuous succession of intertwining knots, the air-stream pulse is produced periodically with an interval between the air-stream pulses. In order to be able to produce an irregular thread structure, the interval between successive air-stream pulses is continuously changed. To this end, the apparatus has a nozzle ring carrying the nozzle opening, the nozzle ring being coupled to a drive. The drive of the nozzle ring is assigned a control device, by way of which a rotary speed of the nozzle ring is controllable for the purpose of changing an interval between the air-stream pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Claus Matthies, Mathias Stundl
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Publication number: 20130292505Abstract: An apparatus for continuously winding up a thread is described and includes two winding spindles that are held in a projecting manner on a rotary table and are associated with spindle drives to allow the thread to be alternately wound to form a bobbin. The rotary table can be activated in order to exchange the winding spindles between a winding region and a changing region. A moveable changing device transfers the thread between the winding spindles and during the exchange of the winding spindles, guides the thread between the winding spindles for transferring to a catching device on one of the winding spindles. The changing device has at least one deflecting thread guide and a movable feeding thread guide, which can be positioned in a deflecting position, the thread being guided at a distance from the winding spindle which receives the thread.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Claus Matthies, Christian Hubert, Jan Westphal, Friedrich Lennemann
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Publication number: 20130263414Abstract: A device for producing interlaced knots in a multifilament thread is described. The device includes a rotating nozzle ring having a circumferential guide groove and a plurality of nozzle bores opening radially into the base of the guide groove. A stationary pressure chamber, having a chamber opening and an air connection, is associated with the nozzle ring, wherein by rotation of the nozzle ring the nozzle bores can be connected in turn to the chamber opening of the pressure chamber. To permit an intensive air treatment of the thread, the dimension of the chamber opening in the pressure chamber and the spacing of adjacent nozzle bores on the nozzle ring are designed such that as the nozzle ring rotates a plurality of nozzle bores are simultaneously connected to the chamber opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Marco Kaulitzki, Mathias Stündl, Claus Matthies
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Publication number: 20130248639Abstract: A device for winding up a thread is described. The device has at least one spool spindle that can be driven and includes a spool housing with a thread catching device associated with the spool housing. The spool spindle is associated with a changing device for guiding the thread back and forth and an auxiliary device for guiding the thread when catching and laying down the thread. The auxiliary device includes at least one moveable metal guide having a guide edge or a guide groove for guiding the thread, such that the moveable guide can be guided between a transfer position in the area of the changing device and a parking position to the side next to the changing device. A stationary pin thread guide may be associated with the moveable guide in the parking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Claus Matthies, Jan Westphal, Jörn Zühlke, Friedrich Lennemann
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Patent number: 8523100Abstract: A bobbin holder for tensioning a bobbin tube and receiving a wound thread bobbin is presented. The bobbin holder includes a rotatable drive shaft that is connected to a drive with a bearing end thereof and that has a tensioning device for tensioning a bobbin tube on a tensioning end. The tensioning device includes a plurality of bobbin tubes on the periphery of the drive shaft and interposed tensioning rings. A tensioning piston guided on the free end of the drive shaft acts upon at least one of the bobbin tubes to deform the tensioning rings. In order to allow the use of high fatigue strength materials for the tensioning ring, the tensioning ring includes a continuous separating slot on the periphery, which extends between two opposite ring ends of the tensioning ring, deformation being essentially achieved by an expansion of the tensioning ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jan Westphal, Claus Matthies, Friedrich Lennemann
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Patent number: 8336802Abstract: The improvement relates to a bottom holder for winding up a thread, wherein a bobbin case can be slid onto a protruding bobbin spindle. In order to catch and clamp a thread on the circumference of the bobbin spindle at the beginning of a bobbin travel, a thread catching device and a thread clamping means are provided at a free insertion end of the bobbin spindle. In order to both securely clamp and automatically release the thread end when sliding off a bobbin, according to the improvement, the clamping means is formed by a hollow cylindrical clamping bushing, an outer cone thereof being fitted into an inner diameter bounded by catches, such that a clamping slit substantially axially oriented and open toward the insertion end of the bobbin spindle is formed between the clamping bushing and the catch.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Claus Matthies, Jan Westphal
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Publication number: 20120145819Abstract: The improvement relates to a bottom holder for winding up a thread, wherein a bobbin case can be slid onto a protruding bobbin spindle. In order to catch and clamp a thread on the circumference of the bobbin spindle at the beginning of a bobbin travel, a thread catching device and a thread clamping means are provided at a free insertion end of the bobbin spindle. In order to both securely clamp and automatically release the thread end when sliding off a bobbin, according to the improvement, the clamping means is formed by a hollow cylindrical clamping bushing, an outer cone thereof being fitted into an inner diameter bounded by catches, such that a clamping slit substantially axially oriented and open toward the insertion end of the bobbin spindle is formed between the clamping bushing and the catch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: OERLIKON TEXTILE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Claus MATTHIES, Jan WESTPHAL
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Patent number: 8152090Abstract: The invention relates to a method for catching and taking up as well as a winding machine for continuously winding up threads. In order to catch the thread on a winding spindle, two thread guides form a thread section upstream and downstream of the winding spindle. Preferably, said thread guides are simultaneously displaced in a synchronous manner during the catching process and in such a way that the thread section is guided vertically over the winding spindle. Preferably, the thread guides are simultaneously and synchronously displaced by coupling the thread guides to each other and displacing the same with the aid of a common drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Claus Matthies
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Publication number: 20110200957Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for heating rotatably mounted guide casing of a guide roller for guiding and heating threads. The guide roller has a guide casing which is held on the circumference of an axle support by means of an air bearing. To heat the guide casing, compressed air is heated outside the guide roller and supplied to the air bearing within the guide roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: OERLIKON TEXTILE GMBH & CO. KG.Inventors: Claus Matthies, Tim Lutje, Ludger Legge, Friedrich Lennemann
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Publication number: 20110062275Abstract: A bobbin holder for tensioning a bobbin tube and receiving a wound thread bobbin is presented. The bobbin holder includes a rotatable drive shaft that is connected to a drive with a bearing end thereof and that has a tensioning device for tensioning a bobbin tube on a tensioning end. The tensioning device includes a plurality of bobbin tubes on the periphery of the drive shaft and interposed tensioning rings. A tensioning piston guided on the free end of the drive shaft acts upon at least one of the bobbin tubes to deform the tensioning rings. In order to allow the use of high fatigue strength materials for the tensioning ring, the tensioning ring includes a continuous separating slot on the periphery, which extends between two opposite ring ends of the tensioning ring, deformation being essentially achieved by an expansion of the tensioning ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: OERLIKON TEXTILE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Jan Westphal, Claus Matthies, Friedrich Lennemann
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Patent number: 7682142Abstract: A device for melt spinning, treating and winding synthetic threads includes a spinning unit, a treatment unit and a winding unit. The spinning unit, the treatment unit and the winding unit are arranged in tiers one above the other and form a plurality of single-thread or multi-thread production positions along the longitudinal side of a machine. To permit a rapid, simple operation, in particular at the start of a process and during interruptions of the process, an operator walkway is located at a height between the treatment device and the winding device.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Friedrich Lennemann, Werner Fruchting, Claus Matthies
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Publication number: 20090041880Abstract: A device for melt spinning, treating and winding synthetic threads includes a spinning unit, a treatment unit and a winding unit. The spinning unit, the treatment unit and the winding unit are arranged in tiers one above the other and form a plurality of single-thread or multi-thread production positions along the longitudinal side of a machine. To permit a rapid, simple operation, in particular at the start of a process and during interruptions of the process, an operator walkway is located at a height between the treatment device and the winding device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: OERLIKON TEXTILE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Friedrich Lennemann, Werner Fruchting, Claus Matthies
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Publication number: 20080290206Abstract: An apparatus for bobbin removal in a winding machine has a projectingly held winding spindle for winding at least one bobbin. The apparatus further has a plurality of pivoting arms which in each case have a free plug-on end and an opposite holding end. The holding ends of the pivoting arms are connected to a pivoting shaft. At least one of the pivoting arms is held, in a removal position, in alignment with the winding spindle of the winding machine for the removal of the bobbin. The pivoting shaft is oriented horizontally, and the pivoting arms are guidable in a vertically oriented guidance plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: OERLIKON TEXTILE GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Claus Matthies
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Publication number: 20080245921Abstract: The invention relates to a method for catching and taking up as well as a winding machine for continuously winding up threads. In order to catch the thread on a winding spindle, two thread guides form a thread section upstream and downstream of the winding spindle. Preferably, said thread guides are simultaneously displaced in a synchronous manner during the catching process and in such a way that the thread section is guided vertically over the winding spindle. Preferably, the thread guides are simultaneously and synchronously displaced by coupling the thread guides to each other and displacing the same with the aid of a common drive unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: CLAUS MATTHIES
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Patent number: 7097129Abstract: A yarn winding apparatus for continuously winding yarns to packages. The winding apparatus has a plurality of winding spindles, which are mounted in cantilever fashion for rotation on a movable turret, and which are alternately guided between a winding position for winding the yarns and a doffing position for removing the packages and assembling fresh tubes. To put on the tubes on the winding spindle, a tube slip-on device is provided, which comprises a movable means for guiding the tubes. To make it possible to put on tubes on the winding spindles held in the doffing position even during the progressive movement of the turret, the guide means for slipping on the tubes is movable for a short time or distance synchronously with the winding spindle that is moved by rotation of the turret.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Saurer GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Claus Matthies
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Publication number: 20050023406Abstract: A yarn winding apparatus for continuously winding yarns to packages. The winding apparatus has a plurality of winding spindles, which are mounted in cantilever fashion for rotation on a movable turret, and which are alternately guided between a winding position for winding the yarns and a doffing position for removing the packages and assembling fresh tubes. To put on the tubes on the winding spindle, a tube slip-on device is provided, which comprises a movable means for guiding the tubes. To make it possible to put on tubes on the winding spindles held in the doffing position even during the progressive movement of the turret, the guide means for slipping on the tubes is movable for a short time or distance synchronously with the winding spindle that is moved by rotation of the turret.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventor: Claus Matthies
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Patent number: 4784342Abstract: A device for spooling multiple threads includes a plurality of spools situated on a spool mandrel having pirns with spreading thread guides which are displaceable on the end of the spool mandrel parallel thereto to the spreading position which corresponds to the position of the tuck slots of individual pirns. A pivotable spreading flap is provided in the device, which has guide slots for exact positioning of the threads relative to the tuck slots of individual pirns.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1987Date of Patent: November 15, 1988Assignee: Neumunstersche Maschinen- und Apparatebau GmbHInventors: Claus Matthies, Ernst Vehling