Abstract: A device facilitating the lubrication of cable housings comprising a reservoir for liquid lubricant, a radial longitudinal slot, a cinching flap to hold the device in place and assure a secure seal, and a hole shaped to allow the use of a single device with cable housings of different types. The present invention relates to the maintenance of mechanical cable systems, especially the lubrication of bicycle cable systems.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; a heater assembly including an electrical heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol; and a capillary material disposed in contact with the electrical heating element and including a ceramic or a ceramic-based material, the capillary material being configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the electrical heating element, the electrical heating element being supported by a support element having an opening, and the heater assembly further includes first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the opening and being configured to contact with an external electrical power supply. An aerosol-generating system including the cartridge is also provided.

Abstract: A guide device capable of guiding an angiographic wire while delivering fluid solvent to the wire. The guide device comprises a housing mated to a base in a manner that defines an aperture for slidably receiving the angiographic wire. The housing comprises a plunger configured for placement in an open position, a closed position, and one or more intermediate positions. The guide device comprises a port placed in fluid communication with an absorbent base pad capable of being impregnated with fluid solvent, and delivering the solvent to the surface of the angiographic wire.

Abstract: A guide rail oiling tool includes: a sliding body, which is capped on a guide rail and slidable along the guide rail, and has an inner side surface facing a surface to be oiled of the guide rail, a shape of the inner side surface being matched with a shape of the surface to be oiled of the guide rail; an oil inlet disposed on the sliding body; and an oiling groove in communication with the oil inlet, disposed on the inner side surface of the sliding body and surrounding the surface to be oiled of the guide rail, so that the oiling groove applies oil to the surface to be oiled of the guide rail when the sliding body is sliding.

Abstract: There is provided a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, including a housing configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate and having an opening; and a heater assembly including at least one heater element fixed to the housing and extending across the opening of the housing, wherein the at least one heater element defines a plurality of apertures configured to allow fluid to pass through the at least one heater element, and wherein apertures of the plurality of apertures have different sizes. There is also provided an aerosol-generating system, including an aerosol-generating device and the cartridge. And, there is provided a method of manufacturing a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system.

Abstract: A coating machine for coating fiber yarns includes: a yarn supply device; a coating device including a tank, a drum rotatably disposed in the tank, and at least one annular groove formed circumferentially in an outer surface of the drum; a thickness adjuster disposed downstream of the coating device and including an adjuster support and at least one adjusting die mounted movably to the adjuster support, the adjusting die having a through hole, the through hole having an upstream inlet end and a downstream outlet end and being tapered from the upstream inlet end to the downstream outlet end; a shape-setting device disposed downstream of the thickness adjuster and having a heating unit controllable to operate at a predetermined temperature; a cooling device disposed downstream of the shape-setting device; and a yarn pick-up device disposed downstream of the cooling device.

Abstract: There is provided a coating die for applying an insulation varnish around a wire conductor, comprising: a die body; and a die hole formed through the die body, the die hole including: an entry portion having an opening size monotonically decreasing along a conductor insertion direction; and a coating portion comprising a sub-portion having a constant opening size, in which: on an inner surface of the coating portion are provided at least four protrusions equally spaced in a circumferential direction of the inner surface, the protrusions projecting toward a center axis of the die hole; and each of the protrusions includes a portion with a height gradually increasing along the conductor insertion direction from a boundary between the entry portion and the coating portion. There can be formed an enameled wire having a thin and uniform insulation coating by using the invented coating die.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a deposition apparatus with a guide roller for a long superconducting tape. The deposition apparatus has a supply reel which is provided in a vacuum chamber and rotated to supply the tape, a feed and deposition unit which is spaced apart from the supply reel and vacuum deposits a superconducting layer on the tape while feeding the tape, and a collection reel which is spaced apart from the feed and deposition unit and is rotated to collect the vacuum-deposited tape.

Abstract: A protective member (14) and a nozzle assembly (11) incorporating the protective member (14) are provided. The protective member (14) is for use with a nozzle (12) having a strand guide passageway (18) for receiving a strand (16) of material. Protective member (14) comprises a body (60) configured to be received in the strand guide passageway (18) of the nozzle (12). The body (60) of the protective member (14) has a passageway (63) for the strand (16) and is disposed between the strand guide passageway (18) and the moving strand (16). The body (60) of the protective member (14) is composed, at least in part, of a material having a wear resistance sufficient to resist wear caused by the strand (16) being guided thereby. Alternatively, a portion of the body (60) may be coated with a material having a wear resistance sufficient to resist wear caused by the strand (16).

Abstract: Disclosed are fiber coating sizing applicator apparatus having a member to remove unused sizing and foreign objects from the fiber coating element of the applicator on a continuous or intermittent basis. Also disclosed are sizing applicators having as part of the drive, a servo motor for reduced variation in sizing application. Unused sizing is filtered to remove foreign objects and returned the applicator right away, or stored in a temperature controlled area until ready to feed back to a sizing applicator. Also disclosed are methods of using the sizing applicator apparatus to produce sized fibers. The apparatus and methods of the invention produce a substantial reduction in the fiber break rate, sizing usage and applicator maintenance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for impregnating filaments, wherein the filaments form a roving. The device comprises a barrel (10) having at least one groove (12) formed in circumferential direction of the barrel, an inner space formed along the center axis of the barrel, and at least one recess (16) which forms a connection between the inner space and the groove. The recess includes a cylindrical section (16a), a conical section (16b) and a pocket section (16c). By means of said device and according to the method, a polymer material can be pressed successively from the inner space through at least the cylindrical section and the conical section into the groove to impregnate the filaments of the roving which is drawn through the groove.

Abstract: There is provided a coating die for applying an insulation varnish around a wire conductor, comprising: a die body; and a die hole formed through the die body, the die hole including: an entry portion having an opening size monotonically decreasing along a conductor insertion direction; and a coating portion comprising a sub-portion having a constant opening size, in which: on an inner surface of the coating portion are provided at least four protrusions equally spaced in a circumferential direction of the inner surface, the protrusions projecting toward a center axis of the die hole; and each of the protrusions includes a portion with a height gradually increasing along the conductor insertion direction from a boundary between the entry portion and the coating portion. There can be formed an enameled wire having a thin and uniform insulation coating by using the invented coating die.

Abstract: The invention offers a method of manufacturing a prepreg capable of impregnating a fiber substrate with a liquid resin with a high degree of impregnation, and a prepreg obtained by this method. The invention is a method of manufacturing a prepreg by impregnating a long fiber substrate with a liquid resin using a kiss roller whose bottom portion is immersed in a liquid resin, including a step of impregnating the fiber substrate with a liquid resin from one surface thereof, by conveying the fiber substrate while maintaining contact with a circumferential surface of the kiss roller which is not immersed in resin, and performing this step at least twice in succession, and a prepreg obtained by this manufacturing method.

Abstract: Disclosed are fiber coating sizing applicator apparatus having a member to remove unused sizing and foreign objects from the fiber coating element of the applicator on a continuous or intermittent basis. Also disclosed are sizing applicators having as part of the drive, a servo motor for reduced variation in sizing application. Unused sizing is filtered to remove foreign objects and returned the applicator right away, or stored in a temperature controlled area until ready to feed back to a sizing applicator. Also disclosed are methods of using the sizing applicator apparatus to produce sized fibers. The apparatus and methods of the invention produce a substantial reduction in the fiber break rate, sizing usage and applicator maintenance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin impregnating apparatus which enables a fiber feeding speed to be increased without increasing the size, complicatedness, or costs of the apparatus. A resin impregnating apparatus 1 impregnating fibers F with resin includes a block member 2 including a tapered passage 21 through which the fibers F pass and which is tapered toward a direction in which the fibers F pass, and a resin supply device 3 supplying the resin to the fibers F in the vicinity of an inlet of the tapered passage 21. As the fibers F pass through the tapered passage 21 carrying the supplied resin, the resin is pressurized by a wedge effect of the tapered passage 21 so that the fibers F are impregnated with the resin.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a coated wire, an extrusion die, a process of coating a wire and a method of testing wrinkles on covering of a coated wire. A coated wire comprises a wire core; and a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition which comprises by weight of total composition, (i) 10% to 50% of a poly(arylene ether); (ii) 5% to 25% of a polyolefin; and (iii) 15% to 45% of an impact modifier. The wrinkles presented on the covering of a coated wire manufactured by an extrusion die are substantively reduced.

Abstract: Continuous void-free uniform coatings are formed on filamentous articles by applying a voided or otherwise substantially uneven coating to at least some of the exposed portion of a filamentous article or to a rotating substrate. The filamentous article or substrate is passed through an improvement station containing a plurality of coating-wetted rolls that contact and re-contact the wet coating at different positions along the length of the filamentous article or rotating substrate, wherein the periods of the rolls improve the uniformity of the coating. For coatings applied to a rotating substrate, the uniform wet coating is transferred to the filamentous article. The final coating can be very thin, very uniform and completely or substantially void-free. The coating improvement can be quickly and easily obtained using low cost equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed are fiber coating sizing applicator apparatus having a member to remove unused sizing and foreign objects from the fiber coating element of the applicator on a continuous or intermittent basis. Also disclosed are sizing applicators having as part of the drive, a servo motor for reduced variation in sizing application. Unused sizing is filtered to remove foreign objects and returned the applicator right away, or stored in a temperature controlled area until ready to feed back to a sizing applicator. Also disclosed are methods of using the sizing applicator apparatus to produce sized fibers. The apparatus and methods of the invention produce a substantial reduction in the fiber break rate, sizing usage and applicator maintenance.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to prevent damage on surface of strings and make the strings less twistable to improve elasticity, bounce etc., and further avoiding uncomfortable touch at the moment of hitting a ball. The applicator for strings of the present invention is polydimethylsiloxane containing scourer and colorant and having viscosity of 100 to 1000 cs, which is retained in a sponge-like retainer.

Abstract: Continuous void-free uniform coatings are formed on filamentous articles by applying a voided or otherwise substantially uneven coating to at least some of the exposed portion of a filamentous article or to a rotating substrate. The filamentous article or substrate is passed through an improvement station containing a plurality of coating-wetted rolls that contact and re-contact the wet coating at different positions along the length of the filamentous article or rotating substrate, wherein the periods of the rolls improve the uniformity of the coating. For coatings applied to a rotating substrate, the uniform wet coating is transferred to the filamentous article. The final coating can be very thin, very uniform and completely or substantially void-free. The coating improvement can be quickly and easily obtained using low cost equipment.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for applying solution to a filament include an applicator for applying at least a partial coating of a solution to a filament, comprising: an applicator surface operable to at least partially coat a filament with a solution; a first container operable to supply the solution to the applicator surface, a volume of the solution in the first container corresponding to a solution level in the first container; a second container operable to contain a supply of solution in fluid communication with the solution in the first container such that the solution in the second container has a solution level indicative of the solution level of the solution in the first container; and a detector for determining the solution level within the second container, the detector operable to control an adjustment of the volume of the solution in the first container such that the solution level in the first container is maintained within a predetermined range of levels.

Abstract: A roll coater for placing binder on the fibers prior to being wound around a rotating drawing drum. The drawing drum draws fibers out of orifices in the bottom of a slowly reciprocating furnace. The fibers form a mat on the drawing drum that is later removed and expanded. The roll coater includes a graphite or other material coating drum that rotates in a bath of liquid binder and/or wetting agents, and reciprocates with the furnace. The fibers scrape over the surface of the coating drum after being formed but before winding around the drawing drum. The binder and/or wetting agent picked up on the surface of the coating drum coats the fibers with binder and/or wetting agent. Liquid binder and/or wetting agent is replenished in the bath in which the coating drum is partially submerged by a float, sensor, pump and large container of binder/wetting agent.

Abstract: A roll coater for placing binder on the fibers prior to being wound around a rotating drawing drum. The drawing drum draws fibers out of orifices in the bottom of a slowly reciprocating furnace. The fibers form a mat on the drawing drum that is later removed and expanded. The roll coater includes a graphite or other material coating drum that rotates in a bath of liquid binder and/or wetting agents, and reciprocates with the furnace. The fibers scrape over the surface of the coating drum after being formed but before winding around the drawing drum. The binder and/or wetting agent picked up on the surface of the coating drum coats the fibers with binder and/or wetting agent. Liquid binder and/or wetting agent is replenished in the bath in which the coating drum is partially submerged by a float, sensor, pump and large container of binder/wetting agent.

Abstract: Paraffin ring for paraffining yarn, which has a substantially cylindrical shape, with a paraffin jacket (12) and an insertion bore (14) of substantially circular cross-section, extending concentrically to a central longitudinal axis of the paraffin ring (10), for placing the paraffin ring (10) on a holder provided for this purpose, the paraffin ring (10) having in the paraffin jacket (12), at an end (16) close to the holder, at least one taphole (20, 22, 24) extending substantially parallel to the insertion bore (14) and not passing right through.

Abstract: A process and apparatus are provided for applying a sizing composition to glass fibers with improved size application efficiency, while also providing for the collection and reuse of sizing composition, as well as for providing sizing composition to the applicator device, The apparatus includes a rotatable, but otherwise stationary, sizing applicator device which can be replaced without substantial interruption of the sizing application process while also providing a sizing reservoir for the collection and reuse of sizing composition, as well as for providing sizing composition to the applicator device.

Abstract: An applicator for applying a liquid impregnation agent to running yarns, especially a yarn oiler. The applicator has a rotating element with a surface with which at least one transfer mechanism comes into contact, and is equipped with an integrated cleaning device for impurities which collect between the applicator element and the transfer mechanism. The cleaning device is active when the applicator is in operation.

Abstract: Liquid finish is applied to a travelling filament by bringing the travelling filament into contact with an arcuate surface portion associated with a normally stationary, but rotatable, annular finish applicator, and thereafter periodically rotating the annular finish applicator to bring at least one other arcuate surface portion thereof into contact with the travelling filament. Most preferably, an actuator assembly is provided having first and second actuator fingers which are capable of relative separable rectilinear movements towards and away from one another. These actuator fingers, in an especially preferred embodiment, are each pivotally moveable and magnetically coupled to one another. As such, separable movement will in turn cause that one of the actuator fingers connected to the annular finish applicator to pivot thereby rotating the later to expose a “fresh” arcuate surface region in contact with the filament.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for applying solution to a filament include an applicator for applying at least a partial coating of a solution to a filament, comprising: an applicator surface operable to at least partially coat a filament with a solution; a first container operable to supply the solution to the applicator surface, a volume of the solution in the first container corresponding to a solution level in the first container; a second container operable to contain a supply of solution in fluid communication with the solution in the first container such that the solution in the second container has a solution level indicative of the solution level of the solution in the first container; and a detector for determining the solution level within the second container, the detector operable to control an adjustment of the volume of the solution in the first container such that the solution level in the first container is maintained within a predetermined range of levels.

Abstract: A coating apparatus is configured to coat a moving strip of material with liquid coating material. The apparatus includes a liquid coating material supply unit and a coater for dispensing liquid coating material onto the moving strip of material. A recycler is provided for returning liquid coating material dispensed from the coater to a position in the coating apparatus upstream of the coater.

Abstract: A strand coating apparatus having an applicator head with a coating material dispenser coupled thereto, a strand guide roller coupled to the applicator head adjacent a coating material orifice of the dispenser, the strand guide roller having one or more strand guides each having a corresponding annular groove disposed about a hub, the one or more strand guides disposed and retained between a shoulder flange and removable locking collar of the hub, and in some embodiments one or more spacers are disposed between adjacent strand guides of the strand guide roller.

Abstract: A roll for applying a sizing composition to a fan of one or more fibers, providing a shaft having a curved central axis and a sleeve covering at least a portion of the shaft, the sleeve being rotatable relative to the shaft. Each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers contacts the sleeve at an axial location of the sleeve such that each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers lies substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curved central axis of the shaft at the axial location.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for applying finish to an expanded filament array in a quench system with air directed inward to the filament bundle. The applicator may be used inside or proximate quench zones in a radial, pneumatic, or cross-flow quench system. The apparatus includes a spinneret, a quench zone located below said spinneret, wherein cooling gas is directed inward to an expanded filament array inside said quench zone, and an applicator inside or below said quench zone, wherein the applicator contacts the filament and delivers the finish to the expanded filament array.

Abstract: A roll for applying a sizing composition to a fan of one or more fibers, providing a shaft having a curved central axis and a sleeve covering at least a portion of the shaft, the sleeve being rotatable relative to the shaft. Each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers contacts the sleeve at an axial location of the sleeve such that each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers lies substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curved central axis of the shaft at the axial location.

Abstract: A sizing applicator is provided for applying a coating of sizing composition to glass fibers. The sizing applicator includes a housing and a roll applicator which is rotatably coupled to the housing. The housing has a supply port adapted to receive sizing composition from a sizing supply source, an exit slot and a passageway extending from the supply port to the exit slot. The passageway receives sizing composition from the supply port and delivers the sizing composition to the exit slot such that the sizing composition exits the housing and is received on an outer surface of the roll applicator. The roll applicator is spaced from the housing such that the housing does not substantially contact the sizing composition once it is received on the roll applicator.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for producing uniformly sized glass fibers. A heated bushing supplies streams of molten glass to be drawn into continuous fibers, and a drawing device attenuates the streams into fibers. A sizing applicator has a coating element engaging the drawn fibers, which applies a coating of sizing composition to the fibers. A shoe spaced from the applicator engages the fibers and causes the fibers to sweep back and forth across the element.

Abstract: A process for tipping surgical sutures includes dispensing tipping agent one drop at a time and contacting the suture portion to be tipped with the drop of tipping agent. A transversely oriented lifting/wiping string may be used to lift the suture into contact with the drop and may wipe away excess tipping agent. Alternatively, a transversely oriented string may be used to catch a drop and then place the drop onto the suture. The tipping agent absorbed into the tipped portion can then be cured and cut to provide a tipped suture. The tipping process and apparatus can be used in conjunction with a needle-suture assembly process. The process advantageously controls application of a droplet of tipping agent to minimize the amount of tipping agent used, thereby providing an aesthetic needle-suture attachment. Apparatus are disclosed for performing the process.

Abstract: The device comprises a container, closed by a lid, for holding the lubricating fluid; a strip of felt or the like is immersed in the container and becomes impregnated with the fluid by capillary action. One end of the strip protrudes from the lid of the container and wraps around a cylindrical support so that a respective portion of the strip, shaped like a cylindrical sector and impregnated with lubricating fluid, protrudes with respect to the surface of the lid and is exposed. The weft thread to be lubricated is made to slide on the exposed portion of the strip, and means are provided for guiding the thread and for producing a cyclic transverse movement thereof from one end to the other of the exposed portion.

Abstract: Apparatus and process are described for impregnating a fibrous substrate with a thermosettable resin. The process involves the use of resin application means comprising a moving surface on which is positioned a liquid-form thermosettable resin in essentially uncured state, passing a fibrous web in countercurrent contact with the thermosettable resin so as to transfer the thermosettable resin into the fibrous web, and passing the resin-containing fibrous web to a heating zone to partially cure the resin and form a prepreg. The process is particularly suited for application of a solventless resin formulation to a glass web in the preparation of a prepreg for an electrical laminate.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying a coating material, such as a lubricant, to the top and bottom surfaces of a continuous strip of material wherein the continuous strip of material is passed between two wicks mounted in each of an upper and lower housings with each of the housings having a plurality of spaced apart bores and wherein metered amounts of the coating material is supplied sequentially to each of the plurality of spaced apart bores by a piston mounted for reciprocating movement. In another embodiment, the wicks apply coating material to the outer surface of an upper drive roll and a lower idler roll so that coating material is applied to the upper and lower surfaces of a continuous strip of material as it passes therebetween.

Abstract: A device for applying a liquid, for instance oil, to a traveling thread, having a rotatably mounted roll (1) extending into the line of the thread in order to receive a film of liquid on its surface (1') from a liquid reservoir (9) and transfer the liquid by surface contact. In order to improve the usefulness of such a device, a spatial separation of roll and reservoirs is provided. The liquid is to be transferred to the roll by a wick (6) which is arranged between the roll (1) and the reservoir (9).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying coatings to yarns, particularly yarns to be utilized as dental floss. In a preferred arrangement, an array of parallel spaced yarns are continuously fed while being intermittently deflected by a cam or deflector. As the yarns are deflected, they enter a grooved liquid applicator, with the grooves maintaining a predetermined amount of liquid therein by capillary action. A predetermined amount of liquid is thus applied at intermittent or spaced locations along the length of the yarn. The method and apparatus is particularly suitable for providing dye at spaced locations along a continuous length of floss, thereby demarcating lengths suitable for individual use. Various aspects are also applicable to a variety of yarn coating and/or dyeing applications.

Abstract: A length of conductive wire is supported between a first reel and a second reel. The first reel is driven to move the wire through the device in a stepped fashion. Each time the wire stops a reciprocating plunger brings a material to be evaporated into contact with the wire. An electric current is passed through the length of wire in the area where the material contacts the wire. The wire is heated by the electric current to melt the material onto the wire to form a bead of material thereon. The wire is advanced to repeat the bead forming process. The wire with the beads formed thereon is wound onto the first reel for later use in an evaporator process. An infrared sensor monitors the heating process to determine if the material is melted at the desired temperature. A sensor is also provided to stop the device if the wire breaks. The advancing of the wire, the operation and refilling of the plunger and the heating of the wire are all performed automatically.

Abstract: A method an apparatus are provided for imparting a sliding capacity to a wire which is fed through at least one loop of a strand of material which has been steeped in a lubricant such as paraffin or wax. Preferably, the strand of material is advanced at a speed which is less than the feed speed of the wire. The apparatus includes means for feeding the wire and means for advancing the strand of material around the wire. The apparatus also includes a compensating device which adjusts the tension of the strand of material and a checking device for automatically checking the lubricating operation.

Abstract: An applicator for applying resin to fibers being braided in a tubular shape (e.g., in the manufacture of a fuse casing), the applicator having a wiping surface on which the fibers wipe as they travel to a mandrel on which they are braided, the wiping surface being defined by a surface of revolution around the mandrel and having a continuous orifice for supplying resin continuously around the wiping surface. Also disclosed is an electrical fuse including a fuse casing having a tubular wall including multiple-filament reinforcing yarns that have been braided in the tubular shape of the wall and a synthetic resin bonding the yarns together and impregnating the yarns, a pair of terminals secured to the ends of the fuse casing, and a fusible element inside the casing and connected to the terminals.

Abstract: A method for quantifying size encapsulation of yarn on a slasher comprising measuring the hairiness of yarn entering a slasher prior to the application of size to the yarn, measuring the hairiness of the yarn leaving the slasher and solving the equation: ##EQU1## Apparatus for quantifying the size encapsulation of yarn on a slasher comprises an entry hairiness sensor positioned at the entry side of a slasher, a delivery hairiness sensor positioned at the delivery side of the slasher, the entry and delivery sensors producing signals proportional to the hairiness of the yarn at the entry and delivery sides of the slasher respectively, and a computer for solving the above indicated equation and producing an output signal representative of size encapsulation.

Abstract: A device for applying a coating to moving fibers is shown comprised of a cylindrical applicator rotating about its axis, a support frame for supporting the cylindrical applicator wherein said support frame contains a cylindrical opening running through the support frame for supporting the cylindrical applicator, a slot with an opening running from the slot to the cylindrical opening, an internal passageway in the support frame and a tubular connecting piece which fits partially in the internal passageway of the support frame for delivering the coating to the surface of the cylindrical applicator. It is critical that the diameter of the cylindrical applicator be only slightly less than the diameter of the cylindrical opening running through the support frame, thus restricting the amount of liquid coating that can be applied to the moving fiber. By placing the tubular connecting piece directly adjacent to the cylindrical applicator, no pool of coating is created.

Abstract: Device to apply paraffin oil or like onto the surface of textile threads, so as to make them smoother and facilitate weaving thereof. The device includes: at least one container or vessel for a paraffin oil, closed by a cover; at least one rove or felt strip having at least one vertical length with the lower end plunged into the oil of the container and one length, usually horizontal, positioned beneath the cover of the container; and a distributing head, positioned beneath the cover of the container and above the path of the thread, and consisting of a filtering membrane, on the surface of which rests the rove, and of a member pressing the rove onto said membrane, the path of the thread being such that it laps from underneath the outer surface of said membrane.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying a liquid additive to a continuous, multifilament tow includes a nonrotating tubular body and a nonmetallic element associated with the wall of the tubular body for contacting the multifilament tow as it is moved across the surface of the nonmetallic element. The nonmetallic element has an arcuate, external surface that is provided with a plurality of spaced openings formed in the nonmetallic element and which are in communication with an enclosure within the tubular body. Liquid additive is supplied to the enclosure and is transferred to the arcuate, external surface via the plurality of spaced openings for application to the multifilament tow as it contacts the arcuate, external surface of the nonmetallic element.

Abstract: The apparatus is used for wetting synthetic fiber tows with finishing liquid. For this purpose, the apparatus consists of two superimposed guide rolls over which the tow is guided in a meander-like manner. Padding devices are arranged on both sides of the tow between the guide rollers, the padding rollers of these devices act to transfer the finishing liquid from a bath located immediately thereunder continuously onto the two fed tangentially thereto.

Abstract: A resin-stripping die for mounting in a holder on a filament winding machine comprising a body formed of resiliently flexible heat and wear resistant material with a converging, preferably tubular, passage which is slit longitudinally at one side throughout its full length to permit lateral movement of the die onto and off a filament strand. In operation, the die is mounted in a fixed axial position in the holder.