Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for treating the surface of at least one textile web of endless fabric, especially for napping and/or emerizing or the like, wherein the machine has at least a drum with a planetary-like, driven working roll (napping roll and/or emerizing roll or the like). The invention is characterized in that the drum (3) is mounted on a cylindrical support body (9) fixed on the machine frame (10) in such a way that it can rotate and be driven.

Abstract: The teaseling machine, comprising a rotor, arranged at regular intervals around the periphery of which are a plurality of revolving cylinders with teaseling clothing, has, in the space between adjacent teaseling cylinders, a deflecting cylinder that extends parallel to the axis of the rotor and to the axis of the cylinders and that can be adjusted radially relative to the rotor so that it produces an adjustable deflection of the span of fabric between one cylinder and the next, thereby varying the teaseling or brushing action of the cylinder clothings.

Abstract: A napper fabric processing machine is provided having a dynamic zoning assembly to allow the operator to vary the amount of fabric in contact with the workers rolls. This zoning allows the napping, sanding, or sueding of a variety of products that are highly unstable or tension sensitive. This zoning also allows a seamless changeover between napping in double and single acting modes and knit goods, all with any ratio of pile to counterpile rolls.

Abstract: A napper fabric processing machine implements a number of improvements. First, the worker rolls are aluminum, reducing their weight and attachable to the cylinder using a quick release mechanism, enabling quick replacement. The worker roll are also easily serviceable and accessible from the side of the machine. Further, carding wear is monitored electrically by detecting torque generated by the motors driving the worker rolls. Finally, a tensioning system is used for the drive belts, negating the need for cylinder disassembly to replace the belts.

Abstract: A planetary napping machine includes a napping roller drum assembly and cylinder head construction which facilitates assembly and servicing of the apparatus. The napping machine includes a frame and a napping roll drum assembly having a main shaft which is rotatably supported on the frame. One end of the main shaft engages with a drive assembly to drive rotation of the napping roll drum relative to the frame. The napping roll drum assembly includes spaced cylinder heads mounted on the main shaft, and napping rollers each having first and second ends which are respectively rotatably journaled in bearing assemblies which are circumferentially spaced around said first and second cylinder heads. The first ends of the napping rollers have extended end portions which extend through the bearing assemblies on the cylinder heads. The drum assembly still further includes drive motors respectively mounted on the cylinder heads.

Abstract: A napping device for napping a web of textile goods is described. The machine has a driven main cylinder seated in the machine frame with planetary arranged napping rollers. In order to keep one front end of the essentially cylindrical main cylinder open, but yet to assure a quiet-running seating with a long service life, the main cylinder is received at its longitudinal circumferential edges in respectively one ring-shaped ball bearing. The ball bearing comprises respectively one ball bearing shell constituting the main cylinder and one ball bearing shell fixed in place on the machine frame.

Abstract: An automated pile-raising machine for fabric, in which the fabric is advanced about at least one drum, in contact with alternatingly interspersed pile and counter-pile rotating cylinders cleaned by respective cleaning brushes, a timing control system including sensors is provided for coordinating operation of the cylinders and brushes.

Abstract: An apparatus having a plurality of needle rollers (1) which are rotatable about their longitudinal axis (3) and the respective longitudinal axes (3) of which are themselves movable on a circular path. In this apparatus, the needle rollers (1) and support rollers (2) for the material web (9) alternate with one another.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved maintenance raising machine including a safety device for preventing damages as the fabric being raised is broken.The raising machine comprises a horizontal axis drum which can be rotatively driven about its rotary axis and which supports, on the periphery thereof, a plurality of raising cylinders, which have cylinder axes parallel to the drum axis and are rotatively driven about the respective axes. With a portion of the drum are associated cleaning brushes which can operate on the raising cylinders for cleaning the latter. The cleaning brushes are mounted on a controllably driven support which can be displaced toward or away from the drum in order to facilitate the maintenance of the raising machine to prevent damages to the brushes of the raising cylinder covers as a fabric being raised is accidentally broken.

Abstract: A seam protecting device which can be applied to drum grinding or raising machines for preventing threads connecting adjoining pieces to be processed from breaking, has at least a pair of ring-like elements, parallel to one another and connected by means of connecting beams or bars, adapted to turn about bearings and a drum provided with raising or grinding cylinders. To the pair of ring-like elements there is applied a cusp element which, under a normal condition, is located at the bottom part of the drum.

Abstract: A teaseling and/or fluffing machine for fabric, including a load-bearing structure having two sidepieces supporting at least one drum which rotates about a central shaft and supports on its two lateral endpieces two series of teaseling and/or fluffing rollers of with-pile type and against-pile-type. These rollers are arranged along generatrices of the drum, with those of one series rotating relative to those of the other under independent drive. A fabric to be treated passes about the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers and is fed to the machine by a driven feed roller and extracted therefrom by a driven exit roller. There also being provided brushes which interact alternately with the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers. The with-pile and against-pile teaseling and/or fluffing rollers are provided with supports.

Abstract: A teaseling and/or fluffing machine for fabric and knitwork with improved suction and cleaning, including a load-bearing structure with two sidepieces supporting at least one drum which rotates about a central shaft and supports on its two lateral endpieces two series of teaseling and/or fluffing rollers of with-pile type and against-pile-type, arranged along the generatrices of the drum with those of one series rotating relative to those of the other under independent drive. A fabric to be treated passes about the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers and is fed to the machine by a driven feed roller and extracted therefrom by a driven exit roller. Brushes are provided which interact alternately with the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers. A suction unit associated with apertures provided in a sidepiece of the load-bearing structure creates a suction within the drum to collect the fibers and dust generated during operation. The brushes are specifically divided into two mutually interacting groups of two.

Abstract: A teaseling and/or fluffing machine for fabric and knitwork, with tension control, including a load-bearing structure with two sidepieces supporting at least one drum which rotates about a central shaft and supports on its two lateral endpieces two series of teaseling and/or fluffing rollers, of with-pile type and against-pile-type. These rollers are arranged along generatrices of the drum with those of one series rotating relative to those of the other under independent drive. A fabric to be treated passes about the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers and is fed to the machine by a driven feed roller and extracted therefrom by a driven exit roller. Brushes are provided which interact alternately with the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers.

Abstract: The wire card napping machine has at least one driven cylinder, with several pick-up devices, each of which is equipped with at least one napping roller of a different roller type and is embedded in the side disks of the cylinder, it being possible to rotate at least one pick-up device by means of an adjusting device. The adjusting device has a lifting device, which can be operated in a controlled manner and to which a segment bearer, which can be moved by the lifting device between a starting position and an operating position, which brings about a pick-up device that is to be rotated in a defined angle, is connected in hinged fashion and the segment bearer lies in its operating position against a wheel, which is disposed firmly at the pick-up device that is to be rotated.

Abstract: The napping operation of a napping machine of the type having a rotating cylinder with a plurality of toothed rotating napping rollers at its periphery for napping engagement with a traveling fabric web is controlled for repeatable napping results by measuring the cyclical pattern of a radially inward deflection of the fabric web under the napping engagement of the rollers as a characteristic of an adjustment of a variable operating parameter which may be later utilized as a reference value for subsequent adjustment of the operating parameter to repeat the results of the napping operation.

Abstract: The brushing machine according to the invention comprises controlled brushing rollers of the counter-pile type as well as rollers of the teazle type, of small dimensions with respect to the width of the fabric to be brushed, mounted to rotate freely about their axis and covered with a card clothing whose teeth are directed parallel to the axis of rotation. The teazles are mounted side by side to form a line. The lines of teazles are mounted alternately with counter-pile workers on conventional raising machines or with counter-pile mini-T rollers on raising machines in which each worker is an assembly of small so-called mini-T rollers. The teazles and possibly the mini-T rollers are equipped at their ends with a protection means covering the zones of beginning and of end of clothing, for example a cap fast with the axis of rotation of the roller.

Abstract: Raising machine wire clothing with wires of substantially diamond-shape in cross section set thereon and a raising machine using such raising machine wire clothing. This raising machine wire clothing is suitable for raising-finish of short piles and high density of nap, namely, so-called suede tone finish.

Abstract: Disclosed is a suede-like raised woven fabric of a combination weave. A yarn having a thickness in a range between 30 and 300 denier, the thickness of most of individual filaments or fibers thereof being in a range between 1.0 and 8.0 denier, is utilized as the warp; while a spun yarn having a thickness represented by a total denier in a range between 50 and 1000 denier, the thickness of the most of individual component fibers thereof being in a range between 0.0001 and 0.4 denier, is utilized as a first weft, and a yarn having a fineness represented by a total denier in a range between 30 and 300 denier, the thickness of the most of individual filaments or fibers thereof being in a range between 1.0 and 8.0 denier, is utilized as a second weft. At least one of the warp and the second weft does not substantially involve crimped filaments or fibers. A combination woven fabric structure provided with a number of floating points of the first weft upon the warp in a range between three and seven is adopted.

Abstract: A pair of napper stripper drive shafts interconnected by gearing are each provided with independent overload release clutches that permit overload release of each stripper drive shaft from a single input drive gear without disturbing the timed relationship of the other to the input drive gear. The pair of clutches divide the driving load to the stripper drive shafts so that a more sensitive release spring can be utilized in each clutch. When a stripper is jammed or resists rotation, its respective clutch opens and is locked in the released position until it is manually reset by a pushbutton. Reengagement of the released clutch can only be made when the stripper drive shaft is rotated to its proper timed position, and the clutch is arranged so that the stripper drive shaft can be turned independently of the drive gearing when the clutch is in its released position.