Abstract: A fabrication method of a sheathed yarn includes the following steps: making a core run axially through a sheathing area; winding a sheathing fibre around the core in the sheathing area; and presenting a microelectronic chip fixed onto the core in the sheathing area. A polymer material is present between the microelectronic chip and the core when the sheathing step is performed. The polymer material creeps during the sheathing step to form a protective coating.

Abstract: A cable winding machine for winding together a multiple number of subconductors into a composite cable includes holding means for holding a first subconductor in the machine direction, and in a predetermined orientation of the first subconductor about its longitudinal axis as it moves through the machine; a first rotating member arranged and rotate the second subconductor around the first subconductor as the second subconductor moves through the machine and one or more further rotating members arranged to hold further subconductors aligned in the machine direction and in a predetermined orientation about their longitudinal axes and rotate the further subconductors around the subconductors wound with one another in the first winding stage of the machine.

Abstract: A yarn is produced which consists substantially of twisting filaments which are wrapped sequentially upon each other helically upon the yarn in layers, wherein the helically wound filaments preferably are wound right to left and then left to right alternatively to balance the yarn, wherein optionally a glue is applied to one of the filaments to maximize the performance of the yarn in producing paper.

Abstract: An apparatus (310) for manufacturing stranded cables comprises a supply spool assembly (320, 322) having filaments wound thereon, and a flyer (316) mounted for rotation about a central axis for imparting a rotational movement to the filaments, while guiding them axially through the apparatus (310). The filaments are wound together as they pass a gathering point centrally disposed to the central axis and downstream of the flyer (316). A filament advancing assembly (16) is provided downstream of the gathering point to impart an advancing speed to the filaments. A control system allows for the control of the number of revolutions of the flyer (316) per unit length of filaments advancing through the gathering point to ensure that a constant helical pitch is obtained. The tension in the filaments is controlled by creating an adjustable opposition to the pulling action of the filament advancing assembly (16) on the filaments thereby ensuring the production of a high quality stranded cable.

Abstract: An apparatus (310) for manufacturing stranded cables comprises a supply spool assembly (320, 322) having filaments wound thereon, and a flyer (316) mounted for rotation about a central axis for imparting a rotational movement to the filaments, while guiding them axially through the apparatus (310). The filaments are wound together as they pass a gathering point centrally disposed to the central axis and downstream of the flyer (316). A filament advancing assembly (16) is provided downstream of the gathering point to impart an advancing speed to the filaments. A control system allows for the control of the number of revolutions of the flyer (316) per unit length of filaments advancing through the gathering point to ensure that a constant helical pitch is obtained. The tension in the filaments is controlled by creating an adjustable opposition to the pulling action of the filament advancing assembly (16) on the filaments thereby ensuring the production of a high quality stranded cable.

Abstract: An apparatus (310) for manufacturing stranded cables comprises a supply spool assembly (320, 322) having filaments wound thereon, and a flyer (316) mounted for rotation about a central axis for imparting a rotational movement to the filaments, while guiding them axially through the apparatus (310). The filaments are wound together as they pass a gathering point centrally disposed to the central axis and downstream of the flyer (316). A filament advancing assembly (16) is provided downstream of the gathering point to impart an advancing speed to the filaments. A control system allows for the control of the number of revolutions of the flyer (316) per unit length of filaments advancing through the gathering point to ensure that a constant helical pitch is obtained. The tension in the filaments is controlled by creating an adjustable opposition to the pulling action of the filament advancing assembly (16) on the filaments thereby ensuring the production of a high quality stranded cable.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided comprising a first twisting device that dispenses a first wire and imparts a twist to the same, a second twisting device that receives the twisted first wire and twists the same about a second wire, and a metering device or capstan positioned on the outside of the second twisting device that controls the input velocity of the first and second wires. The apparatus can further include a third twisting device that dispenses a second wire and imparts a twist to the same. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first and second wires are back-twisted and the second twisting device receives the first and second back-twisted wires and twins or pairs the same. A tension transducer is also provided which measures the tension of the wires before they enter the second twisting device.

Abstract: An improved manufacturing process for twisted pair exchange cables and for an improved binding machine used during this manufacturing process is provided. The manufacturing process includes a stranding phase and a cabling phase. During the stranding phase, unit cables are produced with only a first colored ribbon to identify them. During the cabling phase, a second colored ribbon that identifies the orientation of the unit within the cable is applied. This will result in units that have one of two colors (e.g., yellow or black). The improved binding machine is used to apply the second colored ribbon.

Abstract: A carpet styling yarn comprises a core having at least two falsely twisted continuous yarns, and a single wrapper yarn spirally wrapped about the core. At least two of the core yarns are differently colored or differently colorable. The length of the single wrapper yarn is greater than the length of the core for any given unit length of the carpet styling yarn. A method for fabricating the carpet styling yarn, and to a carpet using the same, are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fiber buffer tubes bound by a binder is provided. The apparatus includes a frame and an oscillator shaft support on the frame for oscillating movement about a longitudinal axis. A lay plate is carried by the oscillator shaft and has a plurality of openings for receiving and guiding longitudinally advancing buffer tubes into an oscillating lay about the axis. First and second longitudinally offset binder heads are mounted for rotation about the axis for winding respective binders around the buffer tubes. Both binder heads are concentric with and surround the oscillator shaft such that the closing point for the buffer tubes is downstream of the binder heads and closely adjacent to a locking capstan. The rotatably supported ends of the binder heads are positioned adjacent to each other which allows improved replacement of binder reels.

Abstract: A method and device for winding an elongated element onto a cable product comprises a probe for measuring the tensile stress of the elongated element as it moves from a supply coil to a point for winding the element onto the cable product.

Abstract: A control apparatus for yarn twisting machines includes a control panel provided with electrical devices for setting the speed of the units for feeding, taking up and winding up of the yarn. The electrical devices are provided on one side of a control panel and are aligned with respective digital displays, and with relative symbols indicative of the arrangement of the various working units of the twisting machine. A main control device enables all of the working units to be set simultaneously, while leaving the relative speed ratios unchanged.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for wrapping a cover yarn onto an elastic core yarn utilizing a "producer" package directly. The disclosed apparatus eliminates the conventional rewinding step used by garment material manufacturers.

Abstract: In the thread wrapping apparatus disclosed herein a binder spindle is driven by control circuit at a speed corresponding to the operating frequency of a variable oscillator. First, second and third sets of drafting rolls which draw and feed a sliver of fibers to the binder spindle are driven by respective stepper motors through control circuits which operate each of the motors at a respective speed which is an individually preselectable proportion of the speed of the spindle.

Abstract: A support strand is formed of a non-extensible thread wound around an elastic thread in order to restrain the extension of the non-extensible thread within such a limit that the coil of the wound, non-extensible thread can follow movement of the elastic thread. A signal transmitting strand is further wound around the outer surface of the support strand to form the composite strand.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a twisted cable of unlimited length. The apparatus which is operative for performing the method includes a rotating reel having a group of wires or filaments wound thereon, a flyer which rotates around the reel for unwinding the group of wires or filaments therefrom, and a gathering assembly rotating with the flyer for gathering the individual filaments or wires from the group and twisting them to form a cable. The apparatus further includes a take-up assembly for drawing the cable from the gathering assembly and winding it on a take-up reel, and a control assembly for controlling the rotational speed of the flyer relative to the rotational speed of the reel to achieve a substantially uniform length of twist in the cable throughout its extent.

Abstract: This invention discloses a yarn, and method and apparatus for making it, composed of a core component having yarn strength wrapped clockwise and counter-clockwise by wrapper components, wherein the core has a sinuous configuration and contains a greater length per unit of yarn length than the wrapper components. Optionally, the core component may be a newly texturized multi-filament yarn, wrapped according to this invention before being subjected to significant tension, thereby preserving much of the bulk that would otherwise be lost in winding or other tensioning of the texturized core in unwrapped condition.

Abstract: A yarn package and apparatus for winding covered yarn: (a) the yarn package comprising a cylinder, the surfaces of which vary no more than .+-.0.001 of an inch and fiber wound on the cylinder; and (b) the apparatus for producing covered yarn comprising a feed means for feeding a supply of elastomeric filament to a pirn assembly; a spindle means; at least one pirn assembly comprising a cylinder, the surfaces of which vary no more than .+-.0.001 of an inch, and a balloon cap comprising a shank portion and a head portion, the shank portion received in and axially nested inside of one end of the cylinder the head portion having a diameter greater than that of the diameter of the cylinder, the spindle being axially nested inside of the cylinder; a take-up assembly; and a means to rotate the spindle, feed means and take-up assembly.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a multi-component yarn as well as a multi-component yarn produced thereby, in which staple fibers and at least one endless yarn are combined with each other in a defined manner such that a wrapped yarn will result which purely externally has as far-reachingly as possible the properties of a pure staple fiber yarn; the sliver and the endless yarn or yarns are fed separately to a feed roller pair, are combined thereat travelling at the same velocity and parallel to one another, and are subsequently exposed together to a false twist and finally wrapped by a fine-count binding yarn; the predominantly nonvisible part of the wrapped yarn is constituted by the endless yarns which render the yarn bulky with relatively low material expenditure.

Abstract: A wrapped yarn spinning machine with several spinning units arranged in a row in side-by-side relationship on at least one side of the machine has a zone of the hollow spindle of each spinning unit, protected by being enclosed within a single closed housing that extends in the longitudinal direction of the machine. The closed housing is provided with a lid at each spinning unit at a front side of the machine. The lid has a height corresponding to at least the height of a side wall of the closed housing and through which binder thread spools, carried by the hollow spindle, can be removed.

Abstract: The invention involves a ply or wrapped yarn spinning assembly of the type having a drawing unit supplying a sliver through one or more hollow spindles, at which hollow spindles a binding thread is wrapped spirally around the sliver to form yarn. Yarn condition monitors detect the yarn condition and the supply of binding thread. In the event of a malfunction, including exhaustion of binding thread at a hollow spindle, the monitors automatically disengage the supply of sliver by pivoting open a load bearing member of the drawing unit. In preferred embodiments the monitors also actuate mechanical actuators for pivoting driving or driven rollers of the hollow spindles, yarn take-off rolls, and a yarn windup device of the spinning assembly. An auxiliary thread bobbin and associated cutter mechanisms are also provided to facilitate restarting after a malfunction and shutdown.

Abstract: A core yarn has a plurality of wrapper yarns wrapped under tension in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The core is composed of staple fibers having substantially no twist so that the core has substantially zero tensile strength. The tensions on the wrapper yarns are balanced by each other and are so high as to compress the core and impart to the core a sinuous configuration along its length.

Abstract: A stranding machine comprising a plurality of stands, each carrying a pair of bobbins disposed on opposite sides of the stand, wire on a bobbin being fed through a hollow, rotatable shaft on the stand along with a core, such as an electric cable core, and to a stranding unit. The number of stands is equal to the number of wires to be stranded, and each stand carries means for paying-off wire from either bobbin and means for loading either bobbin with wire, the wire guiding means of the latter being movable from adjacent one bobbin to adjacent the other bobbin, whereby one bobbin may supply the wire for stranding while the other bobbin is being loaded with wire. Drive means, separate from means which rotates the hollow shaft, rotates the bobbin being loaded and can drive either bobbin.

Abstract: Optical waveguide laying and binding apparatus having a binding station for a spool to wrap binding tape around an assembly of waveguides on a support filament. Replacement spools located in a replacement station are movable into the binding station by enabling a waveguide laying structure to be disassembled and moved out of the path of the replacement spool without interfering with the positioning of the waveguides as they are being fed towards the support filament.

Abstract: A decorative composite non-plied frieze yarn for use in embroidering, sewing and the like. The composite yarn includes a core formed from a single plied frieze yarn having a spiral wrap of a decorative metallic yarn applied in a first rotational direction thereto and subsequently a non-metallic cover yarn spirally applied thereover in a second opposite direction. The single ply frieze core yarn itself includes a non-metallic core strand about which a first metallic strand is spirally wrapped in a first direction and subsequently about which a non-metallic cover yarn is wrapped in a second opposite rotational direction. Accordingly, the present composite frieze yarn includes three non-metallic strands and two metallic strands.

Abstract: A decorative composite novelty yarn which has use as a craft item as in making floral decorations. The composite yarn includes a core including a deformable wire strand and a plurality of textured core yarns generally in aligned contact with each other and said wire strand. A first frieze yarn is wrapped in one direction about the core and a second frieze yarn is thereafter wrapped about the core and the first frieze yarn in the opposite direction. The novelty yarn is formed on a modified spinning frame having vertically spaced spindles for rotationally wrapping the frieze cover yarns and drive means for positively feeding the wire strand.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for wrapping core yarns, the apparatus including a plurality of spools driven by a single spindle and the method including the steps of applying two or more layers of wrapped yarn to a core yarn by the use of a minimum number of spindles.

Abstract: In order to produce core yarn wrapped with at least two separate wrapper yarns of the same or opposite hands, core material is passed in succession through a pair of rotary hollow spindles, each carrying a package of wrapper yarn whereby the core material is wrapped and which are relatively displaced so that the path of the material between a point just before the entrance of the first spindle and a point just after the exit of the second spindle deviates from a straight line so as to cause the core material or the resultant yarn to engage a rotary end of at least one of the spindles so as to apply false twist. The spindles may be supported so that their axes are displaced or displaceable in relation to one another for which purpose each spindle may be carried by a mounting capable of angular displacement about a support shaft and capable of being secured in any one of a range of angular positions.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a construction for a wrapped elongated structure, a method of manufacturing an apparatus to manufacture the wrapped elongated structure. The wrapped elongated structure has an elongated core. An adhesive tape having one adhesive surface is applied to the surface of the core along the length thereof with the adhesive surface facing away from the core. Tape wrapping is spirally wrapped around the core and the applied adhesive tape in order that each turn of the tape wrapping contacts the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape. The adhesive tape secures the tape wrapping in its spiral form with respect to the elongated core. The wrapped elongated structure may also structure may also included an elongated core, a first tape wrapping spirally wrapped around the core, an adhesive tape having two adhesive surfaces applied on the spiral first tape wrapping, and a second tape wrapping spirally wrapped around the adhesive tape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for winding covered yarn, namely non-elastic yarn twisted about a strand of elastomeric yarn, on a core to form a take-up package so that the wound covered yarn can be drawn (unwound) from the package without hanging up on itself or puckering.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a machine and apparatus for wrapping a plurality of different tapes around an elongated structure such as an electrical conductor. The multiple tapes to be wrapped are supplied by a package having a plurality of different tapes wound thereon in an universal or traverse wound arrangement. The apparatus includes at least one flyer or winding head which carries at least one supply package having a plurality of different tapes. The path of travel of the conductor extends along the axis of rotation of the winding head which in turn revolves the supply package about the conductor. The winding head further includes guides for supporting and directing the different tapes as they are simultaneously wrapped about the conductor.