Abstract: A bungee spool for collecting and storing bungee cords in a portable manner comprising a core and two rims where at least one has multiple slots radiating and the slots have raised inner edges outward from the point where the rim joins the top of the cylinder.

Abstract: A filamentary core (3) for an elastic composite yarn (1), particularly for an elastic textile composite yarn, comprising at least two elastic performance filaments (11, 13), each of the at least two elastic performance filaments capable of being stretched at least about 2 times its package length and having at least 90% up to 100% elastic recovery after having being released from a stretching 2 times its package length.

Abstract: A wire wrapping device that includes a turntable assembly that is made up of a turntable and a driver adapted to rotate the turntable. Also, a set of payout carriers are mounted on the turntable, each payout carrier adapted to let out wire to be wrapped. A driver is adapted to turn each payout carrier relative to the turn table, the driver being user adjustable to turn each payout carrier by a selectable amount, per each complete rotation of the turntable.

Abstract: On each draft element of a ring spinning frame, two pieces of short-staple roving from the roving bobbin enter into the draft mechanism to be drafted though a guide funnel in parallel, two pieces of filament are fed from the back of the front roller, and combine with two pieces of roving at front jaw respectively. The drafted two pieces of roving and filament are output from the front jaw and enter into the twisting triangle area to be twisted, and then are wound onto a yarn bobbin to produce yarn. Based on the relative position of the two pieces of roving and two pieces of filament, different yarns can be produced. Furthermore, multi-component yarn, such as core structure, wrapped structure, strand-like structure, can be produced on a ring spinning frame. The structure of yarn can be precisely determined. Special fiber yarn can be produced on traditional spinning frame.

Abstract: A wire wrapping device that includes a turntable assembly that is made up of a turntable and a driver adapted to rotate the turntable. Also, a set of payout carriers are mounted on the turntable, each payout carrier adapted to let out wire to be wrapped. A driver is adapted to turn each payout carrier relative to the turn table, the driver being user adjustable to turn each payout carrier by a selectable amount, per each complete rotation of the turntable.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a taped insulated conductor and a method of controlling a tape winding tension. The apparatus comprises a wire material feeder feeding a wire material, a tape winder winding a tape body on the wire material fed from the wire material feeder, and a receiving device receiving the wire material on which the tape body is wound by the tape winder. A rotating shaft torque is controlled to a prescribed torque by rotatingly driving a tape pad fixing part by a torque gradually decreasing control without relying on the number of the windings of the tape body. Thus, the delivery tension of the tape body can be set to a specified prescribed value.

Abstract: A spiraling apparatus is provided that includes a rotatable deck having a deck plate that includes first and second sides. A plurality of first spools are rotatably attached to the first side of the deck plate. The first spools include a length of reinforcement wound thereon. A plurality of second spools are rotatably attached to the second side of the deck plate. The second spools also include a length of reinforcement wound thereon. A tension regulating device is adapted to regulate tension in the reinforcement as the reinforcement is removed from the first and second spools during rotation of the deck.

Abstract: A wire wrapping device that includes a turntable assembly that is made up of a turntable and a driver adapted to rotate the turntable. Also, a set of payout carriers are mounted on the turntable, each payout carrier adapted to let out wire to be wrapped. A driver is adapted to turn each payout carrier relative to the turn table, the driver being user adjustable to turn each payout carrier by a selectable amount, per each complete rotation of the turntable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing wire having an inverted cone-shaped cylinder within a spool, wherein the diameter of the top end of the cylinder is larger than the lower end thereof enabling a tape wound thereon unwound from the spool to go from a lower position to a higher position of the cylinder while the tape being wrapped on the wire due to the centrifugal force of rotation in the wrapping process. This has the benefit of preventing the subsequent turns of the tape from loosening out of the spool, and enables the tape being continuously, evenly, and securely wrapped on the wire in a high speed operation.

Abstract: A bundle of conduit ducts is supplied by reels to a tandem arrangement of a pattern unit, a supply roller unit, an applicator unit and a delivery roller unit all supported by a wheeled base. The pattern unit has rows of discrete apertures for delivering conduit ducts at spatial positions. The supply roller unit and delivery roller unit each have spaced apart rollers supported by carriers in a frame to define a predetermined geometric passageway. The supply roller unit organizes the conduit ducts and the delivery roller unit supports a wrapped conduit ducts passed from the applicator unit. The applicator unit has a frame to support a rotator driven by a motor for rotation about a central axis extending perpendicular to the plane of rotation by the rotator. The rotator supports two reels one containing adhesive tape and the other metal wire on arbors at diametrically opposed locations.

Abstract: An evergreen bough roping machine is disclosed. The device includes a spool support member for rotatably holding a spool of wrapping wire used to fasten boughs to a core wire thereby producing an evergreen garland. The separation of the spool of wrapping wire from a rotating planar disk member, which feeds the wrapping wire to encircle the boughs and core wire, allows for longer production runs before replenishment of the wrapping wire spool.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of an elastic twisted yarn has at least one outer yarn wound or twisted around an expanded, elastic core yarn. In a first process step the outer yarn is wound around the core yarn with a winding speed providing less than the nominal twist of the finished twisted yarn. The thus formed intermediate yarn is wound up and then twisted in the same direction of rotation in a second process step. In the first process step the outer yarn is wound with the help of a double-pot spindle at a winding rate providing a twist of above 50% of the nominal twist without forming a balloon around the core yarn, and the second process step is carried out on a double-twist spindle.

Abstract: Wire, or other material, is wrapped around a shaft as the shaft turns, producing a coil. After being slid off the end of the shaft, the coil can be re-coiled by repeating the process. By shaping the twice-coiled material, a variety of pleasing jewelry beads may be formed. A variety of jigs useful for performing process are disclosed. One jig is easily and inexpensively manufactured from a unitary length of small rod, bent to provide (a) a wrapping shaft, (b) a feature for securing a free wire end; and (c) an actuator handle. The novel principles can be implemented in many different embodiments.

Abstract: Threads (15) are handled in spiralling or covering machines with improved efficiency by replacing traditional bobbins (20) with double-coned bobbins (10) which include flanges (22) at both ends and by providing that the outside edges of the flanges do not project beyond the level of the unwinding thread.

Abstract: An apparatus for wrapping fiber optic cable around an overhead line (A), has a carriage (1) which sits on the overhead line (A) and is movable along the overhead line (A). A supply of fiber optic cable (B) is located on one side of the carriage (1) and a counterbalance (3) for the cable supply is located on the other side of the carriage (1). A gear set (4) is arranged to the fiber optic cable (B) around the overhead line (1). A substantially constant tension is applied to the fiber optic cable (B) during all modes of operation of the apparatus.

Abstract: The lashing device has at least one supply reel, which contains a lashing element which is to be applied in a continuous spiral. The supply reel is mounted on a journal so that it can revolve about its longitudinal axis, and the journal, together with the supply reel, is arranged so that, with simultaneous longitudinal movement along the conductor, this journal wraps around the conductor in a rotating manner.

Abstract: A helical braider for constructing a triaxially braided tubular member in which the angle formed by primary fiber relative to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member can be controlled independently of the corresponding angles formed by the remaining fibers. The helical braider includes a winder that applies a primary fiber at a selected winding rate and a braider that applies two helical fibers at a selected spin rate. The winder can include a winder motor and a winding station rotatable around the mandrel, while the braider can include a braider motor and a braiding station independently rotatable around the mandrel.

Abstract: A thick/thin and/or color effect composite yarn is produced by depositing a sheath of one or more effect threads on a thick/thin filament yarn in which the thick regions are incompletely stretched, and the resulting assembly is then subjected to stretching to full stretch-out thicker regions.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus is a jig including a chuck having a plurality of radially movable members for controllably gripping a member inserted in an axial bore extending therethrough. The chuck is mounted on a hollow tube whose axis is collinear with the bore of the chuck. This jig is used by first positioning a first elongated member (e.g. a first, or "inner" wire) in the axial bore of the chuck, and tightening the radially movable members thereon. The distal end of a second elongated member (e.g. a second, or "outer" wire) is secured in a fixed relationship with the chuck, so that the distal end turns with the chuck. The chuck is then rotated so as to rotate the first, inner wire. As this inner wire is rotated, the operator trains the second wire thereagainst, thereby yielding a length of coil with the inner wire extending therethrough.

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 hose with reinforcing threads, includes an inner wall forming a pipe wall; a plurality of coated conductive wires spirally wound with a predetermined pitch; a plurality of reinforcing threads disposed on outer surfaces of the inner wall and the coated conductive wires along a pipe axis direction with a suitable interval in a circumferential direction; and an outer wall formed at an outside of the reinforcing threads. The outer portions over the coated conductive wires protrude outward so that the outer surface of the hose is spirally corrugated. The outer wall is formed of a plurality of synthetic resin band materials spirally wound for every pitch of the coated conductive wires.

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 device for stranding elongated stranding elements, in which an axially extending supply member has a surface on which stranding elements are fed to a stranding disk. A first suspension device has a first receiving device for holding a first end of the supply member on an input side. A second suspension device has a second receiving device for holding a second end of the supply member on an output side. First and second locking devices respectively mount the first and second receiving devices in the first and second suspension devices, respectively, such that in a release position of a respective locking device, a respective receiving device is completely displaceable in an axial direction for installing or removing the supply member, and such that in a lock position of the respective locking device, the respective receiving device is secured against detachment during operation of the supply member.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus for winding resistance wire about a filament core. The apparatus includes a plurality of wire supply reels supported by a frame, each wire supply reel having an axial bore extending therethrough and carrying a length of the wire. A filament core is threaded through each of the wire supply reels with a mechanism for directing the filament core between the wire supply reels. The filament core extends through a winding station operable to rotate one of the wire supply reels about the filament core so that wire carried on the wire supply reel is wound about the filament core. The wire supply reel is formed from a cylinder having a flange at each end. The cylinder and flanges together have a continuous slot in communication with the axial bore to permit the threaded filament to exit from the axial bore when the wire supply is exhausted.

Abstract: A machine wraps pipe as it travels along a substantially linear path between a feeder reel from which the pipe is unwound to a take up reel onto which the pipe is rewound. A pipe wrap assembly for wrapping one or more layers of tape about the pipe is rotatably mounted on a carriage. A mechanism mounted on the carriage and engaged with the pipe drives the carriage along the pipe as the pipe travels from reel-to-reel. As the carriage is driven along the pipe, the tape is spirally applied to the pipe by the pipe wrap assembly. The carriage is supported for lateral horizontal movement in response to variation in the unwind and rewind points on the feeder and take-up reels. The carriage is also supported for longitudinal horizontal movement in response to changes in the rate of travel of the pipe relative to the rate of travel of the carriage.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for automatically controlling tension of an armour tape being wrapped around a continuous strand of material, such as an electrical cable, travelling through an armouring machine having a reel of tape and tape feed rolls rotating around the strand and having a motor or suitable variable speed drive (such as a P.I.V. variable speed drive) for controlling the speed of rotation of the tape feed rolls and thus of tape feed rate. To achieve automatic control, the diameter of the strand entering the machine is measured, preferably by a laser, and the diameter of the armour over the strand exiting the machine is also measured, also preferably by a laser. The measurements are communicated to a computer which compares them to preset values. The computer drives the motor or variable speed drive and adjusts them when required depending on the measurements of the two diameters and so as to maintain the preset values during the wrapping operation.

Abstract: A yarn/tow composed of continuous thermoplastic filaments and discontinuous structural filaments wherein the discontinuous structural filaments are intermingled with the continuous thermoplastic filaments. Groups of discontinuous structural filaments have cut ends which are staggered with those of neighboring groups to allow a continuous structural path along the yarn or tow when the thermoplastic is melted to form the matrix of a composite structure. This hybrid continuous/discontinuous (CD) yarn or tow can be "stretched" as the thermoplastic filaments are melted, allowing the structural filaments to slip relative to one another. Woven forms of this CD precursor can then be molded into complex shapes starting from simple preform shapes.

Abstract: A method for installing and recovering transmission cable. A termination box has a stationary winding barrel having a central axis, and a transmission cable guide rotatably coupled to the stationary winding barrel for guiding a transmission cable onto and from the stationary winding barrel by being rotated around the central axis. Various methods show the step for winding and unwinding transmission cable from the termination box; as well as, use of the termination box in conjunction with a strength wire to install transmission cables between a transmission supply point and a transmission receiving point or points.

Abstract: A flexible elongated resistance heating element of improved uniformity and ease of termination has a continuous strip of resistance wire formed about a flexible elongated strand of insulating material in a generally helical pattern of nonuniform pitch with regions of increased pitch and correspondingly reduced turns density which regions experience little increase in temperature when the element is energized. The pitch of the helical resistance wire pattern varies as it approaches each of the ends of the element to provide a region of increased pitch followed by a region of decreased pitch at each end. Shorting wires may thereby be eliminated. An insulating coating surrounds the resistance wire and strand and electrical terminals are connected by crimping to the regions of decreased pitch of the resistance wire at the ends. The heating element may be bonded to a support member in a serpentine pattern with the cool end regions extending freely from the support member.

Abstract: Deflection members for threads, particularly for a hollow spindle machine. The members are movable in translation by a displacement device, from a first position, during normal functioning of the machine, in which each thread (2) is no longer in contact with the corresponding deflection member, and thus with the corresponding twisting device (3), to a second position during the phases of acceleration, deceleration and stoppage of the machine, in which each thread (2) is then applied by the deflection member (1) with which it is in contact, against the corresponding twisting device (3). The thread thus receives during only these three phases, the false tension necessary to impart to it at that time constant tension and winding independent of the speed of thread travel.

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: A method and apparatus for flamme fancy yarn manufacture for textile production of various number of effects along the length and in a given length of ready-made yarn, irrespective of the length of the fibres of the inlet product both from short staple and long staple material as the flamme fancy yarn is obtained by simultaneous feeding of two slivers with one and the same staple fibres length, as one of the slivers may not be subjected to a permanent force in the draft zone, it may be drawn normally without breaking to be used for the formation of a core thread. The apparatus for achieving the method has the advantage of an easy readjustable construction, and the ability to change the range of products without replacement of the performing elements.

Abstract: A method for winding a covered yarn in a covered yarn manufacturing machine. A non-elastic yarn is supplied from a wrapping yarn bobbin and is wrapped around a core yarn made of an elastic yarn to form a covered yarn. The covered yarn is traversed by a traverse guide along a winding bobbin and is wound around the winding bobbin. The traverse guide is displaced along the winding bobbin to a position outside a normal traversing region when the non-elastic yarn on the wrapping yarn bobbin has almost consumed. Thereafter, the covered yarn manufacturing machine is stopped. Then, the consumed wrapping yarn bobbin of non-elastic yarn at supply is replaced by a new wrapping yarn bobbin of non-elastic yarn. The covered yarn manufacturing machine is restarted. The above-described steps of the displacing, the stopping, the replacing and the restarting are repeated with regard to one winding bobbin.

Abstract: Hollow fiber separation membranes are bundled in groups of 5-350 membranes and helically wound with a 20-120 denier yarn. The bundle is more readily handled when making permeators using dry membranes and there is significantly reduced fiber breakage and damage.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the spiral winding of elongated objects, especially hair strands, with at least one winding material in the form of a thread or the like. This apparatus contains a casing (6), an annular disk (7) journaled thereon with a central opening in which a tube (2) intended for the accommodation of the object (3) and having an axis (5) and two ends, a motor (8) for the rotation of the disk (7), at least one spool for the winding material (14) rotatable about an axis (11) and journaled on the disk (7), and at least one guide (12) for the winding material (14), which is fastened to the disk (7) and disposed in the vicinity of one of the tube ends.

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 method of and a device for providing a concentric layer of wire material on a cable (C), in which a number of wires (G) are taken simultaneously and in a tangential direction off a common rotating feed reel (27) on which the wires (G) are wound parallel to one another. The wires (G) are guided into the axial direction, are spread in the circumferential direction and are wrapped around the cable (C), which passes through a hollow shaft (11) supporting the feed reel (27). The method can be used both for armouring cables and for providing a screening.

Abstract: The present yarn tension control device is adaptable for regulating and adjusting the tension being applied to a running yarn being fed along a predetermined path of travel. The device includes first and second plate members having adjacent inner faces positioned on opposite sides of the running yarn with one of the plate members being resiliently urged toward the other plate member and in engagement with one side of the running yarn to thereby apply tension to the running yarn passing therebetween. The inner face of one of the plate members is substantially smooth and flat while the other plate member is provided with an opening extending through the central portion and the inner face is provided with shallow grooves extending radially outwardly from and being communicatively connected with the opening. The opening and the grooves in the plate member cooperate to provide passageways for the passage of air and for the escape of lint from between the plate members.

Abstract: A helix of great length wherein the structure is filled with a filler and wherein the structure is produced by a practice in which the helix structure and filler material are caused to rotate about each other upstream of the point of convergence, while the helix retains its orientation, and the speed of advance of the helix and the speed at which the filler material and helix are rotated are so adjusted that the helix is advanced by one winding during each rotation.

Abstract: A spinning aggregate is disclosed for spinning wrapped yarn. A drivable hollow spindle carrys a corotating sleeve with a binding yarn wound on said sleeve, a corotating positive false-twisting device into which the binding yarn and a sliver enter, said sliver being fed by means of a delivery mechanism having a pair of delivery rollers forming a nip, and a pair of withdrawal rollers following the hollow spindle. It is provided that the distance of the false-twisting device from the nip formed by the pair of delivery rollers of the delivery device is shorter than the median staple length of the sliver to be wound.

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: The present invention relates to a process for covering an elastane yarn stretched by three to five times, with a covering yarn, characterised in that it consists:in a first phase, in covering the drawn elastane yarn with the covering yarn with a twist of the order of one third the usual twist of single-covering, and in receiving this covered yarn on a bobbin,then, in a second phase, in taking up this bobbin of covered yarn on a twisting member to communicate thereto an additional twist until a twist which is equal to the usual twist of single-covering is obtained on this yarn.

Abstract: A wrapped-yarn spinning machine having several spinning places which include each a hollow spindle connected with a drive and carrying a binding thread rotating therewith; the hollow spindle is provided with a false twist device and is arranged between a delivery device for a sliver to be wrapped by spinning and a take-off device for the wrapped yarn; a yarn detector is coordinated to the wrapped yarn which detects the yarn tension and is operable to individually shut down the respective spinning place by interrupting the sliver feed and the drive of the hollow spindle in case of a breakage of the binding thread or of the sliver; the false twist device is provided at the inlet end of the hollow spindle while the yarn detector is arranged between the hollow spindle and the take-off device.

Abstract: An elastic covered yarn and a method and apparatus for producing the same, wherein an elastic yarn is wrapped in stretched condition around a nonelastic yarn as a core yarn, the contracting action of the stretched elastic yarn causing the elastic yarn to take the position of the core yarn, covered with the nonelastic yarn.

Abstract: A method is disclosed in which a silver (2) of textile fibers is drawn in a drawing mechanism (3), strengthened in a wrapping unit (4) by wrapping with a fine filament yarn into a roving (5) and the latter is drawn in the drawing mechanism (11, 12) of a spinning machine down to the desired yarn thickness. Rupture of the filament yarns in the drawing mechanism of the spinning machine takes place not in the predrawing zone but only in the main drawing zone. For wrapping of the roving a filament yarn is employed, the tension in which at an elongation of 4% amounts to at least 10 N and the ultimate strength of which amounts at most to 100 cN, and in which the ratio of elastic elongation to total elongation at a loading of 15 CN does not fall below the value of 80%. The wrapping unit (4) is surrounded with a stationary casing one half (45a) of which may be swung out.

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: Apparatus for laying of optical waveguides into sinuous grooves of a support filament in which a laying device surrounding a feed path for the filament has a plurality of elongate guide elements for the waveguides, the elements extending downstream from a carrier and being inclined to the feed path to terminate in free inner ends. The guide elements are rigid and are allowed by the carrier to have lateral swinging movement to enable their free ends to follow the path of a groove in the support filament as it moves along its feed path. A groove locating projection is provided to maintain positional relationship between the carrier and support filament as the filament passes the carrier.

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: A wrapped yarn spinning unit equipped with a delivery device for a sliver, a hollow spindle that carries a binding thread to be wrapped about the sliver and rotating together with the hollow spindle, a take-off device for the wrapped yarn, a feed tube between the delivery device and the hollow spindle and an air line connected to the feed tube at a distance downstream of the inlet opening of the feed tube and adapted to be connected to a vacuum source; a twist-producing device is further provided within the area of the inlet opening of the hollow spindle.

Abstract: An arrangement for winding yarn (3) from a supply roll (2) by means of a flyer (4) onto a bunch of wires fed through the center hole of the supply roll for automatically transferring to the unwinding of a new supply roll (2') when the yarn on the first supply roll (2) is used up or broken. The new supply roll (2') is disposed downstream of the first supply roll (2) seen in the direction of feed of the bunch of wires and a second flyer (4') is associated with it. Downstream of the new supply roll (2') and the second flyer (4') there is a holding device (13) to loosely hold the free end of the yarn (3') on the new supply roll (2') as long as the yarn (3) on the old supply roll (2) is not used up or broken. At its free end the yarn (3') on the new supply roll (2') is formed into a sliding knot (15) carried by the holding device (13), through which sliding knot the bunch of wires (1) is freely fed.