Abstract: Apparatus with endless screws for forming flat loops of textile yarn.The invention relates to an apparatus having endless screws for forming flat loops of yarn and depositing them on a conveyor belt.The apparatus comprises two endless screws (10 and 11) with parallel axes which are rotatingly driven in opposite directions, two support and guide members (12 and 13) disposed laterally with respect to the screws and two deviating rods (26, 27) equidistant from these screws. These members and these rods serve to carry the loops of yarn, to bring them forward to the vicinity of a conveyor belt (24) and to deposit them on its surface after having previously turned them over.This device is useful to allow the loops of yarn to be immediately turned over without necessitating an intermediate belt to turn them over.

Abstract: Installation for the continuous treatment of at least one textile yarn comprising means for continuously winding at least one yarn picked up on a reel, a deposit head for depositing this yarn on a conveyor belt, at least one thermal treatment enclosure area through which the yarn passes resting freely on the conveyor belt and means for taking up the yarn on the conveyor belt for rewinding it, wherein the thermal treatment enclosure area comprises a yarn drying apparatus using micro-wave or high frequency treatment, and forced ventilation means across the yarn and the conveyor belt.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for quality control of textile threads, and particularly of threads produced by different spinning methods. The apparatus comprises a housing (10) containing two measurement modules. A first module comprises a double condenser (32) and its associated electronic circuit to determine uniformity of linear mass of the thread, a precision scale (31) to determine linear mass and a drive means (33). The second module comprises a device (34) and a device (37) which cooperate to determine twist and elastic recovery of the thread. A manipulator (17) allows automatic positioning of the test pieces of thread (46) admitted into the apparatus through flexible tubes (16). The apparatus offers the advantage of permitting a series of measurements to be taken and computer processed for purposes of statistical compilation and/or memory storage.

Abstract: An improved combination shipping and display structure for neckties or the like. A generally rectangular, open-faced inner carton includes an assembly of tie hanger rods supported from an assembly of supporting horizontal and vertical rods. The assembly of the supporting rods is supported within the inner carton by hinged flaps which are part of the carton side walls and fold inward to secure the assembly of supporting rods into the carton against the back panel thereof. The top of the inner carton folds backward and includes a flap affording an advertising panel and a tongue retained between the carton back panel and a top horizontal rod member in the display mode. The retainer assembly has a back panel formed as one piece with vertical baffles held in slots in inwardly bent portions of the retainer back panel. The inner carton with retainer assembly in place are inserted into a conventional outer carton for shipping.

Abstract: A combination shipping and display structure for neckties or the like. A generally rectangular, open-faced inner carton includes an assembly of tie hanger rods supported from an assembly of horizontal and vertical rods. The top of the inner carton folds backward and includes a flap affording an advertising panel and a tongue retained between the carton back panel and a top horizontal rod member in the display mode. A retainer assembly including spaced U-shaped apertures and baffles laterally supports columns of ties on the hangers. The inner carton and retainer assembly are inserted into a conventional outer carton for shipping.

Abstract: Device comprising two identical air capacitors for continuous measurement of the linear mass of textile products. The thread is passed through the air gap of one of the capacitors. Its presence causes differences in capacitance between the two capacitors which are used to detect any irregularities in the thread. The device is characterized in that it comprises a means of simultaneously modifying the air gap of both capacitors to enable different grades of material to be monitored.

Abstract: (a) A programmable knitting machine(b) Machine comprising a matrix formed of conductors (A.sub.1) intersected by conductors (B.sub.j) at a point of intersection (T.sub.ij), display means (4), means (11, 12, 15, 16) for bringing the conductors (A.sub.i and B.sub.j) into contact, and a microprocessor.(c) The invention concerns the programming of knitting machines.

Abstract: This invention concerns a home knitting machine comprising at least one straight needle bed member provided with grooves slidably receiving the knitting needles, a carriage which is movable on the needle bed member and which is provide with selection units and cam tracks for actuating and displacing the needles of the needle bed member, a programming installation comprising reading means which are electrically connected to the selection units and which are relatively movable with respect to a program card, means for relatively displacing, from one row to the next, the reading means with respect to the program card, mechanical means for connecting the programming installation to the carriage for successive reading of the rows of the program card by the reading means in synchronism with the movement of the carriage, this machine being characterized in that the means for relatively displacing from one row to the next the reading means relative to the program card comprise means for adjusting the pitch of the sca

Abstract: Steam ironing press comprising a movable upper plate equipped with a heating sole and a fixed lower plate, covered with a porous resilient pad which ensures the even distribution of steam over the garment to be ironed. The steam is supplied by a steam generator situated in the base of the apparatus. The upper plate is firmly pressed against the garment, under the effect of a spring which is also used to compensate for the weight of the upper plate when the press is open. The effect of the spring is reversed by the addition of a mechanical support controlled by a press-controlling lever.

Abstract: The process comprises the steps of depositing the yarn onto a conveyor belt in the form of a cohesive flexible continuous hollow cylindrical winding of yarns, said cylindrical winding being supported on said conveyor belt at least along a generatrix of said cylinder, said cylindrical winding being transported through a hood-shaped steaming chamber while following a conveying pass successively ascending, horizontal and descending, the treatment fluid being maintained air-free and pure within said chamber owing to relative specific weight effect.

Abstract: This invention is relative at domestic knitting machine consisting of at least one needle board supporting slidingly in grooves the knitting needles and a movable carriage parallel above the needle board, the carriage being provided with a lock fitted with an electromagnetic needle selection component, which machine is characterized in that the electromagnetic component is mounted on the lock with the aid of a guiding means ensuring free movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the needle board.

Abstract: An electric device selects the needles of a rectilinear knitting machine. A carriage which moves in front of the needles is provided with an electro-magnetic member which successively operates the needls during its displacement. The device includes a memory member containing data for activating the electromagnetic member to operate the needles required for making a determined width of a knitting. A scanning installation scans the memory member synchronously with the displacement of the carriage.

Abstract: A hand knitting machine having a single or double needle bed is provided with a device for selecting needles. This device includes an electromagnetic means located on a movable carriage which is electrically and mechanically connected to a program matrix by an endless metallic ribbon tensioned between two rollers over the width of the needle bed. The selected needles are controlled by an assembly of fixed and movable cams, the active and inactive positions of the latter being determined by a knob and lever assembly.