Abstract: Apparatus for controlling tension in a traveling yarn being delivered to a driven winding apparatus includes sequential yarn-engaging first and second idler rolls, one having a stationary rotational axis and the rotational axis of the other being movable in a defined path responsive to tension variations in the traveling yarn, a piston-and-cylinder biasing assembly for urging the movable roll into yarn tensioning engagement, and a potentiometer for sensing tension-responsive movement of the movable roll and operatively associated with the winding apparatus for varying its yarn winding speed to compensate for such tension variations. In one embodiment, the movable roll follows a horizontal path of movement and is spaced considerably from the stationary roll for functioning as a yarn accumulator. In a second embodiment, the movable roll pivots through an arcuate path of movement centered about the stationary roll.

Abstract: A stretching apparatus in accordance with the invention has an upstream roll (2) and a downstream roll (6) which are driven with a given peripheral speed ratio, together with a plurality of intermediate rolls (8, 9) which are not motorized, but which are coupled to each other to rotate with a given peripheral speed ratio which is less than the speed ratio between the upstream and downstream rolls (2, 6).

Abstract: A winding apparatus which includes a plurality of yarn supply package stations for holding a plurality of packages of multifilament yarn, a processing station for receiving yarns from the yarn supply packages and processing the yarn, and a take-up package. The improvement comprises a yarn randomizing device positioned downstream from the supply packages and upstream from the processing station for intermixing filaments within a single yarn and among the plurality of yarns in a random and irregular manner before delivery of the yarns to the processing station thereby preventing patterning in the processed yarn, such as a rotating roller having threads thereon for reciprocating the yarns from one side of the roller to the other.

Abstract: Putting on aid for putting on stockings, particularly compression stockings, characterized by a frame-like construction with at least four substantially equidistantly spaced, parallel-extending support rods (10,12,14,16) whereof first ends are interconnected by means of a first clip (18) and whereof the second ends are interconnected by means of a second clip (20), the first substantially semicircular clip (18) with a diameter corresponding to the stocking width and the substantially U-shaped second clip (20) with a significantly greater width being interconnected.

Abstract: The invention is a mechanical method for measuring the position of a weft thread in a moving textile fabric and aligning the weft thread. The invention is also an apparatus for carrying out the method. The method comprises introducing substantially at points, a tension (in the direction of the weft thread) and to scan at least in two places the forces that appear in the textile and therefrom determine the draft angle. The method also emcompasses stretching the textile sheet with increasing force in the direction of travel over a follower stretching device and measuring the propelling/dragging forces on the stretching device and determining the draft angle from those measurements.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing pattern warps on a cone warping machine comprises a drum, a support, a warping reed and lease rods, means for displacing the lease rods, and a driving means for rotating the drum. There is provided a tong-type gripper (60) for shifting the lease rods (61) axially and in height. The warping reed (25) is displaceably supported as a sliding reed from one central position to both sides, and it may be adjusted vertically with respect to drum (2).

Abstract: A clothes press hanger including a body member having a hook member extending upwardly therefrom and pairs of arms and legs extending outwardly therefrom so that one pair of spaced apart arms extends outwardly from one side of the body member, another pair of spaced apart arms extends outwardly from the opposite side of the body member, and a pair of spaced apart arms extends downwardly from the body member. The hanger is fabricated from a plastic or rubber-like material to permit the arms and legs of each pair to be bent and spread apart from each other in order to press a garment hanging on the hanger into shape to avoid any creasing and wrinkling thereof. Preferably, reinforcement members are disposed in the arms and legs to maintain the arms and legs in their bent positions. Each of the arms and legs is bent downwardly and folded back on itself to provide a compact storage position for the hanger.

Abstract: A hanger specifically designed for holding and suspending lightweight clothing, particularly delicate fabrics, has a rigid, elongated body terminating at each end in a pair of arms, one on top and one on the bottom of the body forming article receiving slots opening toward the center of the hanger. A third arm creates a downwardly opening slot at the end of the body. The arms are designed to permit limited flexing for seating and removing articles from the slots. The flexing occurs as a hinging action at the point of attachment to the body and at this point the arms are reinforced. The upper of the slots may have a pocket portion for positively securing garment straps and the like and also a finger member spaced from the inner end of the upper arm to form an upwardly opening entry to the slot or it may have a spring-like finger in the pocket which clamps a garment inserted into the pocket area.

Abstract: A needling apparatus for making a patterned felt web comprises at least one needle board, which is connected to a needle board drive, a feed drive for feeding the felt web through a felt guide between a felt support and a stripper, and means for adjusting the stroke position of the needle board relative to the felt guide between an idle stroke position and a working stroke position for the largest depth of penetration. To permit an increase of the average feeding speed along a series of patterns, the feeding speed imparted to the feed web by the feed drive is adapted to be controlled in dependence on the stroke position of the needle board relative to the felt guide in accordance with a predetermined coordination between the stroke position of the needle board and the feeding speed of the felt web.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for shrink treating both woven and knitted textile fabrics with essentially equal effectiveness provides a fabric-elevating intake device, a shrinking unit, a calendering device and a cuttling device in sequence for shrink treatment of woven fabrics in conventional fashion. Knitted fabrics bypass the fabric wetting device in the intake device and are wetted only lightly by a steaming cylinder provided at the intake side of the shrinking unit. An auxiliary fabric spreading device having driven rolls is also provided at the intake side of the shrinking unit to insure that knitted fabric is opened to a smooth full-width flat form. A small diameter drying cylinder is provided for partially drying knitted fabric without passage through the calendering device and a conveyor transports the knitted fabric in a relaxed condition to a winding mechanism.

Abstract: A spreader for tubular fabric has a divided central carrier to which struts or support arms are pivoted for carrying longitudinal guide rods, e.g., in parallelogram type fashion. The two sections of the central spreader carrier telescope relative to each other against the force of a spring which presses the two sections of the spreader against upper and lower sets of position determining roller pairs. Support rollers are inserted between the positioning determining roller sets at the upper and lower ends of the spreader. The operation or action of the struts or support arms enables the adjustment of the spreader even in its working position while fabric is running over the spreader. This is possible by changing the axial length of the spreader by an externally arranged lifting mehcanism for raising and lowering at least one of the position determining roller sets. Raising one roller set decreases the spreader diameter while lowering at least one roller set increases the spreader diameter.

Abstract: A hanger for the hanging of plural garments has a body portion for hanging a first garment, the body portion having a central opening, a hook portion extending outwardly of the body portion and a cross-member cooperative with the body portion to bound the central opening and snap-hinge units, each in the form of an integral body for the hanging of a second garment. Each snap-hinge unit has first and second hinge members for releasable retention of the second garment, a snap-hinge selectively operable for biasing the first and second hinge members into such retention of the second garment in one state thereof and for biasing the first and second hinge members to release the second garment from such retention in a second state thereof, and detent structure for securement of the snap-hinge units to the cross-member, irrespective of the state of the snap-hinge.

Abstract: A carpet shearing machine for modular carpet which includes a moveable table which is provided with means for holding the modular carpet. A carpet shear is positioned on a moveable frame which is adjustable to a predetermined distance above the moveable table. The moveable frame may be pivoted and raised above the moveable table such that the modular carpet on the table may be passed beneath and through the shear and thereafter the shear is raised to permit the moveable table to return to its original position.