Abstract: Apparatus is shown for mixing an epoxy adhesive. An epoxy resin and its associated curing agent are simultaneously loaded from separate cartridges into a length of flexible PVC tubing, part of which is contained between a rotor and a stator. Bearings, mounted rotatably about the rotor, engage and travel along the tubing as the rotor is revolved, each bearing compressing the tubing at its point of engagement. The tubing, repeatedly compressed and released by each bearing in succession, kneads the epoxy resin and curing agent into a homogeneous mixture.

Abstract: The apparatus for interlacing a multi-filament yarn within an interlacing passage comprises a body member containing at least one substantially spherical recess for receiving a substantially spherical air jet or blow nozzle element selectively movable in predetermined directions to provide two-dimensional adjustability thereof. Due to this selective movability of the substantially spherical air jet or blow nozzle element, there exists the possibility of controllably moving the air stream issuing from the air jet or blow nozzle element so as to interlace the filaments of the multi-filament yarn. The air stream can be moved within a predetermined operating range in order to thereby optimize the interlacing of the multi-filament yarn.

Abstract: An arrangement for removing shoe wear from a wearer's foot, such as a ski boot or the like, wherein the boot may be clamped and retained on a support by a manually adjustable upright means operately associated with the boot support to hold and clamp various sizes of boot on the support to permit a person wearing the boot to withdraw his or her foot from the boot while standing in an erect comfortable position.

Abstract: A method for fiber entangling of a fibrous web by subjecting said web to a treatment by high velocity water jets on support members, in which said support members comprise a water-pervious support member and water-impervious support member arranged in contact with the lower surface of said water-pervious support member. As said water-pervious support member, a porous screen or a plurality of belts spaced from one another transversely of the fibrous web and as said water-impervious support member, members each having a flat or circular surface on which the web is supported are employed. Preferably, these support members are arranged in a preliminary treatment station for the fibrous web.

Abstract: Textile fibers are crimped by rotating opposed crimping rolls about spaced rotary axes to force-feed the fibers through a nip defined by the rolls and into a stuffer box. A pair of cheek plates are pressed against the ends of the rolls such that a front face of each cheek plate retains the fibers against lateral displacement from the nip, and such that the center of each cheek plate is offset relative to the nip in a direction toward one of the rotary axes. Lubricant is pumped through a passage extending centrally through each cheek plate and onto the front face thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for giving relief in several directions to a textile cloth, characterized in that it consists:in known manner, in winding this cloth on a support tube,then in withdrawing said tube,thereafter in compressing the roll longitudinally along the axis of said support,finally, in fixing the roll thus compressed.The invention is more particularly applicable to fabric for home furnishings or clothes.

Abstract: A tenter frame clip wherein the metal-to-metal contact between the clamping arm and the clip body is cushioned by elastomeric material. The cushioning material can be located on the clip body at the point of contact with the arm, or on a rocker member hinged to the arm and located beneath a strike plate attached to the body.

Abstract: An improved display hanger cover supportable by a clothes hanger to convert the hanger to function as a display hanger for supporting a garment, comprising an elongated body portion having a hollow interior, substantially curvilinearly shaped front and rear walls, and substantially curvilinearly shaped first and second shoulder portions disposable over the side arms of the clothes hanger. A neck portion is supported at the confluence of the first and second shoulder portions with the front and rear walls, and the neck portion has a substantially planar upper surface through which is provided a hook passage slot communicating with the hollow interior. First and second slot portions of the hook passage slot are shaped to respectively pass and selectively retain the hanger neck portion of the clothes hanger, thus permitting angular adjustment of the clothes hanger within the hollow body portion when the display cover hanger is disposed over the clothes hanger.

Abstract: Apparatus for shrinking thread having a spool with a speed control, a liquid tank and rollers for guiding thread into and out of the tank, a drive for drawing the thread off the spool and through the tank, a drying chamber, and rollers in the chamber for guiding the thread, a tension releaser between the drying chamber and the drive to relax tension in the thread, a thread wind-up, a speed sensor for sensing the speed of the thread, and, a process control connected to the speed sensor, and to the drive, and to the speed control to control their operation.

Abstract: The invention concerns the production of three-dimensional thread packages. Vertical rods (11) are maintained in a stationary arranged network by engagement through perforated plates (12,13). A thread (10) is deposited from above this network by a shuttle (9) in a sinuous path between upper end portions of the rods (11). The layers of thread thus formed in succession, supported by the perforated plate (12) which undergoes a descending movement, are compacted by a perforated plate (7) which is lowered upon the finishing of each layer. A lacing arrangement (35) replaces the rods (11) by threads after the thread laying phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of lubricating warp yarn ends arranged in sheet form (W) on the dry side of the drying process (16) as part of the process of preparing a loom beam (22) on a slasher. The method comprises providing a pair of rotating porous lubricating rods (40, 42) arranged on a frame (44, 46) attached to a frame portion (88) of the slasher. The rotating porous rods are provided in the form of a hollow rod having an after lubricant surface (B), an inner lubricant distribution layer A, and a boundary region (32) in which a flow control membrane (C) is formed. The above described construction provides a highly accurate flow control and metering of the lubricant from the interior of the rod outwardly to the application surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for the effective automatic separation of two textile blanks, such as collars for knit sport shirts. Blanks are connected together by connector threads which extend generally in a first dimension. The blanks rest on a support surface, and are engaged by a presser foot which moves into contact with them and then moves them horizontally along the support surface to a first position. At the first position, the connector thread is sensed and severed at one edge of the blanks, and at the other edge of the blanks a pair of brushes mounted on a scissors linkage move into engagement with each other to grasp a loop of the connector thread between them. The scissors linkage is then moved in the first dimension away from the blanks to begin unravelling of the connector thread, and then the connector thread is released.

Abstract: Corduroy cutting machine, including a shaft, a plurality of circular knives disposed adjacent each other on the shaft for cutting open floating wefts of a fabric web being movable along a given travel direction, a plurality of needles having points and having longitudinal slots formed therein for receiving portions of the knives defining a cutting edge opposite the knives, a device for inserting the needles into the floating wefts to be cut open in the direction opposite the given travel direction, a contact table disposed below the needle points, a device for stopping the cutting machine upon contact between the contact table and one of the needles, the needles and the contact table defining a working plane for a cutting operation into which the fabric web is guidable from below over the contact table to the cutting edge, a rear table disposed at a distance from the contact table upstream of the needle points in the given travel direction, a device for holding the rear table in the working plane during the c

Abstract: An expander roller comprises a straight shaft, rotary disk groups having a plurality of rotary disks rotatably put on said shaft, and a stretchable and resilient cylindrical member closely fitted on said rotary disk groups.The rotary disk groups are formed by left- and right-hand rotary disk groups of which respective rotary disks are inclined in the opposite directions from the center to the both ends of said shaft, the inclination angles of the respective rotary disks in each group being gradually increased in the direction from the center to each end of said shaft.With the rotation of the rotary disks by the travelling force of a travelling article, the resilient cylindrical member is rotated as being expanded and contracted along its entire width in the opposite directions from the center to the both ends of said member. The travelling article is expanded with expansion of the resilient cylindrical member.

Abstract: Unit for the production of structured textile velour needle-bonded fabric webs from a pre-needle fleece of staple fibers, consisting of a fleece laying apparatus, a pre-needling machine and a velour needling machine, wherein at least the velour needling machine (15) is equipped with a brush belt (21) carrying the fleece to be needled and serving as needle stitch base, said belt being made up of numerous brush plates (24) carrying bristle clusters (25), the outer edges (26) of said plates (24) being of a zig-zag design formed in such a way that the edges (26) of respectively adjacent lying brush plates (24) interlock in such a way that the bristle clusters (25) along the outer edges are spaced at the same distance towards each other as those in the inner area of the brush plates (24), the bristles of the bristle clusters (24) are trimmed on their free ends in a conical or wedge-shaped manner, the holding down plate lies on the fiber fleece web and is pressed down onto it and crown needles (23) are used for the

Abstract: Apparatus and method to raise the edge fibers of a cut pile carpet tile to ensure that they are cut by the rotating shear which is cutting the rest of the fibers in the tile. The tiles are overfed into the shear so that they abut one another causing the edge fiber, on the edge transverse to the direction of travel of the tiles, to be pushed upwardly. At a position adjacent the shearing member air under pressure is supplied against the traveling edge of the carpet tile to project the edge fibers into the upstanding position.

Abstract: A transfer roll assembly for transferring a length of a textile web in a textile machine includes left and right sets of transfer plates mounted on and extending axially of a drive shaft for coming into frictional, surface contact with a textile web supplied by the textile machine, each set of transfer plates being arranged about the drive shaft so as to form a regular polygon when viewed in cross section, with each individual transfer plate forming one side of the regular polygon. Means are provided for forcibly moving the left and right sets of transfer plates axially away from each other while the plates are in contact with the textile web, whereby the web is subjected to a sufficiently large force for elongating the web in the transverse direction while the web is being transferred by the transfer plates. Also provided are means for adjusting the timing at which the left and right transfer plates separate from each other.

Abstract: A stretching machine for webs of textile material includes a feeding region of the machine for receiving a web of material in a given travel direction, a driven drawing-in cylinder for engaging the web of material, mutually and adjustably spaced apart chain tracks being pivotable about vertical axes in the feeding region, endless needle chains each being deflected in a respective one of the chain tracks for running into and out of the web of material, a needle engagement device downstream of the drawing-in cylinder in the given travel direction of the web of material for running the web of material onto the needle chains, a support for the drawing-in cylinder being movable in the given travel direction of the web of material, and a device connected to the support for maintaining a constant distance between the drawing-in cylinder and the needle engagement device.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously air jet entangling a plurality of advancing multifilament yarns. The apparatus includes a plurality of elongate air jet beams, with each beam having a longitudinal air passageway extending along its length, and at least one row of closely spaced air jet nozzle heads supported along each of the beams. Each of the nozzle heads includes a plurality of individual yarn entanglement nozzles and a central air chamber connecting the central air chamber to the air passageway. Also, an air jet aperture communicates between the air passageway and the yarn duct of each entanglement nozzle for directing an impinging airstream against an advancing yarn passing through the duct. The beams are mounted for adjustment on a supporting frame so that the nozzle heads may be positioned in proper alignment with a sheet of yarns passing therethrough. The beams may be rectangular or round in cross section and the nozzle heads are releasably connected along the length of the beams.

Abstract: Apparatus for the effective manufacturing of bulk yarn employing fluid and comprising two assembled blocks of simple geometric form. The apparatus is characterized by a yarn path part having a polygonal cross section which is defined by planes arranged in the yarn-travelling direction. A part of the yarn path part, however, is provided with a fluid-jetting opening and is constructed with a different cross-section. That part, the yarn-treating section, is defined by curved faces and planes having a cross-section larger than that of the polygonal cross-section of the yarn path part. The bottom part of the yarn treating section has a curved face with said fluid-jetting opening therein, a separate covering part encloses the yarn path part to tunnel-like member.