Patents by Inventor Pihua ZHANG

Pihua ZHANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240125010
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a twisting machine for automatic donning, including an outer yarn branch rail arranged at the middle position of the twisting machine, wherein the outer yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the outer yarn carrier assembly to deliver the outer yarn winding package by suspending; further including an inner yarn branch rail arranged at the both sides of the twisting machine, the inner yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the inner yarn carrier assembly to deliver the inner yarn winding package by suspending. The forementioned structure enables the outer yarn winding package and the inner yarn winding package to be delivered high-efficiently in large scale by suspending and conveying, so as to largely reduce the labor intensity of operators and greatly improve production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20240124227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a whole-process automatic loading-and-unloading and logistics system, including an outer yarn preparation area, an inner yarn preparation area, a weaving area and an in-air conveying rail; the outer yarn preparation area is configured to have a carrier assembly, which delivers an outer yarn winding package to an outer yarn branch rail of a twisting machine in a twisting area via the out yarn main rail of the in-air conveying rail; in the inner yarn preparation area, the carrier assembly delivers an inner yarn winding package to an inner yarn branch rail of the twisting machine in the twisting area via the inner yarn main rail of the in-air conveying rail; in the twisting area, the carrier assembly delivers a yarn product to a yarn product donning rail in the weaving area via the yarn product main rail of the in-air conveying rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20240125011
    Abstract: A lifting system for inner yarn rails relates to the technical field of twisting and weaving equipment in factories, the system comprises an in-air conveying rail, and a carrier unit, wherein the in-air conveying rail is configured to convey the carrier unit, and the carrier unit is configured to carry a winding package; an inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is arranged on the in-air conveying rail, the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is positioned on both sides of a twisting machine; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section rises, it communicates with the in-air conveying rail; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section descends, it approaches the position of a spindle bucket of the twisting machine. The winding packages delivered each time by one carrier unit can correspond to every spindle position of the twisting machine, dramatically improving the delivery efficiency of the winding packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Patent number: 11926935
    Abstract: An automatic yarn feeding system is provided. The system comprises a yarn feeding track which is arranged on the twisting machine in a length direction of the twisting machine and provided with a yarn feeding manipulator walking along the yarn feeding track; and a supply zone which is arranged on one side of the yarn feeding track and used to buffer base yarns. The yarn feeding manipulator is used to convey the base yarns from the supply zone to a yarn feeding creel of each spindle position. The yarn feeding track is located in the middle of the top of the twisting machine. The supply zone is provided with a structure for buffering a plurality of base yarns, and is located on one side of an end of the yarn feeding track on the top of a control cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: YICHANG JINGWEI TEXTILE MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pihua Zhang, Ming Xiao, Yongming Li, Haibo Jiang, Ming Zhang, Huanian Yang
  • Publication number: 20220074084
    Abstract: An automatic yarn feeding system is provided. The system comprises a yarn feeding track which is arranged on the twisting machine in a length direction of the twisting machine and provided with a yarn feeding manipulator walking along the yarn feeding track; and a supply zone which is arranged on one side of the yarn feeding track and used to buffer base yarns. The yarn feeding manipulator is used to convey the base yarns from the supply zone to a yarn feeding creel of each spindle position. The yarn feeding track is located in the middle of the top of the twisting machine. The supply zone is provided with a structure for buffering a plurality of base yarns, and is located on one side of an end of the yarn feeding track on the top of a control cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: YICHANG JINGWEI TEXTILE MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pihua ZHANG, Ming XIAO, Yongming LI, Haibo JIANG, Ming ZHANG, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20210404094
    Abstract: An intelligent yarn loading system and a control method are provided. The intelligent yarn loading system comprises a twisting machine, a self-walking trolley and a dispatching control system; the twisting machine is provided with a twisting machine wireless communication module for sending a working state of the twisting machine to the dispatching control system; the self-walking trolley is provided with a trolley wireless controller and a self-walking device for receiving an instruction of the dispatching control system and walking to a station of the twisting machine to take off an empty bobbin, and put a basic yarn on a creel of the twisting machine or take off a finished product package for stacking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: YICHANG JINGWEI TEXTILE MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming ZHANG, Pihua ZHANG, Ming XIAO, Hongyong FAN, Haibo JIANG, Huanian YANG
  • Patent number: 11014773
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a distance from a balloon to an ingot tank is provided. The device comprises a set of photoelectric transmitting tube and photoelectric receiving tube which are arranged in a height range of a balloon, Wherein a light beam between the photoelectric transmitting tube and the photoelectric receiving tube is arranged to be tangent to an appropriate balloon, and is used for detecting whether the balloon is located at an appropriate position according to a number of pulses received by the photoelectric receiving tube in one period of rotation of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jian Nie, Pihua Zhang, Song Pan, Lei Wu, Huanian Yang, Ming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200024100
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a distance from a balloon to an ingot tank is provided. The device comprises a set of photoelectric transmitting tube and photoelectric receiving tube which are arranged in a height range of a balloon, Wherein a light beam between the photoelectric transmitting tube and the photoelectric receiving tube is arranged to be tangent to an appropriate balloon, and is used for detecting whether the balloon is located at an appropriate position according to a number of pulses received by the photoelectric receiving tube in one period of rotation of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: YICHANG JINGWEI TEXTILE MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Song PAN, Lei WU, Huanian YANG, Ming ZHANG