With Threading Patents (Class 28/272)
  • Patent number: 10988864
    Abstract: Various techniques involve a device for entangling a plurality of individual threads of a composite thread in a melt-spinning process for the production of crimped yarns. The device to this end has a plurality of entanglement nozzles which are collectively held on a support. In order to enable a flexible utilization of the entanglement nozzles and of thread guiding, the entanglement nozzles on the support are assigned at least one thread guide in such a manner that the threads are guidable optionally in the entanglement nozzles and/or in the thread guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Hubert, Ludger Legge, Jan Westphal, Eike Holle, Mathias Stündl
  • Patent number: 10597800
    Abstract: Nozzle (1) for manufacturing knotted yarn (11), having a yarn duct (2) in which knots are producible with the aid of air entanglement. The nozzle includes at least one air bore (3) having a longitudinal axis (A), which merges with the yarn duct (2) in a merging opening (4). Air is introducible into the yarn duct (2) through the air bore. The longitudinal axis (A) of the air bore (3) is disposed at an angle of less than 90°, preferably 65-85°, particularly preferably 78° in relation to a conveying direction (B) of the knotted yarn (11). A baffle face (5) is configured on the opposite side of the merging opening (4) of the air bore (3) in the yarn duct (2), so as to be substantially perpendicular in relation to the longitudinal axis (A) of the air bore (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HEBERLEIN AG
    Inventor: Patrick Buchmüller
  • Patent number: 10415159
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus that produces carbon nanotube yarn at high speed includes a yarn producing unit that aggregates running carbon nanotube fibers. The yarn producing unit includes a nozzle body, a first nozzle provided in the nozzle body to generate a first swirl flow, with compressed air, in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the carbon nanotube fibers running, and a second nozzle provided in the nozzle body to generate a second swirl flow, with compressed air, in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the carbon nanotube fibers running and opposite to the direction of the first swirl flow. The first nozzle and the second nozzle are provided at positions different in the direction of the carbon nanotube fibers running in the nozzle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Yano
  • Patent number: 9758908
    Abstract: A transport of carbon fiber bundles, in as fabricated carbon fiber tow form, with in-line manipulation of the fiber bundles (spreading or spreading and volumization with manipulators) during fiber bundle transport is described herein. A method including positively transporting and placing a fiber bundle via a moveable fiber bundle delivery mechanism interposed between a fiber bundle supply and a fiber bundle delivery location, manipulating at least one of a fiber volume and an areal weight of the fiber bundle via an air jet device coupled between the fiber bundle delivery location and the fiber bundle supply, and controlling delivery of the fiber bundle tension from the fiber supply through an electronic unwinder is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Le Costaouec, Paul Perea
  • Patent number: 9670600
    Abstract: A spinning unit is provided for an air jet spinning machine with a spinning nozzle used to manufacture yarn from a fiber strand. The spinning nozzle has an inlet for the fiber strand, a vortex chamber, a yarn forming element protruding into the vortex chamber, and a draw-off channel for the yarn. An additive supply is assigned to the spinning nozzle and designed so that the spinning nozzle is supplied with an additive. The yarn forming element has at least one additive duct that ends in the vortex chamber or the draw-off channel. The additive supply encompasses an additive supply line connected to the additive duct so that an additive introduced into the additive duct via the additive supply line can be introduced into the draw-off channel and/or the vortex chamber. A process for operating an air jet spinning machine with at least one spinning unit is provided. An additive is added, at least intermittently, to the spinning nozzle of the spinning unit while it is operating with the help of an additive supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gernot Schäffler, Jörg Hehl, Andreas Fischer
  • Patent number: 9422645
    Abstract: A device treats a thread with compressed air. To this end, the device has an intermingling device which is encapsulated in a housing with respect to the environment. For thread guidance, the housing has a thread inlet and an opposite thread outlet. In order to prevent direct transmission of noise through the thread inlet and the thread outlet, the thread inlet and/or the thread outlet is formed in each case by two separate opening slots in quick succession and a thread guiding member between the opening slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Hubert, Claus Matthies, Jan Westphal
  • Patent number: 8726474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a texturing device (1) for texturing at least one continuous yarn consisting of a plurality of filaments. This texturing device (1) has at least one housing (10) and at least one nozzle core (20), which can be charged with a fluid. The nozzle core (20) includes a yarn channel (21) and at least one fluid feed channel (22), opening into the yarn channel with a radial component. Furthermore, the nozzle core (20) includes an outlet region (23) of the yarn channel (21) and an inlet region (24) with an inlet opening (25) of the yarn channel (21). The distance between the inlet opening (25) of the inlet region (24) and the fluid feed channel (22) of the nozzle core (20) opening into the yarn channel (21) is at most 12.5 mm. The region (11), which is located ahead of the inlet region (24) of the nozzle core (20) in the direction of filament movement, has a radial outer delimiting area (12). This lies outside a cone of 20° narrowing in the direction of filament movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Simmen, Gotthilf Bertsch, Kurt Klesel
  • Patent number: 7127785
    Abstract: A textile interlacing slide jet (2), (102) includes a jet body (10), a jet carriage (40, 140) on which a ceramic jet nozzle insert (30, 130) is mounted, and a spring housing (52) that includes a stack of compression spring washers (70,170), such as Belleville washers. The spring housing (52) is rotatable, relative to an upper arm (20) of the jet body (10), to a tilted position to permit insertion and removal of the jet carriage (40, 140) and the jet nozzle insert (30, 130) without the use of special tools. The compression spring washers (70, 170) are located in the spring housing (52) directly above a ceramic plate (66, 166) located on the bottom of the spring housing. These springs (70, 170) urge the ceramic plate or bottom layer into engagement of the top surface of the jet nozzle insert (30, 130) so that the ceramic plate (66, 166) can close a yarn channel when the jet carriage (40, 140) and the jet nozzle insert (30, 130) have been moved to a closed position by rotation of an actuating lever (80, 180).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: International Machinery Sales, Inc
    Inventor: Nicolas C. Sear
  • Patent number: 6834418
    Abstract: The invention provides an interlacing air nozzle for increasing the airtightness thereof, wherein the dual-leverage principle thereof enables front and rear top members to simultaneously move up and down, and the front top member is also capable of pressing horizontally downward without abrading the structure as a whole. The main body of the invention includes a front top member, a rear top member, a connection piece, a base, a front base, a sliding member and an airtight washer member. The airtight washer member that is flexible using a spring is provided within the front top member, and the up-and-down movements thereof are employed for horizontally pressing the sliding member having an air inlet and a yarning groove above, thereby increasing the airtightness and practical values thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Bell New Ceramics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuan-Chin Chiang
  • Patent number: 6438812
    Abstract: Apparatus for intermingling multifilament yarns, having an intermingling assembly with a thread channel (3; 11), and at least one blowing channel (5′, 5″; 6′, 6″) opening into the thread channel (3; 11), and capable of receiving compressed air, wherein the cross-section of each blowing channel (5′, 5″; 6′, 6″) increases in the direction of the thread channel (3; 11) and the thread channel (3; 11) for each blowing channel (5′, 5″; 6′, 6″) has a first segment (3′) before the opening of the blowing channel (5′, 5″; 6′, 6″), a second segment (3″) in the area of the opening of the blowing channel (5′, 5″; 6′, 6″), and a third segment (3′″) after the opening of the blowing channel (5′, 5″; 6′, 6″), whereby the second segment (3″) of the thread channel has larger cross-sectional areas than those of the first and third segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Heberlein Fibertechnology, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter-Bernhard Jansen
  • Patent number: 6365091
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for making industrial continuous filament yarn by entangling a polyester multifilament yarn at high temperature, under yarn traction force less than 140 cN. By means of a tangling cop tube consisting of a body (1) provided with a perforated plate (2) and a deflection plate (3), heat is directly transmitted to the polyester filament and the air passing through the cop tube body (1) is directly transmitted to a metal block (8) with high thermal conductivity directly connected to the deflection plate (3). In the device for implementing said method, the deflection plate (3) is directly connected to a metal block (8) with high thermal conductivity, wherein a bore (7) is provided for housing a heating element. The polyester continuous filament designed for spinning applications, with a yarn count of 500-2000 dtex, has a resistance of at least 70 cN/tex for a breaking elongation less than 24%, and a knot strength higher than 80% and a spacing between 2 knots more than 4.0 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Rhodia Filtec AG
    Inventor: Istvan Csonka
  • Patent number: 6311376
    Abstract: A relatively compact air jet is provided having a base and an operating part which is mounted on the base to rotate relative thereto to expose a yarn channel for threading. A straight air inlet through the base communicates with the yarn channel and has a valve member disposed within it. A connecting pin moved by a cam surface in the operating part acts on the valve member to open the air inlet when the operating part is in the operating position, but allows the air pressure on the valve member to close air inlet when the operating part is rotated to the threading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Fiberglass Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm Geoffrey Hinchliffe, Gordon Stirling Rigg
  • Patent number: 6148490
    Abstract: A texturizing device for yarn texturing includes a yarn channel having movable components for rapidly releasing the entire yarn path. The nozzle body of the texturizing device preferably includes two parts as a glide plate and a sliding nozzle plate, in which the yarn channel is arranged in a U-shape in the slide plate and moved in relation to a flat glide plate via an articulated lever. Depending on the position of the articulated lever, the entire yarn path is fully open for threading or closed for texturing operation. A deflector may also be provided and can either be connected to moving parts or non-moving parts of the device. An air supply may be coupled with the sliding nozzle plate such that the air supply is blocked in the threading position of the articulating lever and open in the operating position of the articulating lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Heberlein Fibertechnology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gotthilf Bertsch
  • Patent number: 6052878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluid jet interlace apparatus and related methods for interlacing filaments into a yarn with the filaments intermingled with adjacent ones of the filaments and groups of the filaments to maintain unity of the yarn by frictional constraint between the filaments at periodic nodes along the yarn. The invention also relates to methods of making fluid jet interlace apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kevin Lyle Allred, Matthew Dewey Hubert, Maria Roxana Maksymowych, Maurice Cornelius Todd, Peter Veenema, Darwin Rex Wall
  • Patent number: 5992472
    Abstract: A pneumatic valve device for a yarn feeding device includes a housing, at least two valves in flow channels leading to a plurality of consumers, and first and second valve openers. The first valve opener establishes a connection with at least one consumer, whereas the second valve opener can establish a connection with all of the consumers. Flow channels are provided which are separated from one another and lead to the at least one consumer and to the remaining consumers, and a unilaterally operating drag coupling is also provided between the second valve opener and the valve that is actuated by the first valve opener. The actuating movement of the second valve opener is also transferable to the valve by means of the unilaterally operating drag coupling. In the yarn feeding device, a first threading nozzle or the first and at least a second threading nozzle are selectively pressurized by means of the valve device, optionally together with a pneumatic piston-cylinder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: IRO AB
    Inventor: Adriano Maroino
  • Patent number: 5970593
    Abstract: Either multiple open slot air jets 2 or multiple closed jets 102 interlacing yarn can be positioned side by side in abutting relationship so that the jets can be positioned in close proximity to decrease the centerline spacing for adjacent yarns. An open slot air interlacing jet 2 includes a yarn channel 20 and a threading slot 42 forming an opening on one side of the yarn channel so that yarn or yarn filaments can be inserted into the yarn channel. An air orifice 40 intersects the yarn channel and high pressure air injected through the air inlet or orifice 40 interlaces or intertwines the yarn or yarn filaments as they are drawn through the yarn channel 20. Thread guides 58, 60 located below the yarn channel axis and the tapered yarn channel sections permit the yarn to be drawn through the yarn channel 20 at an angle relative to the threading slot 42 so that the yarn cannot easily escape from the yarn channel 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: International Machinery Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicolas C Sear
  • Patent number: 5950290
    Abstract: An air interlacing jet 2 includes a yarn channel 20 and a threading slot 42 forming an opening on one side of the yarn channel so that yarn or yarn filaments can be inserted into the yarn channel. An air orifice 40 intersects the yarn channel and high pressure air injected through the air inlet or orifice 40 interlaces or intertwines the yarn or yarn filaments as they are drawn through the yarn channel 20. The body 4 of the interlacing jet or jet insert 2 is a single piece member and the yarn channel 20 includes outwardly tapered sections 28 and 32 at each end. The tapered sections are formed by an EDM process. Thread guides 58, 60 located below the yarn channel axis and the tapered yarn channel sections permit the yarn to be drawn through the yarn channel 20 at an angle relative to the threading slot 42 so that the yarn cannot easily escape from the yarn channel 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: International Machinery Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicolas C. Sear
  • Patent number: 5913976
    Abstract: The invention comprises a fixture and method for holding optical waveguid such as fiber optic cable, in a relatively stable fashion for processing. The fixture includes a first frame and a second frame, releasably securable to the first frame to form a unitary structure. Chambers disposed in at least one of the frames are adapted for removably receiving optical fiber cable when the first and second frames are released from one another and for securely retaining with molding material optical fiber cables when the first and second frames form the unitary structure. A process area is defined in the unitary structure such that segments of optical fiber cables secured therein are accessible in the process area for processing. An optional coating fixture is securable to said unitary structure for forming with a molding material a protective coating about the cable segments in the processing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Scott L. Patton, Robert M. Payton
  • Patent number: 5839176
    Abstract: Yarn hanging and blowing nozzle structure, comprising mainly a hollow housing in which is a fixed block, at one end of the fixed block is an air inlet, on top of the fixed block are a movable first slide block and a second slide block, between the two slide blocks is a driving mechanism, for moving the first and the second slide blocks in opposite directions, a block piece located in the housing corresponding to the air inlet of the fixed block and between the two slide blocks, the block piece having an air hole that communicates with the air inlet; so, before blowing air on the yarns, the yarns are hanged on the block piece, the first and the second slide blocks are respectively driven to move in opposite directions, so the air inlet communicates with the air hole, and the block piece is obstructed by the second slide block, so the compressed air is blown directly onto the yarns, thus the operator needs only move the two slide blocks to expose the block piece outside the housing for either yarn hanging proce
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Inventor: Sue-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 5713113
    Abstract: A device for treating at least one running multifilament yarn with compressed air contains one continuous yarn channel (13, 14, 15) which is circular in cross section. Into a cylindrical middle section (14) of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) three blowing medium feed holes (16, 17) empty. The axes of these blowing medium feed holes (16, 17)intersect the axis of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) at one common point each at an angle of 15.degree. to 40.degree.. With this device it is possible to treat multifilament yarn (M1) which is supplied to the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) with an excess delivery of 0 to 15% and which is discharged, transversely to the axis of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15), from the device such that the filaments of yarn are uniformly intertwined with one another over the length of the yarn and thus no protruding loops are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Heberlein Maschinenfabrik AG
    Inventor: Ali Demir
  • Patent number: 5675879
    Abstract: This invention comprises a yarn threading apparatus for a draw texturing machine for enabling yarn threading through yarn guides to be easily carried out with respect to a non-contact type heater positioned horizontally in the upper part of the machine, with a twist exerting apparatus comprising a nozzle part for supplying compressed air for transporting such yarn through a guide pipe which guides the transported yarn to the entrance of the heater and retractable guides in said heater retractable when the yarn is being threaded and insertable after the yarn is threaded for receiving a guide such threaded yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Nagao, Hiroshi Takada
  • Patent number: 5581859
    Abstract: A thread treating nozzle includes two relatively movable parts (10) and (12) which may be brought into mutual contact to define a thread treating passage and which may be moved apart to permit insertion of the thread. The part (12) is an elastic plate (12) supported by a plate mounting structure (120) which includes a housing member (122) containing a pressurizable chamber (200) in which a bridge member (201) is guided freely for movement as a piston by guide walls (206). To prevent the pressure medium contained in the cylinder space from escaping via the clearance between the guide walls (206) and the bridge member (201) a seal (204) is provided. The bridge member (201) includes a base plate (202) contacting the bottom (208) of the seal (204), and bridge members (203) are fitted on plate (202) to bear against the plate (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 5575049
    Abstract: A self stringing jet for air texturing yarn having a yarn needle slidably mounted in the jet body for movement from a preset operating position to a string-up position. The yarn needle may be removed for inspection without disturbing the appropriate operating position by attaching a flange located outside the jet body to the yarn needle in a manner to engage means for stopping slidable movement of the yarn needle in the operating position. The flange is rotatable from engagement with means for stopping slidable movement of the yarn needle to permit the yarn needle to be moved axially out from the body without disturbing the means for stopping the yarn guiding member or without further rotation; the means for stopping slidable movement of the yarn needle is resettable to various positions to handle texturing of various yarn sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Adly A. Gorrafa, Jagdish N. Shah
  • Patent number: 5475908
    Abstract: In entangling nozzles for entangling a plurality of filaments, a device is proposed which can be integrated into warping systems or the like, in which the entangling nozzles are arranged on a traverse which is movable with respect to the air-feed beam, the movement of the traverse taking place manually or pneumatically, against compression springs connected to the entangling nozzle. In this connection, the baffle plates are fastened, fixed in position, by a holder, for instance on the air-feed beam. Thus the entangling nozzles are opened for thread insertion by moving the traverse, and with it the entangling nozzle, away from the fixed baffle plate. By such movement the air feed may also be cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Temco GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Scherpf, Hans Hermanns
  • Patent number: 5475909
    Abstract: A yarn entangling device having a housing with an air pressure cushion in it for urging a piston normally outwardly of the housing. The piston has an air passage through it. Shifting the piston outwardly blocks the air passage. A blast nozzle is secured to the piston for being supplied with air through the piston. A baffle plate opposed to the blast nozzle defines a yarn channel. A holder supports the baffle plate for movement away from and into contact with the blast nozzle. With the holder moving the baffle plate toward the blast nozzle, the piston is shifted to open the air passage to the piston, and with the yarn channel opened with the baffle plate away from the blast nozzle, the piston is moved out of the housing by the air pressure cushion cutting off the air flow to the blast nozzle. A closing flap acts through a detent to secure the holder and baffle plate to close the yarn channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Temco GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Heil, Klaus Rippstein, Hans-Dieter Scherpf, Klaus Schmidt, Gunther Schmitt
  • Patent number: 5341977
    Abstract: A yarn drawing-in nozzle for drawing a yarn through an eye of a drawn-through member, comprising: a compression nozzle provided in an upstream side of the drawn-through member and having a block, the block being formed with a guide passage to which compressed air is supplied and into which the yarn with its distal end portion is inserted and through which the yarn is drawn through the eye of the drawn-through member with the aid of the compressed air; the guide passage of the compression nozzle being defined by an axially elongated groove having an upper open end and a bottom surface along a yarn drawing-in direction so that the compressed air is supplied through the bottom surface to the guide passage and that the distal end portion is drawn toward the bottom surface through the upper open end and that the yarn is drawn through the eye of the drawn-through member from a distal end of the yarn along the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Teijin Seiki Company Limited
    Inventor: Yoshihide Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5231743
    Abstract: A self-stringing jet device which is compact, easy to disassemble, and easy to string up includes a body, a yarn inlet section, and a movable venturi located at the outlet end of the jet. The venturi may be moved from a string up position to an operating position by engaging the movable venturi located within the jet with a tapered pin that matches a v-shaped groove in the venturi to act as a cam to move the venturi to the string-up position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Arnold S. Goldstein
  • Patent number: 5191680
    Abstract: An air gun for producing nonwoven fabrics has an inlet, a carrier path and a compressed air blow port. The air gun receives filaments spun from high speed spinning nozzles and delivers them onto a screen belt to form a web. The inlet of the air gun receives the filament from the spinning nozzle. The carrier path then puts the filament on an air flow to deliver it while the compressed air blow port is open in the midst of the carrier path to an air inlet from a compressed air source. On a downstream side of the carrier path from the compressed air blow port an exhaust path is provided. When the filament is introduced into the inlet of the air gun, a part of the air flowing into the carrier path is discharged from this exhaust path. Because the exhaust path remains open during filament introduction, a negative pressure at the filament inlet increases thereby sucking the filaments into the inlet. The exhaust path can then be closed and the filaments will be drawn and delivered under constant traction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kaneko, Nobuo Higashiya, Hiroyuki Hamasuna
  • Patent number: 5165993
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filament yarn of aromatic polyamides which is impregnated with solid particles of a fluorine-containing polymer and/or graphite. The solid particles are incorporated into the yarn by very uniformly distributing them over the filaments in that the solid particles are applied to the yarn from an aqueous dispersion and the yarn is subjected to a blowing treatment while feeding them at an excess feed rate or not. The yarn thus impregnated is first of all intended to be processed into a packing material or rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Akzo N.V.
    Inventors: Willem C. van Anholt, Martinus W. M. G. Peters
  • Patent number: 5146660
    Abstract: The device comprises a body (1, 2) with a continuous yarn channel into which terminate a blast nozzle (7) and a threading slot (8). The yarn channel is defined by two hollow wall surfaces (11.1, 11.2 and 12.1, 12.3) emanating from respectively one rim of the orifice of the threading slot (8) and being symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry (E) containing the axis (A) of the yarn channel. The two wall surfaces contain jointly at least four component surfaces (11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3) of which at least two (11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3) are planar. The rim of the orifice of the threading slot (8) lying on the side of the blast nozzle (7) has a larger spacing from the plane of symmetry (E) than the other rim. Thread guides (13) are inserted in the body (1, 2) at both ends of the yarn channel, keeping the multifilament yarn to be air-bulked at a distance from the orifice of the blast nozzle (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Heberlein Maschinenfabrik AG
    Inventor: Helmut Ritter
  • Patent number: 5111852
    Abstract: A blow device for weft threads in weaving machines, in particular a blow device which makes use of a nozzle of the type which consists of a housing, a thread guide duct extending through the housing and a first or main blower situated in the housing and working with the thread guide duct to transport a weft thread to the shed of the weaving machine. The nozzle has a second or threading blower also situated in the housing that cooperates with the thread guide duct for threading the nozzle. The second blower has at least one blow duct which intersects the thread guide duct at an angle so as to thrust a weft thread presented at the entry of the thread guide duct through the thread guide duct when supplied with air. A central system deactivates the main blower when the threading blower is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Picanol N.V.
    Inventor: Jozef Verhulst
  • Patent number: 4999891
    Abstract: A yarn string-up gun is modified to include an entangling jet and a cut-down device eliminating the need to provide entangling jets for joining yarns on each yarn-spinning machine position for intermittent use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Vilas G. Bankar
  • Patent number: 4965916
    Abstract: Interlacing means are provided for the interlacing of multifilament yarns exhibiting a yarn channel. At given distances from the entrance and exit openings forming the yarn channel, yarn guides are so arranged that, with the supply of compressed air shut off, the yarn is laid onto the yarn channel so that it extends parallel to its longitudinal direction, and that the straight yarn sections, which are located between the entrance and exit openings of the yarn channel and the yarn guides, are inclined at acute angles to portions of the geometric longitudinal axis of the yarn channel. Furthermore, the blow angle of the blow nozzle is smaller than 90.degree.. The length of the yarn channel equals for smooth yarns maximally 40 mm and for texturized yarns maximally 30 mm. There results exceptionally high yarn advance speeds and a particularly good vortexing of the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Deutsche Institute fur Textil- und Faserforschung Stuttgart Stiftung des Offentlichenrechts
    Inventors: Hulusi Artunc, Gerhard Egbers, Helmut Weinsdorfer, Jurgen Wolfrum
  • Patent number: 4953271
    Abstract: An intermingling nozzle for filaments and yarns is described. The intermingling nozzle comprises a reedlike side by side arrangement of alternate yarn channel and closing plates. In the yarn channel plate sides adjoining the closing plates, grooves are formed as yarn channels and perpendicularly thereto as blowing channels. The closing plates are rotatable with respect to the yarn channel plates, specifically between an open position, in which they give access to the yarn channels to allow yarns to be inserted, and a closed position, in which they cover up the yarn channels. The intermingling nozzle is suitable in particular for intermingling high-count yarns, for example for reinforcing fabrics and tire cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Wellenhofer, Ingolf Jacob, Josef Geirhos
  • Patent number: 4941242
    Abstract: The nozzle comprises a plurality of parts which define between them a thread-treating passage and which are movable relative to each other for opening and closing the thread-treating passage to enable insertion of a thread. The thread-treating nozzle preferably comprises only two nozzle parts movable relative to each other. One nozzle part comprises a plate-like element which is elastic when subjected to the degree of deformation required to permit adjustment thereof to make face-to-face sealing contact. Mechanical elements capable of effecting uniform face-to-face sealing contact press the two nozzle parts together in the closed state. Examples of such mechanical elements are levers and springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Werner Nabulon
  • Patent number: 4936000
    Abstract: A texturizing jet for synthetic filaments is openable and closable to facilitate lacing up. A lacing up system is operable in conjunction with the opening and closing mechanism so that the lace-up operation is semi-automatic. At least one of the parts of the jet has a flexible mounting to ensure face to face sealing contact of the parts when the jet is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Werner Nabulon, Armin Wirz
  • Patent number: 4829640
    Abstract: A yarn texturizing nozzle is disclosed which has two confronting sections that are separable along a separating plane projecting through and longitudinally of a yarn duct that extends through the nozzle and that is supplied with a pressurized fluid such as hot air. A piston within a cavity of one of the nozzle sections is biased by the pressure of fluid within such cavity into abutting engagement with the confronting surface of the other of the nozzle sections. The piston is so designed as to deform, under the force of such engagement, sufficiently as to conform to any unevenness of the confronting surface of the other nozzle section, and so as to minimize fluid leakage at the interface of the nozzle sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventors: Manfred Greb, Rainer Keuth
  • Patent number: 4817843
    Abstract: A suction gun has a first injection nozzle and a second injection nozzle. The first and second injection nozzles inject pressurized water, thereby to draw a yarn with a suction force of the pressurized water. The second injection nozzle has a plurality of jets, respective axes of which intersect with each other at an intersection point. The intersection point is located in a position displaced by E, which is preferably in a range from 0.2 mm to 0.9 mm, from an axis of a through hole which is included in a pressurized liquid exhaust passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Takao Sano
  • Patent number: 4796340
    Abstract: A yarn texturizing nozzle and method of thread-up of the nozzle are disclosed, and wherein the temperature of the nozzle remains substantially unchanged during yarn thread-up. The nozzle includes a body member having a yarn passageway extending therethrough, and the passageway is adapted to be laterally opened to permit the lateral insertion of the yarn during thread-up. Means are provided for supplying a heated treatment fluid such as air to the passageway, and control means are provided for maintaining the mass flow rate of the air substantially the same during yarn thread-up as when the passageway is closed during normal yarn processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventor: Klaus Gerhards
  • Patent number: 4734997
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for drying filamentary material, a duct is provided for enclosing a portion of a passline. The duct comprises two parts relatively disposed laterally of the passline. These parts are relatively movable away from one another laterally of the passline to provide a duct open position and towards one another to provide a duct closed postion. First and second guide wheels are provided for guiding the filamentary material along the passline through the duct. The guide wheels are relatively movable along the passline between the duct parts in the duct open position between a first pair of relatively close positions and a second pair of positions at opposite ends of the duct. With the duct in the duct open position and the guide wheels in the first pair of positions, filamentary material is fed over the guide wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Gordon D. Baxter, James C. Grant, John N. Garner
  • Patent number: 4724588
    Abstract: A yarn texturing nozzle is disclosed which comprises a rigid yarn feeding inlet portion wherein a yarn is subjected to a heated and pressurized treatment fluid to heat the yarn and also advance the yarn therethrough. The nozzle also includes a stuffer box comprising a thin walled tube which is located downstream of the inlet portion. The inlet portion comprises a block-like casing having a cylindrical bore extending therethrough, and a guide cylinder which is rotatably mounted in the bore and which includes a central yarn passageway. The casing and guide cylinder of the inlet portion include yarn thread-up slots which may be aligned by rotation of the guide cylinder to a thread-up position, and the guide cylinder may then be rotated to an operating position wherein the slots are non-aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventor: Walter Runkel
  • Patent number: 4715097
    Abstract: An arrangement for the entanglement of multi-filament thread can entangle warp threads travelling from spools on a creel to a warping machine. This arrangement has a jet arm adapted to communicate with a source of compressed air. The arrangement has a plurality of adjacently placed plates. Each adjacent pair of the plates has a separating element located between each. These plates are positioned to provide between them a plurality of parallel channels. Each of these channels is shaped as an outwardly directed slot having side walls formed by a corresponding adjacent pair of the plates. The slot has a base formed by the separating element corresponding thereto. For each adjacent pair of the plates, at least one of them includes: (a) a reservoir adapted to communicate with the source of compressed air, and (b) a bore in the side wall communicating with the reservoir for acting as a perpendicularly directed air jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Karl Mayer textilmaschinenfabrik
    Inventor: Bogdan Bogucki-Land
  • Patent number: 4691947
    Abstract: A yarn texturing nozzle is disclosed which comprises a yarn feeding inlet portion wherein a yarn is subjected to a heated and pressurized treatment fluid to heat the yarn and also advance the yarn therethrough. The nozzle also includes a stuffer box located downstream of the inlet portion. The inlet portion comprises a rectangular block which is divided into two parts along a plane extending coaxially through the yarn passageway to facilitate yarn threadup, and the stuffer box includes a slot through the side wall thereof which further facilitates yarn threadup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventors: Klaus Burkhardt, Klaus Gerhards, Manfred Greb, Rainer Keuth, Erich Lenk
  • Patent number: 4679284
    Abstract: A yarn entangling jet has a yarn passageway extending therethrough and an air inlet passageway communicating with an outlet portion of the yarn passageway adjacent the junction with an inlet portion thereof. The outlet portion is preferably of triangular cross-section, comprising a base wall opposite the air inlet passageway and two converging side walls. The inlet portion has one wall coplanar with the base wall and an inlet surface which converges towards the base wall in the direction towards the junction with the outlet portion. An inlet yarn guide is positioned to ensure that the yarn approaches the base wall at the desired angle less than 180.degree.. The jet is in two parts secured together with a threading slot therebetween at one side of the yarn passageway spaced from the base wall towards the apex of the outlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Rieter-Scragg Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Naylor, Christopher J. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 4675957
    Abstract: An apparatus for entangling filamentary yarns comprises first and second blocks which are positionable in mutually superimposed relationship. Each block includes a plurality of channels and a plurality of fluid ports. The channels are located so that when the blocks are in superimposed relationship, respective ones of the channels are aligned to define yarn passages through which yarns can be fed. The fluid ports communicate with the yarn passages and are communicable with pressurized fluid to create a turbulent fluid flow within respective ones of the yarn passages for entangling the yarns. A motor actuated mechanism separates the first and second blocks to provide simultaneous and immediate access to the interior of the yarn passages. When the blocks are separated, the yarns can be continually fed therethrough to pull trash through the yarn passages. Each block includes a base section and a head section removably attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: John E. McAliley, James R. Crozier, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4644622
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Barmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik AG
    Inventors: Karl Bauer, Michael Hanisch
  • Patent number: 4639986
    Abstract: A filament jet entangler comprising a supporting bracket and a jet insert mounted thereon, the jet insert including a cylindrical yarn confining passage extending therethrough and intersected by a pair of coplanar fluid jet ports whose axes intersect at the cylindrical wall defining the yarn confining passage and define an included angle of about 48.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Borenstein, David E.
  • Patent number: 4633550
    Abstract: An apparatus for entangling filamentary yarns comprises first and second blocks which are positionable in mutually superimposed relationship. Each block includes a plurality of channels and a plurality of fluid ports. The channels are located so that when the blocks are in superimposed relationship, respective ones of the channels are aligned to define yarn passages through which yarns can be fed. The fluid ports communicate with the yarn passages and are communicable with pressurized fluid to create a turbulent fluid flow within respective ones of the yarn passages for entangling the yarns. A motor actuated mechanism separates the first and second blocks to provide simultaneous and immediate access to the interior of the yarn passages. When the blocks are separated, the yarn can be continually fed therethrough to pull trash through the yarn passages. Each block includes a base section and a head section removably attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: John E. McAliley, James R. Crozier, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4574436
    Abstract: In a self-stringing yarn texturing air jet which is compact and easy to string up includes a body, a yarn inlet section, a movable venturi and a yarn guiding element through which yarn passes to the outlet end of the jet, a second flange on the yarn guiding element located upstream of a flange with an orifice improves texturing efficiency of the jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Robert E. Cullen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4563799
    Abstract: An air jet nozzle is disclosed which is adapted for imparting entanglements to continuous filament synthetic yarns. The nozzle includes a body member having a yarn passageway therethrough, and a transverse air inlet channel which communicates with the yarn passageway. A yarn threading slot is provided along the length of the yarn passageway for permitting a running yarn to be introduced laterally into the passageway, and a closure plate is mounted so as to be disposed in and substantially close the slot at the periphery of the yarn passageway. The closure plate serves to avoid any disruption of the air currents and thus the entangling process which may otherwise be caused by the presence of the yarn threading slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Barmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik AG
    Inventor: Peter Dammann