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US4075746A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Compression crimping apparatus

Assignee: Kling-Tecs Inc
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Filing: 1976-06-16
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Granted: 1978-02-28
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Expires: 1996-06-16
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Abstract

Abstract Apparatus for compression crimping fibrous material, such as synthetic continuous filament yarn, is provided comprising means defining a compression crimping zone, means for feeding fibrous material into the compression crimping zone and a pair of movable members each having a face substantially opposed to a face of the other, said faces defining lateral walls of the zone and being biased toward each other to restrict egress of the fibrous material from the zone and thereby exert a back pressure on the fibrous material, causing the fibrous material to buckle, form a plug in the zone and thereby crimp in the zone, the aforementioned face of each of the members being laterally restricted by means rigidly connected to the member whereby the plug is prevented from escaping laterally from between the substantially opposed faces of the members. Preferably, the means laterally restricting the aforementioned face of each of the members is a pair of substantially parallel walls defining the side walls of a channel, the channel having a bottom defined by the face. Most preferably, the side walls are integral with the bottom of the channel, in other words, the channel is formed in the member.

Inventors

  • 👤 John S. Roberts

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 06:43
CPC Classifications
D; D02; D02G; D02G1/00; D02G1/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 173 words
Apparatus for compression crimping filamentary yarn comprising means defining a compression crimping zone, means for feeding filamentary yarn into the compression crimping zone, a pair of movable members each having a face substantially opposed to a face of the other, said faces defining lateral walls of the zone, means for positively biasing said members toward each other to restrict egress of the yarn from the zone and thereby constituting said members as means for exerting a back pressure on the yarn, causing the yarn to buckle, form a plug in the zone and thereby crimp in the zone, opposing surface means downstream of said feeding means and upstream of said movable members for initially guiding and establishing the lateral cross-sectional dimension of the plug, said members extending downstream from the downstream ends of said opposing surfaces for substantially the length of said zone, each said face of each of the members being restricted by opposing wall means extending from the member for preventing filaments of the plug from escaping from between the members.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 173 words
Apparatus for compression crimping filamentary yarn comprising means defining a compression crimping zone, means for feeding filamentary yarn into the compression crimping zone, a pair of movable members each having a face substantially opposed to a face of the other, said faces defining lateral walls of the zone, means for positively biasing said members toward each other to restrict egress of the yarn from the zone and thereby constituting said members as means for exerting a back pressure on the yarn, causing the yarn to buckle, form a plug in the zone and thereby crimp in the zone, opposing surface means downstream of said feeding means and upstream of said movable members for initially guiding and establishing the lateral cross-sectional dimension of the plug, said members extending downstream from the downstream ends of said opposing surfaces for substantially the length of said zone, each said face of each of the members being restricted by opposing wall means extending from the member for preventing filaments of the plug from escaping from between the members.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 67 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means defining a pair of opposed, stationary walls, said members being mounted for movement in planes parallel to said stationary walls, and in which said stationary walls are spaced from the sides of said members whereby any filaments from the plug which become located laterally displaced from the members cannot become caught between the members and the stationary walls.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 63 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the members comprises a channel formed therein, each of the channels having a pair of substantially parallel walls comprising said opposing wall means and defining the sides of the channel and a flat bottom substantially facing the bottom of the other member said bottoms comprising said faces and defining the lateral walls of the zone.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1981-02-27 1981-08-29 1982-02-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1985-02-27 1985-08-29 1986-02-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1989-02-27 1989-08-29 1990-02-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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