Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
338Patents
0Active
338Granted
41Portfolio score
Filing activity: Dec 4, 1973 → Mar 27, 1997
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4005302A | Inductively heated drawroll | Textiles; Paper | 45 | Expired |
| US4133455A | Weighing apparatus for continuously weighing a passing layer of fiber material in a metering device of a spinning preparatory machine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US4052017A | Method and apparatus for automatically changing textile bobbins on a cantilevered bobbin chuck of a textile winding machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US4171262A | Apparatus for eliminating metallic contaminations from a fibre transporting duct in spinning preparation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US4012893A | Method of loading transporting trolleys with full cans or the like and supplying full cans to spinning machines fed with fiber sliver and apparatus for implementing the method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US4023741A | Apparatus for winding a multiplicity of threads onto respective bobbin tubes | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US4369550A | Method of levelling out variations of a fibre sliver and apparatus for implementing the method | Textiles; Paper | 20 | Expired |
| US5025533A | Method of blending textile fibers | Textiles; Paper | 19 | Expired |
| US4298171A | Winding apparatus for endless filaments having an automatic bobbin tube changer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US4058962A | Method and apparatus for detecting periodic yarn irregularities in a yarn between a yarn forming stage and a yarn winding stage | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4665687A | Spinning device for open-end spinning | Textiles; Paper | 17 | Expired |
| US4049211A | Winding apparatus for textile threads | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US4108388A | Method for catching, severing and rethreading a thread and an apparatus for implementing the method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US5040272A | Spacing sensor arrangement and method of checking the spacing between a main carding cylinder and carding machine parts | Textiles; Paper | 16 | Expired |
| US5502875A | Continuous drive unit for combers, a drafting arrangement and a coiler can | Textiles; Paper | 16 | Expired |
| US4860406A | Method for detecting the density or thickness and variations thereof of fiber material at the infeed of a textile machine as well as a method for evening the density or thickness variations of fiber material at the infeed of a textile machine | Textiles; Paper | 16 | Expired |
| US4106711A | Chuck for a tube acting as a package support | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Expired |
| US5014395A | Apparatus for automatically compensating density or thickness variations of fiber material at textile machines, such as cards, draw frames and the like | Textiles; Paper | 15 | Expired |
| US4477944A | Apparatus and method for opening a fiber bale | Textiles; Paper | 15 | Expired |
| US4030635A | Method and apparatus for producing a continuous even strand of fibers | Textiles; Paper | 15 | Expired |
| US4375744A | Apparatus for controlling the rotational speed of the spindles of a spinning preparatory machine | Textiles; Paper | 15 | Expired |
| US4615169A | Apparatus for removing individual textile bobbin tubes from a reservoir including bobbin tube jam break-up mechanism | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US4689945A | Open-end yarn piecer | Textiles; Paper | 14 | Expired |
| US4051807A | Apparatus for applying preparation agents to a bundle of filaments | Textiles; Paper | 14 | Expired |
| US4061948A | Apparatus for re-transferring power from mechanically driven and/or electrically braked motors of spinning machines | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.