IP Library Granted Patent US 7,752,723
Granted Patent B2
US 7,752,723 · App. 10/558,616 · Granted Jul 13, 2010

Nozzle core for a device used for producing loop yarn as well as method for the production of a nozzle core

Assignee: Oerlikon Heberlein Temco Wattwil AG
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Patent No.
US 7,752,723
App. No.
10/558,616
Granted
Jul 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a ceramic nozzle core and a method for producing a ceramic nozzle core which is part of a device used for producing loop yarn. The inventive ceramic nozzle core is embodied with an approximately constant wall thickness and a reduced size so as to perform the central functions of the yarn processing duct comprising air injection and a yarn outlet for forming loops while being produced in a molding process. In a particularly preferred method, the ceramic nozzle core is injection-molded with high precision. The inventive ceramic nozzle core can be configured in a miniaturized fashion and as part of a two-piece nozzle core, the ceramic nozzle core being inserted into an outer nozzle core jacket. The two-piece nozzle core can be incorporated into a housing known in prior art, for example, as a replaceable nozzle core.

Claims (21)

1. A nozzle assembly for generating loop yarn, said assembly comprising:

a ceramic nozzle core and

an outer nozzle body; wherein

the nozzle assembly is made of two parts,

the outer nozzle body is configured to receive the ceramic nozzle core, and

the ceramic nozzle core has an outer wall of substantially constant wall strength, and is sized to accommodate only a yarn treatment duct, an air injection structure, and a yarn outlet for the formation of loops.

2. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 1 , including:

at least one cylindrical segment in fluid communication with an enlargement segment having a convexly arched outlet; and

wherein the air injection structure is arranged within the cylindrical segment.

3. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 1 , including:

at least one cylindrical segment,

a conical segment having an opening angle of at least 12 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis along a direction of transport of the yarn;

a trumpet-shaped enlargement segment; and

wherein the cylindrical segment is in fluid communication with the conical segment, and the conical segment is in fluid communication with the trumpet-shaped enlargement segment, and the air injection structure is arranged within the cylindrical segment.

4. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the air injection structure includes at least one bore tilted at an angle of at least 48 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis along a direction of transport of the yarn.

5. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the air injection structure includes at least one bore tilted at an angle ranging from 52 degrees to 65 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis along a direction of transport of the yarn.

6. The nozzle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the enlargement segment is configured to receive a spherical deflector.

7. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 6 , wherein the outlet of the enlargement segment has a diameter equal to at least four times the diameter of the cylindrical segment.

8. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 3 , wherein the air injection structure is arranged approximately in the center area of the longitudinal side of the cylindrical element of the ceramic nozzle core.

9. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 5 , wherein the air injection structure includes three bores.

10. The ceramic nozzle assembly of claim 6 , wherein the outlet of the enlargement segment has a diameter equal to at least 0.5 times the diameter of the spherical or semi-spherical deflector.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2024
From: RN ACQUI V SA
To: HEBERLEIN TECHNOLOGY AG
Reel/Frame 067180/0800 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADD PAGES 10-15 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 65934 FRAME: 505. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: HEBERLEIN AG
To: RN ACQUI V SA
Reel/Frame 066998/0806 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2023
From: HEBERLEIN AG
To: RN ACQUI V SA
Reel/Frame 065934/0505 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 1, 2007
From: HEBERLEIN FIBERTECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: OERLIKON HEBERLEIN TEMCO WATTWIL AG
Reel/Frame 019943/0233 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2006
From: BERTSCH, GOTTHILF
To: HEBERLEIN FIBERTECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 018671/0583 →
Priority Claims (1)
CH 946/03 · May 27, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
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