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EP 0180715 B1 19890308 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CRIMPING SYNTHETIC FILAMENT CABLES

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CRIMPING SYNTHETIC FILAMENT CABLES

Publication

EP 0180715 B1 19890308 (DE)

Application

EP 85108632 A 19850711

Priority

DE 3440975 A 19841109

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4756063A] Crimping of cables of synthetic fiber is performed by an arrangement in which a cable is supplied by rotatable compression rolls with a high speed into a compression chamber, and a cooling air is supplied into the compression chamber, wherein water is added to the cooling air in form of fine droplets.

IPC 1-7

D02G 1/12

IPC 8 full level

D02G 1/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D02G 1/12 (2013.01 - EP US); D02G 1/125 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0180715 A2 19860514; EP 0180715 A3 19870401; EP 0180715 B1 19890308; DE 3440975 A1 19860515; DE 3568598 D1 19890413; JP H0122369 B2 19890426; JP S61113843 A 19860531; US 4756063 A 19880712

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85108632 A 19850711; DE 3440975 A 19841109; DE 3568598 T 19850711; JP 23312385 A 19851018; US 94288686 A 19861215