<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE ep-patent-document PUBLIC "-//EPO//EP PATENT DOCUMENT 1.4//EN" "ep-patent-document-v1-4.dtd"><!-- Disclaimer: This ST.36 XML data has been generated from A2/A1 XML data enriched with the publication date of the A3 document - March 2013 - EPO - Directorate Publication - kbaumeister@epo.org --><ep-patent-document id="EP97112300A3" file="EP97112300NWA3.xml" lang="en" doc-number="0821089" date-publ="19990113" kind="A3" country="EP" status="N" dtd-version="ep-patent-document-v1-4"><SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIE......FI......................................</B001EP><B005EP>R</B005EP><B007EP>DIM360 (Ver 1.5  21 Nov 2005) -  1100000/0</B007EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>0821089</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>19990113</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>97112300.5</B210><B220><date>19970717</date></B220><B250>en</B250><B251EP>en</B251EP><B260>en</B260></B200><B300><B310>215522/96  </B310><B320><date>19960726</date></B320><B330><ctry>JP</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>19990113</date><bnum>199902</bnum></B405><B430><date>19980128</date><bnum>199805</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510><B516>6</B516><B511> 6D 01H  13/22   A</B511></B510><B540><B541>de</B541><B542>Spinnvorrichtung und Spinnverfahren</B542><B541>en</B541><B542>Spinning device and spinning method</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Dispositif de filage et procédé à filer</B542></B540><B590><B598>NONE</B598></B590></B500><B700><B710><B711><snm>Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha</snm><iid>00308932</iid><irf>46505CL/df</irf><adr><str>3 Minami, Ochiai-Cho,
Kisshoin</str><city>Minami-ku,
Kyoto-shi,
Kyoto 601</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>Kawashima, Kiyotaka</snm><adr><str>1-123, Sagaishigatsubo-cho</str><city>Ukyo-ku,
Kyoto-shi,
Kyoto</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721></B720><B740><B741><snm>Liedl, Christine, Dipl.-Chem.</snm><sfx>et al</sfx><iid>00072482</iid><adr><str>Albert-Rosshaupter-Strasse 65</str><city>81369 München</city><ctry>DE</ctry></adr></B741></B740></B700><B800><B840><ctry>AT</ctry><ctry>BE</ctry><ctry>CH</ctry><ctry>DE</ctry><ctry>DK</ctry><ctry>ES</ctry><ctry>FI</ctry><ctry>FR</ctry><ctry>GB</ctry><ctry>GR</ctry><ctry>IE</ctry><ctry>IT</ctry><ctry>LI</ctry><ctry>LU</ctry><ctry>MC</ctry><ctry>NL</ctry><ctry>PT</ctry><ctry>SE</ctry></B840><B880><date>19990113</date><bnum>199902</bnum></B880></B800></SDOBI><abstract id="abst" lang="en"><p id="pa01" num="0001">The present invention is able to detect yarn defects with great accuracy by measuring the tension of the yarn.</p><p id="pa02" num="0002">The present invention holds the fastened spun yarn in a bent state by a tension sensor immediately before the winding package. The changes in tension of the fastened spun yarn are measured by this tension sensor and the evaluation of yarn defects is performed by an evaluation part based on the results of this measurement.</p></abstract><search-report-data id="srep" srep-office="EP" date-produced="" lang=""><doc-page id="srep0001" file="srep0001.tif" type="tif" orientation="portrait" he="297" wi="210" /></search-report-data></ep-patent-document>