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<SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORSMESM..................</B001EP><B005EP>J</B005EP><B007EP>JDIM360 Ver 1.28 (29 Oct 2014) -  1620000/0</B007EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>2455518</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>20150422</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>11180923.2</B210><B220><date>20110912</date></B220><B240><B241><date>20110912</date></B241></B240><B250>en</B250><B251EP>en</B251EP><B260>en</B260></B200><B300><B310>2010258249</B310><B320><date>20101118</date></B320><B330><ctry>JP</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>20150422</date><bnum>201517</bnum></B405><B430><date>20120523</date><bnum>201221</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510EP><classification-ipcr sequence="1"><text>D01H   5/78        20060101AFI20150317BHEP        </text></classification-ipcr></B510EP><B540><B541>de</B541><B542>Streckrolle, Streckvorrichtung und Spinnmaschine</B542><B541>en</B541><B542>Draft roller, draft device, and spinning machine</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Rouleau de tirage, dispositif d'ébauche et fileuse</B542></B540><B590><B598>4</B598></B590></B500><B700><B710><B711><snm>Murata Machinery, Ltd.</snm><iid>100989244</iid><irf>M18110902PEP</irf><adr><str>3, Minami Ochiai-cho 
Kisshoin</str><city>Minami-ku
Kyoto-shi
Kyoto 601-8326</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>Ota, Naritoshi</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Fujita, Manabu</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Mori, Hideshige</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Ikkai, Tomoyuki</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Satomi, Shinichi</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Ikeno, Masayuki</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Morita, Akihiro</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Hata, Naoki</snm><adr><str>c/o Murata Machinery, Ltd.
136, Takeda Mukaishiro-cho, Fushimi-ku</str><city>Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8686</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721></B720><B740><B741><snm>Zimmermann, Tankred Klaus</snm><sfx>et al</sfx><iid>101173237</iid><adr><str>Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler 
Zinkler, Schenk &amp; Partner mbB 
Patentanwälte 
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<p id="pa01" num="0001">A top front roller (20) includes a fiber-contacting portion (30) formed with a substantially uniform diameter and adapted to make a fiber bundle to contact with an outer peripheral surface thereof, and a reduced-diameter portion (31) having a diameter shorter than the fiber-contacting portion (30) at both ends of the fiber-contacting portion in an axial direction. A total width of the fiber-contacting portion (30) and the reduced-diameter portion (31) in the axial direction is 30 mm or longer and 34 mm or shorter, and a width of the fiber-contacting portion (30) in the axial direction is less than 18 mm.
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