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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380317 | Method and device for stabilization of pile goods such as pile carpet with a reinforcing back and pile goods A pile carpet after tufting or the like is usually provided on the back with a latex precoat for stabilization and then provided with a foam back or an additional jute fabric. This environmentally hazardous method and the problem of recycling the foam back as well a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7356892 | Method for hydrodynamically subjecting a goods line, optionally with finite preproducts, to water jets and nozzle device for producing liquid jets Water needling is used to constantly subject the entire surface of a width of a goods line to water jets. However, it is also advantageous for units of commodity goods that are to be consolidated and optionally, if a cover nonwoven supporting these goods only needs ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7308743 | Method for embossed and colourless decoration and bonding of a fabric web and device therefor A method for producing three-dimensional colourless designs in a non-woven fabric or like material entirely bonded includes subjecting the fibers to a blowing process through openings, since the fibers in the openings are only displaced therein with limited depth, a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7249472 | Device for treating textile or similar in a continuous stream The invention relates to a device for treating web-type textiles, nonwovens or paper in a continuous stream, uses a gaseous treatment agent that circulates in the device. The product lies on the exterior face of a permeable drum (5), which is subjected to an ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7197795 | Method for hydrodynamic impingement on a web continuous material with water jets and nozzle beams for producing liquid jets The nozzle beam on a device for producing liquid jets in order to impinge said jets upon the fibres of a web of continuous material guided along the beam consists of a beam housing extending along the working width of the continuous web of fibre material, whereby tw... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188631 | Suction device on a textile machine, especially a water needling device The inner circumferential surface of a suction pipe must be periodically cleaned as well as the inner region of the suction slit and especially the webs between the suction holes of the suction pipe. The aim of the invention is to facilitate said cleaning process. T... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7074473 | Method and device for stabilization of pile goods such as pile carpet with a reinforcing back and pile goods A pile carpet after tufting or the like is usually provided on the back with a latex precoat for stabilization and then provided with a foam back or an additional jute fabric. This environmentally hazardous method and the problem of recycling the foam back as well a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062824 | Method and device for producing composite nonwovens by means of hydrodynamic needing Method of producing a composite nonwoven for receiving and storing liquids or the like, comprising a carded nonwoven, which is treated in order to consolidate it, and a pulp layer, such as a wood pulp fiber layer, applied to the consolidated carded nonwoven and brou... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6957474 | Suction device for use in a textile machine, especially a water jet weaving installation A suction device for use in a textile machine, especially a water jet weaving installation has a slot between two glide strips for a transport device transporting the textile material that terminates radially inwards in a stationary suction tube into the thicker wal... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942167 | Nozzle body for producing very fine liquid jet flows on water needling devices The invention relates to jet flows on a nozzle beam for hydrodynamic water needling, formed inside a nozzle body which is supported as a component part on the nozzle strip. The aim of the invention is to ensure long-term secure positioning of the sapphire or similar... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918195 | Drum device with permeable drum jacket and wire gauze mounted thereon under pretension It is known from the art to mount a wire gauze (10) onto a drum (1) with a permeable drum jacket (8) under pretension, for example, for allowing air to flow through a web of material placed on said drum, said wire gauze optionally being disposed... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6842953 | Method and device for producing composite nonwovens by means of hydrodynamic needling Method of producing a composite nonwoven for receiving and storing liquids or the like, comprising a carded nonwoven, which is treated in order to consolidate it, and a pulp layer, such as a wood pulp fiber layer, applied to the consolidated carded nonwoven and brou... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6836937 | Method and device for producing a composite nonwoven for receiving and storing liquids Known methods involve applying a layer of particularly highly absorbent fibers such as woodpulp on a carrier nonwoven and then compacting the composite nonwoven with the aid of water entanglement. One disadvantage of the compacting method is the high woodpulp fiber ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6836938 | Method and device for production of composite non-woven fiber fabrics by means of hydrodynamic needling Method for producing a composite non-woven fabric for the production of a hygiene product includes the steps of forming a spun-bonded non-woven fabric; compressing the spun-bonded non-woven fabric in the dry state in a continuous process after forming the spun-bonde... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6810565 | Closing unit for the nozzle strip on a nozzle beam for hydrodynamically needling fibres of a web of fabric During the construction of the nozzle beam according to DE-A-195 01 738, the insertion slit for the nozzle strip (14) is sealed on the front side of the nozzle beam by means of a screwed cover (16,17). It is easier to exchange a nozzle strip (14... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6735834 | Method and device for color patterning of a web by hydrodynamic treatment Colored patterning of a web-shaped nonwoven or a composite made of a nonwoven and a fabric or knit is achieved by water jet needling. The nonwoven provided as the upper layer of two layers is provided with one or more colors or is colored or printed itself and is pl... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6594874 | Method and device for stabilization of pile goods such as pile carpet with a reinforcing back and pile goods A pile carpet after tufting or the like is usually provided on the back with a latex precoat for stabilization and then provided with a foam back or an additional jute fabric. This environmentally hazardous method and the problem of recycling the foam bac... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6557224 | Method and device for color patterning of a web hydrodynamic treatment Colored patterning of a web-shaped nonwoven or a composite made of a nonwoven and a fabric or knit is achieved by water jet needling. The nonwoven provided as the upper layer of two layers is provided with one or more colors or is colored or printed itsel... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6487762 | Method and device for color patterning of a web by hydrodynamic treatment It is known to produce a colored pattern by a printing process or for example during weaving. The idea according to the invention is to produce a pattern by the water jets of a needling device in which, for colored patterning of a web-shaped nonwoven or a... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6457335 | Device with nozzle beam for producing streams of liquid for spraying fibers in a web of goods Device with a nozzle beam for producing fluid streams for striking the fibers of a web of goods by streams. The fluid spraying against the underside of the nozzle beam must be captured. For this purpose, a device is used Fat is located to the side of the ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6458166 | Method and device for fixing of tubular fabric The use of saturated steam for the steaming of tubular fabric is known. However, this does not produce permanent fixing of the fibers. This only takes place at considerably higher temperatures, where the fibers are damaged, however. If the treatment is ca... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6412140 | Suction device for a textile machine, especially a water needling unit The suction slit between two sliding strips for a transport device transporting the textile material is filled by a cleaning strip which has holes on one side to carry away the fluid to be drawn off and preferably on the other side as well, on the top of ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6412155 | Device for hydrodynamic supply of the fluid to fibers of a fiber web A device is known in which the bulky nonwoven arriving on a continuous belt for water needling is slowly compressed between a needling drum and another belt and at the same time is wetted by a first water curtain from the nozzle bank; its water jets first... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6324738 | Device for producing perforated nonwovens by hydrodynamic needling A device is known for producing perforated nonwovens by means of hydrodynamic needling, with the perforation consisting primarily of sharply delimited holes in nonwoven of any dimension. The device consists of a smooth drum that supports and transports th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6210268 | Air mixer for static mixing of two air streams The air mixer defined herein serves for static mixing of a heated air stream in a flow channel of a circulated air stream upstream of a heat treatment chamber for drying textile goods or tissue webs for example. For this purpose the air mixer is provided ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6151797 | Device for heat treatment of permeable webs of goods A device is known for heat treatment of permeable webs of goods with a housing in which at least one screen roller is mounted and a pumping device is associated endwise with the roller, said pumping device drawing a processing medium in the formal of a va... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6112385 | Process for manufacturing a non-woven fabric by hydrodynamic needling, and product of said manufacturing process It is known to make a nonwoven from polyvinyl alcohol fibers. The special advantage of these PVA fibers is their ability to dissolve in water. The fleece is therefore mechanically needled for compaction. The invention describes a method that allows hydrod... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6105451 | Device for attaching a rotatably mounted hollow cyclinder at its outer circumference A hollow cylinder is fastened at its outer circumference when the cylindrical interior jacket is to be utilized for a treatment process. To produce this fastening, provision is made according to the invention for surrounding the end of the hollow cylinder... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6088927 | Device for through-flow continuous processing of textiles or the like The invention describes a device for through-flow continuous processing of textiles, nonwovens, or paper in web form with a gaseous processing medium circulated in the device. The material rests on the outside of a permeable drum subjected to suction, sai... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085438 | Device for through-flow continuous heat treatment of textiles, tissue, or the like A screen drum design is known whose drum jacket consists of sheet metal strips running axially and whose width extends in the radial direction. These sheet metal strips must be permanently connected with the endwise bottoms to produce the drum jacket. Acc... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6055710 | Device for hydrodynamic needling of fleeces, tissues, or the like The permeable drum for needling tissues, nonwovens, or other permeable materials of a certain width consists of a normally perforated sheet metal drum on which strips that are thin and extend axially over the length of the drum are arranged with small dis... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5960525 | Device for hydrodynamic entanglement of the fibers of a fiber web A device for hydrodynamic entanglement operates to compact the fibers of a fiber web made of natural and/or manmade fibers. The device includes a first endless belt supporting the fiber web, the first endless belt being guided under tension and stretched ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5913905 | Device for applying a liquid film to a continuously advanced web of goods In dye applicators that operate by the pouring principle, it is known to store the liquid flowing over an overflow barrier in a liquid supply chamber located in front of it. To produce a dye applicator that can be adjusted to the desired working width, th... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5908793 | Method for manufacturing a solidified fiber fleece, the resulting solidified fiber fleece, and use of this fleece Fiber fleeces made entirely of pure artificial (polymeric) fibers or mixed with natural fibers have to be solidified after formation by carding, or laying only in the case of filament fleeces. In the fleece according to the invention, which is particularl... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5887459 | Device for applying a liquid film, uniformly thin over the working width, to a web of goods In dye applicators that operate by the pouring principle, it is known to hold back liquid flowing over an overflow weir in a liquid supply chamber located upstream of the weir. To achieve a dye applicator that can be adjusted to a desired working width, t... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5829274 | Device for cleaning webs In a washing method, a web of textile goods is wetted with a washing-active liquid and the liquid is caused to foam by steam which is blown at high pressure into a back side of the web of goods with a pile on the front side. The steam is discharged from a... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5761778 | Method and device for hydrodynamic entanglement of the fibers of a fiber web Multiple needling with web guidance on alternate sides is achieved. Either an endless belt and/or a drum performs a carrying function, the belt or drum being arranged so that the fiber web can be associated meanderwise with the other side of a nozzle beam... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5737789 | Method for simultaneous application of a minimal quantity of a processing fluid to a textile web of goods A device for application of a minimum quantity of fluid to a web of goods of a given width, wherein application takes place by means of an application beam in which the fluid is distributed uniformly over the working width through a plurality of fluid lin... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5737945 | Device for simultaneous application of a minimal quantity of a processing fluid to a textile web of goods A device for application of a minimum quantity of fluid to a web of goods of a given width, wherein application takes place by means of an application beam in which the fluid is distributed uniformly over the working width through a plurality of fluid lin... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5701643 | Method for compaction of fiber fleece Fiber fleeces made of synthetic fibers or of natural fibers are compacted after their formation, for example, by carding or by simply being laid down in endless fiber fleeces. In the fleece according to the invention, which is intended to be voluminous ye... | 12/30/1997 |
