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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997003 | Multistage continuous dryer, especially for plate-shaped products In a method and an apparatus for drying plate-shaped products in a multi-level throughflow dryer, moist air stagnated under the housing ceiling is sucked away and delivered into the suction area of axial blowers arranged in the lower levels, where the moist air is t... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7753084 | Method for clamping a weft thread in a jet weaving machine, in particular air-jet weaving machine, clamping device and jet weaving machine A method and a clamping device for clamping a weft thread in a jet weaving machine are proposed. The weft thread strand runs through the beginning section (2.1) and the end section (2.2) of a mixing tube. The two sections between themselves form an eng... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731070 | Method and device for applying a pressure roller to a goods guiding roller A method and an apparatus are for applying a rotationally driven pressure roller (4) onto a rotationally driven goods guiding roller (3) in stretching equipment for thermoplastic films. The pressure roller (4) is advanced in the direction of the... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7694697 | Apparatus for forming a selvedge on a gripper weaving machine The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for forming an insertion-side fabric selvedge (35) on a gripper weaving machine, whereby: a) selectively one of several weft threads (3, 4, 43, 44) that are provided on bobbins (1, 2, 41, 42) is... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7650913 | Method and device for maintaining a weft thread which is introduced into a weaving machine, in particular an air-jet weaving machine, after the starting process A weaving machine starts-up in slow speed operation during a first weaving cycle following the machine start. To help avoid weft breaks, a method is provided to hold a weft thread inserted into the loom shed during the first weaving cycle. A sensor monitors the weft... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7537029 | Jet-weaving machine, particularly an air jet-weaving machine, with a clamping device in the mixing tube A thread clamping device is provided for a jet weaving machine that has a main discharge nozzle (1) with a mixing tube (2) for inserting a weft thread (3) into a shed with a conveying fluid discharged from the main discharge nozzle. This clampin... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7481249 | Reed drive of a loom A reed drive of a loom includes a reed shaft connected to a reed. A conversion gearing having an input element and an output element is provided at each end of the reed shaft. The input elements are coupled to driven shafts of electromotive rotary drives to produce ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7438092 | Power loom, particularly an air jet power loom, for the production of a leno fabric with integral patterning A loom, especially an air jet loom for producing a leno cloth with integrated patterning includes a weaving reed and first and second shed forming devices. The first shed forming device includes a pivotable reed as a first guide arrangement for guiding and shedding ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7329037 | Plasticating screw for an extruder or extrusion press, having a narrower land width in the transition region A plasticating screw for an extruder or an extrusion press has a thread change, whereby the volume of the transporting cross-section does not change and thus a pressure increase in the region of the thread is avoided. To this end, in the region wherein a first and a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7287553 | Leno cloth as well as method and weaving machine for production thereof A leno cloth is prepared, which comprises at least ground warp threads 1, leno warp threads 3 and weft threads 2, and in which the weft threads 2 and the ground warp threads 1 are arranged essentially interspace free. The weft thre... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7225838 | Method for producing a fabric in plain weaves and leno weaves and a loom for carrying out the method A loom simultaneously forms a plain weave (16) and a gauze weave (15) in a textile (9) in one weaving cycle. To form the plain weave (16), the adjacent warp threads (1L,2L) that are used to form the upp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7114527 | Method for operating a drive assembly of a loom and shedding machine comprising divided drive technology A method achieves highly constant energy in the operation of a loom and shedding machine with separated drive technology, and ensures the run-up in one weft insertion for the loom and if necessary also for the shedding machine. The control arrangement controlling th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6962171 | Drive arrangement for a weaving loom and shedding machine A drive arrangement is constructed for permitting the separate operation of a weaving machine and a shed forming machine. The drive arrangement compensates any r.p.m. variations of the weaving machine drive and of the shed forming machine relative to the drive shaft... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6953063 | Method for operating a weaving and shedding machine A method of operating a weaving machine and a shedding machine aims, to achieve so-called soft starts and soft stops, in particular, of the shedding machine. The weaving machine is equipped with an electromotive main drive and the shedding machine is equipped with a... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938648 | Method and apparatus for reducing weft waste in a gripper weaving loom In a gripper weaving loom which weaves several different types of weft threads into a fabric, it is desirable to keep weft material waste to a minimum. For this purpose a weft thread (7) already inserted into the loom shed is simultaneously held by a weft pre... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6913044 | Electric motor direct drive for the reed of a loom A direct drive for a loom reed includes a linear motor carrying out a linear oscillating motion, or an arc segment motor carrying out a pivoting oscillating motion, or a circular coaxial motor carrying out a pivoting oscillating motion. The circular coaxial motor ha... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6834683 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a leading end of a weft thread in a stretching channel in an air jet loom The leading end of a weft thread exiting from a weft insertion channel in an air jet weaving loom is monitored by a weft stop motion positioned in a weft stretching channel directly downstream, as viewed in the weft motion direction, of an exit of the weft insertion... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6832620 | Apparatus for dosing lubricant into an air line An apparatus for dosing lubricant into a compressed air flow includes a lubricant container, a pneumatically operated lubricant pump, an injection channel, a non-return valve interposed between the outlet of the pump and the injection channel, and an electronic sens... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6810918 | Method and apparatus for variably braking the weft thread between a supply spool and a thread store in a loom A supply spool supplies a weft thread through an adjustable actuated thread brake and a thread tension sensor to a weft thread accumulator, from which an accumulated insertion length of the thread is provided to a weft insertion device. The tension sensor provides a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6758246 | Weft holder device for holding weft threads ends in an air jet loom A weft holder device holds the free weft thread ends in an air jet loom, using pressurized air and without requiring a suction device. The body of the device has a tapering opening through which the end of the inserted weft thread extends. The opening tapers into a ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748981 | Air supply controller for weft insertion nozzles in an air jet loom An arrangement for supplying air with a controlled pressure to the main weft insertion nozzles of an air jet loom includes a single servovalve connected between a pressurized air source, an air vent, and a pressure manifold, and individual shut-off valves respective... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6663678 | Method and apparatus for treating tubular knit goods Tubular knit goods including natural fibers and synthetic elastomeric fibers are steam treated and then circularly expanded and heat-fixed while being transported vertically downwardly over a circular spreader in a heat fixing chamber. The goods build up ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6615462 | Magnetically supported circular spreader for treating tubular textile goods A circular spreader for spreading tubular textile goods includes a spreader arrangement with an inlet mandrel and an outlet mandrel at opposite ends thereof inside the tubular goods, an inlet support structure arranged around the inlet mandrel outside of ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6609831 | Method and arrangement for monitoring bearings rolling along a guide rail, especially bearings of a tenter chain of a tentering machine A method and apparatus continuously monitor the functional condition of the successive bearings of the tenter clips or claws of a tenter chain as the bearings roll along a contact surface of the endless guide rail of a tentering machine. A sensing arrange... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6460577 | Electric motor drive mechanism for shed forming components of a loom The heald shafts of a power loom are driven by electric D.C. or A.C. motors which have an external rotor or an armature connected to the respective heald shaft through two articulated couplings, for example snap locks, and a push-pull rod. The motors rece... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450210 | Linear motor yarn-cutting device for mechanical looms A yarn cutting device for mechanical looms, having two mutually movable blades which are arranged on a mounting surface, at least one of the blades being operable by a drive. The drive is constructed as an electrically energized linear motor, whereby a co... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6439271 | Jet loom and method for achieving substantially identical weaving cycle times A valve arrangement of a loom includes valve modules held between flange plates and sharing a common inlet feeding into a common inner valve space. A valve outlet of each valve module leads to an insertion nozzle or nozzle group, and is controlled by a va... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6431858 | Method and arrangement for supporting a web and avoiding air losses in a heat treating apparatus In an apparatus for heat treating a material web that enters and exits the apparatus through respective gaps, an air cushion generating unit includes a slot nozzle through which a ventilator blows a laminar flow of air, which then flows laminarly along a ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6418976 | Thread brake system with a linear electric motor for weaving looms At least one of two flexible leaf springs that form a thread gap is controlled by a linearly moveable element of a linear motor or drive. Multi-thread brakes are formed by assembling a plurality of such brakes on a common support whereby a single stator m... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418972 | Rotary drive with direct drive electromagnetic motor for a reed slay of a loom A reed in a loom is driven or oscillated back and forth to perform the beat-up motion by a direct reed drive that avoids using the main loom drive for operating the reed. The direct drive is an electromagnetic motor which uses as one of its components a r... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6390144 | Terry loom with pile warp length compensation and deflection into back shed Ground warp and pile warp thread sheets are supplied to a shed forming device. The ground warp and the pile warp are separately deflected over a deflecting rod upstream from the shed forming device. The deflecting rod supports the ground warp and directs ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6364235 | Weft pre-spooling device for air jet loom A weft thread pre-winder or pre-spooling device for an air jet loom includes a thread storage drum (6) made up of several drum segments (7) that are each adjustable in the radial direction so as to adjust the diameter and circumference of the thread stora... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6318414 | Solenoid valve for air nozzle weaving machines A solenoid valve, particularly for use in air nozzle weaving machines, has a valve housing with at least one valve inlet and at least one valve outlet. An electromagnetically actuated valve body is arranged in a passage area between the valve inlet and th... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315008 | Weaving loom for producing a leno fabric A warp thread control system for forming the loom shed as a first control section (1) and a second warp control section (16). The first section is equipped with at least one guide element (2) for guiding the leno threads (3) and a guide rod (4) carrying a... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311737 | Method and weaving loom for producing a leno ground fabric A leno ground fabric is produced over the entire weaving width of a loom by using two heald frames each having a length corresponding to the weaving width. The heald frames are equipped with a multitude of lifting healds or heddles and with a multitude of... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6286561 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the removal of a catch selvage from a loom The removal or transport of cut-off catch selvages in a loom is monitored by one or more sensors which produce a sensor output signal that represents the actual movement of the cut-off catch selvage. The sensor output signal is processed in an evaluation ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6263922 | Clamping holder for flexible lines A clamping holder for flexible lines, particularly current-carrying lines, has a line holder with at least one device for fixing a line and a device clamping the line in the device. The device and the line holder have at least one mutually aligned passage... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6257284 | Woof yarn tension device for weaving machines and method of operating same A woof yarn tension device for weaving machines, has a controllable tension device which acts upon the woof yarn and which, at least on the output side, has a yarn guide eye. In order to reduce the stressing of the woof yarn, the number of the deflection ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6240975 | Method and arrangement for limiting the loom shed opening angle A method and a device limit the normal shed opening angle () of warp threads in an open loom shed, to a smaller limited shed opening angle (댑) that applies to the selvedge warp threads over a selvedge laying-in width at the edge of the fabri... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6230758 | Method for controlling a motion characteristic of a sley shaft for driving a reed The sley shaft of a loom, particularly a loom for weaving terry cloth or pile fabric, is rotated so as to provide more time for a gentle beat-up of the weft along the fabric beat-up line. For this purpose, the acceleration of the sley shaft and thus of th... | 05/15/2001 |
