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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5179749 | Seamless modular tile Method to jet dry carpet tiles by controlling the solenoid valve to the dye jet to provide a subliminal design over which a darker geometric design is imposed with the darker geometric design crossing the seam line so that the seam line between abutting c... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5172459 | Multi-ply air textured yarn A multi-ply continuous filament air textured yarn and method to produce same by combining a plurality of POY yarns in a nip and supplying them to a heated draw block to provide two stages of drawing. The drawn yarn is then heat set and supplied to an air ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5170526 | Dust control mat with improved cleat A cleated dust control mat having a plurality of rows of elliptical cleats located at an angle to the border of the mat with the cleats in each row being parallel to the other cleats in the row and being substantially perpendicular to the cleats in the ne... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5170979 | Universal package holder A universal package support for packages of yarn having various inside diameters and lengths. The support has a movable disc slidably supported on a shaft which slides in and out to actuate a plurality of pivotally mounted levers to engage and disengage t... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5167053 | Fabric softening apparatus and method Method and apparatus to soften the backing and consequently the material attached thereto of a nonwoven fabric by passing the back over and around a series of rollers arranged in a staggered diamond shape to break up the bond between individual fibers and... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5167054 | Fabric softening apparatus and method Method and apparatus to soften the backing and consequently the material attached thereto of a nonwoven fabric by passing the back over and around a series of rollers arranged in a staggered diamond shape to break up the bond between individual fibers and... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5163969 | Fabric softening method Method and apparatus to soften the backing and consequently the material attached thereto of a nonwoven fabric by passing the back over and around a series of rollers arranged in a staggered diamond shape to break up the bond between individual fibers and... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5162150 | Duct tape A pressure sensitive tape composed of a polyethylene base film; a continuous filament scrim fabric having a fiberglass fill yarn and a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to the film through the substrate.... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5151146 | Method of making a roofing laminate including a triaxial wound nonwoven fiberglass scrim Method to produce a roofing membrane for use in the construction of roofs which comprises mating of at least two plys of fiberglass scrim fabric to form a substrate for the roofing membrane. At least one of the plys of the substrate is a triaxially wound ... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5147713 | Convertible fabric A single ply convertible top fabric comprising a sateen woven fabric using a blend of solution dyed polyester and cotton yarn coated with a PVC vinyl.... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5136771 | Method of keeping an easily removable mat or the like small carpet in place In a method for keeping an easily removable mat or similar small carpet (5) in place in a carpeted or carpet tile covered area (1) of a floor, the mat (5) is provided with a pattern of engageable means, such as projections (6), distributed all over its lo... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5109630 | Machine and method to enhance fabric Method and apparatus to surface treat a web of fabric by passing it over and in contact with a rotating tungsten carbide coated roll. The selvedges of the web of material are held on rotating members with pins on the periphery thereof which penetrate the ... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5108831 | Roofing material Method to produce a roofing membrane for use in the construction of roofs which comprises mating of at least two plys of fiberglass scrim fabric to form a substrate for the roofing membrane. At least one of the plys of the substrate is a triaxially wound ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5086810 | Ultra-sonic reed cleaning system An ultra-sonic weaving machine reed cleaner in which the cleaner is moved adjacent the weaving machine and the reed is cleaned without disturbing the thread-up of the warp yarn in the reed. The reed cleaner consists of three bins in which the reed consecu... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5069735 | Apparatus for producing sealed edge knit wiping cloths Apparatus and method to provide sealed edge products with a reduced tendency to lint and ravel by supplying a hot air jet in the range of 600°-800° F. to melt and swell the fibers to lock the warp yarns in the fabric. The hot air jet is directed perpend... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5069958 | Printer's blanket A printing blanket having a printing face, a compressible body of material below the printing face and at least one body or reinforcing layer adjacent the compressible layer. The reinforcing layer is a woven fabric having air textured polyester warp and f... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5060489 | Tricot knitting machine improvement A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses ad... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5061430 | Method for press vulcanizing of even moist articles Method for press vulcanizing, not only of dry, wholly or partly vulcanizable articles (1), such as auto rubber mats, piled rubber mats, etc., of a humidity of 0-3 weight percent but also of such articles (1) of a humidity of 3-5 weight percent or more, in... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5060350 | Method to manufacture tubular woven fabric The method of providing an impression fabric in which the fill yarns do not protrude from the plane of the fabric. The impression fabric is a tubular woven fabric in which a plurality of warp yarns is woven in one edge thereof and dissolved by washing aft... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058329 | Machine and method to enhance fabric Method and apparatus to surface treat a web of fabric by passing it over and in contact with a rotating tungsten carbide coated roll. The selvedges of the web material are held on rotating members with pins on the periphery thereof which penetrate the fab... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5056340 | Tricot knitting machine improvement A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses ad... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5051289 | Preformed stair riser title product A method to form a carpet tile into a configuration for use on a stair riser. This method involves measuring the stair riser and using this measurement to score the pile on the face of a tile. The tile is then bent to a 90 angle and a nose guard adhesivel... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5036603 | Insole product and method of making same A film encapsulated, pressurized gas cushion insole product which maintains its shape by means of a core fabric therein to which a desiccant may be added, if desired. To contain the gas for long periods of time, the film contains a layer of polyvinylalcoh... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5036568 | Method and system to detect the position and tension of yarn being air textured Method and apparatus to produce a plied, air textured continuous filament yarn by severing the supply yarn upon the detection of a drop in tension. When the tension in the yarn being processed drops, the position of the running yarn will be detected by a ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5037366 | Device for attaching a straw to a carton container A straw applicator to seal an encapsulated straw to the side of a carton container which employs a rotating drum having concave sections to pick up the straw and carry it to the severing and sealing position.... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5017425 | Tricot knitting machine improvement A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses ad... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5016328 | Carpet patterning machine and method Apparatus and method to sculpture a pile fabric from a predetermined pattern by controlling the movement of the cutter by a pantograph system which employs rotary mounted carriers. The cutter arrangement employs an arrangement where the individual pile fi... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5013375 | Method and apparatus for producing an improved camouflage construction Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a composite camouflage construction having an open mesh net substrate, and a continuous sheet overlying the substrate and bonded thereto along plural spaced lines of attachment, with lobes of the sheet cut to si... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5012961 | Method of dispensing vapor to the air in a room and an apparatus for carrying out the method By method of dispensing vapor, preferably perfumed vapor, to the air in a room from a vapor dispensing substance, vapor is dispensed by means of an electrically controlled control device for controlling the vapor dispensation of the vapor dispensing subst... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5005606 | Ultra-sonic reed cleaning method An ultra-sonic weaving machine reed cleaner in which the cleaner is moved adjacent the weaving machine and the reed is cleaned without disturbing the thread-up of the warp yarn in the reed. The method of using the system includes inserting the reed into a... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4999488 | Method to continuously count the courses or picks of a moving fabric A method to count the courses and/or picks of a moving fabric by utilizing a fiber optic device to shine light on a fabric and detect the reflectance of same to provide a signal for comparison with the rate of travel of the fabric to provide a continuous ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4999231 | Method and product to enhance electrical conductivity of films containing conductive carbon black Method to enhance the electrical conductivity of a carbon-containing film material such as a hot melt for carpet backing. The method involves applying a plurality of arcs across the surface of the film passing under a plurality of electrodes to create a p... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4998942 | Snubber profile A system to texturize partially oriented yarn in which the yarn is wrapped around a logarithmic spiral shaped hot draw pin to draw the yarn before the texturing thereof. The shape of the hot draw pin provides even distribution of normal force on the surfa... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4999072 | Method of making an insole product A film encapsulated, gas cushion insole product which maintains its shape by means of a core fabric therein to which a desiccant may be added, if desired. To contain the gas for long periods of time, the film contains a layer of polyvinylalcohol.... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4991307 | Carpet tile cutter Apparatus and method to properly mark and/or cut to size the carpet tiles which are used to complete the carpeted areas adjacent walls, doors, etc. in an area to be carpeted. The apparatus encompasses a machine which is placed against a carpet tile alread... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4985095 | Preformed stair riser tile product A method to form a carpet tile into a configuration for use on a stair riser. This method involves measuring the stair riser and using this measurement to score the pile on the face of a tile. The tile is then bent to a 90° angle and a nose guard adhesiv... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4969488 | Foam cleaner for loom reeds An apparatus to clean the reeds of a weaving machine without removing the reeds from the machine and without disconnecting the warp yarns. A cleaning head is slid down the reed and blows a foaming agent from one of the cavities through the space between t... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4964441 | Foam cleaner for loom reeds Method and apparatus to clean the reeds of a weaving machine without removing the reeds from the machine and without disconnecting the warp yarns. A cleaning head is slid down the reed and blows a foaming agent through the space between the dents of the r... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4962794 | Air jet loom with integral stretch pipe and pick sensor An air jet weaving machine in which the pick sensor and the filling stretch pipe are combined to eliminate the space in the reed normally required to locate the pick sensor. The combination pick sensor and stretch pipe are located at the end of the reed r... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4955117 | Apparatus for hot air bulking of synthetic yarn Synthetic yarn to be bulked and heat set is supplied to a plurality of ovens in coiled form and is subjected to an even hot flow of dry gaseous fluid to bulk and heat set the yarn as it passes successively through the bulking oven and the heat setting ove... | 09/11/1990 |
