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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7740030 | Selvedge forming apparatus, weaving machine with a selvedge forming apparatus and method for forming a selvedge Weaving machine, method and selvedge forming apparatus for introducing into a shed an end (30A) of a weft thread (30) which has been inserted into a shed, the selvedge forming apparatus (4, 5, 6) being provided with a device (20) for intr... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7178559 | Webbing belt Belts and methods of their manufacturing are provided. In one aspect, belts are manufactured by the steps of weaving the belt from a plurality of warp yarns and at least one weft yarn, the belt having a central region and two opposed edges. The warp yarns in the cen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7124782 | Weaving machine including a selvedge tucking apparatus for weft threads A weaving machine having an apparatus for tucking in one or more weft thread ends (2′a) and for forming a cloth edge (10) as well as a shed forming apparatus for forming a shed (14) with a shed apex (14a). The apparatus fo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7066213 | Catching and holding apparatus for the catching-side weft thread end in a weaving machine A catching and holding apparatus for catching-side weft thread ends in a weaving machine comprises a main nozzle and a catching passage for holding and stretching a weft thread end and a carrier on which the main nozzle and the catching passage are arranged. Further... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048011 | Printing press cylinder flexible jacket covering A flexible jacket covering for a printing press transfer cylinder having a low density selvage for attaching one edge of the jacket to a hook and loop attachment strip on the transfer cylinder. The covering is cut from fabric woven on a shuttleless loom. The fabric ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6968865 | Reed for weaving This reed for weaving is characterized in that a plurality of reed dents each having a hollow portion in a front edge section are arranged such that the hollow portions are communicated with each other so as to form guide grooves for the weft, the depths of the holl... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6910508 | Method for weaving a double layer cloth A method for weaving a double layer cloth (1, 2) for use in the manufacture of airbag cloths. It is carried out using a weaving machine which includes, between the weaving sley (3) and the cloth beam (10), a temple arrangement (4) which i... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6837279 | Selvage former for a weaving machine A selvage bracket (15) including a rotatable insert (33) is used in a weaving machine selvage insertion device (1), the insert is connected to at least one source of compressed air and includes at least one blowing aperture (37). The dire... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6705354 | Method of forming tuck-in selvage in cloth After a picking action of a weaving machine, a cloth-end warp maintains its shed over a plurality of weaving cycles including a weaving cycle in which weft ends are tucked in. Air is jetted toward a shed formed by warps in a widthwise direction of weaving from outsi... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6675837 | Woven fabric having modified selvage and related assembly and method for the manufacture thereof A roll (25) of woven fabric (30) having a length greater than the diameter thereof wherein the diameter (28) is substantially the same across said length of the roll. An assembly (50) operable with the tucking units of the picking (51) and receiving (52) ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6470917 | Tack-in apparatus A tack-in apparatus is provided wherein injection ports are arranged at upper and lower sides of a weft yarn path, respectively. The injection ports inject currents for folding back an end portion of a cut weft yarn into a warp yarn opening on the weft ya... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6422270 | Weft selvage tuck-in nozzle injection timing apparatus A tuck-in apparatus for producing a fastened tuck-in-selvage includes a tuck-in nozzle for injecting air into a warp shed from the outside of a warp array in order to fold back a weft yarn end toward a cloth fell. A selvage-fastening nozzle is disposed ad... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6394146 | Split reed including a weaving reed and an auxiliary reed having a non-planar guide path A split reed has a weaving reed formed by successively arranging dents respectively provided with recesses forming a weft yarn guide path having a back surface, and an auxiliary reed respectively provided with recesses forming a weft yarn guide path havin... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6336476 | Method for a tuck-in selvedge setting in a tuck-in device of a shuttleless loom for towels Compared with the method for performing tuck-in operation at each weaving cycle, the method of the present invention makes it possible to increase the number of revolutions of the loom at high speed, to decrease the number of maintenance operations needed... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6325111 | Method and apparatus for driving selvedge forming device in weaving machine In a selvedge forming device, the operation condition for operating at least one of the selvedge forming elements contributing to the selvedge formation is set in advance in correspondence to a weaving condition, and the selvedge forming device is operate... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6321796 | Tuck-in apparatus for shuttleless loom A tuck-in apparatus for shuttleless loom comprises a nozzle block adapted to be provided in a warp side of a cutter cutting a weft, the nozzle block is formed with a slit opening towards three sides, including a warp side, a warp feed side, and a cutter s... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6289942 | Weft holder for selvedge tuck-in device A weft holding device transfers a weft to a tuck-in device that tucks and end portion of the weft cut by a weft cutter in a shed formed by warps. The weft holding device has a slit opening backward toward a reed, the warps and the cutter to receive a port... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6240976 | Pneumatic Tuck-in apparatus for shuttleless loom A tuck-in apparatus for a shuttleless loom, for blowing an end portion of a weft into a shed, includes a plurality of nozzles located on a side of the row of warps for jetting air. The plurality of nozzles include: a tuck-in nozzle located in the vicinity... | 06/05/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6186190 | Selvage insertion apparatus for a weaving machine A selvage insertion apparatus (13) for a weaving machine with at least one insertion arm (18) and at least one filling thread clamp (17) which can be applied through a drive device to control a filling thread and which operate from a common drive shaft (4... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6155309 | Settable weft clamping and severing apparatus An apparatus for severing a weft thread which is to be inserted into a shed comprises a clamping device with a stationary clamping part and a settable clamping part in order to hold back the weft thread and a severing device in order to sever the weft thr... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129123 | Method for correcting a weft fault on weaving machines, especially air-jet weaving machines with automatic selvedge tucking devices A method and a machine to assist the automatic correction of a weft fault in the manufacture of fabric with pneumatically created insertion edges. During the automatic correction of a weft fault, at least one additional air blast from a nozzle drives the ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6073466 | Method and equipment for restraining while knitting the end portions of cut thread protruding from collars for knit-wear articles and the like A method and an apparatus, applicable to a knitting machine for the production of collars and the like, for restraining while knitting end portions of cut thread (12, 13) protruding from the edge (5) of said collars into the stitches that compose them. Th... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5803135 | Method and selvage forming device for an air weaving loom A wide selvage is formed along a fabric edge in a weaving loom by at least two selvage forming heads arranged in a row with an outer selvage forming head (9) and an inner selvage forming head (8) positioned between the outer selvage forming head (9) and a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5782271 | Multi-section reed for air jet loom A multi-section reed for a pneumatic loom includes at least two partial reeds or reed sections that are arranged spaced apart from one another, and a respective reed filler member arranged in the gap between the two reed sections. A substantially continuo... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5718267 | Tuck-in selvage forming device for a loom In a tuck-in selvage forming device for a high speed loom, a weft holder with a cutter, hereinafter referred to as a "capturing-cutting head", is connected via a transmission system to a drive source of the loom. The capturing-cutting head reciprocates be... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5669424 | Combined and relatively adjustable weft thread clamp and cutter A combined weft thread clamp and cutter apparatus for an air jet loom includes a cutter (3) for cutting a weft thread (1) and a clamp (4) for clamping the weft thread (1). The cutter includes a fixed cutter element (10) and a movable cutter element (9) th... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5649570 | Weaving loom with a combination of a weft thread cutting device and a selvage laying-in device A weaving loom for producing at least one woven fabric web (9) with at least one laid-in selvage includes a weft thread cutting device (23) and an associated selvage laying-in device (14). The cutting device and the laying-in device are mounted relative t... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5613377 | Method and equipment for restraining the end portions of cut thread protruding from collars for knit wear articles and the like A method and relative equipment, applicable to a knitting machine for the production of collars and similar articles, for restraining, during knitting, the terminal portions of cut thread (12, 13) protruding from the edge (5) of said collars by inserting ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5570726 | Air weaving loom with weft hold-down members and enlarged inlet and outlet weft insertion channel An air weaving loom is equipped with a reed in which the weft thread insertion channel has an inlet channel section and an outlet channel section. Both the inlet and outlet sections have enlarged cross-sectional areas to provide space for the operation of... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5568827 | Weaving loom with sley associated device for positioning a weft cutter A weaving loom provided with a device for positioning at least one weft cutter relative to a sley of the weaving loom in a specific direction includes a holder which carries at least one weft cutter and a bearing piece accommodates the holder. The bearing... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5431195 | Control system for tuck-in selvedge forming devices in a terry loom A control system for a plurality of tuck-in selvedge forming devices in a loom having a variable reed beat-up position includes a main shaft, a drive shaft connected to all the tuck-in selvedge forming devices, a modulator driven by the main shaft and hav... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5316050 | Air-operated selvage laying equipment for looms In a selvage laying equipment a catcher nozzle (44) with a catcher channel (45) lying in axial prolongation of the nozzle and a threader nozzle (41) with a catcher channel (42) lying in axial prolongation of the nozzle are arranged in a carrier (54) with ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5246038 | Tucked selvedge forming device A mechanism for selecting the movement of the movable members of a tucked selvedge forming device. The device is suitable for operation on terry looms which comprise a feeler pivoted at one end to the device casing and cooperates via a spring with one of ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5193591 | Mechanism for forming a recessed selvedge on a shuttleless loom A selvedge-forming mechanism for forming a recessed selvedge in a fabri produced by a shuttleless loom includes elements for gripping and cutting the pick inserted into the shed, a needle which captures the tail of the cut pick and causes the tail to ente... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5158119 | Selvedge forming device for shuttleless looms with linear motor control system A device to form the selvedge in shuttleless looms, includes a weft yarn gripping member, a first shaft reciprocable lengthwise to operate the weft yarn gripping member, a first linear electric motor to reciprocate the first shaft, a cutting member for cu... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5080143 | Selvedging device with threading nozzle and tuck-in needle A pneumatic selvedging device for a loom has a weft yarn end temporarily retained by a threading nozzle. A tuck-in needle takes over the retained weft yarn end for drawing in between the warp yarns of a loom. The threading nozzle is mounted on a retaining... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4984608 | Tuck-in needle and a pneumatic selvedge-forming device for a loom A selvedge-forming device has a tuck-in needle having, at least in the end part introducible into the shed, a wedge shaped cross-section. The needle also has an elongate yarn entry aperture whose major dimension extends in the direction of the length of t... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4972881 | Tack-in selvage forming apparatus A tack-in selvage forming apparatus for tacking in the end portion of a picked weft yarn to form a selvage structure in weaving a towel. The tack-in selvage forming apapratus is comprised of a tack-in needle which is controllably driven by a driving mecha... | 11/27/1990 |
