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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299964 | Method and apparatus to create electrical junctions for information routing in textile structures Disclosed are systems or apparatuses and methods for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. Briefly, one method includes the steps of removing insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to exp... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7238259 | Methods of seaming A papermaker's fabric and a method of forming a papermaker's fabric, for installation in a papermaking machine. The papermaker's fabric having a plurality of cross-machine, a plurality of machine directional yarns, and a plurality of heat shrunk joints connecting en... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7166189 | Method for making rolls of tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7029555 | Diagonally joined cylindrical fabric and manufacturing method thereof A diagonally joined cylindrical fabric in the form of a cylindrical endless fabric is obtained by shifting ends of facing wefts of a non-endless fabric leftward or rightward and joining together the ends of the wefts to thereby form a joining portion inclined relati... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7005041 | Paper machine belt and method for creating a connection of the end edges of such a paper machine belt The invention concerns a paper machine belt (1) having end edges (6, 7) extending transversely to the running direction, and having longitudinal yarns (3) that go as far as the end edges (6, 7), the end edges (6, 7) being connected... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005038 | Belt-machine combination A paper process belt and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The belt includes at least one elongated resilient coupling filament operatively connected to a first end section of the belt and a second end section of the belt such that the first end sectio... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005045 | Belt for machines for producing material webs and process of producing the belt A belt for a material web producing machine and a process of producing the belt. The belt includes a plurality of long-chain strength supports arranged to form interstices and a filler at least partially filling the interstices. The process includes forming a sheet ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6699540 | Materials of packing and packing made from the materials A packing material wherein one or a plurality of hard metal wire and one or a plurality of soft metal wire are tied up or twisted in a bundle to construct a weft material wherein the ratio of the number of the former to the number of the later is 1:1-0.3,... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6379817 | Metallic fabric and manufacturing process of a hollow body made of a metallic fabric A metallic fabric for manufacturing a hollow body is welded at two edge areas and according to the present invention a metallic strip is welded on in the vicinity of the welded seam, whereby the width of the welded seam is narrower than the width of the m... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6265048 | Laminated clothing, as well as method and blank for manufacturing the same The invention relates to a laminated clothing for a papermaking or cellulose manufacturing machine, as well as a method and a blank for manufacturing thereof. The clothing comprises two laminated layers (O, I), each having an inclined direction-defined th... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5601877 | Method of seam closure for sheet transfer and other paper processing belts A method for closing a seam in a paper processing belt having a coating of polymeric resin material requires the use of a viscous paste obtained by mixing a polymeric resin material with a blowing agent. Following installation of the fabric, or belt, on a... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5405669 | Seam for fabrics Joints for industrial fabrics are made such that the end edge of each part of the fabric is formed with projecting loops (5), which are formed by bending the warp threads of each part backwards, the return parts of these threads being woven into the fabri... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5377722 | Folded spiral seam including longitudinal bonding stitch A seam structure for a drying wire, produced by reducing the thickness of the end portion of the drying wire and folding the end portion double and stitching the double wire portion to hold it together; and a method for producing the seam structure. At le... | 01/03/1995 |
| 4976293 | Built up seam for papermakers fabric A pin seam construction in which cross direction yarns in the area proximal the seam have a cross sectional size greater than the size of the cross direction yarns appearing in the body of the fabric to provide a weave portion of greater thickness proxima... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4806208 | Method of seaming a seamed felt on a papermaking machine with oppositely tapered pintle elements A pintle unit and method of closing a seam in a papermakers felt which provides a tight closure along the full length of the seam. The seam is closed with a pintle unit made up of a plurality of pintle elements which are tapered and pulled into the seam t... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4695015 | Improvements relating to belts of inter-woven spiral wires A spiral wire, comprising adjacent thread spirals (1) positioned in pairs with loops thereof interlapping to form transverse rows of loops in the wire, and linking threads (2) inserted in the rows of loops. The opposite ends of the spiral wire are interco... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4476902 | In-line pintle loop seam An in-line pintle seam for use with a pintle to join adjacent ends of a papermakers belt or the like and a method for producing such a seam. Basically, the seam comprises a spiral and a stuffer pick which are held in place by sewing the face ends of the p... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4469142 | Papermakers belt having smooth surfaces and enlarged seam loops A papermakers fabric having surface floats on both the paper surface and the non-paper contacting surface for improved sheet contact area and improved abrasion resistance. The fabric also includes a plurality of stuffer pick receiving sheds defined by war... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4438788 | Papermakers belt formed from warp yarns of non-circular cross section A papermakers fabric having surface floats on both the paper surface and the non-paper contacting surface for improved sheet contact area and improved abrasion resistance. The fabric also includes a plurality of stuffer pick receiving sheds defined by war... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4418726 | Double loop seam for corrugator belts The disclosure is of a seam construction for multilayered corrugator belts. The construction comprises woven complementary seam-halves joined by pintles and in which each seam-half comprises 2 connectors, each being a single and a double layer zone mechan... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4410015 | Method and apparatus for producing an interwoven seam interconnecting two woven web portions The end portions to be connected are arranged opposite one another, after at least some of the web weft threads have been removed therefrom to form a tying strip interconnecting the ends of the web warp threads in their original order. The web warp thread... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4394427 | Electrophotographic sensitizing screen with peripherally clogged apertures An electrophotographic sensitizing screen having a great number of apertures, wherein at least an insulating layer and a conductive layer are successively formed on a conductive mesh, is disclosed. These apertures are regularly arranged at such an angle a... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4315049 | Stitchless low bulk, pin-type seam for use in paper making equipment fabrics, such as dryer felts A novel low bulk seam is disclosed for use in paper making machine fabrics, such as dryer felts. The seam is particularly adapted for use with multi-filament yarns which comprise multi-ply fabrics. A novel method for producing this seam is disclosed which... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4287017 | Endless pressing-on and guiding belt for textile treating devices, especially transfer printing machines and steaming calenders An endless pressing-on and guiding belt including a belt piece having its end faces joined together, for textile treating devices, especially transfer printing machines and steaming calenders, with a rotary drum having a longitudinal section of the endles... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4279980 | Electrophotographic sensitizing screen An electrophotographic sensitizing screen having a great number of apertures, wherein at least an insulating layer and a conductive layer are successively formed on a conductive mesh, is disclosed. These apertures are regularly arranged at such an angle a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4244084 | Jointing of fabric ends A multi-layer papermarker's fabric is proposed wherein a helical coil is engaged individually with each of the plies of the fabric to define side-by-side loops protruding from the fabric end for interdigitation with corresponding loops at an opposed fabri... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4206787 | Method of providing a seam in double-layer forming fabrics A method of providing a row of loops at each end of a forming fabric or a similar fabric, comprising two layers of weft threads, warp threads interconnecting the weft layers, and a locking wire intended to interconnect said rows of loops to form an endles... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4144911 | Connector components Connector components for flexibly connecting and/or disconnecting parts herein specifically illustrated as connecting the ends of paper makers felts comprising spaced panels of concatenated crossing textile elements wherein the panels are connected at reg... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4141388 | Paper machine dryer fabric The disclosure is of a multi-layer, flat woven, composite fabric having a duplex weave base of synthetic, polymeric resin monofilaments and a soft surface of multi-filament or spun yarns. The fabric is useful as a conventional dryer felt and may also be u... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4123022 | Seam for forming wires and dryer felts The disclosure is of a seam construction for joining the ends of woven forming wire wet felts and dryer felt materials. The forming wires wet felts, and dryer felts are used on papermaking machines in the manufacture of paper, paperboard and the like. The... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4103717 | Seam webbing A woven seam webbing is illustrated for receiving pintle means for joining dryer felts or any other endless belts of the type which are joined by passing a pintle means through loops which are carried by respective ends of the belting and intermeshed. The... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4095622 | Woven seam in fabric and method of making same A woven fabric and a method of forming a seam therein comprising a woven fabric as used for supporting a paper web on a paper making machine. The fabric has interwoven weft and warp strands with the strands in the machine direction being flexible strands ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4083090 | Non-marking seam in screen used for manufacture of nonwoven fabric A seam of two ends of a rigid screen of interwoven longitudinal and transverse wires is made by butting and fusing together longitudinal wire ends at each end of the screen at the crossovers of the longitudinal wire ends with an adjacent pair of transvers... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4067521 | Attaching clip An improved attaching clip is disclosed for use with a roll of steel wire mesh reinforcing that is designed to be utilized in concrete negative buoyancy coatings. The clip is secured to the leading or free end of the roll and may be used to connect the le... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4026331 | Jointing of fabric ends to form an endless structure Loops are created at the ends of a woven papermaking machine forming fabric by a method which comprises removing weft yarns from the end of the fabric to give a weft-free zone, shortening selected ones of the warp yarns in the region of the weft-free zone... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4007303 | Method of making pintle wire for high load hinge connections A pintle wire for high load hinge connections, especially for textile webs and transmission belts, and method of making same, according to which endless synthetic fibers are braided individually or in strands and are embedded in high wear resistant and hy... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4006760 | Fabric connector seam A fabric connector seam in which woven complementary seam-halves joined by a pintle are provided and in which each seam-half comprises a single and a double layer zone mechanically bound by the nature of the weave and in which the crosswise yarns of each ... | 02/08/1977 |