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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161606 | Fiber bundle arranging apparatus A cylinder 40 made of a magnetic material is fixed to an introduction pipe 34. An annular connection projection 401 is provided on the cylinder 40 and a disk 42 is connected to the connection projection 401 with an annular p... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141214 | Patterning technique A method of making a textile pattern includes forming a design module having a substantially square shape, forming a motif from the design module by repeating the design module to form a unitary array of design modules, where the design modules of the unitary array ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7311959 | Carpet with improved liquid barrier properties and methods of manufacture thereof A method for producing a carpet comprising the steps of (a) providing a carpet having a pile side formed from yarn fibers projecting through a primary backing layer and an underside region comprising back stitch yarn fibers; (b) applying effective repellency enhanci... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7219397 | Elastic foreshortening of cable or other linear structures A device wherein an elastic cord is attached to a pre-existing flexible linear structure such as a wire, tube or non-elastic cordage in order to deform the structure and impart elastic handling properties of a common curly cord. The resulting assembly is a foreshort... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7174612 | Nonwoven fabrics containing yarns with varying filament characteristics The subject invention provides non-woven fabrics having yarns of varying characteristics. In a preferred embodiment the subject invention provides nonwoven fabrics that comprise yarns of different deniers or cross sections. The use of these yarns gives the nonwoven ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169246 | Process and device for the placement and fixing of a sheet of filaments for the production of scrims A process and a device are suggested for the placement and fixing of a sheet, which is at least partially implemented as a closed flat structure, of filaments, lying essentially in a plane, for the production of scrims having the filament sheet, wherein the filament... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7120976 | Process and apparatus for laying fiber bands of filaments Process and apparatus for laying fiber bands of filaments by changeably moveable weft or diagonal layers to form fiber arrangements stretched in different laying directions between two transport chains having guide hooks and retainer needles. Fiber bands are spread ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7026048 | Multi-color fiber fluff products and method and apparatus for making same A method and apparatus for making a decorative mass of fiber fluff wherein a source of supply of staple fibers made of natural or synthetic textile fiber and arranged in continuous form, such as in a strand of yarn, are provided as a pattern array of discrete stream... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6976612 | Method of manufacturing a fur hat using tail fur A method of making a fur plate includes cutting lengthwise at least one elongate animal tail skin having fur to form a plurality of split tail pieces, and cutting at least one of the split tail pieces to form a plurality of short tail pieces. A plate backing materia... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974520 | Alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant package for polymer emulsions This invention is directed to formation of a creped nonwoven web. The creped web is formed in a creping process using a polymer emulsion binder formed in an alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant system. The surfactant system comprises a combination of a specific ac... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945007 | Method of patterning, installing, renewing and/or recycling carpet tiles Renewing, washing, and/or recycling of used carpet tiles is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, carpet tiles are purchased or leased and installed with adjacent tiles being of a different pattern, design, color, shade, and/or the like so that no two identic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6908524 | Alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant package for polymer emulsions This invention is directed to formation of a creped nonwoven web. The creped web is formed in a creping process using a polymer emulsion binder formed in an alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant system. The surfactant system comprises a combination of a specific ac... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6872352 | Process of making web or fiberfill from polytrimethylene terephthalate staple fibers The invention relates to webs or batts including polytrimethylene terephthalate crimped staple fibers and fiberfill products comprising such webs and batts, as well as the processes of making the staple fibers, webs, batts and fiberfill products. According to the pr... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6748632 | Materials and products using strip of real or artificial fur A fur material (1) includes an elastic net (2) and a fur strip (3) provided with real or artificial hair (3a). The net (2), made up of warps (4) and wefts (5), is stretchable in one or more directions. The fur ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6737004 | Process of making splittable microfiber substrate A microfiber substrate of improved carding ability and its manufacturing method, and more particularly a micro-fiber spun by conjugated melting of crystallization difference of high crystallization polymer and low crystallization polyester, drawn to form an unsplit ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6666234 | Institutional towel A colored institutional towel comprising ground warp, fill, and pile warped yarns, all of said yarns being colored by intimately draw blending a predetermined amount of pre-dyed polyester fiber with cotton fiber when the yarn is spun and twisted to thereb... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6641829 | Topical application of solid antimicrobials to carpet pile fibers during carpet manufacture Carpeted floor covering articles comprising carpet pile fibers to which a topical antimicrobial application of solid particles has been applied either during or after product manufacture (such as part of a cleaning or treatment process) are provided. Such... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637085 | Process for recycling articles containing high-performance fiber The present invention is directed to a process for recycling a fabric containing high performance fibers having a tenacity of at least 10 grams per dtex and a tensile modulus of at least 150 grams per dtex, to make a yarn from the fabric. In the process, ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6632755 | Multi-color fiber fluff products and method and apparatus for making same Method and apparatus for making a variegated multicolor fabric by knitting or weaving from a yarn spun from decorative mass of fiber fluff made from staple fibers arranged in continuous form of discrete streams of different uniform colors. The streams are... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6554963 | Embossed fabrics and method of making the same An industrial process fabric is embossed in a device, such as a continuously operating two-roll calender having a preselected embossing pattern. The roll(s) of the calender may alternatively themselves be engraved or etched to provide the embossing. Embos... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6378179 | System and method for reconstituting fibers from recyclable waste material A system is provided for structurally reconstituting fibers from recycled waste fabric material, including cotton denim waste, wherein the reconstituted fibers are incorporated into a hydroentangled or needle punched product without binders or additives. ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6308506 | Production of color blended yarn for denim construction Denim fabric and articles of clothing having a "washed" or heather look/effect are produced in a manner that retains color intensity and substantially avoids the waste of chemicals and/or water inherent in conventional washing processes. A first coarse fe... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6283165 | Machine felt and process for its production The machine felt includes an insert having two sides and two ends, a layer of aligned longitudinal threads enclosing the two sides and two ends of the insert and coupling eyes formed by the layer of aligned longitudinal threads enclosing the two ends of t... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6265207 | Strength loss resistant methods for improving the softening of cotton toweling and related fabrics Disclosed are strength loss resistant methods for treating cotton toweling with cellulase so as to impart permanent softening to the toweling. In particular, the methods disclosed herein involve the application of a specified amount of cellulase onto one ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6240608 | Method for joining nonwoven mesh products A press fabric for the press section of a paper machine has a base fabric which includes a nonwoven mesh fabric. The base fabric, or a layer thereof, is assembled in integral form using a strip or strips of the nonwoven mesh fabric. The assembly may be ef... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6233796 | Wiring harness bundling A method of applying a knotted lacing cord or yarn to an elongated bundle of electrical wires comprises the steps of forming a set of loosely knotted adjacent loops of larger diameter than the bundle from a continuous length of a lacing cord, passing the ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6156562 | Strength loss resistant methods for improving the softening of cotton toweling and related fabrics Disclosed are strength loss resistant methods for treating cotton toweling with cellulase so as to impart permanent softening to the toweling. In particular, the methods disclosed herein involve the application of a specified amount of cellulase onto one ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6112384 | Multi-color fiber fluff products and method and apparatus for making same A method and apparatus for making a decorative mass of fiber fluff wherein a source of supply of staple fibers made of natural or synthetic textile fiber and arranged in continuous form, such as in a strand of yarn, are provided as a pattern array of disc... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6008150 | Binder composition for producing fibrous webs and a process for producing fibrous web mouldings A process and a binder for producing fibrous webs and fibrous web moldings, preferably in molding tools, in which fibrous webs are chemically bonded with powdered binders which consist wholly or partly of powder coating material, preferably recycled powde... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5919717 | Recycled fiber yarn and method for making same A recycled yarn or non-woven product and method for making the same, the yarn or non-woven product being made from recycled polyester fiber or fleece fabric.... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5877097 | Densified cellulose fiber pads and method of making the same A densified web of cellulose fibers has a high absorbent capacity and good wet strength. The web is produced by combining cellulose fibers with a bonding agent, activating the bonding agent, allowing it to contact the cellulose fibers, and thereafter deac... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875653 | Knitted sweater of corresponding garment article, and a method of manufacturing it The invention is a garment and a process for making a garment. A garment in accordance with the invention includes a plurality of sewn together prewashed and shrunk knitted pieces each made from cotton yarn and each having a low residual shrinkage after p... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5707709 | Twin ply fabric, uses and manufacture thereof In the process of defining quilted fabric, non-stretchable, stretchable and interior layers of materials are wound on separate rollers. Then the layers are positively fed from the rollers to a bi-directional acting sewing assembly wherein the non-stretcha... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5704104 | Method and machine for recycling discarded carpets A method and machine are disclosed for using a cold dry abrasion step for separating segments of discarded carpet into pile material (usually nylon) and backing layers (usually polypropylene) for recycling. A preferred method of abrasion uses dry ice pell... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5671495 | Recyclable shoe midsole cloth and method of making same A recyclable shoe midsole cloth is made from a recycled waste fabric material or a recycled rejected fabric product. The recycled material or product is processed such that the threads making up the recycled material or product are rehabilitated to become... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5519925 | Denim fabric made from denim waste Denim fabric suitable for use as apparel is made from about 40-100% fibers produced from denim waste (pre-consumer and/or post-consumer). The denim waste is collected, starch and size are optionally removed, and it is subjected to garnetting to produce de... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5515699 | Knitted fabric construction for an industrially launderable soft hand knitted garment Fabric suitable for the manufacture of rental shirts that are capable of being industrially laundered are made by air jet spinning an intimate blend of about 50--50 polyester/cotton (having wrapper fibers holding the yarn bundle together), vat dyeing the ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515700 | Knitted fabric construction for an industrially launderable knitted garment Fabric suitable for the manufacture of rental shirts that are capable of being industrially laundered are made by air jet spinning an intimate blend of about 50--50 polyester/cotton (having wrapper fibers holding the yarn bundle together), vat dyeing the ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5494628 | Mat produced on the basis of a nonwoven A method of producing a nonwoven mat from recycled carpet. The carpet comprises high and low melting thermoplastic fibers. The method comprises shredding the carpet into pieces, scattering the pieces onto a support web to form a layer and heating at least... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5477595 | Knitted fabric construction for an industrially launderable soft hand knitted garment Fabric suitable for the manufacture of rental shirts that are capable of being industrially laundered are made by air jet spinning an intimate blend of about 50-50 polyester/cotton (having wrapper fibers holding the yarn bundle together), vat dyeing the c... | 12/26/1995 |
