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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581294 | Method of manufacturing a nonwoven In the production of a solidified nonwoven web by crosslaying a card web produced with a uniform transverse profile by a card web forming device and then by consolidating the crosslaid nonwoven web thus formed, the basis weight of the solidified nonwoven web or of t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7251871 | Fabricating three-dimensional annular fiber structures The present invention provides a method of fabricating an annular fiber structure, the method comprising the steps consisting in: providing a first fiber sheet made up of substantially unidirectional elements; forming a transverse, first annular sheet by laying the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7185404 | Method of fabricating a helical fiber sheet A transverse fiber sheet is lapped by being guided in a substantially radial direction back and forth along a path between circumferentially outer and inner edges of the sheet, with the transverse sheet being reversed at each end of its path, the width of the transv... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7120975 | Method of fabricating a helical two-dimensional fiber sheet A transverse fiber sheet is lapped by being guided in a substantially radial direction back and forth along a path between circumferentially outer and inner edges of the sheet, with the transverse sheet being reversed at each end of its path, the width of the transv... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090743 | Pressure laminator apparatus An apparatus for laminating at least two sheets of material includes a supply station at which rolls of the sheet material are rotatably supported, a laminating station in which the materials are laminated together with heat and compression and a take-up station whe... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7069628 | Method, installation for the production of mats and use associated therewith A plant for the manufacture of mats formed of continuous yarns originating from bobbins and thrown onto a conveyor belt. The plant includes at least one bobbin supported on a spindle, a guide for guiding a fiber bundle leaving the bobbin, a mechanism for pulling the... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7049251 | Facing material with controlled porosity for construction boards This invention provides facing materials for cementitious boards such as those including Portland cement or gypsum cores. The preferred facing material includes, in a first embodiment, a facing layer having an areal weight of about 300 grams/M2, and an ai... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6883213 | Apparatus for producing non-woven fabric An apparatus for applying weft yarns in a cross direction to warp yarns assembled on a beam in parallel aligned relationship and having an adhesive scrim thereon includes a supply roll of the warp yarns on such a beam which are fed downstream of the apparatus by fir... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6023823 | Method and apparatus for treating strand-like material The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for uniformly treating strand-like material. The apparatus comprises a coiler head having a coiler diameter d and a conveyor belt having a belt width w, wherein the ratio of the coiler diamet... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5623748 | System for carding textile fibres A system for carding textile fibres comprises first and second carding machines and a layering system disposed between the output portion of the first carding machine and the input portion of the second carding machine. The layering system forms a mat com... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5483730 | Apparatus and method for forming coils of yarn and for heat setting the same An apparatus and method are provided for forming coils of yarn and for heat setting the yarn. The apparatus has a coiler adapted to receive yarn from a yarn source and to form the yarn into a plurality of overlapping loops of a desired size. The coiler pr... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5467513 | Method and apparatus for heat-setting carpet yarn using variable yarn laying mechanism A method and apparatus is disclosed for heat-setting carpet yarn by conveying continuously running yarn through a heat-setting chamber. To facilitate production of variable texture yarn, a controllable oscillating yarn supply tube assembly is provided for... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5454145 | Method for manufacturing a nonwoven product, a nonwoven product obtained in particular by said method and an installation for the manufacture of said nonwoven product A high-quality nonwoven product is manufactured by making use of an intermediate product in which the majority of fibers are distributed in two orientations which form an angle with each other. The intermediate product is fed to a spreading and lap-formin... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5448802 | Apparatus for the production of a folded non-woven fabric An apparatus for the production of a folded non-woven fabric includes a card for making a fiber web of non-woven fabric and a folder for folding the fiber web. To reduce the need of space required for the apparatus, the folder has a transfer table, on whi... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5442935 | Apparatus for producing multi-axial non-woven fabric The invention provides apparatus for producing multi-axial non-woven fabric comprising an endless series of yarn guides (3) having upper and lower reaches which extend widthwise of the apparatus and which are driven in opposite directions, rotatable creel... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5221390 | Method and apparatus for positioning at least one thread, band or the like in a pre-determined pattern on a material web The present invention relates to a method for positioning at least one thread, band or like element in a pre-determined pattern above a conveyor path with the aid of thread outfeed device having at least one thread outlet device. In accordance with the in... | 06/22/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5111672 | Weft thread insertion arrangement A weft thread insertion arrangement for the weft thread magazine of a warp knitting machine has a warp thread laying insert carriage. The carriage, in conjunction and cooperation with the main shaft of the warp knitting machine, is driven between two forw... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5060347 | Process and device for the manufacture of non-woven fabrics Non-woven fabrics are manufactured using a carding machine with outlet comb, a blamire feed or spreader/batt-making machine with cylinders for depositing a web of fibers, and one or more needling devices. The surface weight of the web delivered by the car... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4976012 | Method of forming a web A method of preparing a reinforcing web for a composite structure. A continuous strand is deposited in a bed of pins according to a desired pattern such as overlapped rows of shingled loops.... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4867825 | Machine and process for forming crosswise filaments for non-woven fabric and product of the process A stand-alone machine and a process for forming crosswise filaments for non-woven fabric comprises two sets of non-traversing edge spacing pins, each set with a gripper, and a traversing set of slider pins. The sets of pins are placed close together. Cros... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4578141 | Weft forming apparatus An apparatus and method for continuously forming a succession of individual, full width, weft yarns by means of a turret rotating in a horizontal plane on a vertical axis and carrying a plurality of weft yarn packages. The weft yarns are drawn off the pac... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4472234 | Device for producing a web of parallel yarns and different complex articles comprising such a web Device for producing a weft web constituted of parallel spaced apart yarns. According to the invention, the yarns are distributed around two continuous endless belts advantageously parallel and supporting a number of pins. The weft yarns are distributed in such a w... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4432503 | Machine for producing yarn loops A machine for producing yarn loops comprises a rotary winding flyer or member having a discharge end through which the yarn emerges. A winding means for collecting the yarn loops is provided and transfers the loops to a conveyor. In order to secure the en... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4405395 | Reinforced structures Apparatus for and method of manufacturing tire breaker fabric comprising an elongated sheet of parallel closely spaced cords formed from a single cord laid in zig-zag fashion such that the edges of the sheet are formed by a series of folded cord edges. Th... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4401493 | Reinforced structures An apparatus and method of manufacture for making tire breaker cord fabric comprising a tire cord laying head to lay a zig-zag assembly of a single cord, edge loop holding units and drive means for relatively moving the cord assembly to an elastomeric mat... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4369554 | Method for the manufacture of non-woven textile fabrics A method for forming a web of weft yarns, which run transversely relative to the length of the web, and which may be incorporated in a non-woven fabric, wherein a pair of laterally spaced substantially parallel helical yarn guide members are each rotated ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4242779 | Apparatus for the manufacture of non-woven textile fabrics An apparatus for forming a web of weft yarns, which run transversely relative to the length of the web, and which may be incorporated in a non-woven fabric, wherein a pair of laterally spaced substantially parallel helical yarn guide members are each rota... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4189811 | Method for producing non-woven webs of cross-laid strands A restrained web of orthogonal strands is formed by first traversing the strands according to the disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 4,016,631 in a diagonal pattern with V-shaped reversals between two rows of strand-restraining elements along the selvedge of the... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4172748 | Method of forming non-woven net structures A non-woven net structure is formed from initially-independent threads inding a thermoplastic synthetic plastic material. The weft threads are located in axially-extending grooves in the surface of a rotatable cylinder. The warp threads are located in ci... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4108708 | Scrim machine A method and machine to produce a scrim fabric which encompasses the use of a weft stop motion control to automatically stop the operation of the machine upon the detection of a broken weft yarn.... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4095312 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven fabric Method and apparatus for making a nonwoven fabric wherein a first group of filaments are projected in a longitudinal direction into the nip of a pair of nipped and moving collecting surfaces in such a manner that the filaments fold into and are captured a... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4089720 | Method and apparatus for making a nonwoven fabric Method and apparatus for making a nonwoven fabric wherein a first group of filaments are projected in a longitudinal direction into the nip of a pair of nipped and moving collecting surfaces in such a manner that the filaments fold into and are captured a... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4080232 | Method of and apparatus for making textile sheet structures A method wherein a set of threads moved to and fro by means of a traversing device is laid down on the outer convex surface of a rotating cylindrical member, said to-and-fro motion of said set of threads being in the direction parallel to the axis of rota... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4071931 | Web forming method A method of traversing a strand between two spaced rows of strand-restraining elements moving together in the same direction in the same plane to form a web is implemented by a pair of strand-engaging members associated with each row of strand-restraining... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4068357 | Method and apparatus for fabricating open weave scrim cloth A method and apparatus for continuously weaving fibers or filaments, particularly glass fiber filaments, into a scrim cloth, to serve as reinforcement in the fabrication of filament reinforced foam insulation slabs. The scrim cloth consisting of uniformly... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4045847 | Apparatus for the manufacture of weft inserted non-woven fabrics Weft yarn for weft insertion in a machine for non-woven fabrics with one or more sets of warp yarns is fed through an intermittent tensioning device to a rotating hollow wand through which the yarn passes and which lays successive wefts on hooks on weft c... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4016631 | Apparatus and method for traversing a strand A method of traversing a strand between two spaced rows of strand-restraining elements moving together in the same direction to form a web is carried out by a strand-engaging member that orbits each row to alternately traverse the strand toward one and th... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3950583 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing a net of non-woven threads The present invention relates to a method of and apparatus for manufacturing a net of non-woven threads, in which first and second laps of parallel threads, are drawn off, respectively, from a fixed creel and a rotary creel with the first lap longitudinal... | 04/13/1976 |