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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7631405 | Enhanced energy absorbing materials Dense, highly stable, high performance ballistic material comprises at least one woven layer of ballistic grade fiber (preferably a stack of such layers) and at least one nonwoven layer of fabric which is entangled with the woven or unidirectional layer by needle fe... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7437807 | Tufted backing and method of manufacturing same A tufted backing and a method of manufacturing a tufted backing from thermoplastic polymer fibers or filaments that are processed to yield a spunbonded nonwoven are described, the spunbonded nonwoven containing only fibers or filaments having a titer of 1 to 15 dtex... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426775 | Polymeric structures comprising a hydrophile/lipophile system Polymer melt compositions, especially polymer melt compositions that can be processed into polymeric structures, especially polymeric structures in the form of fibers are provided. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7404921 | Method and system for the manufacture of annular fibrous preforms Free fibers (10) are deposited on a rotary support turntable (30) by means of a hollow deposition cone (40) having an outer wall surrounding a chamber and pierced by multiple perforations. The fibers are delivered to the outer surface of the per... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7346967 | Process for producing a floor covering A process is provided for producing a multi-layered flat fibrous structure, especially a floor covering, having a surface or wear layer, a base or carrier layer and optionally further layers. The base or carrier layer is first produced from a multi-layered non-woven... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331089 | Method and apparatus for dry forming of a fabric A method and apparatus is described for use in dry forming a fabric by at least two non-woven fabrics. The upper run of the transfer wire is used as a forming wire. A forming head is disposed above the transfer wire. An airlaid non-woven fabric is formed on the tran... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331091 | Method of producing a nonwoven material A method of producing a patterned and/or apertured nonwoven material wherein a web of continuous filaments are formed on a forming member, the continuous filaments being free from each other without any thermal or adhesive bonds therebetween, and applying a wetforme... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329623 | Durable hydrophilic nonwoven mat A nonwoven web of a wettable fiber matrix, wherein the wettable fiber matrix are thermoplastic polymeric fibers blended with at least one hydrophilic melt additive. In alternate embodiments, the nonwoven web further includes binder fibers which may be wettable or no... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7246772 | Acoustic absorption system for an aircraft interior trim panel system An acoustic absorption trim panel includes a composite core, a decoupler layer, and a mass barrier layer. By ensuring that the mass barrier layer remains limp in a limp area but in contact with the composite core through the decoupling layer, damping greater than th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210205 | Water-decomposable fibrous sheet of high resistance to surface friction, and method for producing it Provided is a water-decomposable fibrous sheet including fibers containing at least 3% by mass of fibrillated rayon. The fibrillated rayon has a degree of beating of at most 700 cc and has primary fibers of a predetermined fiber length and microfibers extending from... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7171732 | Method for compressive shrinking and rubber blanket shrinking system The invention relates to a method for compressive shrinking a textile web of material (9) with the aid of a rubber blanket shrinking system, wherein the rubber blanket (3) is cooled after the main cylinder is discharged. The areas (22) of the ru... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7062824 | Method and device for producing composite nonwovens by means of hydrodynamic needing Method of producing a composite nonwoven for receiving and storing liquids or the like, comprising a carded nonwoven, which is treated in order to consolidate it, and a pulp layer, such as a wood pulp fiber layer, applied to the consolidated carded nonwoven and brou... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039990 | Zoned stretching of a web Apparatus and methods for stretching one or more zones of a web are disclosed. Webs including stretched or activated zones are also disclosed. Each of the zones in the web is stretched in the cross-web direction, i.e., the direction transverse to the down-web direct... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037866 | Two-sided nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric comprises a first layer formed of staple fibers having a smooth outer surface, a second layer formed of staple fibers having an outer surface with a roughened texture and a third, spunbond layer sandwiched between the first and second layers. A bin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022201 | Entangled fabric wipers for oil and grease absorbency A composite fabric comprising a necked and creped spunbond nonwoven web of monocomponent fibers hydraulically entangled with a fibrous component that comprises cellulosic fibers. The nonwoven web contains thermoplastic fibers and the fibrous component comprises grea... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6958103 | Entangled fabrics containing staple fibers An entangled fabric that contains a nonwoven web hydraulically entangled with a fibrous component is provided. The nonwoven web is formed from staple fibers and is creped. For example, in one embodiment, the nonwoven web is a creped, point bonded, carded web. Excell... | 10/25/2005 |
| RE38769 | Air bag fabric possessing improved packed volume and stable air permeability A fabric for use in an air bag is provided. The fabric of the invention is produced by mechanically compressing a preliminary fabric constructed substantially of synthetic yarn such that the packed volume per unit area of the compressed fabric is less than the packe... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921569 | Soft, durable nonwoven napped fabric A soft, durable, nonwoven fabric formed of hydroentangled synthetic polymer fibers in sheet form. The polymer fiber is surface embossed on at least one major surface with a predetermined pattern to provide a fiber sheet having enhanced dimensional stability. The fib... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6893522 | High bulk non-woven composite fabric The method generally comprises the steps of providing a hydroentangled non-woven layer having a first binder component, and depositing a second non-woven layer having a high bulk and loft on to the hydroentangled layer to form an unbonded composite fabric. The secon... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6887486 | Hydrophilic cotton pad for skin care comprising two different external surfaces The invention relates to a hydrophilic cotton pad for skin-care exhibiting a specific surface weight of at least 150 g/m2, and having two different outer sides of which the fibers are entangled. In the invention, the first outer side has hollow str... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6854166 | Insulative non-woven fabric and method for forming same Insulative fabrics include a plurality of web layers. Each of the web layers comprises monostaple fibers having a length between about 0.5 and 2 inches. The plurality of web layers is positioned in overlying relationship and interconnected to each other (often throu... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6842953 | Method and device for producing composite nonwovens by means of hydrodynamic needling Method of producing a composite nonwoven for receiving and storing liquids or the like, comprising a carded nonwoven, which is treated in order to consolidate it, and a pulp layer, such as a wood pulp fiber layer, applied to the consolidated carded nonwoven and brou... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6836937 | Method and device for producing a composite nonwoven for receiving and storing liquids Known methods involve applying a layer of particularly highly absorbent fibers such as woodpulp on a carrier nonwoven and then compacting the composite nonwoven with the aid of water entanglement. One disadvantage of the compacting method is the high woodpulp fiber ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811849 | Textile web, especially a textile-covered web for a paper-making machine The invention relates to a textile web, especially a textile-covered web for a paper-making machine, which, viewed from a transverse direction, is provided with several web sections (6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 27, 28) that extend parallel to one another in a lengthwise... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6750166 | Method for producing a non-woven fibre fabric Disclosed is a method for producing a non-woven fiber fabric comprising a plurality of perforated structures extending along the entire cross-section of said fabric. The inventive method consists of the following steps: in a first step, the matted fibers are placed ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6743519 | Supplementary fiber structure for leather and leather gloves, shoes, garments and upholstery with supplementary fiber structures and process for adding a supplementary fiber structure to leather An improved leather formed of a leather having an internal matrix and a fiber matrix coupled to the leather matrix, the coupling creating a supplementary fiber matrix in the leather which enhances a characteristic of the leather. The improved leather includes fibers... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6684468 | Microfiber structure A process and apparatus for manufacturing a microfiber structure for absorbing impact energy, sound energy and/or temperature, the structure being used in the ballistic field and in the sound and temperature isolation fields, wherein the method comprises ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6627032 | Method of making a high strength and single use bed and gurney covering Specific nonwoven fabrics having a good hand, high strength both wet and dry, and very high absorbency are useful for disposable health care and commercial bedding material. These fabrics are composed of randomly entangled natural and synthetic fibers int... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6598276 | Fastener loop material, its manufacture, and products incorporating the material Lightweight, non-woven loop products for hook-and-loop fastening are disclosed, as are methods for making them and end products employing them. The products are non-woven webs of entangled fibers of substantial tenacity, the fibers forming both a sheet-fo... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6579396 | Methods of manufacturing high performance insulations A durable, low-density, high performance insulating material is suitable for use as a high temperature thermal and acoustic insulation. The insulation includes fiber batting made with non-thermoplastic fibers or blends of fibers such as aramid fibers and ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6509079 | Absorbent nonwoven fabric A non-woven fabric having improved absorbent characteristics. The fabric has three different fiber arrays which are interconnected to produce a unique fiber distribution in the fabric.... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6502289 | Composite nonwoven fabric and method for making same A composite nonwoven fabric comprising multiple, layers of a web formed from a blended mixture of metal fibers and nonmetal fibers is provided. The metal fibers preferably have a rough outer surface with irregular shaped cross-sections that vary along the... | 01/07/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6327759 | Air bag fabric possessing improved packed volume and stable air permeability A fabric for use in an air bag is provided. The fabric of the invention is produced by mechanically compressing a preliminary fabric constructed substantially of synthetic yarn such that the packed volume per unit area of the compressed fabric is less tha... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6120715 | Method and apparatus for spinning, drawing, and winding a yarn A method and an apparatus for spinning, drawing, and winding a synthetic filament yarn, wherein a plurality of filaments are combined in a spin zone to a yarn. Subsequently, the yarn is drawn in a draw zone which includes a draw godet, and then wound in a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6029327 | Process for forming fibrous structures with predetermined Z-fiber distributions The invention relates to the field of forming fibrous structures by needling processes. A process is provided for achieving a desired Z-fiber distribution in a fibrous structure by controlling transport depth during formation of the fibrous structure in a... | 02/29/2000 |
