Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356892 | Method for hydrodynamically subjecting a goods line, optionally with finite preproducts, to water jets and nozzle device for producing liquid jets Water needling is used to constantly subject the entire surface of a width of a goods line to water jets. However, it is also advantageous for units of commodity goods that are to be consolidated and optionally, if a cover nonwoven supporting these goods only needs ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350724 | Double-seal jet spray device The invention concerns a water spraying device comprising a filter and a perforated plate which can be removed by being slid respectively through an opening or a hole emerging into a well provided in the body. A pin being inserted in the well to maintain two plugs o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334303 | Water-jet web-treating apparatus An apparatus for the water-jet treatment of a textile web has a perforated drum having an outer surface, a coarse-mesh screen overlying the outer surface, and a fine-mesh screen or tube overlying the coarse-mesh screen. This fine-mesh tube has annularly continuous f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7310858 | Method and transparent patterning of a material web and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for generating three-dimensional transparent patterns on a non-woven fabric or similar, whereby, for example, hot air is sucked through openings which form the pattern in the circumferential surface of a drum. The openings are strai... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310860 | Making nonwoven fiber products with needle-jet consolidation A nonwoven product is made by passing a fiber web longitudinally along a treatment path and preconsolidating it at an upstream location along the path. Then the web is fully consolidated by liquid jets downstream of the location at longitudinally spaced and transver... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310859 | Water-permeable drum for the hydrodynamic needling textile webs and method of making the drum A water-permeable drum assembly for the hydrodynamic needling of textile materials in order to reinforce and structure the textile materials or refine the surface thereof has an intrinsically stable sieve drum provided with apertures and an outer tubular sieve-type ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308743 | Method for embossed and colourless decoration and bonding of a fabric web and device therefor A method for producing three-dimensional colourless designs in a non-woven fabric or like material entirely bonded includes subjecting the fibers to a blowing process through openings, since the fibers in the openings are only displaced therein with limited depth, a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303861 | Apparatus and method for making a forming structure A method for making a forming structure having columnar protrusions extending therefrom comprising the steps of exposing a liquid photosensitive resin to light having an activating wavelength thereby inducing partial curing of the photosensitive resin to form a mono... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290314 | Method for producing a complex nonwoven fabric and resulting novel fabric The invention concerns a method for producing a complex nonwoven fabric which consists in continuously producing a complex wherein a first web of a cellulosic fibres is continuously sandwiched between two webs of spunbonded filaments, and which consists in: producin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7276132 | Method of making a reinforcing mat for a pultruded part A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fiber... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7210206 | Gel-forming fabric composite A method for the manufacture of a reinforced gel-forming fabric composite comprising a reinforcing layer and gel-forming fibre material is characterized in that the gel-forming fibre material in non-woven fabric form is needled into the reinforcing layer from one si... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197795 | Method for hydrodynamic impingement on a web continuous material with water jets and nozzle beams for producing liquid jets The nozzle beam on a device for producing liquid jets in order to impinge said jets upon the fibres of a web of continuous material guided along the beam consists of a beam housing extending along the working width of the continuous web of fibre material, whereby tw... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194788 | Soft and bulky composite fabrics A composite fabric is provided that contains staple fibers hydraulically entangled with a nonwoven web formed from continuous filaments. A portion of the staple fibers is entangled with the web, while another portion protrudes through the web. The resulting surface ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191501 | Differentially entangled nonwoven fabric The invention is directed to a hydroentangled nonwoven fabric, the outer surface of which exhibits highly entangled fibers whereas the inner layer exhibits lightly entangled fibers. In particular, the present invention contemplates that a fabric is formed from a fib... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176150 | Internally tufted laminates The present invention provides an internally-tufted laminate adapted to provide improved softness and cloth-like feel. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7094320 | Multi-region paper structures having a transition region interconnecting relatively thinner regions disposed at different elevations, and apparatus and process for making the same A multi-region paper structure having a transition region interconnecting relatively thinner regions is disclosed. The paper structure comprises a first region, a patterned second region, a third region, and transition region. The transition region interconnects the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082654 | Nonwoven fabrics having intercalated three-dimensional images The present invention is directed to a method of forming a nonwoven fabric, which exhibits a plurality of three-dimensional images whereby the fabric is comprised of at least a first and second three-dimensional image that are dissimilar from one another. The three-... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7069629 | Durable lightweight imaged nonwoven wipe The present invention is directed to a nonwoven fabric, and specifically to a durable lightweight nonwoven fabric wipe, comprising improved strength, as well as an improved MD to CD elongation ratio, which results in a material imminently suitable for application in... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055227 | Process for face finishing fabrics and fabrics having good strength and aesthetic characteristics A process for face finishing fabrics, and in particular fabrics containing filaments, to provide them with good aesthetic characteristics is described. In addition, fabrics made from filaments having aesthetic characteristics and surface effects similar to those of ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6987075 | Mattress cover fabric with barrier effect The present invention describes a new mattress cover sheet with barrier effect against bacteria and parasites, consisting of a spunlace fiber based fabric. The spunlace fabric mattress cover can be produced in a structure with one or more layers, and can contain ant... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6957474 | Suction device for use in a textile machine, especially a water jet weaving installation A suction device for use in a textile machine, especially a water jet weaving installation has a slot between two glide strips for a transport device transporting the textile material that terminates radially inwards in a stationary suction tube into the thicker wal... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6946413 | Composite material with cloth-like feel The present invention provides a wet-wipe comprising a non-woven composite elastic material comprising a non-woven elastic layer; and a non-woven gatherable layer. The gatherable layer is bonded to the elastic layer at at least two points; and is gathered between th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942711 | Hydroentangled filter media with improved static decay and method The present invention is directed to a filter media comprised of an electro-conductive scrim so as to improve on the dissipation time of an electrostatic charge. Further, the present invention is directed to a method of making such a filter media, which is formed th... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936333 | Bulky sheet and process for producing the same A bulky sheet comprising a fiber aggregate formed by water needling of a fiber web is disclosed. The bulky sheet has a number of projections and depressions comprising the fiber aggregate. The projections and the depressions is formed both by rearrangement of the co... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6881288 | Method of making a reinforcing mat for a pultruded part A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fiber... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6872273 | Method of making a pultruded part with a reinforcing mat A method of making a pultruded part having a uniform cross-section using a novel reinforcing mat. The method comprises orienting a plurality of longitudinal rovings along a longitudinal axis of a pultrusion die; providing a reinforcing structure comprising a permeab... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6823568 | Nonwoven fabric and method for making same A nonwoven fabric suitable to be used as a kitchen paper including thermoplastic synthetic fibers being 7˜30 mm long and as fine as of 0.1˜0.8 d, in 90˜10% by weight and pulp fibers being 2˜7 mm long, in 10˜90% by weight, these component fibers being mixed toge... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6790796 | Nonwovens forming or conveying fabrics with enhanced surface roughness and texture An industrial fabric used in the form of an endless fabric belt to form and convey a nonwoven fiber web during the manufacture of a nonwoven fabric has a web-supporting surface which includes rough-surface yarns which inhibit movement, namely, slippage, of the nonwo... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6782590 | Velour fabric articles having flame retardance and improved dynamic insulation performance A velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6770867 | Method and apparatus for scanned instrument calibration Methods and apparatus for calibration of a scanned beam system are provided by sampling a calibration specimen containing an array of targets with a spacing between samples that is greater than the spacing between targets in the array and forming an image from the s... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6753063 | Personal cleansing wipe articles having superior softness The present invention relates to personal cleansing wipes articles which have superior softness, feel and cleansing properties. The wipes of the present invention comprise a substrate and an aqueous liquid cleansing composition which is coated onto or impregnated in... | 06/22/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6695941 | Method of making nonwoven fabric for buffing applications A method of forming a nonwoven fabric suitable for metal-finishing buffing operations includes providing a precursor web comprising polyester, staple length fibers, with hydroentanglement of the web effected to impart desired physical characteristics. Hyd... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692541 | Method of making nonwoven fabric comprising splittable fibers The present invention relates generally to a method of making nonwoven fabrics, wherein the fabrics are formed from splittable filaments or staple length fibers having a plurality of sub-components which are at least partially separable. The filaments or ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6673204 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing non-woven fabric Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric, in which a predetermined pattern of a forming body is transferred to a non-woven fabric immediately after or simultaneously with its formation by urging the non-woven fabric ont... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6669799 | Durable and drapeable imaged nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric, and method of production, are disclosed, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises textile length fibers with a portion being thermally fusible. The fabric exhibits sufficient durability to withstand commercial dyeing processes, with the re... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6568049 | Hydraulic seaming together of layers of nonwoven fabric The method for hydraulic seaming together of two layers of consolidated nonwoven fabric in one or two directions simultaneously provides soft, supple seam lines, along which formed seam lines, cuts can be made for producing bag like articles from the seam... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6557224 | Method and device for color patterning of a web hydrodynamic treatment Colored patterning of a web-shaped nonwoven or a composite made of a nonwoven and a fabric or knit is achieved by water jet needling. The nonwoven provided as the upper layer of two layers is provided with one or more colors or is colored or printed itsel... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6412155 | Device for hydrodynamic supply of the fluid to fibers of a fiber web A device is known in which the bulky nonwoven arriving on a continuous belt for water needling is slowly compressed between a needling drum and another belt and at the same time is wetted by a first water curtain from the nozzle bank; its water jets first... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6375889 | Method of making machine direction stretchable nonwoven fabrics having a high degree of recovery upon elongation A method of producing a non-woven fabric having a high recovery after elongation and a substantially uniform surface including the steps of microcrepeing the fabric between about 20% and 35%, and heat setting the fabric to a temperature between its glass ... | 04/23/2002 |
