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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428772 | Engineered fabric articles Methods are described for forming unitary fabric elements for use in engineered thermal fabric articles, including, but not limited to, thermal fabric garments, thermal fabric home textiles, and thermal fabric upholstery covers, and for forming these engineered ther... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7380317 | Method and device for stabilization of pile goods such as pile carpet with a reinforcing back and pile goods A pile carpet after tufting or the like is usually provided on the back with a latex precoat for stabilization and then provided with a foam back or an additional jute fabric. This environmentally hazardous method and the problem of recycling the foam back as well a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7300692 | Rubbing cloth for use in manufacturing liquid crystal display panels The present invention provides a rubbing cloth for use in manufacturing liquid crystal display panels which consists of a velvet fabric having a ground sheet texture comprising warps and wefts, and pile yarns woven to the ground sheet texture in the warp direction, ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284492 | Replaceable hook modules A hook module assembly for a tufting machine is provided that allows for broken and damaged hooks of a level cut loop tufting machine to be replaced. The hook module assembly includes modular blocks having a series of slots in which level cut loop hooks are received... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7213313 | Method of manufacturing fleece having different kinds of fibers in front and back faces A method of manufacturing a fleece having different kinds of fibers in the front and back faces includes the steps of: weaving an extra-fine polyester fiber or acrylic fiber in a high gauge to have dense loops to form the front face of loop piles (1), and wea... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7076939 | Method of making furniture with synthetic woven material An article of furniture is made from elongated polymer filaments. The polymer filaments may be monofilaments or plural filaments which are twisted together and heat set to prevent their untwisting during the subsequent weaving process. The heat setting of the polyme... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6926044 | Method for making a blanket having a high pile density and a blanket made therefrom A method for making a fabric having a ground and pile threads inserted between the ground threads is provided. The method comprises a step of weaving two fabrics simultaneously so that the fabrics are positioned parallel and spaced by a predetermined distance, and t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923219 | Double-sided fabric: flat side / woven pile fabric A pile fabric includes woven together inner and outer layers and cut pile yarns woven into the inner layer. The outer layer has a higher yarn count than the inner layer, without counting the pile yarns. The pile fabric is one of two substantially similar pile fabric... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6855392 | Patterned stitch bonded pile fabric A patterned pile fabric of stitch-bonded construction. The fabric includes a substrate layer with an arrangement of ground yarns extending in stitched relation through the substrate layer so as to define a ground covering across the substrate layer. An arrangement o... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6837278 | Method for making a blanket having a high pile density and a blanket made therefrom A method for making a fabric having a ground and pile threads inserted between the ground threads is provided. The method comprises a step of weaving two fabrics simultaneously so that the fabrics are positioned parallel and spaced by a predetermined distance, and t... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6832419 | Method of making pile fabric A pile fabric may be employed in automotive, furniture upholstery and other applications. Pile surfaces on such fabrics may be provided in tufts, or collections of fiber bundles, arranged in rows upon a base portion. Fabrics and methods of making fabrics which minim... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6779368 | Double-face velour fabric articles having improved dynamic insulation performance A double-face 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 filament loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a hea... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6726976 | Tufted pile structure having binder concentrated beneath the backstitches A concentrate of binder at the tufts produces a lighter and more flexible carpet, which allows for direct attachment of hook-and-loop means on the carpet backing. Thermoplastic binder yarns are pinned by the pile yarns against the primary backing. Subsequent applica... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6647601 | Method for making a blanket having a high pile density and a blanket made therefrom A method for making a blanket is provided. The blanket is made from a fabric that has a ground having wefts and warps, and piles inserted in spaces between the wefts and warps of the ground. The method comprises the steps of weaving the fabric from the we... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634070 | Multi-colored materials and method of making same A material having a unique, multi-colored appearance is described. More specifically, a material having a multi-colored appearance and a three-dimensional surface is described, along with a method of making such a material. The process involves providing ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6594874 | Method and device for stabilization of pile goods such as pile carpet with a reinforcing back and pile goods A pile carpet after tufting or the like is usually provided on the back with a latex precoat for stabilization and then provided with a foam back or an additional jute fabric. This environmentally hazardous method and the problem of recycling the foam bac... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6432234 | Method for making textile products The present invention relates to a method for producing a textile product of the lapped/bonded type from fibres and/or filaments travelling in the direction of advance in the form of a web, this method comprising at least one step, called the "prelooping ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6350504 | Printed flocked pile fabric and method for making same A printed multicolor synthetic pile fabric having a substrate and pile formed of fibers of substantially uniform length and diameter with the fibers arranged in random groups extending uniformly across the entire width and along the entire length of the f... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6247215 | Printed flocked pile fabric and method for making same Methods of forming a printed multicolor synthetic pile fabric having a substrate and pile formed of fibers arranged in random groups extending essentially unifomn-y across the entire width and along the entire length of the fabric are disclosed. The metho... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6076242 | High and-low piles-revealing cut pile fabric cut pile fabric, having rugged surface with snarled piles and process for producing same A cut pile fabric with substantially vertically standing tufts made of a synthetic multifilament yarn which is an intermingled yarn comprised of (a) a crimped multifilament yarn and (b) a non-crimped highly heat-shrinkable multifilament yarn having a heat... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6055709 | Method of dry heat bulking of tufted pile fabric A method of bulking tufted pile fabrics by means of the controlled application of dry heat thereto. The method of the present invention is particularly well suited to the continuous in-line bulking of carpet.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5718129 | Knit pile made from cation dyeable polyester and acrylic fibers A pile composition containing: from 20 to 60% by weight of synthetic fibers containing a polyester copolymer containing sulfonic groups, which can be dyed with a cationic dye, and from 40 to 80% by weight of synthetic fibers containing at least one of acr... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5598615 | Silk velvet textile and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a silk velvet textile and the method of manufacturing the same. Spun silk or pure silk is worked on an ordinary pile loom or knitting machine to produce a silk textile having the luster, touch or texture characteristic of silk so ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5508775 | Method and apparatus for finishing pile fabric To incline piles of plush ribbons in a diagonal direction, the plush ribbons moistened at a predetermined rate are brought into contact with a heating drum in a longitudinal direction of the plush ribbon while twisting the plush ribbon about a longitudina... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5465467 | Method of making chemical fiber knitted towelling A chemical fiber knitted towelling making method which is to brush the pile yarn of the fabric and remove impurities from the pile yarn after the steps of knitting, dyeing and napping, and then to cut the pile yarn to a uniform length after brushing, and ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5369859 | Method of making chemical fiber knitted towelling An improved method of making (100% heat-resisting) chemical or synthetic fiber knitted towelling which includes a step of primary shearing to cut the pile yarn of a knitted fabric, obtained after napping of the fabric; a step of brushing the knitted fabri... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5341188 | Method of making light-trapping members for photographic film cassette Light-trapping members are cut out of a ribbon consisting of a base fabric and piles. The piles of the ribbon are pressed against the peripheral surface of a thermal drum to be inclined in the width direction after the ribbon is passed through and twisted... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5282298 | Pile-edge detector for pile-fabric treatment machine A pile-detecting apparatus is used in a machine wherein a pile fabric is deflected over a smooth surface of a roll to detect the edge between the pile-free portion of the fabric and the portion with the pile, which edge runs parallel to the displacement d... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5251676 | Cleaning tissue with a rayon cut pile A textile material which consists of interweaving of synthetic filaments as warps and wefts having a fluffy layer of a pile of rayon fixed to the textile material by having its base curved around warps and wefts and wherein the pile is shaved to constitut... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5135602 | Apparatus for the manufacture of a pile fabric A pile fabric is formed by pressing lengths of yarn through a slot into a layer of adhesive on a pre-formed web. The yarn is pressed through the slot by a presser having at opposite faces respective grooves for receiving end portions of the yarn. While in... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5087499 | Puncture-resistant and medicinal treatment garments and method of manufacture thereof The present invention relates to improvements in puncture-resistant and medicinal treatment garments. Garments made from fibers such as KEVLAR.RTM. and designed to deter penetration of objects are subjected to an additional brushing step to enhance the fi... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4926520 | Method and apparatus for cleaning carpet tiles A method and apparatus for cleaning carpet tiles is disclosed. The apparatus which accomplishes the present method includes a machine having a frame structure, a loading station connected to the frame structure and adapted for receiving a carpet tile, and... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4794038 | Polyester fiberfill Polyester fiberfill having spiral crimp that is randomly-arranged and entangled in the form of fiberballs with binder fibers, preferably with a minimum of hairs extending from the surface of the fiberballs, so as to be air-transportable on account of the ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4783364 | Polyester fiberfill and process Polyester fiberfill having spiral-crimp, especially in the form of an omega (Ω), that is randomly-arranged and entangled in the form of fiberballs with a minimum of hairs extending from their surface, and having a refluffable characteristic similar to th... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4667703 | Apparatus for manufacturing double connecting pile fabric An improved apparatus for manufacturing a double connecting fabric having an upper ground construction, a lower ground construction, and pile yarns connecting both ground constructions by withdrawing the double connecting fabric by a plurality of spiked r... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4618531 | Polyester fiberfill and process Polyester fiberfill having spiral-crimp that is randomly-arranged and entangled in the form of fiberballs with a minimum of hairs extending from their surface, and having a refluffable characteristic similar to that of down on account of the low cohesion ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617208 | Non-directional, synthetic, outdoor carpet A process of making a cut pile, tufted carpet that is non-directional is disclosed. It comprises the steps of: (a) knitting a yarn composed of thermoplastic fiber, e.g., continuous filament polypropylene ribbon, into a deknittable fabric, (b) heating the fabri... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4617218 | Tightly curled, cut pile, tufted carpet A process of making a cut pile, tufted carpet that has the tightly curled appearance of Persian lamb is dislcosed. It comprises the steps of: (a) knitting a synthetic carpet facing yarn, e.g., a continuous filament nylon, into a deknittable fabric, (b) heating... | 10/14/1986 |
