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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4344278 | Lubricated wire rope A wire rope formed of a plurality of strands of wire rope elements wound around a core, and incorporating a lubricant which comprises a microporous polymeric lubricating medium.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4321789 | Process for spinning of core/mantle yarns and yarn products A process for the production of a core/mantle yarn, in which a core thread is continuously conducted through a spinning zone in a gap formed between two adjacent and oppositely moving surfaces; staple fibers are fed into the path of the core thread and co... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4297835 | Synthetic strings An integrated string consisting of plural mono-filaments, each of which being fused together with adjacent mono-filaments at the contact points and externally having sharp grooves produced by twisting along its length and internally defining confined spir... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4290261 | Non-specular electrical conductor and steel strand, and methods of making Each wire of bare stranded electrical conductor and wire rope when supported outdoors is constantly sliding and rubbing against each adjacent wire in the stranded article due to temperature changes and wind induced vibrations. If the articles are made non... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4288974 | Dulled conductor and making same Outdoor overhead supported transmission and distribution electrical and communication covered conductor and cable, whether the exterior cover is metal or plastic, is shiny and visible when newly installed in public view. These products may not become sign... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4272950 | Filiform textile material Filiform textile material which can be used for producing a textile material used in the manufacture of laminated articles or which can be given a coating, constituted by a plurality of resin-preimpregnated continuous chemical filaments, wherein it is for... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4269024 | Strength members for the reinforcement of optical fibre cables A continuous elongate strength member for reinforcing an optical fibre cable consists of an assembly of aromatic polyamide filaments impregnated with a synthetic resin, in which the filaments are individually coated with the resin, and the filaments of at... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4244174 | Poy yarn compositions The instant specification describes an improved method for the manufacture of composite yarns having a central carrier with fibers or filaments adhered thereto. The method includes the step of using a partially oriented yarn as the carrier material and dr... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4217748 | Safe wire rope Steel wire rope used for lifting and hauling is dangerous when stressed above the breaking point, as there is a substantial quantity of energy stored in the stretched rope and when the rope breaks the stored energy causes the broken ends to whip at high v... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4202382 | Dryer felts A dryer felt comprising a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns interwoven according to a selected weave pattern. A characteristic of the dryer felt being that at least one of the yarns comprises a core fiber made from a synthetic monofila... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4202164 | Lubricated plastic impregnated aramid fiber rope An aramid fiber rope having a central core surrounded with aramid fiber rope strands. The core and the aramid strands are coated with a heavy viscous lubricant prior to winding the strands into rope. The lubricated rope is then impregnated and surrounded ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4154881 | Antistatic composite yarn and carpet An antistatic composite yarn is obtained by wrapping a core yarn with a covering yarn. The core yarn has an electrically conductive coating thereon which comprises a polymeric matrix and a finely divided electrically conductive material therein. The antis... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4084399 | Gut for racket A gut is provided for a sports racket such as a tennis racket. The gut is made with carbon fibers. The gut may be made solely of carbon fibers or there may be a combination of carbon fibers and organic and/or inorganic fibers. A coating may be provided fo... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4074512 | Low-friction fabric bearing Improved wear and load-carrying properties result for a resin-impregnated fabric bearing wherein the bearing surface includes, as the most significant fabric component, a yarn which is a compounded bundle of sized TFE filaments and sized filaments of high... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4022010 | High-strength rope A high-strength rope, strand or yarn includes a core component, such as a fiber or a plurality thereof, of elastic synthetic plastic material, the core component having a predetermined length. A plurality of envelope components surrounds the core componen... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4002019 | Method of making yarns from angora rabbit's-wool and yarns so made Yarn of a fineness between Nm 60 and Nm 250 comprises fibres from the fur of angora rabbits. The fibres are pretreated with a two-component composition of an antistatic agent and an agent for increasing the adhesability of the fibres. The pretreated fibre... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002518 | Helically fluted deep hole cathode and method of making same A helically fluted deep hole cathode which is fabricated by helically winding at least one thread member around a dielectrically coated cathode tube and then applying a layer of electrical insulation over the tube and thread member so wound and wherein, p... | 01/11/1977 |
