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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4096609 | Process for making stretch fabric capable of course count control upon heat setting Course count control during heat setting of stretchable warp knit fabric is provided by selvedge knitted with the fabric and along its edges, the selvedge having a predetermined lesser stretchability than that of the fabric to serve as a limit stop to the... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4075874 | Slide-fastener stringer half with knitted-in coupling elements and method of making same A slide-fastener stringer half comprises a knit tape having a plurality of parallel longitudinally extending wales and a plurality of transversely extending courses, and a monofilamentary coupling element on the tape and having a succession of turns each ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4074398 | Slide fastener tape A stringer tape for slide fastener has a warp-knit structure including longitudinally extending alternate wales and interwale grooves. Those wales lying adjacent and behind respective edge portions of the tape are formed with fewer knitting threads than a... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4067208 | Warp-knit slide-fastener support tape and method of making same A slide-fastener support tape is made in a warp-knitting machine which chains a plurality of relatively thin warp yarns to form an array of longitudinally extending and transversely spaced wales. One of the needles of the knitting machine is left empty so... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4065835 | Net jointing structure A net jointing structure for jointing opposite net ends together comprises a pair of adapter nets each including a net region and a tape-carrying region extending outwardly from the net region. A slide fastener is provided between the adapter nets for cou... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4064602 | Warp-knit slide fastener stringer half and method of making same A slide-fastener stringer half comprises an elongated warp-knitted tape having a pair of opposite longitudinally extending edges and a pair of opposite faces and formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel wales. This tape is knit with a ... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4056868 | Net jointing structure A net jointing structure has a pair of warp-knitted net adapters for use in coupling or jointing net ends together. Each of the adapters has a net region and a web region, the net region being subdivided into at least two net sections one of which is smal... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4051579 | Slide fastener support and method of warp-knitting same A slide-fastener support tape is formed with a Raschel knitting machine having a pair of needle bars. A relatively thin first warp yarn is chained with both of the needle bars to form a longitudinally extending double wale. A plurality of relatively thin ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4047265 | Fastener stringer A sliding clasp fastener stringer is disclosed which comprises a warp-knit support tape carrying a row of interlocking fastener elements, said tape having a web portion of a relatively coarse interstice structure suitable for stitching the tape to an arti... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4047402 | Reinforcement for slide fasteners Two or more warp-knitted members of a tubular or cylindrical shape are interconnected by a connecting thread to provide reinforcement to be inserted longitudinally in a row of helically coiled fastener elements. The tubular warp-knitted members may be wra... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4047252 | Double-velour synthetic vascular graft A double-velour vascular graft has a tubular body or trellis with loops projecting both outwardly and inwardly from said trellis. The loops on both the inner and outer surfaces of the trellis provide for more effective preclotting and ingrowth of tissue w... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4044575 | Balanced bi-directional stretch knit fabric An elastic warp knit fabric having balanced bi-directional stretch is disclosed. The fabric comprising in combination an inelastic knitted ground structure and an elastic inlayed thread.... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4043997 | Method for isolating albumin using insoluble supports coupled to a dye A method for the isolation of albumin which allows the selective adsorption and substantially quantitative elution of albumin from mixtures containing the same. The method comprises contacting a solution which contains albumin with a member of a series of... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4043007 | Warp-knit slide-fastener support tape and stringer A support tape for a slide-fastener stringer half is knitted on a Raschel knitting machine having a pair of needle bars. This tape has a pair of longitudinally extending edges and a pair of opposite faces and is knit with an intermediate warp yarn that is... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4041577 | Stringer for sliding clasp fastener A fastener stringer comprises a warp-knit tape and a row of interlocking fastener elements secured thereto. The tape has a web portion formed by chain stitches defining longitudinally extending wales, tricot stitches extending diagonally across and betwee... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4019227 | Slide fastener stringers A slide fastener stringer tape comprising a major region made of a knitted fabric with an open, net-like texture, and a relatively narrow scoop-carrying region made of a warp-knitted fabric. The major tape region is longitudinally subdivided into several ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4015451 | Warp knit fabric A warp knitted fabric with surface interest patterning is formed from full sets of warp threads of yarn. The surface interest patterning is continuous throughout the length of the fabric and includes groups of wales, each group being separated from adjace... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4015449 | Slide fastener tape A slide fastener stringer tape of a warp-knitted structure is disclosed which is adapted for mounting thereon a row of interlocking fastener elements. The warp-knitted stringer tape has the interwale groove at the tape edge along and through which a line ... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4015450 | Concealed slide fasteners A slide fastener of the concealed or masked type comprises a pair of opposed support tapes each having a longitudinal edge portion folded on itself and rows of interlocking fastener elements secured to the folded edge portions of the respective support ta... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4014190 | Warp knitted foundation for sliding clasp fasteners A warp-knitted fabric having a plurality of seams disposed at predetermined intervals in a transverse direction of the fabric and extending longitudinally of the fabric. Water-soluble fibers or threads soluble at a first temperature join alternate ones of... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4007611 | Yarn and method knitting same A knitted yarn and a method for knitting the yarn. The yarn comprises two strands formed into successive stitches alternately disposed about two needle axes. Alternate strands form the successive stitches along each axis. Each stitch on one axis is drawn ... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4002045 | Warp-knit support tape for slide-fastener stringer A slide-fastener stringer foundation is formed of support tapes which are warp-knit. Two different types of weft filaments are used, one being textured and of limited shrinkability and the other being highly shrinkable. The tape so knitted is heat-shrunk ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3996773 | Warp-knitted tape for slide fasteners A slide fastener tape of a warp-knitted structure is provided with a web portion and a marginal edge portion extending lengthwise thereof, both portions being interconnected by a relatively strong transversely extending lapping threads. A combination of c... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3986828 | Polymer fabric compacting process Polyester fabric which may be in the form of a warp-knitted lock-stitched or tricot-stitched tubular construction is compacted by treatment with NO2 either in the gaseous phase or in solution. The product, after neutralization, washing and crim... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3983721 | Slide fastener tape A warp-knitted tape for slide fasteners is provided with a web portion and a marginal edge portion extending longitudinally thereof and connected together integrally with a combination of different stitches. The marginal edge portion has two adjacent wale... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3981310 | Molded brassiere cups A brassiere having breast cups molded from a heat settable, thermoplastic fabric, such as polyester, of warp knit construction and including top, middle and bottom guide bar yarns. The bottom and/or middle guide bar yarns have a denier per filament of at ... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3974549 | Warp-knitted tape for slide fastener A warp-knit tape structure is disclosed for use as a carrier tape for mounting thereon a row of fastener elements. The carrier tape has a web portion and adjoining marginal edge portion extending one longitudinal edge of the tape, said edge portion having... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3974550 | Slide fastener stringer A stringer for a slide fastener is provided with a warp-knit tape having alternate wales and interwale grooves and a row of fastener elements secured thereto. The element has a recess in one of its legs for receiving a larger wale of the tape. The interwa... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3952555 | Warp knit denim fabrics Warp knit denim fabrics wherein differentially colored or colorable yarn sets or groups are knit together in a fabric having a dominant, typically darker, color forming a background wherein flecks of a less dominant, typically lighter, color are present s... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3948722 | Warp knitted paper maker's felt and method for the production thereof A dimensionally stable warp knitted paper maker's felt includes a plurality of interlocked yarns having a weight per unit length equivalent to at least 500 denier. Laid-in yarns and/or resin may be used to impart the desired stability to the felt.... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3931721 | Warp knitted elastic fabric This invention relates to a warp knitted elastic fabric composed of alternating non-elastic courses formed from non-elastic yarns and intervening elastic courses formed primarily with elastic thread having a knitted ground construction composed of a plura... | 01/13/1976 |
