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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359761 | System and method for pre-tensioning backing material A tufting machine control system for controlling the tension applied to a backing material as it enters the tufting zone of the tufting machine, including a pair of driven backing feed rolls for feeding the backing material. The drive motors for the backing feed rol... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347151 | Control assembly for tufting machine A tufting machine and a method of controlling a tufting machine for forming cut and loop pile tufts of yarns in a backing material that includes a hook assembly having a series of hooks/loopers and a series of clips independently moveable between extended and retrac... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7318383 | Narrow gauge hollow needle tufting apparatus A narrow gauge hollow needle tufting apparatus is provided with longitudinally aligned yarn feed openings, longitudinal funnel slots, self aligning hollow needles, and a castellated backing support bar. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7218987 | Tufting machine This invention concerns the production of so called “hand tufted rugs”, carpets and wall hangings by use a “tufting machine” which employs a single hollow needle through which yarn is fed into a backing fabric, to form tufts of yarn. The machine comprises a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7096806 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6945183 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938565 | Method for inserting synthetic fibers into a surface, as well as a device for carrying out the same Method and device for inserting synthetic fibres into a surface, wherein a fibre is unwound from at least one roll. The fibre is transported through a tube to a position under an insertion element by an air flow and is subsequently cut off to a desired length. The f... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6814014 | Sewing apparatus and sewing cartridge A sewing apparatus includes a hollow needle that can pass through a work cloth, and a needle cover that has a passing hole through which the needle passes and holds the work cloth. The needle cover functions as a presser foot and holds at least a part of a thread be... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6506144 | Universal pullback mechanism for in-situ treatment device A pullback mechanism is provided that includes base block, a clamping retainer, and a sliding retainer. The clamping retainer preferably includes a clamping block and a mechanism for tightening the clamping block against the base block. The sliding retain... | 01/14/2003 |
| 5738030 | Pattern method for multicolor designs The present invention provides a method for use in a machine for placing a plurality of colors of threads into a backing web to form a desired pattern having (a) a plurality of thread placement tools for placing a selected thread color from a plurality of... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5503092 | Method and system of tufting A method and system for tufting fabrics are disclosed. In addition a number of alternative tufting heads are disclosed. The method and system take into account at least one of the following factors: the direction of traverse with respect to filaments, any... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5165352 | Hollow needle tufting apparatus for producing patterned fabric Tufting apparatus for producing textile goods includes a plurality of hollow needles which are reciprocated vertically to penetrate a backing. A selected yarn is fed pneumatically through a respective passageway into a yarn exchanger and through a respect... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5158027 | Presser foot for hollow needle tufting apparatus Tufting apparatus for producing textile goods includes a plurality of hollow needles which are reciprocated vertically to penetrate a backing. Yarn is fed pneumatically through the needles and implanted into the backing, the backing being shifted transver... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5080028 | Apparatus for producing tufted goods using yarns of different color or texture Apparatus for producing tufted textile goods employs a plurality of hollow needles which serve as backing openers, the backing openers being carried on a widthwise extending member which is reciprocated in a vertical direction to cause the backing openers... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4991523 | Tufting apparatus Apparatus for producing tufted textile goods employs a plurality of hollow needles which serve as backing openers, the backing openers being carried on a widthwise extending member which is reciprocated in a vertical direction to cause the backing openers... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4694761 | Yarn cutting head A yarn cutting head for a tufting machine, including a discoid, rigid cutting plate having a central bore for the free passage therethrough of a first element of the machine, means for rigid attachment of the plate to a second element of the machine, and ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4628846 | Method for the production of a multi-directional fibrous structure and device for carrying out said method The structure is formed by superposed layers of fibrous reinforcing material, which layers are bound together by threads implanted through the layers by being pushed by a pressurized fluid into a tubular needle which is actuated with back and forth moveme... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4549496 | Apparatus and method for producing patterned tufted goods In an apparatus and method for producing patterned tufted goods using multicolored or multitextured yarns, continuous lengths of the different yarns are transported pneumatically to a backing opener which is moved transversely across a backing to implant ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4488498 | Apparatus for producing decoratively stitched trim part A decoratively stitched trim panel is produced by a new apparatus. The trim panel includes a series of decorative stitches of alternating visible and embedded, non-visible loops frictionally retained within the substrate of the trim panel without passing ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4285285 | Feed device and method for feeding yarn or other textile material A feed device for feeding yarn or other textile material, the device comprising a hollow member through the interior of which textile material may be passed, feed means for feeding the textile material to the said interior, reciprocating means for recipro... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4271769 | Machine for producing a textile product A machine for producing a textile product, the machine having a needle provided with a leading end portion which extends non-axially with respect to the main portion of the needle, means for reciprocating the needle, in a predetermined needle reciprocatio... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4123985 | Mend counter A mending gun for mending tufted fabric which incorporates a control circuit to count the number of actual mends made but prevents counting of mends of a short duration and ignores mends made more often than a selected adjustable time.... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4109593 | Machine for making a textile product A machine for making a textile product comprising a rotatably mounted needle carrier shaft which is arranged to be set in a plurality of predetermined angular positions, yarn feeding means for feeding at least one yarn to a needle carried by said shaft, m... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4100863 | Tufting machine A tufting machine which employs multiple rows of tufting needles and a pair of nip rolls adjacent the needle plate to control movement of the backing material. The nip rolls are shifted laterally one-half gauge for each reciprocation of the needle bar to ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 3968758 | Arrangement for the tufting of carpets An arrangement for the tufting of rugs or carpets during needleworking by means of a hollow needle penetrating into the backing fabric, and through which the thread is conveyed in an air stream. The arrangement provides in that the air inlet aperture in t... | 07/13/1976 |
