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 |
| 7341077 | Method for operating a loom A loom having a first drive motor (10), which for instance drives a batten (13), and having at least one second drive motor (44), which drives a dobby (46), is provided with a control and regulating device (48), which forms a rotat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7069960 | Method of controlling pile fabric loom A control technique is capable of adjusting a weight of a pile fabric by adjusting consumption of a pile warp at a proper range with a more simplified system. In a pile loom, a tolerance relative to a value associated with consumption of the pile warp is set, and th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6070619 | Easing roller control method A method of controlling the easing motion (1) of a loom executes a position control operation and a tension control operation successively in one weaving cycle of the loom. The position of an easing roller (6) included in the easing motion (1) is measured... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6029715 | Method of controlling pile warp tension on pile fabric loom A pile warp tension control method uses a pile warp tension control device capable of adjusting the tension of pile warp yarns according to a weave on a pile fabric loom. The pile warp tension control method involves setting a first pile warp tension amou... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6000442 | Woven fabric having a bulging zone and method and apparatus of forming same A process and apparatus for weaving a fabric with a three dimensional bulging zone, which is formed by increasing the density of the crossing points of the warp and weft threads so as to naturally impart a bulging zone in the fabric. The density is change... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5524461 | Control system for yarn feed gearbox A yarn feed gearbox control system for controlling the let-off speed of a yarn feed gearbox. The control system is adapted for use with a warp knitting machine having a main shaft and a gearbox operative to control the feed rate of yarn delivery from a ya... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5461881 | Arrangement for driving a warp beam An arrangement for driving a warp beam employs a stepless adjustable drive (7) whose coupling element (8) is displaced by a setting member (11). The setting member (11) is controlled-by a computer (10) which provides an input arrangement (17) for the take... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5163307 | Apparatus for controlling the warp beam of a warp knitting machine An apparatus for controlling the drive mechanism of the warp beam of a warp knitting machine is disclosed. A pressure roll is carried by a support arm biased toward the warp beam so that the pressure roll engages the warp beam. The pressure roll is operat... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5134568 | Method for controlling the rotational frequency of weaving machine utilizing fuzzy inference A control method for a weaving machine comprises the steps of obtaining the rotational frequency to be varied by the use of the fuzzy interference on the basis of the evaluation index representing the running condition level of the weaving machine, and th... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5069257 | Method of regulating the speed of warp threads as a function of weave pattern and warp tension The warp beam and/or cloth beam of a loom is driven by a programmable stepping motor. The speed of the motor is regulated, preferably in such a way that the tension of the warp threads remains constant. Improved tension control is obtained by further prog... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5060161 | Method of controlling operating speed of a loom A method of controlling an operating speed of the loom for increasing the production rate by varying the present operating speed so as to be increased includes a step of estimating a stop rate at the final point of time during a predetermined period at a ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5002095 | Electronic control of terry pile warp yarn dispensing rate A terry loom having a negative pile warp let-off motor is electronically controlled to produce terry having uniform pile-to-ground warp ratio. The negative pile warp let-off motor is controlled to dispense pile warp yarn at a rate which yields the desired... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4884597 | Pile warp yarn tension control A pile warp tension controller for controlling the pile warp yarn tension control mechanism of a pile fabric loom controls the position of the tension roller of the pile warp yarn tension control mechanism or the torque acting on a tension lever supportin... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4564050 | Method for starting the operation of a loom A method for starting the operation of a loom always under a constant warp tension after the completion of the amendment of faults in the woven fabric such as miss-pick. A warp beam in the stationary loom is rotated by a commmand signal from a control uni... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4554951 | Method of regulating warp yarn tension in a weaving machine A method of regulating the tension of warp yarns in a weaving machine is disclosed herein. Displacement of a tension roller, which is movable with a change in warp yarn tension, from a reference position corresponding to an optimum tension of the warp yar... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4529012 | Apparatus for controlling motor-driven let-off motion for looms An apparatus for controlling a let-off motion in a loom having a let-off motion motor includes a tension detector for detecting a warp tension to produce a tension correction signal, a control unit responsive to the tension correction signal for producing... | 07/16/1985 |
