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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7056570 | Water-metachromatic laminate, and process for its production On a support, a porous resin layer which is opaque in a water-unabsorbed state and capable of turning transparent in a water-absorbed state is formed, and also a water-repellent resin layer is so provided as to exist in the porous resin layer at its some area or are... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6964807 | Water-metachromatic laminate, and process for its production On a support, a porous resin layer which is opaque in a water-unabsorbed state and capable of turning transparent in a water-absorbed state is formed, and also a water-repellent resin layer is so provided as to exist in the porous resin layer at its some area or are... | 11/15/2005 |
| 5027865 | Controllable hydraulic picking device A pick device is incorporated in a weaving machine for the shuttles. The device comprises an accumulator for a working medium which can be filled into and emptied out of the accumulator and a pick-executing unit is incorporated, which performs its pick op... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4602660 | Pneumatic shuttle picking mechanism A pneumatic picking mechanism for weaving shuttles wherein the weaving shuttle is driven by a piston moved in a cylinder cavity by pressurized gas and wherein the pressurized gas is supplied from a reservoir through a main valve to the cylinder cavity and... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4111239 | Apparatus for releasably securing a fluid-operated gripper shuttle in a launch position Facilities for temporarily holding a rear portion of a fluid-actuated piston rod coupled to a gripper shuttle in a weaving loom are described. Pressurized fluid is cyclically introduced into a chamber that communicates at its rear end with an elastomeric ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4082118 | Pneumatic picking mechanism for looms Improvement in pneumatic shuttle picking mechanism for looms which include a picking cylinder and a pump cylinder; a first piston slidably mounted within the picking cylinder and having attached thereto a piston rod which extends through the outlet end of... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4068686 | Technique for controllably reciprocating the weft insertion portion of a shuttle-type weaving loom Facilities for controllingly reciprocating a hydraulically-actuated piston coupled to a gripper shuttle are described. A first hydraulic fluid reservoir and the cylinder housing the shuttle-engaging piston are disposed in a unitary, substantially closed h... | 01/17/1978 |
