Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431055 | Method for weaving fabrics with areas having a corded structure with a large variety of colour effects A method for weaving a pile fabric with areas having a corded structure, a backing fabric being woven on a weaving machine by inserting backing weft yarns during successive weft insertion cycles between binding and tension warp yarns, while pattern-weft yarns are in... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7237575 | Tetraxial fabric and machine for its manufacture A tetraxial fabric is obtained using warp yarns, weft yarns, first bias yarns and second bias yarns. The warp yarns alternate to the weft yarns and the first bias yarns are overlaid by the second bias yarns, in addition the first bias yarns cross the second bias yar... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7089967 | Equipment of a weaving machine, method for the modification of a weaving machine equipment, and weaving process making use of a weaving machine having such equipment An equipment of a weaving machine in which pile warp yarns (7–13), (16–22) extend through the space between the reed dents and are distributed between a number of pile warp yarn systems and provided on the weaving machine to weave a pile fabric. A ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086424 | Method and system for weaving fabrics with two useable sides This invention relates to a method and to a system for weaving fabrics with two useable sides (W1), (W2), in which per operating cycle one weft thread (6) is inserted, and in which each fabric comprises a first figure warp thread (1) and ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6953067 | Method for deflecting a warp thread during weaving and a weaving machine In order to deflect a warp thread sheet (2) in a weaving machine, a deflecting device (18)is provided which is guided in guides (26) that also guide heald frames (13, 14, 15, 16). The deflecting device positions a segment (46) of t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938646 | Needleloom, weaving method, and textile articles formed thereby A method of weaving tubular textile articles, comprising: forming first, second, third and fourth superposed layers of warp threads; weaving by weft insertion through sheds formed in said layers, the weaving being performed by first and second weft threads inserted ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6901970 | Automatic heddling apparatus and method for automatically heddling An automatic heddling method and a related automatic heddling apparatus 100, by which a plurality of heddles 2 removed from a plurality of heddle frames 1 are integrally collected in such a manner that flat faces 11 of the heddles 2 | 06/07/2005 |
| 6185475 | Method for manufacturing jacquard with colored image The method for manufacturing jacquard with colored image is disclosed, wherein the basic color printing theory in the printing technical is employed in the weaving of jacquard so that jacquard also has image with different gray levels by the same basic co... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5353844 | Warp handling arrangement for weaving a multi-dimensional thick fabric A method and weaving machine for weaving a thick reinforcing fabric comprising multiple noncleaving layers with a 2.5 D or 3 D type structure. The warp yarns successively move into a yarn joining comb, a calibrating comb and then into a dobby weaving unit... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5343897 | Profiled cross-section three dimensional woven fabric A profiled cross-section three-dimensional woven fabric having a plurality of woven, mutually intersecting filaments woven in longitudinal, transverse and vertical planes, with transverse planes of different widths and vertical planes of different height ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5236020 | Profiled cross-section three-dimensional woven fabric A profiled cross-section three-dimensional woven fabric having a plurality of woven, mutually intersecting filaments woven in longitudinal, transverse and vertical planes, with transverse planes of different widths and vertical planes of different height ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5172733 | Weaving thick fabric by lifting cloth fell A method and apparatus for weaving a thick fabric. The method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of vertically stacked layers of textile weave, and weaving a set of wefts into the layers of textile weave. This weaving step, in turn, includes the... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5137058 | Three dimensional fabric and method for producing the same The present invention relates to a three dimensional fabric including a warp layer consisting of a plurality of warps arranged in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the fabric, bias threads arranged in inclined directions with respect to the longi... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5127444 | Method and apparatus for leno weaving a three dimensional fabric A weaving method and a leno heald system for producing a 3-dimensional woven fabric which includes a plurality of stacked single-ply webs (A1, A2, A3, A4) each comprising a weft yarn (2) which cross-bridges betw... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4838321 | Multiple-phase weaving fluid jet loom A two-phase weaving air jet loom for parallely weaving two fabrics. The loom is so constructed as to form first and second warp yarn arrays which are separate from each other to define therebetween an intermediate space. First and second weft inserting or... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4748996 | Woven multilayered textile fabrics and attendant method of making A woven multilayered textile fabric and attendant method wherein a plurality of layers of the fabric are formed of straight yarns, including at least one layer formed of warp yarns and respective layers formed of filling yarns positioned in superposed rel... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4667703 | Apparatus for manufacturing double connecting pile fabric An improved apparatus for manufacturing a double connecting fabric having an upper ground construction, a lower ground construction, and pile yarns connecting both ground constructions by withdrawing the double connecting fabric by a plurality of spiked r... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4494577 | Weft inserting device for jet looms An arrangement for the selective insertion of two weft yarns into two sheds of a jet loom with weft change. Each weft yarn is assigned a fixed jet provided with outlets into both sheds, and connected to two pressure air supplies, opened alternatingly acco... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4463782 | Shedding apparatus for circular weaving of multi-harness fabrics and method of using the apparatus A shedding apparatus for the circular weaving of multi-harness fabrics includes a plurality of heddle frames for weaving a multi-ply screen of the type suitable for use with a paper making machine. Each heddle frame has a warp wire from each fabric half d... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4448220 | Method for operating a two-phase gripper loom and two-phase gripper loom for performance of the method The two-phase gripper loom or weaving machine comprises two loom units arranged adjacent one another. Each of their heald frames can be actuated by a heald frame positioning device with a phase shift of 180 angular degrees. Each heald frame positioning de... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4057083 | Double-layer weaving loom In a shuttleless weaving loom of the double layer type, the position of the heald eyes and the relative displacement of the harness shafts which carry the eyes are such that, in the bottom position of the lower layers, the center-lines of the segments of ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4046170 | Looms In a loom comprising a shedding harness with heald frames for forming two superposed sheds in incoming warp, weft inserters for traversing weft through said sheds, a reed for heating up the weft whereby to form upper and lower fabric, and a breast beam ha... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4019540 | Loom for producing three dimensional weaves A loom includes a take-up assembly to which the forward ends of longitudinal strands are attached and a tensioning assembly to which the rear ends of the strands are connected. The tensioning assembly maintains the strands taut and further arranges the st... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3970116 | Method of weaving a composite tube and web and resulting article A unitary woven composite tube and web includes a tubular section and an interwoven web section which may be formed as a tube, and which is useful for inflatable safety belts and other uses. The composite article is woven wherein the filling runs are succ... | 07/20/1976 |
