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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066034 | Seat belt webbing, method and narrow fabric needle loom for production of same A method for weaving a webbing, comprising at least one first right-hand weft thread and at least one second left-hand weft thread, characterized in that the two weft threads are introduced into the same shed from both sides of the webbing, are wound around weft thr... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7743794 | Seat belt webbing, method and narrow fabric needle loom for production of same The invention relates to a method for weaving a webbing, comprising at least one first (right-hand) weft thread and at least one second (left-hand) weft thread, characterized in that the two weft threads are introduced into the same shed from both sides of the webbi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7451787 | Weft introduction needle for a ribbon needle loom The weft introduction needle for a ribbon needle loom comprises a bent arm (20), which may be fixed at one end (22) to a drive element (24) of a ribbon needle loom and comprises a hook (28) at the other end (26), for registering an... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7380573 | Method of producing on needle weaving looms a woven ribbon with the same edges in terms of weaving A woven ribbon, preferably a vehicle safety belt strap, is produced on a needle weaving loom. The weft yarns alternately picked from right and left are crocheted with the respective preceding weft already picked. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7337810 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331363 | Textile weave of inelastic and elastic fiber forming an elastic weave with one or more rigid loops Procedure consisting of the of textile weaving of inelastic and elastic fiber forming an elastic weave with one or more rigid loops. Field of application: clothing, footwear, headgear, haberdashery, costume jewelry, items for personal use, travel items, cases, leath... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7287554 | Heald, particularly for rapidly running weaving machines An improved heald consists of a flat material, such as tempered steel. It has closed (O-shaped) end eyelets (5, 6) which are one-piece parts of the heald body (4). An edge (10) which extends along the full length of the heald (1), is of e... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7219701 | Papermaker's forming fabric with machine direction stitching yarns that form machine side knuckles A papermaking fabric includes a series of repeat units, each of the repeat units including: a set of top machine direction (MD) yarns; a set of top cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with the set of top MD yarns; a first set of bottom CMD yarns, the firs... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191803 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178559 | Webbing belt Belts and methods of their manufacturing are provided. In one aspect, belts are manufactured by the steps of weaving the belt from a plurality of warp yarns and at least one weft yarn, the belt having a central region and two opposed edges. The warp yarns in the cen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168453 | Multi wefts inserting weaving machine for lattice woven structure A multi-wefts inserting weaving machine, comprising a block arraying device comprising an upper plate and a lower plate which face each other and are movable upward and downward; and a plural number of unit blocks attached to the internal facing sides of the upper p... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131465 | Removable plastic heddle with mating insertion tool for weaving apparatus A simple removable plastic heddle comprised of a single monolithic plastic body and a mating insertion tool. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6446677 | Weft controlling device for using weft as warp in a strap weaving machine A weft controlling device for using weft as warp in a strap weaving machine has motors mounted on an assembly board and controlling rods each movably connected to a corresponding one of the motors by a controlling thread and each controlling rod having a ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6435219 | Method for manufacturing a woven zipper half A woven strip of a zipper half is produced of warp and weft threads. The weft thread is picked in the form of double pick loops. A plastic monofilament forms windings of a closing member row on the woven strip with interlocking heads at one end and windin... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6289939 | High conductivity launder resistant grounding tape A fabric grounding tape and method of making same is disclosed. In accordance with the method the tape is woven on a needle loom using polyester and stainless steel warp yarns. The yarns are maintained under tension during and after the weaving process an... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6199597 | Seat belt webbing double faced with ribs A webbing for seat belts having a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns which are inserted through a shed in the warp yarns is provided. The warp yarns include a first group and a second group, with the second group of warp yar... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6123115 | Weaving shuttle Embodiments of weaving shuttles are disclosed which are adapted for use in producing woven textile structures. The shuttles may be used to dispense weft yarns when weaving with a loom, and are particularly adapted to insert a wire-like structural member i... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6112775 | Weft yarn selection mechanism and methods for weaving seat belt webbing A needle loom having a weft yarn selection mechanism for automatic selection of a desired weft yarn from two or more weft yarns for insertion through a shed includes a needle having a yarn carrying end. A guard is located on the needle, with the guard hav... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5947161 | Pinch roll weft feeder with expandable transport roll A transport roller (10) is provided on a ribbon loom and a press roller (12) is forced against said transport roller to grip a bobbin supply thread (26). In order to simplify adjustment of the transport speed while keeping the speed of the transport rolle... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5878787 | Ribbon loom with separate guide eye A ribbon loom for making a material web at high speed operates through precise control of the weft thread. The ribbon loom comprises a weft insertion needle to insert a loop of weft thread into a shed. The weft thread loop is tied off by a knitting needle... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5769130 | Seat belt weaving process A process for producing a safety belt for use in a motor vehicle comprises the insertion of two yarns into a least one shed. Two weft yarns are inserted over the entire width of the fabric, with one inserted on one side of the fabric and the other on the ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5699836 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing slotted webbing on a needle loom A method of manufacturing slotted webbing of the type having slotted portions selectively formed between solid portions includes the steps of providing a needle loom machine, selectively positioning warp yarns with the needle loom machine between a first ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5592977 | Multi-layered woven belt with rope shaped portion A woven belt having thick and narrow portions with a breaking strength per unit width that exceeds the level of strength of conventional fabric straps and belts. One embodiment of the belt includes at least four layers of weave structure in which two oute... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5419376 | Woven grommet structure for canvas-like materials A fabric anchor device for attachment to awnings or the like for holding awning retaining ropes. The device comprises a woven fabric strip having a central reinforcing spine defined by paired high tensile strength reinforcement warp yarns. The spine inclu... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5299603 | Method of weaving belt material on a needle belt loom Weaving belt material on a needle belt material loom with oppositely operating weft needles by insertion into a common shed. The heads of the oppositely inserted weft loops are secured by two rows of stitches arranged at the outer border of the belt mater... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5167263 | Industrial high strength webbing A multi-layer industrial type woven webbing having a multiple weave construction has at least one warp end of polyamid yarn adjacent both of the selvage edges of both the upper layer of fabric and the lower layer of fabric to provide greater toughness at ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5127443 | Needle for construction of three dimensional fabric A needle for carrying out operation with flexible cords, roves or threads, for fabricating armatures by a multi-directional weaving, the needle having an elongated body having a free end of the body, and an eye being a closed loop which extends outside th... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5085252 | Method of forming variable cross-sectional shaped three-dimensional fabrics Method of weaving a variable cross-sectional shaped three-dimensional fabric which utilizes different weft yarn insertion from at least one side of the warp layers for selectively inserting weft yarns into different portions of the fabric cross-sectional ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4526026 | Method and apparatus of producing continuous three-dimensional fabrics A method and device for forming a three-dimensional fabric continously is disclosed. The fabric has a plurality of warp yarns arranged in a two-dimensional array and two sets of weft yarns are interwoven with the weft yarns to form alternate courses. The ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4298033 | Weft tensioning device A weft tensioning device in a shuttleless loom includes a weft yarn feeder and a tension compensator interposed between the weft yarn feeder and a filling carrier. The tension compensator has a pair of weft guides and means disposed between the weft guide... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4183232 | Method and machine for three-dimensional weaving for obtaining woven hollow reinforcements of revolution The invention relates to woven hollow structures. Its object is to provide a method and a machine making it possible to obtain hollow reinforcements of revolution by three-dimensional weaving using rods 11, circumferential yarns 12 and radial yarns 13. In the ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4095619 | Yarn inserting and packing machine A machine for inserting cross yarns through an array of longitudinal yarns so as to produce a three-dimensional weave includes yokes positioned adjacent to the array of longitudinal yarns and two rotatable shafts mounted on each yoke along opposite sides ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4077437 | Apparatus for forming a double catch thread narrow weave A double catch thread weaving apparatus including two double index dobbies, the first of which controls the basic weave of the fabric and the second of which controls a pair of slackner heddles for the two catch threads. The timing of the second dobby is ... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4027703 | Shuttleless weaving machine, especially ribbon loom A shuttleless weaving machine, especially a ribbon loom, comprising at least one filling thread-insertion element and at least one to-and-fro driven knitting needle moving along the selvage or cloth edge which is situated opposite the filling thread-inser... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3960185 | Ribbon weaving loom construction In a ribbon-weaving loom, in which at least two ribbons are being woven simultaneously and must be withdrawn in substantial parallelism, at least one withdrawing roller is provided for each of these ribbons and so located that the respective ribbon is tra... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3945405 | Method of manufacturing slide fastener stringers having coupling elements woven into a fabric tape A method of manufacturing slide fastener stringers having a row of continuous coupling elements which is spirally coiled and woven into the fabric tape simultaneously with the weaving of the latter. There is provided a shuttle for carrying an element-form... | 03/23/1976 |