Class 139/29 - Hand looms

Subclass of Class 139 - Textiles: weaving
Definition: Looms that differ from the conventional power loom by being
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 03/13/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8132596	Bead weaving device An apparatus and method of using a bead weaving device for assisting manufacturing by jewelry makers and facilitating the positioning, stringing, cross-weaving, peyote chain maille, and accurate sizing for but not limited to necklaces, bracelets, and other hand wove...	03/13/2012
8066035	Bead stringing apparatus for faster beading of original designs A bead stringing apparatus that enables the user to quickly restring pre-strung beads, of the type that are on temporary strings, commonly available in bead stores. The connectors on the apparatus pull both ends of the temporary string in a taut position over an ope...	11/29/2011
7909066	Method for weaving layered beaded fabric and beaded fabric woven by the method Two layered beads (B) arranged between two neighboring warps (tx-1) and (tx) are woven by inserting a weft (yx) through center holes (2) of the beads in (B) in a forward direction or in a backward direction and turning the wef...	03/22/2011
7762284	Ricks beading loom A new and unique innovation in the art of bead weaving on a loom by eliminating the numerous remaining ends of the warp threads which, in other methods, must be woven back into the finished project. The innovation results in having only two remaining warp threads in...	07/27/2010
7757723	Paper weaving kit A paper weaving kit (100) has a box-like body (106). A top of the body (106) forms a weaving aid (107). A crimping apparatus (108) is mounted at one side of the body (106). A removable sheet tearing apparatus (109) is...	07/20/2010
7677273	Beading loom with removable warp thread cartridge The beading loom with a removable warp thread cartridge has warp threads mounted in a cartridge that is removably received in a frame of the loom, allowing the user to bead the threads in a conventional manner, but without having to wrap the threads on the loom manu...	03/16/2010
7658210	Loom A loom and method of weaving, the loom having a frame and a member rotatably mounted on the frame. The rotatable member including a chin bar and a heddle. The loom is mountable on an operator's shoulders so that the operator may apply a force to the chin bar of the ...	02/09/2010
7424898	Apparatus and method for warping a loom An apparatus and method for warping a loom includes a heddle with an open or openable break in the circumference of its eyelet that allows insertion and removal of warp thread with simple motions through the break while both ends of the warp threads are fastened to ...	09/16/2008
7147008	String bead loom A string bead loom includes a body having a top side, a bottom side, and a rear edge; source means for providing and dispensing string wherein the source means is mounted on the top side of the body; guide means for guiding string being dispensed from the source mea...	12/12/2006
7147009	Method for hands only weaving A process for weaving that can be implemented using just the hands as the loom and shuttle, a weaving material such as yarn, an instrument for cutting like nail clippers or a small pair of scissors, and an object for intermissions in the process such as a paper clip...	12/12/2006
7134457	Method of weaving braille and woven braille textile A method of weaving Braille and/or the resulting woven Braille textile may assist sighted persons in determining the woven Braille cells by differentiating the colors of each number 1 through number 6 Braille cell warp thread. A method of weaving Braille and/or the ...	11/14/2006
7021340	Method of and loom for teaching Braille Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method of and loom for teaching Braille by weaving with a loom, wherein the levers to move the harnesses are shaped and spaced like the levers on a Perkins Brailler (a Braille typewriter). ...	04/04/2006
6834682	Set of hand held devices Portable looming templates for creating fabric from yarn. Square templates with a series of indentations around the perimeters. The templates are divided into halves and held together with hinges. The looms have location holes to which are attached to a swinging arm...	12/28/2004
6719013	Bead-weaving system A bead-weaving system including a multiplicity of beads for spacing apart a multiplicity of warp threads, wherein the beads are pierced by a hole in their diameter and threaded on a weft thread by a needle and positioned between each warp thread, the needle having a...	04/13/2004
6536481	Weaving reed dent spacing arrangements A weaving reed (3) having a plurality of reed dents (14) fixed in certain positions and which may be located in a reed baulk (6). The reeds may be plain reeds or reeds, with any profile, usable virtually on any loom. The dents are formed of wires and spac...	03/25/2003
6389674	Basket weaving kit and method A basket weaving kit and method for producing a container to be decorated and used for carrying objects. The basket weaving kit and method includes a plastic cylinder. A plurality of spoke members are for coupling to the plastic cylinder. Each of the spok...	05/21/2002
6065504	Portable loom A portable loom comprises a header, a spaced bottom frame member and hollow side supports extending removably between the header and the bottom frame. The length of the side supports may be adjusted so that the tension of a warp extending between the head...	05/23/2000
5839482	Electro-pneumatic loom shedding system A manual loom can be complemented by a device which makes possible computer-controlled weaving even in such simple looms. The device comprises a PC, a printed board control and a module block having air cylinders with appurtenant pistons which bear the we...	11/24/1998
5706867	Magnetic weaving method using lateral and longitudinal strips A method for weaving a sheet member by using lateral and longitudinal strips. A portion of the longitudinal strips are disposed in an alternating way relative to the other longitudinal strips and are moved upwardly and downwardly alternatively for forming...	01/13/1998
5642760	Flanged tatting shuttle with improved grip A tatting shuttle having upper and lower flanges that extend from the upper and lower surfaces of the shuttle. The flanges impart gripping ability to the user as the fingers are placed inside the area bordered by the flanges. The shuttle comprises a pair ...	07/01/1997
5288545	Tinting and insulating screen lined with hydrophilic textile threads A dense and stable shading and insulating screen (1) can be pulled away sideways and rolled up, provided it has a double weave. Fabric fibers which both as weft (6) and warp elements (5) hold together tightly both weft (3) and warp strips (2) in a stable ...	02/22/1994
5146659	Triangular weaving frame An adjustable triangular weaving frame for weaving woven pieces of various sizes. The frame has sections formed by three rails. Each rail has an upper surface with a row of generally vertical pins. Means are provided for shortening the effective length of...	09/15/1992
4949760	Offset hook, balanced center shed dobby apparatus A dobby apparatus is provided for use with hand looms for automatically controlling the lifting sequence of a plurality of shaft assemblies in accordance with a predetermined weaving program. The dobby apparatus has a dobby operating drive mechanism conne...	08/21/1990
4825910	Batten for a hand loom Loom having a reciprocating batten device comprising a reed and a first handle fixed on the batten device for manually reciprocating the batten device. According to the invention the loom is provided with a second handle which is journalled on the batten ...	05/02/1989
4660604	Handloom provided with a mechanism for variation of the distance between breastbeam and back beam A handloom provided with a warp beam for the supply of warp threads, a back beam for guiding the warp to the weaving plane and a cloth beam for advancing the fabric. There are means provided for variation of the distance between the back beam and the brea...	04/28/1987
4582096	Handloom provided with a mechanism for variation of the distance between breastbeam and back beam A handloom provided with a warp beam for the supply of warp threads, a back beam for guiding the wrap to the weaving plane and a cloth beam for advancing the fabric. There are means provided for variation of the distance between the back beam and the brea...	04/15/1986
4556945	Multi-harness loom control A control system for a multi-harness loom comprising drive means for each harness and electronic control means for operating the drive means to move each harness for creation of a shed pattern, the electronic control means being manually operable to seque...	12/03/1985
4489761	Hand weaving loom A hand weaving loom comprising a frame provided with a loom beam and a breast beam between which the warp threads are stretched in operation, the warp threads being guided between the loom beam and the breast beam along guide members which are movable in ...	12/25/1984
4310030	Hand-held weaver's reed and method of use A hand-held weaver's reed and the method of using it to beat up filling yarns against the fell of a woven fabric. The reed has a plurality of spaced, substantially parallel teeth and a handle which extends transversely of the width of the reed and transve...	01/12/1982
4305431	System and a tying up string for tying up a hand loom In hand looms a plurality of moveable parts of the loom are interconnected by means of the different loom parts. An improved attachment of tying up strings wherein the tying up string consists of a crochetted string shaped as a continuous series of loops, ...	12/15/1981
4301839	Hand weaving apparatus A small table-top hand operated weaving apparatus on is disclosed upon which various patterned fabrics can be woven by extremely simplified operations thereof. In the disclosed apparatus, each heald member is mounted for movement along an inclined path wi...	11/24/1981
4154267	Hand loom A weaving loom. A mid-beam subassembly includes a pair of horizontal supports, one secured to each of a spaced-apart pair of uprights, and supporting between them a cloth beam and a sectional warp beam. Both beams have, at one end, a handle and a ratchet ...	05/15/1979
4151866	Loom for the weaving of two and/or three thread fabrics A manually operated loom for the weaving of two and/or three thread fabrics of various designs wherein the warp threads are individually detachably mounted and guided in opposed, axially movable arrays on parallel axes for circulation of the warp threads ...	05/01/1979
4131138	Hand weaving loom Hand weaving looms of simple and inexpensive construction adapted to produce a wide variety of woven products and which are simple to use, even by children. These hand weaving looms comprise a base including a central post, a work platen at the top of the...	12/26/1978
4074726	Versatile hand loom A versatile hand operated loom having features making it uniquely suited for utilization in occupational therapy for hospitalized or institutionalized persons. Simplified hand loom assembly dispensing with the conventional shedding harness enables utiliza...	02/21/1978
4063574	Loom A simple backstrap type loom consisting of a rigid heddle, two identical end boards, that will be called the warp board and the woven web board, and four flexible laces. The boards hold the warp and finished weaving under tension, when tied with the flexi...	12/20/1977
4046171	Hand loom A hand loom including spaced support posts defining a normal weaving plane, a pair of spaced stationary beams spanning the posts and a pair of spaced movable dowels spanning the posts for adjusting the overall length of a weaving which may be made on the ...	09/06/1977
3998246	Means for keeping track in weaving operations An apparatus for use on looms and weaving devices, and especially hand operated weaving devices or looms, which apparatus enables the operator whether sighted or a person of limited or no vision, to weave even fairly complex patterns involving frequent se...	12/21/1976
3996969	Adjustable loom An adjustable loom comprising a first adjustable rectangular frame having two spaced, parallel, elongated, rigid uprights of substantially equal length. The uprights are longitudinally hollow. Two rigid, elongated, parallel extending leg members of substa...	12/14/1976

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