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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7196024 | Method for producing protective drainage wraps A protective drainage wrap comprises a first portion, a second portion and a solid sheet portion. The first portion comprises cross-woven or cross-laminate material in the machine direction and in the transverse direction. The material in the machine direction compr... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172151 | Rewinding machine for producing logs of wound web material and relative method The rewinding machine includes: a first winding roller; a second winding roller; a nip defined between the first and the second winding rollers, through which the web material is fed; a roller surface, extending upstream of the nip in relation to the direction of fe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7104286 | Weaving machine with correction of the distortion of the weft A weaving machine includes two temples whose axis is parallel to the weft threads and which are located at the lateral edges of the cloth, a cylindrical cloth-deflecting bar on which the cloth presses around an arc of contact before winding around a haul-off roll on... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100337 | Polymeric foam and scrim sheathings A sheathing adapted to be fastened to at least one wall supporting structure comprises at least two layers. The first layer comprises a polymeric foam layer. The second layer comprises a polymeric scrim and is located adjacent to the first layer. The second layer ha... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093397 | Polymeric foam and scrim sheathings A sheathing adapted to be fastened to at least one wall supporting structure comprises at least two layers. The first layer comprises a polymeric foam layer. The second layer comprises a polymeric scrim and is located adjacent to the first layer. The second layer ha... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082733 | Polymeric foam and scrim sheathings A sheathing adapted to be fastened to at least one wall supporting structure comprises at least two layers. The first layer comprises a polymeric foam layer. The second layer comprises a polymeric scrim and is located adjacent to the first layer. The second layer re... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6952939 | Apparatus and method for controlling the weight of fabric produced by a textile machine, in particular by a circular knitting machine An apparatus (1) is provided to control the weight of fabric produced by a textile machine (2), comprising weighting means (11) of every single fabric piece directly associated to the textile machine dedicated to the manufacture of the same. A p... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6058981 | Cloth take-up apparatus for a weaving machine and a weaving machine with a cloth take-up apparatus The cloth take-up apparatus comprises a driven cloth take-up roller, two deflection elements which are rotatably supported, with the clearance between the deflection elements being less than the diameter of the cloth take-up roller, and a pressing device ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5794885 | Weaving loom with a fabric winding mandrel trolley A weaving loom is equipped with a trolley or several trolleys, each of which carries a cloth winding mandrel. A single drive which is either separate from the main loom drive or which derives its power from the main loom drive is provided to drive one or ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5730388 | Warp beamer with service step A warp beamer having a frame supported on the floor and a horizontal warp beam rotatable on the frame has a step assembly provided with a step displaceable between a lower position supported directly on the floor and an upper position spaced well above th... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5657796 | Modular series-shed weaving machine A series-shed weaving machine which has a machine frame. A warp beam and a weaving rotor are mounted on the frame and a reference plane extends between the axes of the warp beam and the rotor. A warp module is defined by a first subassembly, which include... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5586581 | Cloth roll driving apparatus for driving the cloth roll at two different speeds A cloth roll driving apparatus is provided adjacent to the main shaft of a weaving machine. The apparatus comprises a drive source driven in synchronism with the main shaft of the weaving machine, a slave shaft coupled to a cloth roll and a one-way clutch... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5560400 | Removing waste selvage from woven fabric A method and apparatus for removing waste selvages (11) formed when weaving fabric on a loom includes a pair of selvage removal rollers (19, 23) fitted with friction coverings and driven against one another to form a gripping nip for engaging and drawing ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5518038 | Modular series-shed weaving machine A series-shed weaving machine which has a machine frame. A warp beam and a weaving rotor are mounted on the frame and a reference plane extends between the axes of the warp beam and the rotor. A warp module is defined by a first subassembly, which include... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5456292 | Light box inspection apparatus and method A unitary light box for inspecting cloth manufactured on a loom (10) is provided with first and second viewing areas (B) and (C), respectively, wherein cloth (F) having a vertical run is guided over an intermediate curved surface (D) for inspection provid... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5431358 | Web roll support apparatus and method A roll (A) for surface winding and dewinding a web utilizes a raised surface (B) which is divided by recesses into a plurality of raised areas carried by spaced protuberances (C) fixed to the metallic roll defining base portions (D) therebetween so that t... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5431192 | Light box for use in web inspection apparatus and method An apparatus and method for inspecting and guiding a web utilizes a curved outer convex cloth guiding surface (A) on arcuate sections such as extrusions provided respectively at the top and bottom of the viewing area for guiding cloth and for forming a ho... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5421372 | Method and apparatus for weaving articles on a loom in a plurality of widths A method and apparatus for weaving woven articles in a plurality of widths includes the steps of providing a weaving machine having at least one weaving head and harnesses controllably guiding a multiplicity of warp strands between first and second path p... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5415207 | Apparatus and method for controlling an off loom take-up An apparatus and method for controlling the drive of an off loom take-up which winds cloth upon a cloth roll is disclosed. The off loom take up comprises a pair of spaced, driven take-up rollers upon which the cloth roll is supported and rotated. As cloth... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5386855 | Device for automatically varying the position of the shed vertex in a loom A device for automatically varying, during the transient states following loom stoppages, the shed vertex position in the loom. The device consists of a sensor for determining the beat-up pulse intensity of the loom reed. The device also is connected to a... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5041324 | Woven fabric structure and process of manufacture A woven fabric structure impregnated with a hardened resin has first and second warp fabric sections, the second section comprising a plurality of pleats integrally joined to the first section by warp threads of the second section and interwoven with the ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4892119 | Changing cloth beams in a weaving mill A transporter is constructed to exchange an empty cloth beam for a full cloth beam of a weaving machine; the cloth being wound into the empty beam while the empty beams remains in the transporter. The transporter has a pair of gripper arm which are automa... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4825911 | Patterned woven fabric A novel method and apparatus to produce a novel woven fabric with a pattern integral therewith. The pattern is formed in the fabric during weaving by selectively stretching the warp yarn between the fell line and the warp beam so that the stretched warp y... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4768564 | Wireless let-off and take-up control system A wireless let-off and take-up control system for controlling the let-off motion and take-up mechanism of a loom or looms by wireless. The control system comprises a portable transmitter or transmitters, and a receiver or receivers each associated with th... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4763852 | Oscillating guide roll An oscillating guide roll for use in winding cloth onto a take-up roll distributes the cloth so that the edge or selvage portions which are thickened do not remain in register. A stationary non-rotating shaft has a hollow guide roll mounted thereon. The g... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4736776 | Adjustable breast beam system for heaving loom During the weaving process, the location and displacement of the cloth line and/or the breast beam are continuously detected; the detected value is supplied to a drive unit; in the event of a variation in cloth line location with respect to the desired lo... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4727911 | Loom take-up tray A loom with an off-loom take-up which employs a loom tray between the loom and the take-up to prevent the woven fabric from falling onto the weave room floor but which allows trash and dirt to pass through. The loom tray coprises a substantively rectangul... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4702283 | Process and apparatus for inspecting woven fabric during its production on one or more looms Optical scanning and inspection of loomed fabric on one or more looms is carried out using a travelling optical scanner that scans an inspection area of fabric on a loom faster than the fabric traverses the inspection area, such inspection area provided b... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4691743 | Method and device for removal of waste slivers in a weaving loom In order to remove waste slivers produced by cutting false selvedges in a weaving loom, at least two slivers are introduced into a rotating feed duct and subjected to a false twist, thus automatically balancing the tensions of the different slivers. The c... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4633914 | Take-up tension control Apparatus and method to detect high tension in a web material being taken-up and cutting off the take-up device upon such detection to prevent stretching and necking of the fabric being handled. The detection device provides a time delay between detection... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4628967 | Cloth draw-off apparatus for a weaving machine A cloth draw-off roll is operatively connected via a regulation circuit with a main shaft of the weaving machine. The regulation circuit contains a controllable motor which is drivingly connected with the cloth draw-off roll. A regulation circuit arrangem... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4619295 | Weaver's platform A weaver's platform is illustrated having arcuate means extending transversely along each side of the platform facilitating the passage of cloth from the loom beneath the platform to a takeup positioned forwardly of the loom, and a pivotal mounting for th... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4616680 | Catch-cord drawing device for looms The catch-cord selvage of a shuttleless or fluid jet loom is drawn between a pair of mating rollers having smooth surfaces under a prescribed tension that is matched to the fabric tension as it comes from the loom. The mating rollers include an idler roll... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4611638 | Automatic take-up motion of loom A take-up motion of a loom consists of a cloth roller which is hollow and formed with a plurality of perforations distributedly located in a cylindrical section thereof. The hollow inside of the cloth roller is communicated with an air suction device in s... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4606381 | Method and apparatus for automatically exchanging cloth rollers in a loom A method and an apparatus for automatically exchanging cloth rollers without stopping the loom, including: transferring a cloth roller from a truck to a loom when the cloth roller has taken up a given amount of cloth; mounting an empty roller on the loom ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605044 | Takeup motion control device for looms A takeup motion control device for a loom includes an input setting unit for producing functions of a repetitive period and a takeup speed, a function generator for storing the functions in relation to r.p.m. of the loom, an arithmetic control unit for su... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4593725 | Cloth inspection stand for loom takeup A cloth inspection stand is illustrated having a run of cloth on each side of the cloth takeup roll carried at an angle for ready inspection by one standing in the aisle on either side of the cloth roll takeup. The inspection stand makes provision for gui... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4574845 | Cloth roll overhead takeup apparatus and method An overhead loom takeup is illustrated having a first downward run of cloth wherein the cloth is moved thence upwardly and over a guide roll prior to being moved generally longitudinally over compensator means to a surface wound roll positioned generally ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4569374 | Device for stopping the cloth takeup regulator in a weaving loom A cam-following roller is brought by a low-power electromagnet into contact with a cam carried by a driving pulley. A second roller which is coaxial with the follower roller exerts a thrust on a disk when the follower roller travels along the profile of t... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4492257 | On loom cloth takeup with oscillating guide roll A loom is illustrated having an oscillating guide roll receiving cloth made on the loom for guiding same to the center wound takeup. Means are provided for oscillating the guide roll which includes a drive roll also driven by the cloth for driving mountin... | 01/08/1985 |
