"Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."
Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6820655 | Loom and room conditioning system The invention relates to an improvement in the art of loom and weaving room conditioning, in which the necessary moisture required by the yarn to perform best in the loom is metered exactly and directly on the yarn, whereby yarn breakage is reduced and weaving air r... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6164341 | Pneumatically supported weaving shuttle In a weaving machine, the shuttles of the weaving machine are transferred over and across the warp threads of the machine. The method and apparatus have the object of preventing factors which adversely affect the weave result from occurring at high shuttl... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5447785 | Cloth prepreg, process for producing the same and reinforcing fabric Disclosed is a reinforcing fabric comprising warps and woofs which are multifilament yarns made of carbon fibers, the widths W (mm) and finenesses D (d:denier) of the warp and woof satisfying the equation of: W=k.multidot.(D/.rho.)5/9 (wherein k rep... | 09/05/1995 |
| 4901766 | Method and apparatus for cooling warp threads in a loom The warp threads in a loom are cooled, in order to prevent damage to the warp threads due to heat generation by the contact between the warp threads and loom components. Such contact can generate temperatures of 50° to 80° C. due to thread friction and ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4489760 | Wide fabric manufacturing apparatus Wide woven fabric having dipped and treated cords is made by first connecting warp cords of relatively strong material in at least two narrow sheets. The narrow sheets are dipped and treated after which they are positioned in loom letoff rolls adjacent a ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 3952552 | Auxiliary yarn dyeing mechanism There is disclosed a mechanism for dyeing yarns as they are fed from their cones into a knitting machine. Each yarn passes through a container in which there is a liquid dye of a color selected for that particular yarn. Although a quick-drying dye is used... | 04/27/1976 |