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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 |
| 7395839 | Method for manufacturing high density pile fabrics The present invention relates to a method for face-to-face weaving of a pile fabric on a weaving machine, pile forming pile warp yarns (6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19) being interlaced alternately around a weft yarn (1) in the upper fabric and around a wef... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7337809 | Method and device for weaving fabrics provided with zones with floating pile across several weft yarns While weaving fabrics (501, 502, 601, 602) on a weaving machine, in successive weft insertion cycles two weft yarns (505, 506, 605, 606) are simultaneously inserted at different weft insertion levels between pile warp yarns (520, 530, 620, 630) ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7287552 | Process for weaving fabrics and shaggy fabrics The invention relates, on the one hand, to a process for weaving fabrics on a weaving machine, wherein these fabrics comprise a plurality of warp yarn systems, wherein for at least two mutually adjacent warp yarn systems, in each of these at least two mutually adjac... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7240698 | Method for weaving face-to-face fabrics, fabric woven according to such a method and face-to-face weaving machine for carrying out such a method On the one hand, the invention relates to a method for weaving face-to-face fabrics on a face-to-face weaving machine, the fabrics (10),(20) consisting of weft yarns (2), ground warp yarns (3) and pile warp yarns (4), and one or se... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7134401 | Lancet device for a face-to-face weaving machine and face-to-face weaving machine provided with such a lancet device The invention relates to a lancet device for a face-to-face weaving machine (100), comprising one or several lancets (1,2,3;16), a lancet (1,2,3,16) at one extremity being provided to be installed in a lancet holder and at its other extremity be... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7111647 | Weaving machine and method for weaving pile fabrics and spacer for such a weaving machine A weaving machine weaves pile fabrics having weft yarns, backing warp yarns, and pile warp yarns. One or several spacers extend between the pile warp yarns either to realize a constant pile height between two pile fabrics formed, or to determine the pile loop height... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111648 | Terry fabric and method for weaving same A terry fabric comprises a plurality of repeat units of interwoven warp and weft threads. Each of the repeat units comprises a set of ground warp threads, a set of pile warp threads, and a set of weft threads. The ground warp threads are woven tightly with the weft ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7069960 | Method of controlling pile fabric loom A control technique is capable of adjusting a weight of a pile fabric by adjusting consumption of a pile warp at a proper range with a more simplified system. In a pile loom, a tolerance relative to a value associated with consumption of the pile warp is set, and th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7047703 | Metal framing strut with coiled end portions A building strut is formed as a cylinder having a plurality of contiguous sidewalls. Opposing terminal ends of the sidewalls define the ends of the cylinder. One or more of the sidewall ends are formed as a coiled spiral. These spirals may be formed within one of th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6945280 | Method for weaving a pile fabric The present invention relates to a method for weaving pile fabrics on a face-to-face weaving machine, where, in successive insertion cycles, weft yarns (1-12) are inserted between binding warp yarns (13-16) and pile warp yarns (17-24), so that t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6837274 | Weaving machine and method for weaving fabrics with pile loops A face-to-face weaving machine comprising upper (5) and lower spacers (6) for extending in the warp direction between two fabrics (12), (13) and a weft insertion device (2), (3), (4) for inserting weft yarns (22 | 01/04/2005 |
| 6769456 | Device for separating warp yarns on a face-to-face weaving machine A device for separating warp yarns (16), (17) on a face-to-face weaving machine (13), comprising a separating means (1), (2) and a holding device (3,7,9,11), (4,8,9,12) which comprises a threaded adjusting means (1... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769457 | Face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming provided with twister device and twister device for face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming The invention relates to a face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming, a twister device (1) being provided and relates further to a twister device (1) for a face-to-face weaving machine with face-to-face shed forming, the twister devic... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6343626 | Method for face-to-face weaving false boucle fabrics with cut pile, and fabrics woven according to this method Method for weaving fabrics with a rib structure, whereby on a weaving machine, two fabrics (22), (23); (49), (50) are woven one above the other with a rib structure according to a face-to-face weaving method, whereby each fabric comprises a backing fabric... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6289941 | Method for weaving a false boucle fabric A method is provided for weaving a false boucle fabric with a rib structure on weaving machines in successive weft insertion cycles. In each cycle a top (1), (2), (3) and a bottom weft thread (4), (5), (6) are inserted between binding warp threads (9-12) ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6273148 | Method for face-to-face weaving pile fabrics With a method for face-to-face weaving pile fabrics, whereby weft threads (1-6) are brought between warp threads (7-12) of a series of warp thread systems so that two backing fabrics (21), (22) are woven located one above the other with tension warp threa... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6247505 | Terry fabric or velour fabric and method for the production thereof This invention is aimed at providing a terry-cloth or velours fabric, and a predictably economic process for its production, whereby it is possible to optimally adapt the fabric to different purposes. The proposed approach is a process for producing a ter... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6186189 | False and true boucle fabrics, and a method for the production of such fabrics A method for manufacturing fabrics with a rib structure, in particular false boucle fabrics is provided. On a weaving machine two series of warp threads (4, 5, 6, 10, 11); (7, 8, 9, 12, 13) are provided for weaving a respective fabric (21); (22). In succe... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186186 | Method and weaving machine for weaving a pile fabric A face-to-face weaving machine with a weft insertion device (1), (2) is provided in order according to a top and a bottom insertion path to insert weft threads between warp threads (3-12). A lifting device (18, 19) works together with shed-forming devices... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6173746 | Fabrics with rib structure on both sides and method of manufacturing A method for weaving fabrics with a two-sided rib structure, such as false boucle fabrics, comprises forming a fabric on a weaving machine from weft threads and warp threads of a series of warp thread systems, with sets of at least two weft threads runnin... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5154208 | Lancet holder for face to face loom Lancet holder for face-to-face weaving loom, comprising a slat-shaped section (1) onto which lancets (2) can be pushed. A comb (4) with teeth (8) lies directly in front of section (1). Each lancet (2)--extending in the warp direction--can be situated betw... | 10/13/1992 |