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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186390 | Woven fabric having cotton warp and polyester weft yarns A woven textile fabric for use as a bed sheet is provided having spun cotton warp yarns and continuous multi-filament weft yarns, to provide a total yarn count of from 170 to 215, and wherein the construction of the fabric balances the tensile strength of the fabric... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8056587 | Fabric, in particular for textile structures and/or coverings The fabric for textile structures and/or coverings, consisting of warp threads and weft threads of PTFE-yarn, in which the number of warp threads is at least approximately twice the number of weft threads. A method for producing a fabric, in which during the weaving... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7565920 | Woven fabric with moisture management properties A technique allowing manufacturers to produce woven moisture management fabrics with good moisture transfer properties is based upon a model of the fabric construction, thereby avoiding a manufacturing trial-and-error process. An initial woven fabric design includin... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7481251 | Textile with transparent light structure and heat-insulating construction and method of manufacturing the same A textile with transparent light structure and heat-insulating construction and the method of manufacturing the same comprise a surface layer and an underlying layers the underlying layer and the surface layer have air layers and high shrinkage-rate yarns therein, a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7351672 | Convertible top fabric A convertible roofing material which includes an outer fabric layer formed at least partially of polymeric coated, core yarns such as a polyester core coated with polyvinyl chloride. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318458 | Cloth designed to be provided with at least one permanent fold and method applied thereby Cloth designed to be provided with at least one permanent fold, wherein at least one shrink thread is woven in said cloth. The shrink thread or shrink threads are woven in the cloth according to a general direction extending crosswise over the fold line. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313907 | Apparatus and method for treating synthetic yarns The present invention relates to equipment/apparatus, and the relative method/process, for the treatment of synthetic filaments, in particular for drawing said filaments, comprising at least two nozzles each provided with a main passage, through which said yarns pas... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7299828 | Stretch woven fabrics including polyester bicomponent filaments Stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. Polyester bicomponent continuous filaments including poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) having an after-... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7267141 | Method of on-site production of novel textile reinforced thermoplastic or thermoset pipes Novel thermoplastic pipes which can withstand extremely high internally generated and/or applied pressures for utilization within, primarily, high pressure underground liquid and gas transport systems are provided. Such pipes are improvements over standard metal (i.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264023 | Weaved article or garment and method of making weaved article or garment A brand new and unexpected textured fabric or textile that can be used to provide articles of clothing (for humans and/or animals), wall hangings, home decorating articles, headwear, footwear, etc. The method transforms one dimensional fabric or textile into three d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7214425 | High performance fiber blend and products made therefrom A blended yarn is provided having at least one component fiber type being made of stretch broken fibers, preferably of a stretch broken high performance fiber, along with multi-end yarns containing the blended yarn, composite yarns having at least one component bein... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207356 | Through air dryer fabric A through-air dryer (TAD) fabric formed by interweaving of a warp yarn system with a weft yarn system. The TAD fabric has a paper side with a contact area between 20% and 30%. The warp yarn system includes flat warp yarns and/or the weft yarn system includes flat we... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188642 | Low-friction pull tape A pull tape for facilitating positioning of elongated items within a protective sleeve is disclosed. The pull tape is woven of filamentary members preferably using a twill or satin weave that allows floats to form on the surface of the tape that reduce friction betw... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7143790 | Warp-stretch woven fabrics comprising polyester bicomponent filaments Warp stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. About 15 weight percent to about 55 weight percent of the warp yarns are polyester bicomponent continuous filaments comprising pol... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137416 | Method for producing an optical-fibre based fabric The invention relates to a method for weaving a fabric containing, at least partly, glass-fibres as warp threads and/or weft threads, which are treated in such a way that they enable light to be diffused in a substantially perpendicular direction with respect to the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138345 | Carbon fiber reinforced base material, preform and composite material comprising the same A carbon fiber reinforced substrate comprising a fabric composed of carbon fiber bundles and a first resin adhering to the fabric. Each of the carbon fiber bundles comprises numerous continuous carbon filaments, has the tensile modulus of 210 GPa or more, and has th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134458 | Method of producing reinforcing fiber woven fabric and production device therefor and reinforcing fiber woven fabric A method of producing a reinforcing fiber woven fabric, for producing on a weaving machine a reinforcing fiber woven fabric from wefts of reinforcing fiber yarns and warps of reinforcing fiber yarns, the method comprising providing, on a weft supply passage for supp... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131466 | Patterned scarf, method and loom for producing the same A patterned scarf having a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer which are interwoven along the edges. The scarf has colors and/or patterns which are formed by weft threads their inserted spaced-out between warped threads of the same color. The warped threads... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115311 | Anti-static woven flexible bulk container This invention relates to ungrounded type flexible fabric container with a reduced energy of electrostatic discharge suitable for use in a combustible environment. A woven fabric is configured to form a flexible fabric container having sidewalls, a top feature and a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7073538 | Bi-directional and multi-axial fabric and fabric composites Bi-directional and multi-axial fabrics, fabric composites, ballistically resistant assemblies thereof, and the methods by which they are made. The fabrics are comprised of sets of strong, substantially parallel, unidirectional yarns lying in parallel planes, one abo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059665 | CFRP plate material and method for preparation thereof A light-weight, highly rigid, high-strength environment-friendly fiber-reinforced plastic (hereinafter, CFRP) board having a surface quality that can endure long-term use suitable for use in automobiles and the like is provided. A method for making the same is also ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7004205 | Unidirectional textile reinforcing sheath capable of being taped onto a mechanical structure to be reinforced A unidirectional textile reinforcing sheath capable of being taped onto a mechanical structure to be reinforced, said sheath being formed from a tape produced by the weaving of high-strength warp threads based on aramid, and having a central zone bordered by two lat... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6955193 | Fire resistant textile material A fire resistant material comprising a woven faced fabric composed or fibers from meta-aramid, polyamideimide and mixtures thereof, the woven back fabric of low thermal shrinkage fibers selected from para-aramid, polyparaphenylene terephthalamide copolymer and mixtu... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6946412 | Flame-resistant, high visibility, anti-static fabric and apparel formed therefrom A fabric for use in safety apparel comprising a first set of yarns comprising modacrylic fibers, and a second set of yarns comprising anti-static fibers. The fabric meets the Federal Test Method Standard 191A, Method 5931 for electrostatic decay, and the Electrostat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935383 | Combination weave using twisted and nontwisted yarn An article of furniture is made from elongated polymer filaments. The polymer filaments may be monofilaments or plural filaments, which are twisted together and woven with polymer strands of non-twisted yarn to form a woven portion of material. The woven portion can... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932120 | Method for producing airbags A method for producing woven airbags, especially at least partially multi-layered airbags, includes the following steps: the warp threads are prepared in a warping room, warp threads which are suitable as marker threads for machine-readable markings being already pl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923219 | Double-sided fabric: flat side / woven pile fabric A pile fabric includes woven together inner and outer layers and cut pile yarns woven into the inner layer. The outer layer has a higher yarn count than the inner layer, without counting the pile yarns. The pile fabric is one of two substantially similar pile fabric... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918413 | Warp backed weave denim A warp backed weave denim with excellent stretchability. A warp backed weave denim having a stretchable structure of twill weave or satin weave, comprising warps doubled to be exposed on front and back surfaces of a weft yarn, and the weft yearn is made of polyureth... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902789 | Tufted carpet and backing fabric A carpet which is suitable for use in a vehicular passageway, includes a backing fabric that is woven by using the multi-filament yarns for the warps and wefts. A binding resin is applied to the filaments which compose the weft. The filaments which make up the weft ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892767 | Uncoated air bag fabric A compact, economical air bag fabric of low air permeability and light mass is realized by a thermoplastic fiber fabric having a distribution of pores formed by the fibers constructing the fabric, that is, the pore distribution of 2.0 or smaller and air permeability... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6866068 | Method for producing woven fabrics A method for producing woven fabrics, especially airbag woven fabrics, while using a multiphase weaving machine in the following steps: weaving a fabric comprised of filament threads in warp and weft on the multiphase weaving machine, whereby a high shrinking type o... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6863090 | Carpet backing and methods of making and using the same A woven carpet backing may include monofilament warp yarns and alternating monofilament and multifilament fill yarns. The yarns may be woven using a weave, such as a non-traditional weave, that places all of the multifilament fill yarns on the face of the fabric and... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6845791 | Composite prepreg material form with improved resistance to core crush and porosity A composite prepreg material (10) with improved resistance to core crush and porosity incorporates a plurality of different fiber forms having varying cross-sectional configurations. Preferably, the fibers are interwoven in a warp (14) and fill (18 | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834685 | Bi-modulus reinforcement fabric A fabric system and manufacturing method for achieving higher fiber crimp in selected fibers to reduce initial fabric modulus (gain higher elongation) in the thread-line direction. The fabric system and method utilizes processing yarns of higher shrinkage than the p... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6769459 | Method for making an elastic fabric for a damper and the structure thereof An elastic fabric made of spandex and at least one fiber, wherein the spandex has a volume of 0.1 to 5.0% of the elastic fabric volume. The at least one fiber is composed of cotton, polyester and aramid, which has a volume of 99.0 to 95.0% of the elastic fabric. Whe... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6766542 | Method for and protective winter covering for swimming pools A protective winter covering for swimming pools including an open mesh weave of scrim material, the mesh having warp and weft strips forming a substantially thin layer having opposed major surfaces, where both the warp and weft strip materials are of a heat absorbin... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6748980 | Base fabric for hollow-woven air bag and air bag A base fabric for a hollow-woven air bag, including: a bag portion (multiple fabric portion) formed by connecting a plurality of cloth pieces by hollow weaving; a fastened portion A connected to the bag portion (multiple fabric portion); and a fastened portion B of ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6725885 | Sailcloth A warp oriented woven sailcloth is provided in warp yarns are relatively uncrimped relative to the fill yarns. The yarn weight ratios (fill vs. warp) are 1.0 to 1 and 0.22 to 1. ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6675838 | Anti-static woven fabric and flexible bulk container A method of making an ungrounded type flexible fabric container with a reduced energy of electrostatic discharge for use in a combustible environment is provided. A woven fabric is configured to form a flexible fabric container having sidewalls, a closed ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666235 | Lightweight denim fabric containing high strength fibers and clothing formed therefrom A lightweight and durable high-performance denim fabric. More particularly, a lightweight durable denim comprising a high strength component and a natural fiber, which is constructed into a fabric having both about a 15% lighter weight and about 15% highe... | 12/23/2003 |