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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354876 | Fabric reinforcement and cementitious boards faced with same Fabric and reinforcements are provided by this invention which, in a first embodiment, include a plurality of warp yarns having a first twist (turns/inch) and a plurality of weft yarns having a second twist which is greater than the first twist. A coating is applied... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6772797 | Webbing for seat belt and method of manufacturing webbing for seat belt A thin and light webbing having a high strength per warp yarn unit, maintaining abrasion resistance, and using, as a warp yarn, a very strong polyester multifilament yarn for a seat belt made by fine single-yarn fibers. A yarn obtained by performing a twisting proce... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6537640 | Pile fabric Provided is a pile fabric in which non-twist interlaced yarns composed of non-torque or low-torque polyester multi-filaments having a torque of 0 or 100 turns/meter or less are laid out in a flattened state as both warp and weft yarns constituting a groun... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6523578 | 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) perpe... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6325110 | Woven fabric reinforcement to optimize dimensional stability A woven fabric reinforcement characterized by a weight of up to 190 grams per square meter, with a number of warp yarns which is at least 55% of the total number of yarns, and where the crossovers between warp yarns and weft yarns is between 200 and 315 c... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5932494 | Textile material as a support for coagulation and product obtainable through coagulation of resins on said support A textile material for use as a support for coagulation is disclosed. The textile material consists of a warp including of from 8 to 10 polyester yarns per centimeter and a weft including of from 12 to 16 cotton yarns per centimeter. The coagulated produc... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5792713 | Glass fabric produced with zero-twist yarn A woven glass fabric reinforcement for paper or resinous articles made of continuous glass filament warp yarns and weft yarns is provided. At least one of the warp yarns and the weft yarns is a zero-twist yarn made of continuous glass filaments having a d... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5441798 | Filter cloth for air bags A filter cloth for air bags comprises a synthetic fiber woven fabric having (1) a ground weave structure segment having a single plain weave structure or a single twill weave structure and (2) a plurality of high gas-permeability weave structure segments ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5244718 | Synthetic fabrics and surgical/medical products made therefrom A polyester wrapper fabric having permeability for penetration of steam in sterilization surgical instruments. The fabric is a two by two twill in which the filling yarns are core and affect texturized yarn. A herringbone weave is another embodiment. In o... | 09/14/1993 |
| 4892557 | Process for forming crepe fabrics and for temporarily stabilizing high twist filament yarn in the manufacture of such fabrics A process for forming crepe fabrics on a shuttleless loom is provided which includes temporary stabilization of highly twisted (e.g., 40-70 TPI) filament yarn. To this end, hot melt size is applied at a predetermined temperature in predetermined amounts (... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4567094 | High conductivity graphite material and method of weaving A method of forming an electrically conductive weavable multifilament graphite element which comprises wrapping around a multifilament graphite element at least one electrically conductive filament.... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4355499 | Fabrics having salt-and-pepper patterns and crimped filament yarns for producing the same A yarn having a number of filaments is passed through between intercrossing work surfaces of two intercrossing endless belts which run in pressing engagement with each other. By suitably selecting the intercrossing angle of the belts, tension acting on th... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4138519 | Conductive secondary backings and tufted carpets made therewith Secondary backing for a tufted carpet comprising a fabric with an open construction having an air permeability preferably of at least about 350 cfm of a synthetic yarn and a conductive spun yarn wherein said spun yarn comprises a conductive core fiber hav... | 02/06/1979 |
| 3988490 | Cover cloth fabric A fabric in which resin coated glass yarns are interwoven with staple fiber spun synthetic yarns for a cover cloth used upon flatwork ironers. The fabric of the cover cloth has a work engaging surface that is relatively soft so as not to impress its weave... | 10/26/1976 |
