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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380573 | Method of producing on needle weaving looms a woven ribbon with the same edges in terms of weaving A woven ribbon, preferably a vehicle safety belt strap, is produced on a needle weaving loom. The weft yarns alternately picked from right and left are crocheted with the respective preceding weft already picked. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7066214 | Narrow fabric needle loom for producing a strip-shaped tissue, and corresponding strip-shaped tissue The invention relates to a narrow fabric needle loom, comprising a shedding device forming a shed, and a weft insertion needle (12) for at least one weft loop (14). A knitting needle (26) is provided on the discharge end (20) of the shed ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6446677 | Weft controlling device for using weft as warp in a strap weaving machine A weft controlling device for using weft as warp in a strap weaving machine has motors mounted on an assembly board and controlling rods each movably connected to a corresponding one of the motors by a controlling thread and each controlling rod having a ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6112775 | Weft yarn selection mechanism and methods for weaving seat belt webbing A needle loom having a weft yarn selection mechanism for automatic selection of a desired weft yarn from two or more weft yarns for insertion through a shed includes a needle having a yarn carrying end. A guard is located on the needle, with the guard hav... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5766391 | Method for making woven polypropylene fabric with frayed edges A woven fabric is formed from polypropylene fibers by simply weaving the fabric using polypropylene fibers in both the warp and weft directions. The edges are left frayed and could become unraveled. In order to prevent the fabric from fraying further, par... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5411064 | Narrow fabric loom operating mechanism In a loom, a carrier drive shaft supporting the carrier at one end horizontally, is vertically mounted on the loom frame, and the carrier drive shaft and a reed drive shaft are linked by a link via a pivotal member. With this arrangement, the carrier driv... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5167263 | Industrial high strength webbing A multi-layer industrial type woven webbing having a multiple weave construction has at least one warp end of polyamid yarn adjacent both of the selvage edges of both the upper layer of fabric and the lower layer of fabric to provide greater toughness at ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4981161 | Seat belt webbing having multifilament and monofilament yarns A seat belt (safety belt) webbing has lateral stiffness, low longitudinal stiffness, abrasion resistance, and user comfort provided by a soft, round edge of the webbing. In a loom, a pick needle is used to move both a monofilament and multifilament yarn t... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4948658 | Strip of material and its manufacturing method A strip of material, especially for papermaking machine cloth covers for the pressing zone, as a filter or as pressing pad for the particle-board presses, comprises individual, longitudinal threads and orthogonally thereto individual transverse threads. I... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4733700 | Woven fabric A woven fabric which has been woven on a needle loom wherein the weft loops are secured by a knitted thread construction, the secured weft loops being located in board of the warp thread defining the opposite edge of the fabric to the edge whereat weft in... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4688598 | Ribbon and method and mechanism for making the same A knitted selvage is formed along an otherwise woven ribbon by tying off loops of filling thread inserted into successive sheds of warp threads. A primary selvage thread is drawn through each loop of filling thread along with only one of two auxiliary sel... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4640317 | Woven straps with transverse contractions The invention concerns woven straps having transverse contractions, as well as a method and apparatus for their manufacture. Contractions are formed along straps having a continuous unchanging weave and continuous selvedge by altering spacing of warp yarn... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4531554 | Weaving machine and a method for production of a ribbon-type fastener A method and a machine for weaving a ribbon-type fabric in which a first weft-yarn is introduced into the warp shed by a first insertion organ and an auxiliary yarn is inserted into the warp shed by a second insertion organ at the side of the yarn shed wh... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4502513 | Strap fabric and method of and machine for manufacturing the strap fabric The strap-like fabric made of interwoven weft and warp yarns has a selvage in the form of knitted stitches. A binding yarn made of a thermoplastic material or covered with an adhesive layer is applied to the cross points of respective loops of the knitted... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4441530 | Ribbon loom or the like A ribbon loom for manufacturing a ribbon tape or the like containing warp threads and weft thread loops inserted from one side of a warp shed. A first auxiliary thread is drawn through the weft thread loops and a second auxiliary thread disposed outside o... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4436121 | Process for manufacturing an elastic or non-elastic ribbon A process for making a woven ribbon having stitched selvages on a ribbon loom by moving a single weft inserting member crosswise in two directions. The weft inserting member inserts a first auxiliary thread along each selvage and alternately drives a seco... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4431035 | Woven fabric with covered edges and method of a manufacture A fabric woven on a needle loom including a cover thread on the woven edge covering the exterior edge of the woven edge warp thread by a serpentine pattern interlocked with the weft loops and a binder thread knitted at the other edge covering the exterior... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4399841 | Method and device for the manufacture of a woven fabric and woven fabric manufactured according to the method Method and device on a loom for the manufacture of a woven fabric, wherein weft thread loops are formed by a weft thread in a shed formed of warp threads. Through feeding the weft thread in within the warp width and out to both sides over the outermost wa... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4344463 | Ribbon-type fabric and method of making The ribbon-type fabric is provided with weft-yarn loops inserted at both sides of the run of the warp yarn, the weft-yarn loops being held together at the two edges of the ribbon-type fabric by at least one auxiliary yarn. In order to avoid that the joint... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4313473 | Process and thread inserter for the manufacture of belting with tubular edge portions The belting has a single layer woven central portion (24) and two tubular edge portions (21, 22) and is made on a needle belt weaving loom provided with a knitting needle (37). The belting serves preferably for safety belts in motor vehicles. One tubular ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4202381 | Ribbon fabric, method for the manufacture thereof and ribbon loom for carrying out the method A ribbon fabric, a method for manufacturing the same and a ribbon loom for carrying out the aforesaid method, wherein the ribbon fabric or tape has weft thread loops inserted from one side of the warp shed therethrough. At the other side of the warp shed ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4174738 | Tubular edged belting and method of making A belting with a single-layer central portion and two tubular edge portions is made on a needle ribbon weaving machine with one of the tubular edge portions woven as a single layer and then closed to form the tubular edge portion by exerting a pull on the... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4027703 | Shuttleless weaving machine, especially ribbon loom A shuttleless weaving machine, especially a ribbon loom, comprising at least one filling thread-insertion element and at least one to-and-fro driven knitting needle moving along the selvage or cloth edge which is situated opposite the filling thread-inser... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4007763 | Narrow fabrics Method and apparatus for producing a narrow fabric, such as for example curtain heading tapes and in which one weft is of relatively stiff form and a second weft has a high coefficient of friction relative to that of the stiff weft, and wherein the stiff ... | 02/15/1977 |