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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441567 | Needle loom with automatic change of the weft thread A needle loom is provided with a bearing structure (2), one textile-product (P) forming head (3) installed on the bearing structure (2), two heddle frames (6) capable of intercepting a plurality of warp threads (O), one sickle (9) ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7240476 | Stretch polyester/cotton spun yarn The invention provides a woven fabric comprising at least about 18% available stretch in at least a first direction and less than about 5% growth in at least the first direction, wherein the fabric consists essentially of staple fiber yarns in at least the first dir... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7121306 | Industrial fabric including yarn assemblies A woven industrial fabric, including a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns. At least a portion of one of the plurality of warp and the plurality of weft yarns includes yarn assemblies. Each yarn assembly is comprised of at least a first... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7073540 | Needle loom with automatic change of the weft thread A needle loom comprises a supporting structure (2), at least one forming head (3) of a textile product (P) installed on the supporting structure (2), at least two heddle frames (6) capable of intercepting a plurality of warp threads (O), ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6938646 | Needleloom, weaving method, and textile articles formed thereby A method of weaving tubular textile articles, comprising: forming first, second, third and fourth superposed layers of warp threads; weaving by weft insertion through sheds formed in said layers, the weaving being performed by first and second weft threads inserted ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6782923 | Weft-stretch woven fabric with high recovery A woven fabric comprising warp fibers and a weft is provided. The weft may be of pick-and-pick or co-insertion constructions. The weft includes a spun staple yarn and a polyester bicomponent filament. The polyester bicomponent filament includes poly(ethylene terepht... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6497257 | Control of fill yarn during basket weave type patterns on air jet looms A fill yarn holding apparatus for use on an air jet loom of the type used for weaving certain fabric patterns where each pattern has at least two fill yarns introduced between each harness reciprocation, and including a pivotal sley shaft, a reed mounted ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 4173990 | Temporary fabric and method and apparatus for weaving same A plurality of generally parallel, side-by-side warp tows of carbonaceous precursor material are interwoven with fill yarns forming a fabric of low density cross weave to facilitate handling of the warp tows for oxidation, carbonization and other processi... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4118842 | Weave-de-weave process A weave-de-weave process in which a plurality of weft loops are fluidly injected from opposite sides and normal to a plurality of warp yarns to form a composite tape. The tape is deweaved after the warp is space dyed by splitting the interior of the tape ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4059133 | Weft insert apparatus for ribbon looms The present invention relates to a weft insert apparatus for a shuttleless loom, especially a ribbon loom, comprising two cooperating weft insert elements moved towards one another, the weft insert elements moving about pivot axes in such a manner that th... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4051873 | Weft yarn carrier The invention concerns an improved weft yarn carrier or rapier needle for use on a shuttleless loom where the weft yarn is supplied from a stationary source located outside of the warp yarns and passes through an aperture in the carrier or needle.... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4041988 | Method and apparatus for weaving an elongated fabric A method and apparatus for weaving a continuous fabric having parallel selvedges, including a doubleheaded needle being passed from one side of the shed to the other transversely, forming a weft double pick alternately from one side and the other. The app... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4004617 | Method for forming a double catch thread narrow weave A method of weaving a fabric using, one at a time, two catch threads adjacent respectively a first edge warp and a second edge warp which are separated from the main weft by a pair of warp wires. The catch threads, edge warp and warp wires are moved or sh... | 01/25/1977 |
