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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7117898 | Guide rods for a Jacquard loom A guide rod assembly for a Jacquard loom is described which is narrower (10 mm or less), instead of 13 mm of conventional guide rods. This reduction in width is attained reducing the overall height of the magnet system integrated in the guide rod. The magnet system ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7025094 | Device for attaching return springs in a harness of a Jacquard weaving machine On the one hand, the invention relates to a device for exerting a return force on at least one harness element of the harness of a Jacquard weaving machine, comprising at least one return spring (2) provided with means of attachment (1) for attaching t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007721 | Shedding device on a Jacquard-type weaving machine The invention relates to a shedding device comprising at least one electric rotary actuator having an output shaft (11) that is designed to rotate a pinion (21) which is engaged with a rack (22), said rack being connected to a control heald (... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6945282 | Method and device for forming a shed in a weaving machine A shed-forming device and a method for using it are provided for creating a shed of warp yarns in a weaving machine. The shed-forming device includes a plurality of yarn separating elements operably disposed to one another within the weaving machine. The yarn separa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6880582 | Connecting means for detachably connecting cords of a jacquard machine A first (1) and a second connecting means (2) which may be connected in a detachable manner in order to connect a first and a second cord, more particularly a lifting cord and a harness cord of a Jacquard machine, the first connecting means (1) ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6860298 | Host computer for use in loom user supporting system, loom user supporting system, loom user supporting method A host computer is used in a supporting system for supporting a user of a plurality of looms. The host computer includes a database section for storing specifications information relating to specifications of each of a plurality of looms, the specifications informat... | 03/01/2005 |
| 5183080 | Shed forming device for griffe frames An assembly for controlling the reciprocating movement of the upper and lower frames of a shed-forming device of a weaving loom wherein on the chassis on either side of the shed-forming device two cams are provided which are each in engagement with the en... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5176181 | Shed-forming device for griffe frames In a weaving loom, an assembly for controlling the reciprocating movement of the upper and lower frames of the shed-forming device which assembly includes a shaft of which the ends are each associated with the ends of two connecting rods by way of eccentr... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4835699 | Automated distributed control system for a weaving mill An interactive real-time, distributed control system for textile weaving machines including real time, interactive bi-directional communications centrally manages the whole range of activities of a weaving room. Microcontrollers at each weaving machine co... | 05/30/1989 |
