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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762285 | Glued heald mounting rail A shaft rod (1) having a heald mounting rail (3) glued to the rod body (2) using a space-filling adhesive (19) provided in an accommodation space (14) on the mounting rail (3) or the rod body (2) and having a greater ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7624764 | Heald support bar of bent sheet metal Heald support bar for heald shafts consists of a bent sheet metal element with unbent legs (8, 9), whereby, in the bending zones, the material thickness is reduced before or during the bending process. As a result of the compression occurring during the bendi... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7467646 | Heddle for warp threads in the shape of a band The heddle according to the invention, provided in particular for band-shaped warp threads, comprises two bands (5, 6) that extend in vertical direction during use, are arranged at a distance parallel to each other and hold two thread support elements (16,... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7377293 | Heddle frame and a loom fitted with such a frame A heddle frame having two uprights and two cross-rails interconnected by at least one brace extending in a direction generally parallel to the uprights. The brace includes a rod provided with a screw fastener at opposite ends thereof, two threaded members for being ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7322383 | Heald frame rod comprising a displaceable heald damping element A heald (heddle) shaft (1) comprises at least one shaft rod (2) on which a damping element (12)is supported on the shaft rod carrier body (15) to be movable in the longitudinal direction of a heald or heddle (8) mounted on a shaft ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318457 | Heald frame and a weaving machine including at least one such heald frame A heald frame including two posts, two cross members and connectors which are used for securing at least one post to at least one corresponding cross member. Each connector includes an intermediate tubular fixing element which is disposed in a housing provided in th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290569 | Shaft rod for weaving machines A shaft rod (2), wherein the heddle support rail (4) is secured in a form-fit to a profile body (9), for example in the form of an aluminum extruded profile, by projections (18) provided on the extrusion profile (9), with the proje... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287554 | Heald, particularly for rapidly running weaving machines An improved heald consists of a flat material, such as tempered steel. It has closed (O-shaped) end eyelets (5, 6) which are one-piece parts of the heald body (4). An edge (10) which extends along the full length of the heald (1), is of e... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285745 | Method for manufacturing components consisting of one piece which appear in a weaving machine The invention relates to a method for manufacturing components consisting of one piece which appear in a weaving machine, comprising one or more first and second parts, said parts being manufactured in separate first and second parts and joined together to form a wh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281548 | Weaving heddle An improved heddle (2), on its end eyelet (7), has a spring means (14) which braces the end eyelet (7) resiliently in at least one direction on a heddle support rail 3. The spring means (14) serves to avoid play between the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264022 | Shaft rod for heald shafts A shaft rod (2) having, particularly in its mid region, a particularly low mass. The shaft rod has an upper ledge (11) and a lower ledge (12) which have a reduced thickness in the mid region of the shaft rod. As a result, the load induced by acc... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231942 | Shaft rod A shaft rod for a heddle shaft is formed by a profile body (15) and an associated additional profile body, which are joined together by a detent means (25) and additionally by an adhesive bond. The detent means (25) is embodied such that it alre... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204274 | Heddle with reduced play A heddle (14) of the invention is distinguished by end eyelets (15, 16) of reduced size, with which heddle support rails (6, 7) of reduced cross section are associated. The axial play of the heddles on the heddle support rails (6, 7) is l... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185679 | Heddle, especially lifting heddle The subject matter of the invention is a heddle (1), more specifically a lifting heddle as part of a leno selvedge device, the heddle comprising a head portion and a base portion with a closed or an open eyelet for mounting to a heddle frame or to a heddle ri... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7158536 | Adaptive-allocation of I/O bandwidth using a configurable interconnect topology Apparatus and methods allocate I/O bandwidth of an electrical component, such as an IC, by configuring an I/O interface into various types of interfaces. In an embodiment of the present invention, an I/O interface is configured into either a bi-directional contact, ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147010 | Heddle frame and weaving loom provided with at least one such frame A heddle frame comprises two uprights and two crossbeams, each of which is provided with a catching member adapted to receive a corresponding end of at least one heddle, while there are also provided damping means, mounted to at least one corresponding catching memb... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137415 | Heddle shaft with center connector A heddle shaft (1) has shaft rods (2, 3), which are embodied as profile bodies (12) having at least one hollow chamber (14). The shaft rods (2, 3) are joined together by lateral bracing posts (4, 5) and at least one center c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7114528 | Heald shaft of composite construction A heald shaft for weaving machine has a shaft rod (3) which is formed of a one-piece light-metal profile and two stiffening bodies (24, 25) glued to the shaft rod (3). The stiffening bodies bridge the entire width of the shaft rod (3), wh... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077612 | Split p-hook A support device and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The support device has two ends with the first end adapted for engaging a pole and the second having two support members. The support members are utilized, for example, for securing a person and equ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069959 | Heddle shaft rod, method for producing it, and heddle shaft A heddle shaft is formed of a hollow metal profile section into which an expanding element for vibration damping is inserted. The expanding element is for example a precompressed foam strip which expands after insertion into the internal chamber of the hollow metal ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066212 | Method for producing a woven and a heddle particularly for use thereby A method for producing tissue with the aid of a weaving loom comprising a stop bar, at least one shed and a heddle for carrying out the method. The inventive method is characterized in that warp thread guiding a filling yarn cooperates with a longitudinal heddle con... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6994122 | Heald frame for weaving machine A heald frame for a weaving machine includes stops (15, 16) made of a material with shock-absorbing properties associated with the ends of the healds (10). A gap is provided between the heald ends and the stops, such gap ensuring that the healds can be... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994123 | Support element for a heddle frame A support element for a heddle frame is formed by profiled pieces (1, 1′) at each end that consist of a polymeric material. The profiled pieces (1, 1′) are connected to one another at each side by at least two side pieces (2, 2′) made of a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6926042 | Method for manufacturing a crossbeam for a heddle frame of a loom and crossbeam obtained by said method The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a crossbeam for a heddle frame of a loom allowing to make, at low cost and without waste, a lightweight and very rigid crossbeam, whose heddle-support rod is positioned on the support section in an accurate... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6789580 | Heald frame for a weaving machine A heald frame for a weaving machine includes a stop (15, 16) made of a material with shock-absorbing properties associated with at least one end of the healds (10). A gap is provided between the hold ends and the stop, such gap ensuring that the healds... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6732767 | Corner connection of a heddle shaft In a connection of a shaft rod to a side strut of a heddle shaft there is at least one guide surface provided in or on the shaft rod. The guide surface extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft rod. The guide surface engages with a positiv... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6446676 | Multicomponent cross-piece for low-noise heddle frames in weaving looms A cross-piece for heddle frames of weaving looms includes an aluminum outer portion (1) with a box-like structure and a thin, solid, steel inner portion (2) to which a heddle support rail (8) is fixed. The outer portion (1) comprises a cavity (5) for hous... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6131619 | Harness frame with heddle rod slide member A harness frame for use in weaving machines includes a generally rectangular frame formed by top and bottom slats attached to side members. Heddle rods are carried by the slats wherein heddles are placeable onto or removable from at least one end of the h... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6009918 | Power loom A power loom harness fitted with an upper and a lower cross-sectional contoured rail is arranged to support heddles by extending through eyes at the ends of the heddles. An inset is combined with a first of the rails in order to reduce play, in the direct... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5871035 | Heddle frame assembly with improved heddle support rods A heddle support rod for use in a heddle frame includes a first vertical segment along one of the longitudinal edges of the rod. The first vertical segment defines a first vertical front face. A second vertical segment is disposed along an opposite longit... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5819810 | Heddle frame assembly with corner sleeve member A heddle frame has a pair of laterally extending slats and a pair of end braces connected to the slats to form a generally rectangular frame. An elongated opening is defined at least in the ends of the slats, and typically throughout the slat. A locking m... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5787935 | Device for removably attaching heddle support bars on a weaving loom shaft A weaving loom shaft has removable heddle support bars to facilitate their replacement in the loom shaft upon movement of the support bars solely toward one another in the plane of the weaving loom shaft. Slidable telescopic connectors are utilized for re... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5758696 | Fe-Cr-Ni alloy for wear-resistant loom parts An Fe-Cr-Ni alloy used for parts of an automatic loom such as a heald (7) and reed (12) consisting of from 13 to 20% of Cr, from 4 to 15% of Ni, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a microstructure that is 60% or more strain-induce... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5297589 | Heddle frame with detachable corner connections In a heddle frame with detachable corner connections each heddle support has a horizontal projection extending into a cavity of the frame stave and is clamped in place with the use of set screws. The frame stave is constructed of stable longitudinal bands... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5280810 | Heald frame with stabilizer rod A heald frame comprises frame staves which provide upper and lower frame members and side stays which provide left and right frame members. A stabilizer rod is placed in parallel relationship with the frame staves and fixed to them by plural holders. The ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5275210 | Nose guide for a heddle frame A nose guide including a fastening mechanism for attaching the nose guide to a harness frame on a weaving loom. The fastening mechanism includes a pair of elongated straps and a pair of bosses carried on the inner surfaces of the straps which are provided... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5232025 | Shaft rod and heald frame for a loom A flat shaft rod of a heald frame for a loom has two half-shells (16) made of a thermoplastic, fiber-reinforced composite which forms mechanically interconnected, rigid hollow sections (15). A rigid longitudinal reinforcement (17) is disposed on the outsi... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5230370 | Shaft rod and a heald frame for a loom A flat, lightweight shaft rod of a heald frame for a loom, is constructed as a sandwich having a light sandwich core (15) and, connected thereto, covering layers (16) made of a thermoplastics composite having industrial endless fiber reinforcements. A rig... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5226457 | Corrugated shaft rod and a Heald frame for a loom The shaft rod of a heald frame for a loom, the rod having a corrugated or cross-section, has a shell (16) made of a thermoplastics composite having industrial endless fibers. A rigid longitudinal reinforcement (17) is disposed on the outside of the sectio... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5183082 | Frame stave for a heddle frame A frame stave includes a supporting bar designed as hollow body and adjoined by a supporting member for the heddle carrying rod. The supporting bar reaches its bending strength by a massive longitudinal bar of a substantially square cross-section which fo... | 02/02/1993 |
