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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 |
| 7717140 | Narrow cranked heald Healds that consist of a metal ribbon section having the width (B) that is narrower than the total width B+X required for the flat ribbon heald (20). The flat ribbon heald (20) has an essentially non-machined—in any event, not trimmed—edge (9 | 05/18/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7131465 | Removable plastic heddle with mating insertion tool for weaving apparatus A simple removable plastic heddle comprised of a single monolithic plastic body and a mating insertion tool. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6981527 | Heddle, heddle frame and weaving loom equipped with such a frame The heddle according to the invention is provided at the level of each of its ends with at least two sections for simultaneous bearing on corresponding surfaces formed on a traction bar fast with a crossbeam of a heddle frame. These sections and surfaces allow the t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 5078184 | Heddle eyelet structure The end eyelet of a heddle comprises a back section lying opposite the hook end and having a gradually increasing width at the terminal end of the heddle for increasing the cross-section of the end eyelet at a zone of the end eyelet subjected to high stre... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4790357 | Harness frame slat and heddle A heddle frame assembly for a weaving machine comprising elongated top and bottom slats supported at each end by side members. Each of the top and bottom slats includes a symmetrically depending heddle support bar at one of its edges. The heddle support b... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4703777 | Heddless with lateral threading for weaving looms An improved heddle for conventional harness frames for hand- and industrial looms, having an eyelet-forming body made of single wire construction. The eyelet has a laterally-disposed slot for threading of a warp yarn. The eyelet portion and slot are forme... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4383557 | Weaving heddle A weaving heddle comprises a strip of material of constant cross-section throughout its entire length, and has open end loops of plastic material molded in place on oposed end sections of the strip. A central section of the strip between the end sections ... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4355665 | Heddle A thread guiding eye, which may be made from case-hardened or rust-proof steel, is embedded in a heddle moulded from plastic. The embedding is effected by injection-moulding the plastic around the thread guiding eye. The thread guiding eye may have an ess... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4342339 | Weaving heddle A weaving heddle includes an elongated heddle shaft having U-hook shaped end loops at opposite ends for holding the heddle on opposed heddle carrying rods of a heddle frame. The loops include shanks for overlapping with the rods, and the loops have inner ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4155379 | Heddle for a weaving machine The heddles of a weaving machine have vibration absorbing material on the end loops thereof which normally contact edges of metal rods mounted on a heddle frame for oscillating movement, the heddles effecting a lifting movement relative to the rods upon o... | 05/22/1979 |
| 3960182 | Heddles for weaving machines having heddle frame bars for several heddles, which bars are moved by a shed-forming device Several heddles consist of a continuous cord, which is wound looplike around the bars of the heddle frame. The heddles have a thread guide in nonelastic section and an elastic section.... | 06/01/1976 |
