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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7346967 | Process for producing a floor covering A process is provided for producing a multi-layered flat fibrous structure, especially a floor covering, having a surface or wear layer, a base or carrier layer and optionally further layers. The base or carrier layer is first produced from a multi-layered non-woven... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7173207 | Apparatus at a spinning preparation machine for detecting waste separated out from fibre material In an apparatus at a spinning preparation machine, for example a cleaner, opener, carding machine or the like, for detecting waste which is separated out from fibre material, for example cotton, and consists of foreign matter and good fibres and which is collected i... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173703 | Apparatus on a textile fibre processing machine for evaluating textile fibre material In an apparatus for inspecting and evaluating fiber material, for example a sliver or fleece, an opto-electronic system, is provided across the width of a textile machine and scans the moving fiber material and converts the measured values into electronic signals. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7143479 | Inspection device on a spinning preparation machine, especially a carding machine, cleaner or the like In a device on a spinning preparation machine, especially a carding machine, cleaner or the like, having a machinery housing, the machine and/or fiber feed and fiber discharge devices are arranged in the interior of the machinery housing. In order that the fi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7096541 | Arrangement on a spinning preparation machine, in particular a card, with a machine casing Machine supports are provided for a spinning preparation machine. A machine casing is arranged along the sides of the machine and includes casing elements attached to the supports. The casing elements are arranged to open up or close off openings in the machine casi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7062819 | System for guiding and drawing along mobile flats in a flat card A cogged-belt drive device for drawing along mobile flats of flat cards, in which the cogged belts are equipped, in their development facing the flat guides, with scraping or cleaning elements that eliminate the accumulation of foreign bodies from the guides on whic... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6889406 | Separating device for a textile processing machine In a device on a spinning preparatory machines, especially a carding machine, cleaning machine or the like for cotton having at least one separating blade for impurities, which is associated with a clothed roller, for example a licker-in or the like, wherein the sep... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6865780 | Method of and apparatus for controlling the suction in a thread-breakage suction unit of a textile machine A method and a device for controlling the suction, by speed alteration of a blower motor, in a unit for suctioning away thread breakage in a textile machine. A standard speed of the blower motor without speed control is established to achieve the suction, after whic... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6721998 | Air flow regulating device in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a roll having a direction of rotation and a clothing for carrying thereon fiber material; a cover partially circumferentially shrouding the roll; an air passage opening provided in the cover; an air guiding element bordering the a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6681449 | Roller cleaning device having variable suction A vacuum device is provided for use with a textile processing machine having a rotating roller with cleaning locations. The device has a vacuum generator, a main vacuum line operatively associated with the vacuum generator, a plurality of individual vacuu... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675443 | Fiber material removal device A device for use with a fiber processing machine is provided. The device has a rotating cylinder, a fiber material feeding device that feeds fibers to the cylinder, an air duct that extends essentially tangential to the cylinder in a fiber-removal zone, a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675441 | Device and method for detecting lightweight waste in a carding machine A carding machine includes clothed rolls for processing and carrying fiber material thereon; an arrangement for separating lightweight waste from the fiber material processed by the clothed rolls; a conduit for receiving the lightweight waste; an air stre... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6640391 | Pressure regulating device for use on a carding machine A pressure control system is provided for use with a carding machine having a carding cylinder with clothing. The pressure control system has a cover for positioning opposite the carding cylinder clothing, an opening in the cover for separating foreign pa... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637085 | Process for recycling articles containing high-performance fiber The present invention is directed to a process for recycling a fabric containing high performance fibers having a tenacity of at least 10 grams per dtex and a tensile modulus of at least 150 grams per dtex, to make a yarn from the fabric. In the process, ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6516497 | Apparatus for removing material from a roll of a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a clothed roll entraining fiber material thereon; a roll cover circumferentially partially surrounding the roll and defining an annular clearance therewith; a transfer opening provided in the roll cover for admitting fi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6477741 | Apparatus for detecting separated waste in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a clothed roll having a surface for entraining fiber material thereon; a housing at least partially surrounding the clothed roll and conforming to the roll surface; a separating opening provided in the housing and exten... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6378179 | System and method for reconstituting fibers from recyclable waste material A system is provided for structurally reconstituting fibers from recycled waste fabric material, including cotton denim waste, wherein the reconstituted fibers are incorporated into a hydroentangled or needle punched product without binders or additives. ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6353972 | Apparatus for cleaning traveling flat bars of a carding machine A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder and a traveling flats assembly including flat bars circulating in a path and cooperating with the main carding cylinder. The carding machine further includes an apparatus for cleaning the flat bars. The a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6314620 | Cleaning device for traveling flats of a carding machine A carding machine includes flat bars traveling in an endless path. First and second end rolls periodically reverse the travel direction of each flat bar. First and second drive shafts carry and rotate the respective first and second end rolls. An apparatu... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6308506 | Production of color blended yarn for denim construction Denim fabric and articles of clothing having a "washed" or heather look/effect are produced in a manner that retains color intensity and substantially avoids the waste of chemicals and/or water inherent in conventional washing processes. A first coarse fe... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6185788 | Device and method for discharge and cleaning of the web at the output of a carder Method and device for discharge and cleaning of the web produced by a carder, by the effect of suction applied to the web, in its passage from the detachment cylinder to the web-presser cylinders, preferably combined with drawing of the web in this sectio... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6065190 | Stationary flat system for carding machines A carding machine has a cylinder (3), stationary, self-cleaning flats (2) fixed at a chain (45) and guided and adjusted by a flexible bend (48). Additional active trash, dust and short fibre extraction units (1) are placed in the main carding zone. The un... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6061876 | Textile recycling machine A textile fiber recycling machine for reprocessing hard thread waste, woven and non-woven fabrics, carpets, rugs, and the like. Material to be recycled is fed in pieces, or in roll form, into the machine. The machine includes a plurality of wire wound rol... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6052871 | Device and method for cleaning the coverings of the mobile flats in a flat carder Device for cleaning the coverings of the mobile flats in a flat carder, consisting of a rotary brush which is parallel to the to the cards, provided with mobile cleaning equipment, comprising a toothed rake which moves transversely to the brush, and a fix... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5926918 | Apparatus and method for opening and for reclaiming fibers A driven opening roll (A) covered with card clothing receives a web (W) over a feed plate (B) which carries a pair of serially arranged feed rolls (C) and (D) for separating fibrous material from the web and removing the fibrous material in a passageway (... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5926919 | Card waste monitoring A carding machine for treating a fibrous feedstock and having an adjustable cleaning device arranged at any position on the machine where removal of waste from the feedstock is required while undergoing treatment, and a machine management device for monit... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5819373 | Apparatus and method for recognizing and separating foreign bodies from fiber in a fiber processing machine An apparatus for detecting a foreign substance in a pneumatically advancing fiber tuft stream and for separating the foreign substance therefrom includes a conduit; an optical sensor arrangement situated at a first location of the conduit for detecting a ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5778492 | Scrap fiber refeed system and method An apparatus for refeeding scrap fibers into a gaseous stream of virgin fibers and mixing the scrap fibers with the virgin fibers to form a fibrous mat includes a fiber opener for opening up and substantially eliminating scrap fiber clumps and nodules fro... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5537717 | Carding engine guard A carding engine guard arrangement includes carding engine (10) having a longitudinal axis, and respective guards (11) arranged along each side of the carding engine (10), in which at least one of the guards includes a support structure (25) arranged alon... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5481864 | Cloth scrap recycling method A method for producing high quality fabrics using recycled fabric scraps is disclosed. By use of pre-gin contacting of the virgin carrier fibers as well as moistening the fiber scraps that are recycled, fiber length and fiber uniformity percentages are ma... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5446945 | Waste removal system for processing animal fibers A dehairing system with rotating cylinders bearing tines is provided to dehair fibers by forces, including centrifugal force. The dehairing system may include multiple dehairing units forming a dehairing processing line such that fibers for dehairing may ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5442835 | Screens for a carding machine A card screen and a lickerin screen are provided for a forty inch carding machine having the usual side ribs and end blanks. The grid bars in both the card screen and the lickerin screen are of triangular configuration in cross-section and are structured ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5333357 | Carding machine having a fine-fiber brush An improved carding process utilizing a brush attached to a cylinder carding machine for inhibiting the buildup of napped fibers. Mounted just downstream of the transfer region where carding takes place, the brush is stationary with respect to the revolvi... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5331801 | Recycled yarns from textile waste and the manufacturing process therefor The subject invention provides a new method for manufacturing yarns using recycled cotton waste and a new type of recycled cotton yarn. Various types of cotton waste materials such as manufacturing by-products and post-consumer material are used in conjun... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5313688 | Fiber waste separator including carriers, movable covers, and suction hood A fiber processing machine includes two oppositely rotated, tangentially cooperating first and second clothed rolls, wherein the first roll is an upstream roll and the second roll is a downstream roll as viewed in a travelling direction of fiber material ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5259092 | Method and apparatus for cleaning carding flats Method and apparatus for the intermittent cleaning of carding flats by the use of pressurized air. A carriage having a plurality of nozzles is oscillated intermittently back and forth on a track adjacent to flats revolving about a carding cylinder of a ca... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5255415 | Integral common duct with suction hoods for waste removal A fiber processing machine includes a clothed roll arrangement for entraining fiber along a circular path; a housing surrounding the roll arrangement; at least two waste discharge openings; a separate mote knife bounding each waste discharge opening; a su... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5247721 | Grid for the opening roll of a spinning machine In order to better accommodate the cleaning functions of a cleaning machine or those of a licker-in roll of a card to the different and increased requirements placed upon the cleaning action, a grid is provided for a cleaning machine. This grid is displac... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5241726 | Process and device for opening and cleaning fibrous material in an opener For improving the cleaning effect of a fibrous material in an opener (1) comprising a rotatable opener roller (2) and blades (3,4) and carding plates (5) cooperating with the peripheral surface of the roller (2), there is provided in the material drawing ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5142742 | Main cylinder casing segment A main cylinder casing segment for use with a revolving flat on a card, each of the segments including opposite end portions, adapted for fastening on a frame of the card, and a longitudinal body between the end portions for covering the main cylinder. Th... | 09/01/1992 |
