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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354029 | Apparatus and method for treating process fluids A process fluid treating apparatus includes an ejector assembly fluidically connected to a process fluid supply assembly. A Coanda airfoil is located in the ejector assembly. Primary fluid is injected into the ejector duct to form a Coanda layer. A process fluid, or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7318253 | Card top assembly for a carding machine In an arrangement at a carding machine for cotton, synthetic fibres and the like, at least one card top bar has a carrier and card top clothing. The card top clothing is fastened to the card top bar carrier and is positioned opposite to the clothing of a roller, e.g... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7146685 | Process and arrangement for producing airborne fibers A process for producing a flow of airborne fibers includes feeding a continuous length (2) of a thread bundle of fiber material from a stock (1) of fiber material through a roll press (4) which rotates at a rate of feed and with the thread bundl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7048996 | Temperature resistant material comprising short metal fibers A temperature resistant material, comprising a temperature resistant matrix and a set of short metal fibers, which characterized in that the set of short metal fibers represents at least 0.5% by weight of the temperature resistant material. The set of short metal fi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6872352 | Process of making web or fiberfill from polytrimethylene terephthalate staple fibers The invention relates to webs or batts including polytrimethylene terephthalate crimped staple fibers and fiberfill products comprising such webs and batts, as well as the processes of making the staple fibers, webs, batts and fiberfill products. According to the pr... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6689242 | Acquisition/distribution layer and method of making same A nonwoven fabric comprised of a self-sustaining pre-bonded web formed by carding together first relatively thin monocomponent fibers, second relatively thicker monocomponent fibers, and 1-5% bicomponent fibers with the low softening point component there... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6276028 | Non-woven fabric forming system A system for forming a non-woven fabric with high resilience and high loft in a continuous process comprising first and second carding systems arranged in parallel carding fibers from a first and second fiber supply, a doffer associated with each carding ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273978 | Process for producing carded and air-laid non-woven composite fabric The present invention provides a process for producing a carded and air-laid non-woven composite fabric. First, a fiber is subjected to carding treatment through a carding machine to form a carded web. Then, a fiber, powder, or particulate material is sub... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6112384 | Multi-color fiber fluff products and method and apparatus for making same A method and apparatus for making a decorative mass of fiber fluff wherein a source of supply of staple fibers made of natural or synthetic textile fiber and arranged in continuous form, such as in a strand of yarn, are provided as a pattern array of disc... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6065277 | Process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having improved uniformity, physical properties, and luster and yarns thus produced A process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having a reduced number of irregularities and increased luster is described. The process involves dyeing at least a portion of the cotton fibers which are to form the yarn, then combing the dyed fibers subseq... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5783505 | Compostable and biodegradable compositions of a blend of natural cellulosic and thermoplastic biodegradable fibers Compostable and biodegradable compositions of a blend of natural cellulosic and thermoplastic biodegradable fibers are disclosed. Typically the compositions include cotton and cellulose acetate. A process for the manufacture of a nonwoven composition whic... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5459990 | Facility and method for producing yarn A high efficiency facility for producing yarn is provided wherein fibers pass through machines in the following order: a mixing mechanism (1), a first pair of cleaners (5, 7), a laydown cross blender (11), a second pair of cleaners (15, 17), an air fiber ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5289618 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven web An apparatus for making a nonwoven web has a carding drum (1), a continuously moving, air-permeable collecting surface member (2) for collecting fibers which fly in an entraining air stream from the carding drum (1), a suction box (4), connected to the co... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5271780 | Adsorbent textile product and process An adsorbent textile product comprising a compressed nonwoven unitary batt of textile staple fibers, a cured binder disposed substantially throughout said batt, and an adsorbent material disposed substantially within the confines of said batt. In the disc... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5007137 | Carding apparatus In a card especially suited for the manufacture of nonwovens for producing aerodynamically formed, air laid, fibrous webs, comprising a feed roller (F), a driven main cylinder (T) rotating at a high speed, an air shaft or passage (2) which, adjacent the f... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4972551 | Apparatus for making a non-woven fabric An apparatus for making a non-woven fabric comprises a plurality of tooth-carrying carding drums, which rotate in the same sense and succeed each other in the direction of travel of the preliminary web. Each carding drum which succeeds another in the dire... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4910830 | Process for producing fibrous webs of superposed web layers An apparatus and process for producing fibrous nonwoven fabrics of at least two superposed fibrous web layers of equal or different structure is disclosed by using at least two successively arranged cards (2, 5) in a card set, means for discharging the fi... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4771596 | Method of making fiber composite A fine heterogeneous hybrid spun yarn is blended from electrostatically conductive staple fibers and electrostatically non-conductive staple fibers so that the yarn is electrostatically conductive only over short discrete lengths. When used in pile fabric... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4706338 | Apparatus for forming fibre webs An apparatus for forming fibre webs including a first component and a second component in the form of two textile fibres differentiated by their average fibre length or a textile fibre and wood pulp, said apparatus including a card means having a discharg... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4589166 | Process for disintegrating and reconstituting a pad of fibers The invention relates to bleached cotton fibers and to absorbing materials for disposable articles. Its object is a process for shortening bleached cotton fibers consisting in (a) moving a fiber pad (1) between a trough-plate (2) and a feed roller (5) exe... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4583267 | Apparatus for making a fibrous web Apparatus for making a fibrous web comprises a plurality of carding drums (3, 4, 5, 6), which closely succeed each other in the direction of travel of the feed web and rotate in the same sense. An air-permeable collecting surface is provided, on which the... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4534086 | Apparatus for making fibrous webs A fibrous feed web is delivered by a feeder to tooth-carrying carding drums, which rotate at a surface velocity which causes the fibers to flow off under centrifugal force to fly onto a continuously moving, air-permeable collecting surface, which is subje... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4520531 | Apparatus for making a web from fibers An apparatus for making a web of fibers has an upright and horizontally elongated supply duct having an upper end, an open lower end, and a foraminous side wall. Fibers are fed to the upper end of the supply duct so that they descend in this duct as a rib... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4475271 | Process and apparatus for producing uniform fibrous web at high rate of speed A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing high quality fibrous webs at high rates of speed. Fibers are fed to a rotating lickerin for opening, then to a rotating card cylinder for individualizing, and are then doffed into an air stream from which ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4369549 | Blending method using a roving disintegrator-dispenser A method and apparatus for blending a "primary staple" with a "secondary staple" wherein the weight ratio of the primary staple to the secondary staple is between 10,000:1 and 10:1 is disclosed. The secondary staple is continuously supplied to a blending ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4315347 | Fiberization of compressed fibrous sheets via Rando-Webber A method and apparatus for forming non-woven webs by separating fibers from a compacted sheet or sheets of the fibers utilizing a lickerin. The method and apparatus include provision for attaining substantially individual fibers from a compressed sheet of... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4301573 | Fiber processing apparatus and method The present invention consists of an apparatus and method whereby fibers such as cotton or otherwise are cleaned and carded prior to yarn formation to insure that the maximum quantity of fibers are utilized while removing substantially all non-lint from t... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4288498 | Method of making leather fiber insulation by drying-case hardening and product thereof Chrome tanned leather scrap is converted into thermal insulation by shredding the tanned leather scrap into leather fibers, without damaging the structural fiber integrity, and case hardening the shredded leather fibers. The shredded leather fibers are ca... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4257221 | Fire resistant fiber blend A method for producing chemically untreated fire resistant fiber blends includes the steps of separately blowing and carding bundles of selected matrix and staple fibers, respectively, to form separate slivers of each of the two fibers. Given proportions ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4248927 | Insulating composition There are disclosed apparatus and methods for incorporating feathers and downs into synthetic fiber. In one embodiment, raw polyester staple is processed into batting by a garnetting machine or the like, after which a quantity of natural feathers and down... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4083085 | Apparatus for blending and paralleling textile fibers Apparatus for blending, paralleling and cleaning fibers such as cotton and synthetics. The apparatus comprises a work roll having its surface covered with metallic wire and an arcuate, metallic wire section cooperating with a portion of the periphery of t... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4064599 | Fiberizing method and apparatus employing differential feed system Method and apparatus for separating fibers from a stack of fibrous sheets, either in roll or bale form, by directing the stack of sheets into engagement with a fiberizing means employs a differential feed system for directing the bottom sheet, or sheets, ... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4006610 | Method and apparatus for feeding plural slivers selectively to a high pile fabric knitting machine Method and apparatus for feeding a plurality of separate slivers at a single sliver feeding station to the needles of a multi-feed high pile fabric knitting machine. The apparatus includes two or more separate assemblies of feed rolls for delivering slive... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3979926 | Fiber feeding device for a pile fabric knitting machine A fiber feeding device for a multi-color pile fabric knitting machine. The device comprises several units feeding fiber roving of different color onto a common carding cylinder. Said fiber feeding units are operated independently from each other.... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3959993 | Circular pile fabric knitting machines A feeding device for each of the card units of the circular pile fabric knitting machines, characterised in that it comprises selective feed means for two types of fibers, either alternately with a predetermined output, or simultaneously with a delivery r... | 06/01/1976 |
