Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7313908 | Disintegrator with improved contour A disintegrator apparatus for textile machines is provided that includes a plurality of teeth at a tooth spacing (LZ) of no greater than about 20 mm and preferably less than about 12 mm. The teeth generally include two sections. A first section is located... | 01/01/2008 |
| 6996878 | Device such as a carding machine for processing fibres The present invention relates to a device, such as a carding machine, for processing fibers, said device comprising a cylinder, which is provided with a lining, and at least two carding segments which are arranged one after the other in the direction of rotation at ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6353974 | Circular comb arrangement An arrangement for a rotatable circular comb for processing fibers supplied in the form of a fiber band has arrangement sections fastened on a circular cylindrical mantle surface that is rotatable about an axis of rotation in a direction of rotation. The ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5131117 | Straight combing machine for wool and a combing method A straight wool-combing machine (10) has, instead of the conventional pair of detaching rollers, a pair of jaws (30, 32) for gripping the combed end of a tuft and for separating it, by a withdrawal movement, from the rest of the fibre sliver (M). The pair... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5109574 | Comb segment for fixing on a comb roller of a combing machine The circular comb segment is constructed to leave a large free space at the front edge to avoid deflecting a tuft delivered from a nipper unit away from the foremost needles or clothing points at the front edge. The comb segment may be provided with reces... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5005262 | Comber with electric motor driven intermittent feed roller The comber has at least one combing head comprising an oscillating nipper unit with an intermittently rotatable feed roller for advancing the lap feed to be combed in the combing head. An electric motor is provided to rotate the fed roller and is energize... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5001815 | Combing cylinder utilized for combing machine An improved combing cylinder utilized for a combing machine provided with a fringe control member having a chevron shaped cross section and a forwardly inclined surface sloped toward the cylindrical boss of the combing cylinder, with respect to the direct... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4958413 | Drive mechanism for a feed roll of a combing machine The drive mechanism for the feed roll of a combing machine employs a freewheel having an inner member secured to the feed roll and a concentric outer member secured to the pivotal arm which mounts the top nipper. In addition, locking elements are disposed... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4945611 | Combing machine In a combing machine, in particular for combing of cotton, having a combing roller with at least one combing segment, conveying devices for the fiber tuft to be combed, and an upper and lower nipper for fixing the fiber tuft during the engagement of the c... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4394789 | Toothed edging means for textile machinery Toothed edging apparatus for mounting on a rotatable support of a textile machine includes tooth segments each having a plurality of teeth elements arranged generally along an arc and a foot portion from which the teeth elements extend, the foot portion b... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4075738 | Circular comb for combing machines A circular comb arrangement in which a segment-shaped member has individual needle strips located parallel to each other and connected by pressure strips fastened to the segment-shaped member under pressure. The latter has a cutout holding all needle stri... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4005513 | Pinroll with pinstrips A pin roll includes a roll body having wedge grooves therein disposed parallel to the axis of the roll body. Pinstrips are disposed in the wedge grooves, and clamping wedges are disposed in the wedge grooves to hold the pinstrips therein. At least two par... | 02/01/1977 |
