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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087131 | Stretching assembly for cloth A stretching assembly for cloth has a heating furnace, a pressing device and a shaping device. The heating furnace has two opposite sidewalls and a channel. The channel is formed through the opposite sidewalls of the heating furnace and has an inlet and an outlet. T... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7370395 | Heating apparatus and process for drawing polyolefin fibers A heating apparatus and process useful for drawing ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin fibers, such as polyethylene fibers. The heating apparatus includes a first set of rolls and a plurality of aligned ovens. The apparatus includes a second set of rolls at the ex... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7063764 | Apparatus and method for producing a polyolefinic transpiring film The invention relates to a method and a plant for producing polyolefinic transpiring films by means of bubble extrusion of a LLDPE and filler mix, flattening of the extruded tube to obtain a double layer flat film and transversely and/or longitudinally stretching of... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039991 | Vehicle safety device An inflatable element in the form of a tension tube, and method of making same. The method involves forming a tube by a knitting process, then heatsetting the tube whilst simultaneously maintaining it under lengthwise tension. The tension in the tube is maintained d... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6908304 | Heat treating device for synthetic fiber yarn When a heat treatment device for heating synthetic fiber filament yarns by saturated steam is installed to a drawing and texturing device for synthetic fiber filament yarns, in order to lower the total height of the devices than a conventional one, cylindrical hot p... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6681467 | Apparatus and method for simple replacement of component parts in a web-processing machine In processing web material, the material is passed through a guiding arrangement which has a plurality of guide elements. In order to enable removing the guide element for repair without disturbing the web material, each of the guide elements is provided ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6372174 | Method and device for heating foils and arrangement for measuring foil temperatures The invention concerns an improved method of heating or tempering foils and an associated device including an arrangement for measuring the temperature, based on the following features: a separate arrangement is provided for heating the foil edges; the fo... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6041989 | Apparatus for the treatment of cloth strip An apparatus for producing high quality products of cloth strip by the improvement of working efficiency and the equalization of treatment conditions, wherein the cloth strip (2) is subjected to a predetermined treatment while passing through one treatmen... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6016591 | Method and apparatus for treating tubular knitted goods In a method and an apparatus for treating tubular knitted goods containing elastomeric fibers, the goods are effectively relaxed, expanded, and heat fixed or set in the desired expanded condition, while maintaining the tubular configuration of the goods a... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5901423 | Endless loop finishing assembly A finishing assembly which includes an outside treatment roll for treating both sides of an endless web without having to remove, turn inside out and reload the endless web onto the finishing assembly. The outside treatment roll is movable and adapted to ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901422 | Endless loop finishing assembly A finishing assembly which includes an outside treatment roll for treating both sides of an endless web without having to remove, turn inside out and reload the endless web onto the finishing assembly. The outside treatment roll is movable and adapted to ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5706995 | Apparatus for the treatment of cloth strip with metal-surface rollers An apparatus for treating a cloth strip comprising a treatment zone with an entrance and exit for the cloth strip. The cloth strip is treated while running along a predetermined spiral path through a treatment zone. A plurality of conveying rollers are pr... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5673727 | Fabric treating process A fiberglass mesh process includes coating fiberglass yarn, conveying the coated yarn to a loom without first beaming the yarn, weaving a mesh fabric of said yarn, conveying the mesh fabric to an in-line fabric treating station from said loom, tentering t... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5508775 | Method and apparatus for finishing pile fabric To incline piles of plush ribbons in a diagonal direction, the plush ribbons moistened at a predetermined rate are brought into contact with a heating drum in a longitudinal direction of the plush ribbon while twisting the plush ribbon about a longitudina... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5419021 | Telescoping slot nozzle Telescoping slot nozzles for use with a rail assembly are disclosed. Each nozzle includes a fixed portion and at least one telescoping portion slidably guided in the fixed portion. Metal-to-metal contact in the nozzle is avoided, thereby allowing the nozz... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5357661 | Stretching machine A stretching machine for treating removable belts supported on rollers, such as felts and wires in papermaking machines, comprises two rollers, over which the belt is trained in a loop. A heated belt contact structure has a contact surface adapted to cont... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5341188 | Method of making light-trapping members for photographic film cassette Light-trapping members are cut out of a ribbon consisting of a base fabric and piles. The piles of the ribbon are pressed against the peripheral surface of a thermal drum to be inclined in the width direction after the ribbon is passed through and twisted... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5259097 | Stretching machine A pair of stretching pulleys are rotatably mounted on a pair of support plates within a housing. A belt is wound around the upper part of the stretching pulley and a number of turn pulleys. A film introduced onto the stretching pulley is held between the ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5017323 | Method and apparatus for stretching thermoplastic films A method of and apparatus for continuously stretching a thermoplastic web comprises the steps of feeding the thermoplastic web longitudinally to a heating chamber at a relatively low input speed, engaging the thermoplastic web in the heating chamber with ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5005272 | Process in setting a web, and a heat setting plant for setting webs In setting a web, e.g. a wire sieve or felt in a heating and setting plant, air of a desired temperature is blown towards said web. The air in the air box is heated to a desired starting temperature, the air meanwhile being redirected to circulate in the ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4977651 | Covering device for a fabric inlet and outlet slot of tenter housing A covering device for the inlet and outlet slots of a tenter comprises a flexible plastic strip whose ends are fastened in the region of the ends of the respective slot. In the area where the chain rail guides extend through the slot, the plastic strip is... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4954306 | Method and device for the manufacture of a sheet of polyvinylbutyral Sheet of polyvinyl butyral is extruded, it is subjected to a humidifying and relaxation treatment by maintaining it stretched between rollers, the sheet of polyvinylbutyral is passed through a cold zone, in particular around cooling drums, so as to fix it... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4906520 | Woven fabric from splittable ribbons A fabric, useful as a primary carpet backing, woven in both the warp and weft directions from filmy elements in the form of longitudinally-oriented, splittable ribbons formed from a blend of a major amount of polyester and a minor amount of a polyolefin. ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4859821 | Device for drying, by micro-waves, the selvedge of an advancing flat material, particularly textile This invention relates to a device for drying, by micro-waves, the selvedge of an advancing flat material, particularly textile material, wherein it comprises a preferably rectangular waveguide of which one end terminates in a short circuit and the other ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4774770 | Film stretching apparatus with several consecutive processing zones or units A film stretching machine with tentering hook chain tracks extending through several consecutive processing zones is constructed of preassembled standardized exchangeable structural groups permitting a modular type of construction. These structural groups... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4711751 | Process and apparatus for stretching tubular extruded plastic material A process of stretching tubular nets or plates made of extruded plastic material according to one or two directions at right angles to each other and an equipment for carrying out the same wherein said process consists in dipping the tubular net or plate ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4676943 | Method and apparatus for producing longitudinally stretched thermoplastic film When longitudinally stretching thermoplastics films in a stretching zone comprising at least one roll by the application of a stretching force thereto, width contraction of the film generally occurs. In the present invention, this is prevented by the impr... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4668181 | Heating device and process for controlling the heating device for webs to be unwound from rolls A heater is provided for heating an unwound portion of a web supported at a holder on a rotatable roll. A first pair of rollers between the holder and heater pull the web from the roll. A second pair of rollers advance the web after it passes through the ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4504359 | Assembly for treatment of an endless wire or felt An assembly for treatment of an endless wire or felt which passes around a support roll comprises a transversely elongated support frame, rails, means at each end of the frame for movable support of the frame on the rails into and out of a surrounding pos... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4400238 | Apparatus for stretching an endless web An apparatus for processing an endless web includes means for supporting the endless web at a first location and a roll for supporting the endless web at a second location. The roll has first and second ends. First and second carriages are engaged to firs... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4384392 | Apparatus for the biaxial orientation of a deformable sheet material The present invention is an apparatus for biaxial orientation of precrystalline polyacrylonitrile polymer sheet consisting essentially of a machine direction orientor which stretches the sheet in the machine direction a transverse direction orientor which... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4293508 | Method and apparatus for longitudinally stretching a substantially amorphous polyethylene terephthalate film A method and device for longitudinally stretching polymeric film, characterized by the strict isolation of the tensioning operation from the heating and the cooling operations of the film, by the symmetrical heating and cooling of the film, and by carryin... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4232435 | Stretching machine for treating removable belts supported on rollers A stretching machine for treating removable belts supported on rollers, such as felts and wires in paper-making machines. The stretching machine comprises two rollers over which the belt is suspended, at least one of said rollers being adapted to be heate... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4055612 | Treating of travelling webs Relatively inflexible travelling webs, such as carpets or rugs having a coating on the reverse side thereof, are guided in a convoluted path around a plurality of guide rollers, and in this path they are heated by being subjected to steam heat, hot air he... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4051604 | Coupling for the supply and discharge of heating medium, for example in tentering units A coupling device for the supply and discharge of a heating medium in combination with a godet having a twin roll jacket and guide means provided within the jacket for directing the flow of a heating medium necessary for heating the godet. The device has ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 3962760 | Laminating interlayer expanding apparatus An apparatus for expanding a laminating interlayer is disclosed. The apparatus includes structure for feeding a heated web of laminating interlayer material to a conical member. A stretching of the web occurs between the feeding structure and the conical ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3961651 | Apparatus for heat treating fabric at the loom Apparatus for heat treating thermoplastic fabric at the loom is illustrated including an elongated housing extending across the full width of the loom having a passageway therethrough dividing the housing into opposed chambers, one of which carries a heat... | 06/08/1976 |
