Class 26/18.5 - SHRINKING

Subclass of Class 26 - Textiles: cloth finishing
Definition: Apparatus and processes for working a fabric to increase
No. of patents: 87
Last issue date: 12/25/2007

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Number	Title	Issue Date
7310858	Method and transparent patterning of a material web and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for generating three-dimensional transparent patterns on a non-woven fabric or similar, whereby, for example, hot air is sucked through openings which form the pattern in the circumferential surface of a drum. The openings are strai...	12/25/2007
7191679	Electric steering column apparatus An electric tilt and/or telescopic steering column apparatus comprises a steering shaft having a steering wheel mounted on a rear end thereof, a steering column for rotatably supporting the steering shaft, an electric actuator for adjusting the tilt and/or telescopi...	03/20/2007
7171732	Method for compressive shrinking and rubber blanket shrinking system The invention relates to a method for compressive shrinking a textile web of material (9) with the aid of a rubber blanket shrinking system, wherein the rubber blanket (3) is cooled after the main cylinder is discharged. The areas (22) of the ru...	02/06/2007
7150470	Airbag device for front passenger's seat The airbag device for front passenger's seat is mounted on the dashboard in front of the front passenger's seat. The airbag device for front passenger's seat includes an airbag to be inflated with the inflation gas, and an inflator for feeding the airbag with the in...	12/19/2006
7140207	Device for the continuous treatment of yarns with process fluids Device for the continuous treatment of yarns with process fluids comprising a Venturi nozzle fed with process fluid as driving fluid to feed the yarn to the treatment, a distributor for distributing the yarn in the treatment reactor according to a layer of superimpo...	11/28/2006
7065844	Airbag cover There is described a process for producing a cover for a side airbag, which comprises first producing a polyester web, preconsolidating this web by needling and end-consolidating and fully shrinking the thus preconsolidated web by means of an embossing calender, mak...	06/27/2006
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
6723416	Flat nonwoven fiber aggregate with three-dimensional structure and method for its production A three-dimensionally structured fibrous web made up of continuous-filament layers which alternate perpendicular to the surface plane, and denser short-fiber layers that are permanently thermally bonded in a continuous or spot-like manner to the filament layers, the...	04/20/2004
6423165	Method of making convexities and/or concavities on cloths of a garment A method for forming convexities and/or concavities on cloths for a garment at almost entire portions of the garment or any desired portion of the garment without any substantial limitation from a design point of view. The method for forming a garment hav...	07/23/2002
6178607	Method for treating a crease sensitive fabric web A process for treatment of a web by means of impingement by high velocity gaseous fluid is provided. The process constitutes the provision of a web to a treatment zone at a tension of between about 1 and about 5 pounds force per linear inch of web width. ...	01/30/2001
6173507	Arrangement and operation of improved dryer between shrinkage compactors to control residual shrinkage of wet knitted web to below that produced by tumble drying Apparatus and a related method control within acceptable limits, of less than two percent (2%), residual shrinkage in garments to be made from a knitted fabric web or other fabrics subject to high shrinkage. The knitted fabric web is passed continuously i...	01/16/2001
6047483	Heating system for compressive shrinkage machines A heating system for a mechanical compressive shrinkage apparatus in which a continuously flowing liquid heat exchange medium is caused to flow in series through each of the components required to be heated. Heat is input to the flowing medium in accordan...	04/11/2000
5822835	Method and apparatus for web treatment A process for treatment of a web by means of impingement by high velocity gaseous fluid is provided. The process constitutes the provision of a web to two separate treatment zones. In the first treatment zone the web is subjected to the imposition of high...	10/20/1998
5753351	Nubuck-like woven fabric and method of producing same A nubuck-like woven fabric comprising a two-layered structural yarn wherein ultra-fine polyester multifilaments are primarily disposed in a sheath portion and polyester multifilaments having a larger single fiber thickness are primarily disposed in a core...	05/19/1998
5704101	Creped and/or apertured webs and process for producing the same The present invention is directed to a process and apparatus for aperturing, creping and optionally laminating webs such as, for example, films and fibrous nonwovens. The present invention is also directed to the resultant materials. The process for apert...	01/06/1998
5679042	Nonwoven fabric having a pore size gradient and method of making same Methods and apparatus for forming a nonwoven fiber web containing a pore size gradient resulting in enhanced wicking properties. A first method utilizes a conventionally formed web having an average pore size and comprises selectively contacting the web w...	10/21/1997
5669123	Method of making a dimensionally stable particle-loaded PTFE web A mechanically compacted composite article comprising a PTFE fibril matrix that entraps particles retains more of its longitudinal dimension, when subjected to mechanical and/or thermal stress, than a similar but non-mechanically compacted article. A meth...	09/23/1997
5581856	Process for the production of uncoated technical fabrics with low air permeability Uncoated technical fabric is produced in a dense weave with low air permeability. The fabric contains polyamide filament yarns with a hot air shrinkage of 6 to 15% (determined at 160° C.) and has an at least substantially symmetrical fabric construction....	12/10/1996
5552206	Non-woven composite interlining fabric A non-woven composite interlining fabric, which is capable of being fused on by application of an adhesive substance, contains a non-woven fabric having a mass per unit area of 10 to 40 g/m2 with warp reinforcement, which warp reinforcement con...	09/03/1996
5540965	Woven fabric for high performance air bags and process for producing same A woven fabric useful for air bags capable of smoothly opening in an initial stage of inflation and having a high burst strength and an excellent safety satisfies all the requirement that (A) a stress strain curve of the woven fabric in at least one of the war...	07/30/1996
5477890	Integrated weaving and wet treatment method for manufacturing uncoated industrial woven fabrics In a method of manufacturing uncoated industrial woven fabrics having specifically adjusted air permeability from synthetic fibers, after the synthetic fibers have been woven into a fabric the fabric is passed through an aqueous bath having a temperature ...	12/26/1995
5391345	Surgical wrap An eight ply surgical wrap used for wrapping over and around a bandage to secure it in place, after it has been applied to a patients limb. The surgical wrap is formed from a single ply gauze fabric which is first bleached and washed, then folded into a f...	02/21/1995
5337460	Method and apparatus to create an improved moire fabric An apparatus and method for creation of moire fabric. This can be achieved by placing a first piece of fabric against a support member and directing at least one stream of fluid at the surface of said first piece of fabric to provide lateral yarn displace...	08/16/1994
5274892	Process and apparatus for shrinking textile fabrics A device for the continuous and tension free treatment of textile sheets is provided. The device comprises an air-permeable endlessly circulating material web bearing surface; an upper stationary and air permeable delimiting wall, the material web bearing...	01/04/1994
5249374	Apparatus for continuously drying and shrinking lengths of textile material An apparatus for continuously drying and shrinking lengths of textile material (111) comprises a plurality of chambers (21 to 44), in which the textile material (111) is sucked through an inlet by means of drying air and carried along a treatment path to ...	10/05/1993
5227224	Stretchable nonwoven fabrics and method for producing same A stretchable nonwoven fabric is provided, in which a uniform web comprising 70 to 100% by weight of polypropylene base heat-bondable composite fibers and 0 to 30% by weight of other organic fibers and having a web heat shrinking percentage "A" of 50% or ...	07/13/1993
5102724	Two-way stretch fabric and method for the preparation thereof A lengthwise and crosswise stretchable fabric comprising bicomponent polyester filaments produced by conjugate spinning in side-by-side relationship component (A), a polyethylene terephthalate copolymerized with a structural unit having a metal sulfonate ...	04/07/1992
5060349	Compressive treatment of webs A web treating machine and method employing a web-gripping drive surface, a primary member that presses the web against the drive surface, and a stationary retarding surface, supported by a sheet form member, that retards the web before it leaves the driv...	10/29/1991
5025537	Process for making preshrunk size-free denim Denim fabric having warp yarns containing cotton and high shrinkage synthetic staple fiber is desized, preshrunk and compressively shrunk....	06/25/1991
5016329	Apparatus for compressive shrinkage of tubular knitted fabrics and the like An apparatus for compressive lengthwise shrinking of tubular knitted fabrics and other materials, particularly in a single stage. Feeding and retarding rollers are separated from each other by a distance significantly greater than the thickness of the fab...	05/21/1991
5012562	Compressive shrinking apparatus utilizing an improved impact blade for the shrinking of fabric An improved apparatus for the compressive shrinking of fibrous materials is disclosed. The apparatus uses a system of moving surfaces of different speeds cooperating with a confining blade spaced from the movable surface or surfaces to cooperate to form a...	05/07/1991
4984606	Terry fabrics with tucks and method of making A woven terry fabric having tucks formed therein for obtaining novel aesthetic effects in the fabric and the method of weaving such fabrics....	01/15/1991
4965918	Process and apparatus for treatment of textile fabrics Textiles fabrics are guided with a sufficient lead between two essentially parallel revolving conveyor belts, and blowing nozzles and suction nozzles are alternately arranged above and below the conveyor belts so that one blowing nozzle lies respectively ...	10/30/1990
4940047	Textile sheet-like structure with reactive resin Textile sheet-like structure impregnated or coated with water-hardening synthetic resin, said textile comprising organic fibers with an elasticity modulus of 200 to 2500 daN/mm2 and having an extensibility in the longitudinal direction of at le...	07/10/1990
4920621	Apparatus and method for finishing a traveling textile fabric web A method and apparatus for shrink finishing a traveling textile fabric web includes a fabric drawing-in unit, a wetting unit, a fabric stetching unit, a fabric shrinking unit, and a fabric drying unit. Individual drives for each unit are provided, with th...	05/01/1990
4921751	Conductive fabric and a method for the manufacture of the conductive fabric, and a conductive sheet and film made using the conductive fabric A conductive fabric comprising conductive fibers and thermoplastic fibers with a higher heat shrinkage than that of said conductive fibers, said conductive fibers being crimped by heat shrinkage of said thermoplastic fibers. This invention also provides a...	05/01/1990
4918795	Method to soften fabric by air impingement An apparatus and method of treating fabric by directing low pressure air at near-sonic velocity between the fabric and a rigid plate tangentially in the warp direction of the fabric to cause the fabric to vibrate at extremely high rate. This high speed vi...	04/24/1990
4897902	Fabrics and twisted yarns formed from ultrahigh tenacity and modulus fibers, and methods of heat-setting Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fibers of high tenacity and modulus shrink controlled amounts at temperatures in the range of 100°-155° C. Fabrics and twisted multifilament yarns of these fibers are heat-shrunk or heat-set at these temperatures....	02/06/1990
4892557	Process for forming crepe fabrics and for temporarily stabilizing high twist filament yarn in the manufacture of such fabrics A process for forming crepe fabrics on a shuttleless loom is provided which includes temporary stabilization of highly twisted (e.g., 40-70 TPI) filament yarn. To this end, hot melt size is applied at a predetermined temperature in predetermined amounts (...	01/09/1990
4837902	Fabric softening apparatus An apparatus and method of treating fabric by directing low pressure air at near-sonic velocity between the fabric and a rigid plate tangentially in the warp direction of the fabric to cause the fabric to vibrate at an extremely high rate. This high speed...	06/13/1989

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