Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104150 | Apparatus including an asymmetrical wedge-like member for controlling deflection in small diameter rolls of an open width stabilizer so as to create a straight line nip with uniform pressure across the nip An improved apparatus for correcting deflection in small diameter feed and retard rolls of an open width stabilizer so as to create a straight line nip with uniform pressure across the nip. The improved apparatus provides apparatus for adjusting deflection of the ro... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7854046 | Microcreping traveling sheet material A stationary working surface of a one roll microcreper member is of plastic resin having low wear and friction properties. As a primary pressing member subject to concentrated force it is 0.040 inch thick. One or both opposed retarder members of a bladed microcreper... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7770269 | Apparatus and method for compacting webs The present invention relates to a apparatus for compacting (10) a web (N) of flexible fiber-based or filament-based material. The apparatus (10) includes at least one pair of superimposed plates (11), whose facing surfaces (11a, | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770270 | Apparatus and method for compacting webs The present invention relates to a apparatus for compacting (10) a web (N) of flexible fiber-based or filament-based material. The apparatus (10) includes at least one pair of superimposed plates (11), whose facing surfaces (11a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7395587 | Apparatus for controlling a compression zone in a compressively shrinking fabric web Devices for adjusting positions of: a removable slip sheet in a compression zone defined by a pair of rollers of an open width textile compressive shrinking machine to adjust a size of the compression zone for various thickness and types of textiles; a wedge between... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367094 | Apparatus for imparting stretch to fabrics An apparatus for the treatment of fabric which comprises transport means (20, 26) for effecting relative movement between a heat and pressure application means and the fabric, whereby the passage of the fabric through the apparatus results in the yarns substa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353934 | Method and apparatus for picking up a plastic product A method for picking up a plastic product lying on a conveyor belt, especially a tacky plastic product, for transport and for deposit in a mold in a molding press. The plastic product is picked up by one or more resilient carrier plates setting themselves resilientl... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7328541 | Apparatus and method for controlling position of an edge of an advancing web of flexible material A method comprises pulling a continuous web to advance the web along a path of conveyance and to create tension in a lengthwise portion of the web; manipulating the web to cause the portion of the web at a point along the path to have a non-uniform tension across th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7213310 | Device for finishing denim woven fabric A device for finishing woven denim textiles is described which, proceeding from unfinished goods, is supposed to be brought to predetermined reference values for finished width, skew and woof thread density. The device is supposed to be designed for continuous opera... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7183231 | Textured materials and method of manufacturing textured materials The present invention is directed to a textile material comprising yarns wherein the material is textured by subjecting specified regions of the material to incremental strains sufficient to cause yarn failures or yarn elongation in yarns running in one direction wi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7101263 | Flank superabrasive machining The present invention relates to a quill to be used to superabrasively machine complex shapes, such as airfoil shapes, into a substrate. The quill has a shaft portion, an enlarged head portion adjacent the shaft portion, and a tapered grinding portion adjacent the e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7069961 | Inflatable fabrics comprising basket-woven attachment points between fabric panels All-woven inflatable fabrics having areas of two layers and attachment points or “seams” where single layers of fabric are formed. Such single fabric layers may be constructed solely through the utilization of basket weave patterns. These specific single fabric ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978808 | Bias-woven side curtain airbag A method for making a side curtain airbag by weaving the airbag in a bias direction ranging from 20° to 70° with respect to the warp of the fabric of which the side curtain airbag is made in order to increase contraction of the bag upon inflation and to increase p... | 12/27/2005 |
| RE38769 | Air bag fabric possessing improved packed volume and stable air permeability A fabric for use in an air bag is provided. The fabric of the invention is produced by mechanically compressing a preliminary fabric constructed substantially of synthetic yarn such that the packed volume per unit area of the compressed fabric is less than the packe... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6797226 | Process of making microcreped wipers A method for forming a wiping product. In particular, the wiping product contains a fabric formed from a nonwoven web that is bonded by microcreping at least one side of the web. The nonwoven web can contain melt-spinnable fibers, such as polyolefins, as well as var... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6681461 | Dual-slip compressive shrink-proofing apparatus for fabric and related method A method and related apparatus for shrink-proofing a fabric, typically a knitted textile composed of interlocked loops of yarn made of natural and/or man-made fibers. The loops interlock along stitch rows that may become skewed. According to the invention... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6634069 | Apparatus for feeding a fiber fleece In an apparatus for feeding a fiber fleece web to a needling machine, a compacting means is arranged between a pre-compressor and a supply roller pair, said compacting means having rollers provided with teeth at their circumference. These rollers compress... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6473948 | Air bag fabric possessing improved packed volume characteristics A fabric for use in an air bag is provided. The fabric of the invention is produced by mechanically compressing a preliminary fabric constructed substantially of synthetic yarn such that the packed volume per unit area of the compressed fabric is less tha... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6412155 | Device for hydrodynamic supply of the fluid to fibers of a fiber web A device is known in which the bulky nonwoven arriving on a continuous belt for water needling is slowly compressed between a needling drum and another belt and at the same time is wetted by a first water curtain from the nozzle bank; its water jets first... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6327759 | Air bag fabric possessing improved packed volume and stable air permeability A fabric for use in an air bag is provided. The fabric of the invention is produced by mechanically compressing a preliminary fabric constructed substantially of synthetic yarn such that the packed volume per unit area of the compressed fabric is less tha... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6279211 | Method for continuous conditioning of a blanket for a compressive shrinkage apparatus A method for continuous conditioning of a rubber blanket such as the type used on compressive shrinkage apparatus is described. The blanket includes an inner bearing surface defining a bearing face and an outer surface defining a web-contacting face. The ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6061885 | Press roll system A press roll system employed in connection with a web finishing assembly is provided. The press roll system includes a press roll, which cooperates with a head roll to provide a uniform nip area and pressing load; a support substrate, arranged between the... | 05/16/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6047452 | Cylindrical belt finishing machine for knit fabric A cylindrical shaped mandrel is used as a support inside the sleeve of tubular knit fabric, for maintaining the cylindrical shape of the fabric during extraction and compacting processes. Encasing the fabric and the mandrel is a larger diameter cylindrica... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5867878 | Fabric width control system A fabric width control system for a fabric compactor for compacting a moving fabric web. The system includes a vision assembly for measuring the width of the moving fabric web downstream of the fabric compactor. A mechanical spreader is located upstream o... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5791029 | Blanket construction for a compressive shrinkage apparatus A construction for a rubber blanket for use on a fabric compressive shrinkage apparatus is described. The blanket includes an inner bearing surface defining a bearing face and an outer surface defining a working face, with the edges of the belt along the ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5704102 | Apparatus for finishing a fabric web An apparatus for finishing or shrinking webs of material such as textile webs, both of the knit and woven variety; and non-woven like webs, all usually made from fibrous like materials. The apparatus, generally comprises first and second roll like members... | 01/06/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5678288 | Compressively treating flexible sheet materials Apparatus for longitudinal compressive treatment of a continuous web of material. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical drive roll for advancing the web, a smooth-surfaced primary member to press the web against the drive roll, and a generally-stationary ... | 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 |
| 5666703 | Apparatus for compressively treating flexible sheet materials Apparatus for longitudinal compressive treatment of a continuous web of material, comprising a cylindrical drive roll (100), a sheet form assembly (112, 114) to engage and press the web against the drive roll, and a sheet holder (200) for positioning the ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5655275 | Adjustment and cleaning mechanisms for compressive shrinkage apparatus A mechanical compressive shrinkage machine, especially for tubular and open width knitted fabrics, and of the type comprising feeding and retarding rollers cooperating with entry side and exit blades forming a compressive shrinkage zone between the roller... | 08/12/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5553365 | Means for controlling deflection in a two-roll fabric shrinker An improved apparatus for the compressive shrinking of fibrous web materials is disclosed. The apparatus uses a system of moving rolls of different speeds cooperating with a confining member to form a stuffing chamber wherein a web material moves in a pas... | 09/10/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5540982 | Fabric backing for orthopedic support materials The present invention provides a unique knit construction having a nonfiberglass stiffness-controlling yarn in the fabric of the backing. Preferably, the nonfiberglass stiffness-controlling yarn is used in combination with a heat shrinkable yarn or a stre... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5512354 | Fabric backing for orthopedic support materials The present invention provides a unique knit construction having a nonfiberglass microdenier yarn in the fabric of the backing. Preferably, the nonfiberglass microdenier yarn is used in combination with a heat shrinkable yarn or a stretch yarn, and altern... | 04/30/1996 |
