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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5937492 | Finishing machine with pneumatic entrainment of fabric in strand form A machine for finishing fabrics in strand from including a container and at least one entrainment pipe associated with an air flow for entraining a strand of fabric. The entrainment pipe has a terminal portion radiused to the bottom wall of the container ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5893933 | Device and method for the continuous fulling of a material web of textile woven fabrics and knitted fabrics There is disclosed a device for the continuous fulling of a material web (6) of textile woven fabrics and knitted fabrics with a guiding passage (15) through which the material web (6) can be guided through and accelerated by means of a fluid. At the end ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5845355 | Method and device for fibrillating cellulose fibers that permit easy fibrillation, in particular tencel fibers A method and a device for fibrillating cellulose fibers contained in a fabric web (3) comprise the fabric web (3) being withdrawn from a fabric storage chamber (6), accelerated through a guide slot by means of liquid flowing at high speed and then flung a... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5678429 | Machine for the wet and dry treatment of fabrics in rope or open-width form A machine for the wet and dry treatment of fabric in rope or open-width form of any type and weight has a treatment tank (10) within which the fabric to be treated is conveyed by a belt conveyor (11). The belt conveyor has an upper active conveying branch... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5356055 | Method of pleating garments A method of pleating a garment, wherein an unfinished garment, prepared by sewing cloth parts together, is folded, rolled and twisted, and then attached to a holder. The holder holding the garment is placed in a heat-treatment apparatus, and the unfinishe... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5309613 | Process and apparatus for improving the handle and surface of textile fabrics and knitted materials The material web (3) to be treated is supplied continuously to a first material web store (1) and stored there in sections, is removed therefrom by being pneumatically conveyed and is hurled compressively against a first impact surface (4). Thereafter, th... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5114056 | Pleating method and apparatus An apparatus for forming pleats in fabric includes a vertically movable head which can accommodate one centrally located rod, or alternatively, two spaced apart rods. One rod is used to form two pleats and the rod is movable towards a work surface to a po... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4773133 | Method and device for relaxing knitted fabric The method for relaxing knitted fabrics according to the invention uses humidity, heat and agitation of the fabric. Said agitation is caused by projecting the fast-advancing fabric against a rigid support on which the then nontensioned fabric piles up. Th... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4578085 | Apparatus for liquid flow treatment of fabrics An apparatus for the liquid flow treatment of fabrics in which a fabric is set in the form of an endless rope and the fabric and a treating liquid are circulated to effect the liquid flow treatment, the apparatus comprising a lateral cylindrical fabric re... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4468937 | Machine for the fulling and washing of cord fabrics Internally of its tub, the machine provides a conduit fitted with fan-shaped delivery outlet. The fan portion of said delivery outlet terminates with an arcuate surface provided with slots along which the fabric being processed runs. The conduit has conne... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4419871 | Fulling machine for textile material in continuous rope form or in hose form In a fulling machine an introductory channel is provided between the paired resser and dragger rollers and the conventional pusher for the fulling plate, and a supplementary pusher unit is provided in the introductory channel having safety means to prevent... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4161054 | Method for continuously fulling and working textile material in rope form A textile material such as a fabric in an endless rope form is fed to a treatment enclosure, through which it is positively and continuously carried at a controlled speed lower than the speed at which it is fed into the enclosure, thereby causing the form... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4158298 | Device for continuous wet treatment of textile webs A device is provided for the continuous treatment of relatively wide textile webs in a treatment medium, wherein the web and the treatment medium move through a trough having squeezing rollers associated therewith for intensifying the treatment of the web... | 06/19/1979 |
