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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7596839 | Method and device for longitudinal drawing of a film web The invention relates to a device for drawing a film web, made from a thermoplastic plastic, comprising at least one driven roller (2), driven at a speed V1 and at least one second driven roller (3), driven at a speed V2, where V1 | 10/06/2009 |
| 7243404 | Web-spreading process and web-spreading device A web-spreading device and a web-spreading process are provided. The web-spreading device, is provided whereby a first web strand being conveyed and a second web strand being conveyed next to the first web strand in a web-processing machine can be offset in parallel... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7065948 | Web twister removal process An apparatus for detecting and eliminating a twister in a running web of flexible material. The apparatus includes a catch section for twisters, a rotor, a scanner arrangement for detection of a twister that has entered a catch section and a control unit , which, up... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7039990 | Zoned stretching of a web Apparatus and methods for stretching one or more zones of a web are disclosed. Webs including stretched or activated zones are also disclosed. Each of the zones in the web is stretched in the cross-web direction, i.e., the direction transverse to the down-web direct... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6973702 | Web expander This invention provides a web expander comprising means for carrying a web 2 having longitudinal slits, means 5 for expanding the width of the web, and opening control means 6 for uniformly forming size and form of openings of the web expanded b... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938309 | Zoned stretching of a web Apparatus and methods for stretching one or more zones of a web are disclosed. Webs including stretched or activated zones are also disclosed. Each of the zones in the web is stretched in the cross-web direction, i.e., the direction transverse to the down-web direct... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6802110 | Web expanding device A web expanding device for or in a web-processing machine, especially a web-fed rotary printing press includes a frame and a cutting device (4) for longitudinally cutting a web (B) into a left-hand web strand (Bl) and a right-hand web strand (Br). A first def... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6785937 | Slit neck spunbond process and material A process for making a plurality of necked nonwoven strips having similar or identical cross-directional profiles includes the steps of slitting a neckable nonwoven web into a plurality of neckable nonwoven strips, passing the neckable nonwoven web between a first p... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6524521 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing longitudinally aligned nonwoven fabric An apparatus for manufacturing a nonwoven fabric has a spinning mechanism having a plurality of nozzles for extruding filaments, and a conveyor for collecting and delivering the extruded filaments. Between the spinning mechanism and the conveyor, there ar... | 02/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6363701 | Fabric detwister cylinder apparatus A fabric detwister cylinder apparatus is presented which will accommodate tubular fabrics having different dimensions without exchanging or replacing the detwister cylinder. The insert is placed within a standard detwister cylinder and is rigidly affixed ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6195854 | Apparatus and method for softening a fabric web material An apparatus for imparting soft hand to a non-woven, paper, paper with synthetic fibers and/or additives, printed knit fabrics and the like in web form, by mechanically introducing localized tensions on diverse preselected situses of the web. The web is p... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6185800 | Spreader for calender line A spreader for spreading a fabric having upper and lower sides, transversely spaced edges and longitudinally extending tire reenforcing cords spaced laterally across said fabric between said edges preparatory to rubberizing said fabric in a calender, wher... | 02/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6029325 | Spreader for calender line A spreader for spreading a fabric having upper and lower sides, transversely spaced edges and longitudinally extending tire reenforcing cords spaced laterally across said fabric between said edges preparatory to rubberizing said fabric in a calender, wher... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5996196 | Speed adjusting apparatus for plastic drawing installations An improved apparatus for adapting speed, in particular for nippers (1) which can be made to travel along a rail arrangement (3), is distinguished by the following features a rotating and electrically conductive eddy-current body (17), preferably designed... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5966785 | Apparatus for softening a fabric web material An apparatus for imparting soft hand to a fabric in web form, especially printed knits and non-wovens, by mechanically introducing localized tension in the web. The web is preferably advanced in continuous rubbing engagement with one or more contact membe... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5918353 | Continuous fabric detwister A fabric detwister comprises a housing with a bi-directional rotating cylinder contained therein. A chain and sprocket or equivalent drive mechanism rotates the cylinder in either direction as needed to remove a twist previously imparted to a continuous, ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5718107 | Fabric detwister A fabric detwister for continuously opening roped knitted fabric operating to open the roped fabric by moving the detwister arrangement in the direction of twist and as this occurs it actuated the turntable to move in the direction to remove the twist.... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5375305 | Honeycomb expander mechanism A honeycomb manufacturing expander mechanism which includes a cam or guide plate having two sets of guide slots respectively extending outwardly in opposite directions away from a center portion of the plate. The inboard ends of the slots in each set are ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5191686 | Apparatus for protecting stretching rollers in synthetic film stretchers Lengthwise stretching machines for thermoplastic synthetic films are equipped with mechanical or opto-electrical devices for detecting a tearing of the film or an accumulation of film on the stretching rollers and for stopping the machine when tearing or ... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5085566 | Apparatus for manufacturing oriented multi-ply tapes In a process of manufacturing oriented tapes, which have been folded at least once, from synthetic thermoplastics, particularly for use in the manufacture of high-strength woven fabrics, the tapes are folded on themselves before they are wound on the spoo... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4952363 | Method of drawing film In a method of drawing a film which comprises drawing the traveling film in the longitudinal direction between rolls and thereafter cooling the drawn film by a cooling roll, the improvement which comprises engaging both side ends or their vicinities of th... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4931064 | Method and apparatus for discontinuous wet processing of knitted or worked textile material The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the discontinuous wet processing of knitted or worked textile material (knitted fabric) (1) which circulates continuously in a tank (2), being passed through a resting zone (7) in the lower region of the... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4912820 | Apparatus for stretching a film of plastic material A stretching apparatus in accordance with the invention has an upstream roll (2) and a downstream roll (6) which are driven with a given peripheral speed ratio, together with a plurality of intermediate rolls (8, 9) which are not motorized, but which are ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4807336 | Link device for stretching sheet material and stretching apparatus using said link device A link device for stretching a sheet material consists of pantograph-like link member units having a sub-link held substantially at a right angle to the running direction and rollers fitted to said sub-link. Due to the low running resistance of the roller... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4767578 | Method and device for the continuous stretching of a plastics material film The invention relates to a method for the continuous stretching of a plastics material film, of the type where the film is run off in engagement with two successive rollers which are driven at different tangential speeds, the second roller having a tangen... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4684359 | Movable clamp orienter for draw tape A thermoplastic draw tape having thick and wide end portions with a relatively thin and narrow central portion between them is produced by movable clamps which stretch the tape between stationary clamps to produce the stretched, oriented portions of the t... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4683093 | Method for holding a moving film The present invention relates to a method for holding a moving film comprising bringing each surface of a set of conductive rolls into contact with a front surface and a back surface of a moving film respectively, at least one of the surfaces of the set o... | 07/28/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4654180 | Intermittently stretching thermoplastic with nip rolls A draw tape for thermoplastic bags is made by feeding tape to a first pair of nip rolls rotating at a relatively slow speed and a second pair rotating at a fast speed. The tape is stretched to form thin and narrow central portions between end portions of ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4650451 | Intermittently translating draw tape stretched between nip rolls A thermoplastic tape having thick and wide end portions with a relatively thin and narrow stretched central portion between them is produced by a first pair of nip rolls running at a slow speed, and a second pair of nip rolls running at a higher speed. Th... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4476073 | Process and system for orienting layered polymer films Method and system for orienting a multilayer polymeric film structure by differentially heating the films so that orientation at their respective optimal temperatures is achieved.... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4435883 | Stretch ratio control circuit for multiple station web stretching apparatus A control circuit for apparatus stretching a web between intake, discharge, and intermediate pulling stations (20-1, 20-2, 20-3). The circuit includes a first signal generator (32) for providing a signal to the intake discharge station (20-1) correspondin... | 03/13/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4151245 | Method for stretching a thermo-softening high molecular film A method of stretching a high molecular film by nipping the film through rubber-like resilient members and applying pressure thereto and an apparatus adapted to carry the method into practice, which apparatus is especially adapted to effect cold stretchin... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4025679 | Fibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene woven filter fabric The product of the present invention is a fabric woven from oriented polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) strands, in which the strands of the weave are interconnected by a multiplicity of fine PTFE fibrils. To produce this fabric, consisting entirely of PTFE, ... | 05/24/1977 |
