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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6663678 | Method and apparatus for treating tubular knit goods Tubular knit goods including natural fibers and synthetic elastomeric fibers are steam treated and then circularly expanded and heat-fixed while being transported vertically downwardly over a circular spreader in a heat fixing chamber. The goods build up ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 5960647 | Folding-shift mechanism for a bag knitting apparatus A folding-shift mechanism for a bag knitting apparatus which folds inward the text-printed side portion of the knitted bag automatically to enhance the structural strength on both side portions and which overcomes the problem met in previous bag knitting ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5884377 | Apparatus for spreading and mangling tubular knitted fabrics A mangle for circular knitted fabric has a circular spreader is combined with several mangling stations circularly arranged around the spreader for the removal of treatment liquor from tubular fabrics. In order to protect the fabric against excessive sque... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5745966 | Singeing device A singeing device (V) for the gassing of circular goods (1), for instance circular knitted textile goods, having a singe burner (3) and a cloth guide (W) in order to obtain uniform gassing. The guidance of the goods (W) is developed so as to result in fla... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5625932 | Apparatus for opening a tube of knitted fabric An apparatus for cutting or opening a tube of knit fabric is disclosed and includes a conveyor which moves the fabric along a horizontal axis as it enters the apparatus and continues in this horizontal path and the fabric is expanded cut and moved out of ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5598614 | Device for centering a tubular fabric A device (15) for centering a tubular fabric (10) comprises a central fixed supporting portion (16) located within the fabric. A pair of oscillating arms (17) each having an end mounted to said central fixed portion (16), are kept divaricated against the ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5519922 | Combined spreader and squeeze apparatus for tubular knitware Tubular knitted fabric is circularly spread and simultaneously squeezed for removing treatment liquor. Spreader components are separated from squeezing components in order to relieve the spreader components from the squeezing forces. For this purpose, pai... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5442842 | Apparatus for guiding longitudinal travel of tubular fabric Tubular textile fabric is guided during longitudinal travel substantially without circumferential torque or twisting by a guide apparatus having a series of guide rings which open the tubular fabric into circular form, a drive ring affixed co-axially to t... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5279023 | Method for avoiding edge-markings in tubular knitted fabrics and apparatus for carrying out the method A tubular knitted fabric is guided over a first rotatably arranged system of squeezing roller pairs and is then squeezed out, during a simultaneous continuous pulling off of the fabric, by a second system of squeezing rollers cooperating with the first sy... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5233734 | Circular spreader with a locking mechanism for keeping the spreader in a spread condition Circular spreaders for tubular textile goods make it necessary to keep the spreader arms in a desired spread-out condition so that an unintended reduction in the diameter of the circular spreader is prevented. Such unintended reduction could be caused by ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5229055 | Method and apparatus of producing hollow profiles from multilayer starting material Hollow profile elements are formed by shaping a starting workpiece that consists of multiple layers of a material having a large width-to-thickness ratio, e.g., woven fabrics or laid materials. The layers are joined by seams to define elongated pockets or... | 07/20/1993 |
| 4799367 | Apparatus for the continuous wet treatment of a length of tubular material The invention relates to apparatus for the continuous wet treatment of a length of tubular material in which a changing device is provided at the inlet and the arrangement for introducing air into the length of material extends over the entire width of th... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4628712 | Apparatus and method for feeding tubular textile fabric through a treatment range A tubular textile fabric is advanced through a treatment range having one or several cylindrical expanders. An inlet roller guides the tubular fabric to the expander in a flat shape, whereupon the expander expands the tubular fabric into a substantially c... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4624036 | Automatic orientation guide for tubular knitted fabric The disclosure relates to the finish processing of tubular knitted fabric in the manner to effect accurate, uniform alignment of the sewn seam at the edge extremity of the fabric tube, as it is being finished and gathered in flat form. Stripe-matched tubu... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4608767 | Drying apparatus for tubular textile wares Three consecutive work zones are provided in a drying apparatus for tubular textile wares, equipped with an expander arranged vertically floating in the interior of the tubular textile material. Zones, in which drying air is blown from the outside into th... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4525317 | Method and apparatus for stretching film or fibrous web A film or fibrous web which has been stretched by moving at least two laterally spaced first longitudinal portions gripped by a first gripping means along at least two arcuate divergent paths formed jointly by at least two radially disposed first pulleys ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4517712 | Method for automatically detecting and orienting the edge of a tubular knitted fabric The disclosure relates to the finish processing of stripe-matched tubular knitted fabric in the manner to effect accurate, uniform alignment of the sewn seam at the edge extremity of the fabric tube, as it is being finished and gathered in flat form. Stri... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4475417 | Equipment for gas-singeing runs of tubular textile materials This invention relates to equipment for gas-singeing runs of textiles comprising a floating expander in which a cylinder spreads approximately cylindrically and which is used for a textile tubular fabric moving over it, and further comprising at least one... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4446632 | Drying equipment for tubular textile wares This invention relates to an improvement in drying equipment for tubular textile ware comprising a vertically floating circular expander adapted to spread the tubular ware from the inside, with drying air being blown from the outside into the tubular ware... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4337630 | Externally held cylindrical expander for tubular wares This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical expander for tubular ware having a central support for radially adjustable expansible props and segment-shaped guide elements borne by the props, in particular for treating the tub... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4335593 | Chainless mercerizing equipment using a dye padder This invention relates to an improvement in chainless mercerizing equipment for the selective processing of flat textiles and hose ware using a mercerizing dye padder provided with rollers, the material being guided over mercerizing rollers through a bath... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4306341 | Externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular fabric This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular fabric, particularly for the treatment of the fabric with a fluid treating agent, with a central carrier for radially displaceable supports and segment-... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4306340 | Externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular fabric This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular fabric, particularly for the treatment of the fabric with a fluid treating agent, with a central carrier for radially displaceable supports and segment-... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4269046 | Externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular fabric This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular material, particularly for the treatment of the material with a fluid treating agent, with a central carrier for radially displaceable supports and segm... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4266983 | Method of, and means for, reducing the liquid content of air-permeable material in tubular form A method of reducing the liquid content of air-permeable material in tubular form, especially for reducing the moisture content of tubular fabric, involves moving the tube of material longitudinally through a device for applying suction to the outer surfa... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4183318 | Four belt conveying mechanism for tubular knit gumming and slitting machine A machine to process fabric knit in tubular form which includes apparatus to lay down a stripe of a gumming composition to allow the tubular fabric to be slit in the center of the solidified gumming stripe. The slit knit fabric is then opened up to full w... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4141773 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric and the product thereof A thermoplastic web of indeterminate length is provided by forming a tubular thermoplastic web having interconnected filaments. The web is rotated about its axis while being advanced along its axis and is slit so as to provide a web having substantially p... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4124350 | Apparatus for transversely stretching tubular materials A machine for transversely stretching tubular materials comprises a hollow diverging mandrel and an endless sleeve of a flexible knitted fabric which toroidally embraces the mandrel. In use tubular material to be stretched is driven over the mandrel surfa... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4011128 | Apparatus for forming a cross-oriented film An apparatus for forming a cross-oriented film which apparatus includes a device for maintaining the temperature of a thermoplastic synthetic resin tubular film below the melting point, and above the secondary transition temperature thereof, a twist-preve... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3973305 | Apparatus for conditioning and calendering circular knit tubular fabrics The disclosure is that of conditioning equipment for performing either straightening or overfeed calendering operations upon circular knit fabric tubes and includes a feed stand, a control roll station, a drive roll station, a steaming station and a calen... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3973306 | Method of orienting and calendering circular knit fabric tubes The disclosure is that of conditioning equipment for performing either straightening or overfeed calendering operations upon circular knit fabric tubes and includes a feed stand, a control roll station, a drive roll station, a steaming station and a calen... | 08/10/1976 |
