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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401390 | Tenter device and method for drying film A clip (10) has a frame (31) and a flapper (32). Two dry bearings (37) are inserted into a hole (32d) formed in the flapper. Then an attaching shaft (35) is inserted from one of the holes (34a) in the fr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7322078 | Drive device for a transverse drawing system for films of synthetic material The invention relates to drawing systems using a series of jaws for the support, transport and drawing of the film (2), which are supported and guided by rails and driven by endless chains (3), connecting the jaws between the above. Each chain (3 | 01/29/2008 |
| 7200904 | Tenter system A tenter system designed to be used for simultaneously treatment of two base fabrics for felts for paper machines, or similar products, an upper fabric (3) and a lower fabric (4), comprising a pair of tenter frames (6) for the upper fabric and a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7153123 | Devices for conveying, stretching, and taking-away polymer films Stretched polymeric films can be used in a variety of applications, including optical applications. The stretching conditions and shape of the stretching tracks in a stretching apparatus can determine or influence film properties. Take-away systems can be used to re... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7081224 | Polymer film producing method A solution casting system has a tentering device, and produces polymer film of cellulose triacetate. Two web edge portions of the polymer film are sucked within a section from a downstream end of the tentering device to a first roller that the polymer film contacts ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6901639 | Stretching machine A stentering machine having a horizontal drying zone and a vertical pretreatment zone for a web of material spread out between stentering chains is described. The stentering chains are brought from the vertical position into a horizontal position in a deflection zon... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6868592 | Stentering machine A stentering machine having a horizontal drying zone and a vertical pretreatment zone for a strip of material held spread out between tension chains configured as slide chains is described. The tension chains are brought from the vertical into the horizontal positio... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6865783 | Stentering machine A stentering machine having a drying zone and a pretreatment zone for coating a web of material on both sides and drying it is described. One aim consists of deflecting a web of material coated in the vertical position and stretched out in width, in order to introdu... | 03/15/2005 |
| 5943747 | Drying and shrinking of textile webs using a tentering frame equipped with guide belts and hot air nozzles An apparatus for continuous drying and shrinking of textile knitted or woven good incorporates at least one drying station that includes several oppositely disposed and oppositely hot-air nozzles which are offset relative to each other and directed into a... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5419021 | Telescoping slot nozzle Telescoping slot nozzles for use with a rail assembly are disclosed. Each nozzle includes a fixed portion and at least one telescoping portion slidably guided in the fixed portion. Metal-to-metal contact in the nozzle is avoided, thereby allowing the nozz... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5259097 | Stretching machine A pair of stretching pulleys are rotatably mounted on a pair of support plates within a housing. A belt is wound around the upper part of the stretching pulley and a number of turn pulleys. A film introduced onto the stretching pulley is held between the ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5255419 | Tentering apparatus and method A tentering system having a pair of spaced tenter rails defining a first end, a second end and a tentering path, and moveable material securement members carried by the tenter rails is disclosed. The tentering system may include first material guides at t... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5014402 | Tenter apparatus Stenter apparatus for stretching a web to produce a relatively thin film comprises two transversely spaced endless chains one the mirror image of the other relative to the stenter center line (C--C), each chain comprising an inner feed run (9) and an oute... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4977651 | Covering device for a fabric inlet and outlet slot of tenter housing A covering device for the inlet and outlet slots of a tenter comprises a flexible plastic strip whose ends are fastened in the region of the ends of the respective slot. In the area where the chain rail guides extend through the slot, the plastic strip is... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4899427 | Tensioning machine for the heat treatment of textile fabric The tensioning machine serves for a heat treatment of lengths of material which are guided widthways, particularly textile material. Two tensioning chains convey the lengths of material in the usual way through an inlet zone, a plurality of heat treatment... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4866957 | Solvent dyeing and heatsetting apparatus Textile fabrics are dyed in open widths in a closed, heated environment by spraying a heated dye composition containing a dyestuff dispersed in a non-aqueous, high-boiling solvent, without the dye applicator directly contacting the fabric, directly onto t... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4862564 | Apparatus for stretching a thermoplastic material web A thermoplastic material web is stretched transverse to the machine direction along a stretch course which widens exponentially in the stretching zone, an improved stretching apparatus being used to effect such stretching.... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4815181 | Tentering chain track for tentering clamps travelling in a closed-loop in a tentering frame In a film stretching machine having tentering chains travelling in an endless loop, the forward advance tracks of the tentering chains are laterally adjustably arranged within the machine housing for adjusting to fit different material web widths and for ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4774770 | Film stretching apparatus with several consecutive processing zones or units A film stretching machine with tentering hook chain tracks extending through several consecutive processing zones is constructed of preassembled standardized exchangeable structural groups permitting a modular type of construction. These structural groups... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4694526 | Apparatus for heat treatment of a textile web An apparatus for the treatment of a textile web supported on a tenter by contact with a heated treatment medium is disclosed. The apparatus includes a nozzle box or boxes having openings directed toward a fabric web to be treated. A by-pass opening is pro... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4621440 | Convection dryer and/or fixing machine A convection drying and/or fixing machine for the thermal treatment of a textile fabric web with a treatment gas includes nozzle boxes above and below the fabric web extending across the width of the fabric web, the nozzle boxes having inlet openings with... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4573353 | Method and apparatus for obtaining a nozzle velocity profile of a tenter oven The nozzle velocity profile of a textile treating assembly, such as a tenter oven, is determined in a simple and effective manner. A pitot tube is mounted on a fabric web-engaging support. A pressure transducer is operatively connected to the pitot tube a... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4448582 | Process for continuous thermosol dyeing of textile fabrics A textile fabric formed of synthetic fibrous material or blends with natural fibers to which dyestuffs have been applied is subjected to a thermosol heat treatment by directing the fabric supported on an air permeable conveyor through a heated oven while ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4435909 | Automatic lint screen A lint screen assembly for use in an elongated oven is provided to protect the duct work and nozzles which direct heated air against the fabric being heat treated within the range and is constructed so as to afford winding means for cleaning and rolling u... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4391584 | Non-contact infrared fabric temperature monitoring The temperature of an open textile web is monitored by a sensing unit including an infrared pyrometer. The pyrometer is disposed at a viewing angle between about 5°-25° with respect to the horizontal. A housing mounts the pyrometer, a fan, a filter bag ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4384392 | Apparatus for the biaxial orientation of a deformable sheet material The present invention is an apparatus for biaxial orientation of precrystalline polyacrylonitrile polymer sheet consisting essentially of a machine direction orientor which stretches the sheet in the machine direction a transverse direction orientor which... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4295284 | Dryer range A dryer range and the like wherein improved air flow means are provided for retaining heated air in contact with the web for maximum utilization of the heated air and for facilitating return of the spent air for reheating or for exhausting into the atmosp... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4200994 | Drying apparatus Apparatus for drying tufted carpets having stenter chains for advancing the carpet of which one only is laterally adjustable, means for blowing hot air onto opposite sides of the carpet through longitudinal slots in tubes extending transversely to the car... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4104769 | Apparatus for stretching film An apparatus for stretching polymeric film is disclosed wherein a heating unit is located slightly above and between the parallel tracks of a tenter frame and wherein the heating unit includes an air duct with an air entrance opening and a series of apert... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4087237 | Method and apparatus for heating an elongated article An elongated article is heated in a heating zone positioned adjacent a conveying zone for conveying the elongated article by actuating the heating zone and controlling the temperature of the heating zone to a first temperature, then actuating the conveyin... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4011663 | Apparatus for drying fabrics In a machine which uses superheated steam for drying wet fabrics vertical curtains of hot air are blown across the entrance and exit openings to prevent escape of steam and to help dry the fabric. A portion of the superheated steam is piped from the dryin... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3995457 | Continuous padding type dyeing machine A continuous padding type dyeing machine particularly suitable for handling elastic fabrics, the machine including a padding bath with at least a pair of main and auxiliary padding rollers and a dryer having a pair of spaced endless conveyors means provid... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3991482 | Superheat apparatus for drying textile products Apparatus and method for removing moisture from textile products which are sufficiently porous to permit a substantial flow of heated fluid through the product. Two separate drying regions are provided through which a web of textile product is serially mo... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3986013 | Method and apparatus for controlling yield of discrete pieces and characteristics thereof The method and apparatus of controlling moving fabric weight per unit length in strips made up of different pieces which comprises predetermining the desired absolute weight per unit length of the finished fabric; predicting accurately the absolute weight... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3961400 | Perforated drum drier A perforated drum drier with a first lower inlet opening in a rear wall of a drier housing for feeding a tubular knit fabric to a first drum in the housing, and with a substantially horizontal stentering chain mechanism extending through a second upper in... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3961425 | Temperature control system for textile tenter frame apparatus An automatic temperature control system for a textile tenter frame having an oven section for heating the fabric in order to "set" its fibers in an essentially non-shrinkable state. The system operates to maximize the speed of the tenter frame while maint... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3961651 | Apparatus for heat treating fabric at the loom Apparatus for heat treating thermoplastic fabric at the loom is illustrated including an elongated housing extending across the full width of the loom having a passageway therethrough dividing the housing into opposed chambers, one of which carries a heat... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3955287 | Superheat apparatus for drying textile products Apparatus and method for removing moisture from textile products which are sufficiently porous to permit a substantial flow of heated fluid through the product. Two separate drying regions are provided through which a web of textile product is serially mo... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3932905 | Method of dyeing a textile web Method of dyeing a textile web having a relatively large volume or relief-like construction which includes immersing the web in a dye solution having a dye concentration corresponding to the quantity of liquid to be squeezed from the web in a subsequent d... | 01/20/1976 |
