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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430790 | Felting machine A felting machine for producing fiber art has a wide variety of operating arrangements, providing flexibility for the fiber artist. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7346967 | Process for producing a floor covering A process is provided for producing a multi-layered flat fibrous structure, especially a floor covering, having a surface or wear layer, a base or carrier layer and optionally further layers. The base or carrier layer is first produced from a multi-layered non-woven... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7308744 | Apparatus for needling a non-woven material An apparatus is described for needling a non-woven material with at least one needleboard (23) which is connected with push rods (26) guided in the needle-penetration direction and with at least one drive for the needleboard (23) acting upon the... | 12/18/2007 |
| 6948221 | Apparatus for needling a non-woven material An apparatus is described for needling a non-woven material (1) with at least one needleboard (15) which is drivable in a reciprocating manner in the needle-penetration direction and with a stitch base which is opposite of the needleboard (15) a... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6743519 | Supplementary fiber structure for leather and leather gloves, shoes, garments and upholstery with supplementary fiber structures and process for adding a supplementary fiber structure to leather An improved leather formed of a leather having an internal matrix and a fiber matrix coupled to the leather matrix, the coupling creating a supplementary fiber matrix in the leather which enhances a characteristic of the leather. The improved leather includes fibers... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740385 | Tuftable and tufted fabrics Tuftable primary backings comprise a closed-weave, woven tape fabric to which is affixed a coherent web layer comprising staple fibers with fibers oriented in at least two directions and a plurality of the fibers being fused. The web layer is affixed to the fabric b... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6692541 | Method of making nonwoven fabric comprising splittable fibers The present invention relates generally to a method of making nonwoven fabrics, wherein the fabrics are formed from splittable filaments or staple length fibers having a plurality of sub-components which are at least partially separable. The filaments or ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6122391 | Spectrally coordinated pattern search-imaging system and method A system for selecting decorative materials is based on large numbers of high-resolution, full color images of decorative materials stored in a compressed format on an inexpensive medium such as a CD-ROM. In creating the ROM, each image is coordinated wit... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5604009 | Non-adhesive bonded tufted carpet and method for making the same A non-wet processed tufted carpet (10) includes a plurality of face yarns (12), dyeable to the desired carpet color prior to tufting, which are tufted into and through a primary backing fabric (14) and which are more securedly held in place by a secondary... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5549967 | Papermakers' press fabric with increased contact area A press fabric incorporating bicomponent material in fiber form or yarn form, the bicomponent material having a core material with a higher melting point surrounded by a covering material with a lower melting point. The bicomponent material will be presen... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5532035 | Recyclable tufted fabric A recyclable thermoplastic tufted fabric made of a partially meltable primary backing and tufts tufted into the primary backing. The tufts are bonded to the backing by partially melting the backing to bond the tufts and applying a secondary backing. Such ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5458944 | Stretchable tufted carpet and stretchable nonwoven carpet backing therefor Tufted carpets which are conformable and stretchable make use of a stretchable carpet backing formed from a composite fabric. The stretchable carpet backing fabric is formed of a stretchable elastic net and at least one nonwoven fibrous layer overlying th... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5414915 | Needled felt filter bags and method for forming same Multiple filter bags are formed from a layered composite sheet of two, essentially identical fibrous or felt layers by needling a plurality of transverse paths each 0.75 to 1.5 inches wide on the composite sheet, the paths being spaced 4-18 inches apart s... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5390399 | Apparatus for tacking a yarn to a needled fleece Apparatus for tacking a yarn in a predetermined pattern onto a needled fleece, which lies on a support consisting of brushes and which is supported by the free ends of the brush bristles comprising a pressure plate unit which is movable parallely to the s... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5387454 | Process of making a velour needle felt To make a velour needle felt, an optionally pre-needled staple fiber non-woven web is applied to a revolving brushlike support and is then needled to form a pile on the side which faces the support. To increase the resistance of the velour needle felt to ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5329680 | Process for manufacturing felted products In the process of the present invention, a plurality of synthetic or natural fibers are arranged by type and color and then lightly needle-punched to form a felted section. One or more of these sections can be cut to appropriate shapes and sizes and then ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5199141 | Method of producing a nonwoven fibrous textured panel and panel produced thereby A nonwoven fibrous flexible material includes a needled web having a front outer surface and a non-glazed back surface disposed opposite thereof. The web includes interengaged first fibers and second thermoplastic fibers with the outer surface being subst... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5144730 | Method of producing needled, structured and textile webs A method of producing needled, structured and patterned velour textile web of nonwoven fleeces and fibrous textile material, wherein at least one layer of textile fibers, particularly staple fibers, creating a pattern is applied to at least a part of an a... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5077874 | Method of producing a nonwoven dibrous textured panel and panel produced thereby A method for producing a nonwoven fibrous, flexible panel having a textured outer surface, including the steps: of providing a needled web comprised of interengaged first fibers and second thermoplastic fibers; needlepunching the web to produce the textur... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5058249 | Apparatus for needling a nonwoven web It is desired to provide an apparatus for needling a nonwoven web with a brushlike pierceable support and to provide surface patterns independently of a control of the depth of penetration of the needles. To that end the bristles of the covering of bristl... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5003674 | Needle felted fabrics In the present invention, a desired pattern or design, is projected upon a relatively flat or horizontal base fabric. The design, which is projected, may be manually or computer-produced, and will indicate a plurality of areas to be covered. Both the shap... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4916782 | Method for making a non-woven flannel fabric A method and apparatus is set forth to form a flannel-like product. A non-woven web of fibers of two contrasting shades of color are needled twice to form a non-woven fabric with the coloration of woven flannel material. A calendar roll smooths the fabric... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4856152 | Apparatus for needling a nonwoven web An apparatus for needling a nonwoven web comprises a needle carrier, which is adapted to be driven, and a bedplate and a stripper for guiding the web between them. In order to impart a pure rotary motion to the needle carrier, the needle carrier consists ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4595438 | Process for making a yarn covered fabric A fabric backing is provided with a plurality of parallel yarns which are adhesively bound to one surface of the fabric backing. The resultant product is then needled with conventional needling apparatus to pierce both the fabric backing and the yarns to ... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4555425 | Textile sheet with specific surface effects A method for the production of textile sheets with specific surface effects, and the textile sheet as a product, for outer wear, upholstered furniture or car seat covers or decoration, from yarns of yarn strengths typical for carded yarns (for example, ri... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4554715 | Method for the finishing of textile sheets A method for the finishing of textile sheets, in which textile sheets for outer wear, upholstered furniture and car seat covers, as well as for decoration, preferably made of yarns having yarn strengths typical for carded yarns and/or worsted yarns (for e... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4555424 | Textile sheet with surface effects A textile sheet made with improved surface effects and from yarns with typical unfavorable characteristics (firm round yarn cross-section, low hairiness), of the rotor OE (open end), MJS (murate-jet), sirospun or friction yarns, which, as the result of a ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4433018 | Method of manufacturing of textile flat structure and textile web manufactured thereby A textile flat structure is manufactured by needle processing of a pile yarn tufted into a carrier layer so that some pile loops of the pile yarn forming an upper layer are engaged by needles and their height and shape are changed, whereas at least one pi... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4418104 | Fur-like napped fabric and process for manufacturing same A fur-like napped fabric and process for manufacturing same are disclosed wherein a fiber layer comprising uncrimped short fibers or short fibers having a number of crimps of not greater than 10 crimps per inch are provided as a fiber layer on a base fabr... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4390582 | Cut pile fabric with carrier and texturized loops A novel cut pile fabric (110) and a method of making same is disclosed. The cut pile fabric (110) includes a needled non-woven batt (14) of staple fibers (12) that has a carrier member (60) which may be a separate sheet of material carried by a face surfa... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4379189 | Nonwoven textile fabric with fused face and raised loop pile A nonwoven textile fabric comprising a batt of nonwoven filaments and having at least a portion of the filaments extending outwardly from one face of the batt to form a raised pile. In one embodiment at least a portion of the filaments are fused together ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4357386 | Papermakers felt and method of manufacture The disclosure is of a composite papermakers felt made up of a textile base layer, an intermediate layer of polymeric resin foam particles and a covering layer of non-woven staple fibers. The felt is useful in the wet press section of a papermaking machin... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4353158 | Method for converting a lockstitch sewing machine to a machine for decorating fabrics A method is disclosed for converting a lockstitch sewing machine to a machine for decorating fabrics with at least one untwisted strand of keratinous fiber applied in a pattern to the fabric. In general, the method consists of removing the throat plate, f... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4341829 | Fabric and method of manufacture using selvage bands A non-woven fabric is manufactured which utilizes as a primary component material the fringed selvage band resulting as a by-product in the manufacture of certain woven fabrics. Strips of selvage band are laid down on a non-woven backing or web in various... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4292367 | Patterned textile material An outer thread layer, which forms a predetermined pattern from a plurality of endless threads, is connected to a carrier by attaching portions of at least some of the threads to the carrier.... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4211593 | Method of making a needled and ornamentally patterned fleece material A method of making a needled and ornamentally patterned fleece material according to which at least one one-color first pre-needled web of fleece material including fibers, is prepared followed by substantially binding together at least partially fibers o... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4205113 | Fashion felt A fashion felt of laminar structure comprising two outer layers at least one of which consists essentially of melt fibres, a layer of synthetic fibres, preferably synthetic fibre waste, positioned between the two outer layers, and a layer of surface batt ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4199635 | Fabric faced laminate panel and method of manufacture The disclosure is of decorative panels and the method of their manufacture. The decorative panels are laminates of textile materials, having a decorative fabric surface. The panels of the invention are particularly advantageous in that they are economical... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4199640 | Decorative fabric and method of making the same A decorative fabric and method of making the same is described, the fabric having a layer of longitudinal face yarns, the face yarns being connected at their edges by passage through a needle loom, and the face yarns and the fiber ends extending through t... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4197343 | Needle-punched laminate A synthetic furniture or automobile upholstery or wall-covering or the like, is provided using vinyl or similar film as a leather substitute and backing it with a non-woven fabric layer (or layers) which is needle-punched through the film in limited strip... | 04/08/1980 |
