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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7523532 | Non-woven self-wrapping acoustic sleeve and method of construction thereof A non-woven acoustic sleeve and method of construction thereof provides routing and protection for elongate members and suppression of noise generation from the elongate members while in the sleeve. The sleeve has an elongate wall with opposite sides that are self-w... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7393434 | Method and device for stabilizing unseamed loops A method of stabilizing the seam loops of a papermaking fabric or other industrial fabric until the fabric is ready to be installed and seamed on a machine. Stabilizing the loops prevents torque imbalance and other forces from distorting the loop alignment over time... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381307 | Method of manufacturing a press felt, and a press felt, with the shape of a closed loop The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a press felt and to a press felt and a base fabric. The base fabric comprises at least a first planar compo-nent (4), which includes a first transverse (CMD) joining edge area (11) and a second transve... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7335397 | Pressure gradient CVI/CVD apparatus and method An apparatus and method for densifying porous structures inside a furnace using pressure gradient CVI/CVD. The apparatus includes a stack of porous structures where each porous structure has an aperture therethrough. The apparatus also includes at least one ring-lik... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7306704 | Press felt A method of manufacturing a press felt, a press section, and a press felt. The press felt comprises a base structure (11), a batt fibre layer (12) being attached to a first, web-side surface (B) of the base structure. Further, the structure of the pres... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306703 | Contamination resistant press fabric structure and method of manufacture The present invention is directed to fabrics for paper making machines that are rendered contamination resistant and maintain good permeability as a result of a durable coating that lasts the entire life of the fabric. A fluoropolymer will render the fabric contamin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7267745 | Papermakers felt having a point-bonded web layer formed of coarse fibers A paper makers felt comprising a fibrous outer layer formed of inter-engaged fibers of between 3.0 and 67 dtex inter-engaged preferably by needling, and a web layer formed of fibers which are between 200 and 600 dtex and are inter-engaged preferably by point bonding... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251871 | Fabricating three-dimensional annular fiber structures The present invention provides a method of fabricating an annular fiber structure, the method comprising the steps consisting in: providing a first fiber sheet made up of substantially unidirectional elements; forming a transverse, first annular sheet by laying the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7198739 | Manufacture of thick preform composites via multiple pre-shaped fabric mat layers Preform for carbon-carbon composite part (55) comprising multiple layers of fibrous mats (51, 52, 53) wherein each mat (51, 52, 53) comprises random carbon-containing fibrous matrix (11) having polymeric binder distributed therein and whe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6932120 | Method for producing airbags A method for producing woven airbags, especially at least partially multi-layered airbags, includes the following steps: the warp threads are prepared in a warping room, warp threads which are suitable as marker threads for machine-readable markings being already pl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6811849 | Textile web, especially a textile-covered web for a paper-making machine The invention relates to a textile web, especially a textile-covered web for a paper-making machine, which, viewed from a transverse direction, is provided with several web sections (6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 27, 28) that extend parallel to one another in a lengthwise... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6773553 | Method of making press felt, and press felt A method of making a press felt, a press felt and a base fabric. The base fabric comprises a surface component on the surface facing the paper web to be dried and a base component below the surface component. The transverse jointing edges of the base component are p... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6770172 | Method of making press felt, and press felt A method of making a press felt, and a press felt. The press felt comprises a continuous base fabric in the lateral direction, and at least one batt fiber layer. The closed-loop base fabric is made of longitudinal and transverse yarns. The properties of the press fe... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6752890 | Method of manufacturing a press fabric by spirally attaching a top laminate layer with a heat-activated adhesive A method for manufacturing a press fabric for a paper machine includes the attachment of a strip of top laminate layer material to a base fabric using a heat-activated adhesive film. The top laminate layer material may be a woven fabric, a nonwoven mesh, or a thermo... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6726809 | Industrial process fabric An industrial process fabrics having embossed surfaces to facilitate water removal from the product such as paper and paper products being carried thereon by creating voids through embossing to assist in fluid management. ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723208 | Method for producing spiral wound paper machine clothing A papermaker's fabric is manufactured by spirally winding a laminated structure in a plurality of turns. The laminated structure has a bottom layer and a top layer, both of which are strips having a common width. The bottom layer and the top layer are laminated to o... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6491794 | Base structure for seamed papermaker's fabrics An on-machine-seamable papermaker's fabric has a base structure which is a flattened array of a spirally wound multicomponent yarn. The flattened array has two layers, two sides, a length, a width and two widthwise edges. In each turn of the spiral windin... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6350336 | Method of manufacturing a press fabric by spirally attaching a top laminate layer with a heat-activated adhesive A method for manufacturing a press fabric for a paper machine includes the attachment of a strip of top laminate layer material to a base fabric using a heat-activated adhesive film. The top laminate layer material may be a woven fabric, a nonwoven mesh, ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6248417 | Needled near netshape carbon preforms having polar woven substrates and methods of producing same A near netshape carbon preform is provided comprising a polar woven fabric of a plurality of carbon yarns, said polar woven fabric having a helical shape and an adjustable fiber orientation distribution, said polar woven fabric being laid down, turn by tu... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6240608 | Method for joining nonwoven mesh products A press fabric for the press section of a paper machine has a base fabric which includes a nonwoven mesh fabric. The base fabric, or a layer thereof, is assembled in integral form using a strip or strips of the nonwoven mesh fabric. The assembly may be ef... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6183583 | Method of manufacturing carbon-carbon composite brake disks A three-dimensional fiber structure is formed by superposing layers of felt and by bonding them together by needling, then the structure is compressed to obtain a preform having a fiber volume fraction of not less than 20%. The preform is held in its comp... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5991987 | Methods and apparatus for making ring-shaped parts out of a composite material, as well as preforms therefor Preforms for producing annular parts of composite material are produced by inding a strip (1) of fibrous material around an elliptical mandrel (10) to produce an elliptical sleeve which can be cut obliquely, cutting taking place either before or after one ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5952075 | Needled near netshape carbon preforms having polar woven substrates and methods of producing same A near netshape carbon preform is provided comprising a woven fabric of a plurality of carbon yarns, said woven fabric having a helical shape and an adjustable fiber orientation distribution, said woven fabric being laid down, turn by turn, into a near ne... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5945358 | Papermakers fabric having spun bonded reinforcement A papermaker's fabric is provided having a spun bonded reinforcement. A layer of spun bonded material may be placed in any one of a number of possible locations in the fabric, depending upon the felt stratification desired. For example, it may be attached... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5939176 | Warp loop seam An on-machine-seamable multi-axial press fabric for the press section of a paper machine is made from a base fabric layer assembled by spirally winding a fabric strip in a plurality of contiguous turns, each of which abuts against and is attached to those... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5864931 | Felt, in particular a papermaking-machine felt, and method for its manufacture A felt, especially for the press part of a papermaking machine, comprises at least one support belt and at least one fiber belt deposited on and affixed to it. In order to impart to such a felt improved operational properties while retaining adequate tran... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5792715 | Method of making a fibrous substrate by superposing fibrous layers, and substrate obtained thereby Making fibrous substrates. The method consists for a given substrate thickness in adopting a displacement step size that varies in application of a step size reduction relationship adopted to impart constant thickness to the various superposed and bonded-... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5713399 | Ultrasonic seaming of abutting strips for paper machine clothing A method for manufacturing a papermaker's fabric by spirally winding a woven fabric strip, narrower than the intended width of the fabric, and the papermaker's fabric manufactured in accordance with the method, are disclosed. The fabric strip includes len... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5657797 | Press felt resistant to nip rejection Cross machine stuffer yarns are used in the construction of a base fabric for a papermakers wet felt. The stuffer yarns in combination with a multiple pass heat setting process stabilize the machine direction yarns of the base fabric to provide resistance... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5599603 | Manufacture of carbon fibre preform In a method of making a carbon fibre preform such as for use in the manufacture of a friction disc a compressible body of carbon fibre or carbon fibre precursor material is acted upon by compressing means to compress the body to a required thickness and t... | 02/04/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5360656 | Press felt and method of manufacturing it A press felt is devised for use in a papermaking machine, and a method is provided for manufacturing such a press felt. The press felt comprises a base fabric which is made of fabric of yarn material and is endless in the machine direction of the press fe... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5349728 | Magnetic position marker and control system for production of felt A magnetic marker comprising a plurality of magnetized fibers oriented substantially parallel to each other is attached to a fringe of ground fabric for production of felt in the form of an endless belt for detecting the travel of the ground fabric and ch... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5268076 | Spiral wound papermaking-machine felt A felt, especially for the press part of a papermaking machine, includes at least one support belt and at least one fiber belt deposited on and affixed to it. In order to impart to such a felt improved operational properties while retaining adequate trans... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5217770 | Braided shaped filamentary structures and methods of making Fibrous substrates for the production of carbon and/or ceramic (including mixtures of these) fiber reinforced carbon and/or ceramic (including mixtures of these) composites and to methods of manufacture of same. A shaped filamentary structure comprising a... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5202170 | Papermaking felt with a non-spiralled machine direction fiber batt A paper machine felt comprising a base fabric of a predetermined width and length, a plurality of fiber batts having a predetermined length and width with fibers forming the fiber batts extending in the width direction, the fiber batts being arranged to e... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5104703 | Non-woven fabric suitable for use as a cotton bale covering and process for producing said fabric A single layer non-woven fabric suitable for use as a cotton bale covering that is a single layer batt formed of cross-lapped fiber, having a structure compacted by needle tacking, and being thermally bonded by thermally set low melt thermoplastic materia... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5084332 | Nonwoven fabric for shoe counters A nonwoven fabric and a process for making a nonwoven fabric consisting essentially of: (a) forming a carded web of staple fibers selected from the group consisting of polypropylene fibers, cellulose acetate fibers, nylon fibers, acrylic fibers, and combi... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4962576 | Process and apparatus for needling a non-woven strip to a revolving endless carrier web In a process in which a non-woven strip is needled to a revolving endless carrier web, adjacent convolutions of the non-woven strip should exactly adjoin each other. For that purpose each convolution of the non-woven strip is initially needled to the carr... | 10/16/1990 |
