Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7229531 | Method of seaming a multiaxial papermaking fabric to prevent yarn migration A method of seaming an on-machine-seamable multiaxial papermaker's fabric to prevent yarn migration. The multiaxial fabric is in the form of an endless loop flattened into two layers along fold lines. CD yarns are removed from the folds to create ravel areas. This l... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216677 | Industrial two-layer fabric In an industrial two-layer fabric, running surface side wefts constituting the running surface side layer each has a design in which the running surface side weft passes over a running surface side warp, passes under two successive running surface side warps, passes... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7168456 | Method and apparatus to remove yarns from the fringes of an industrial textile A method and apparatus for the removal of one or more lateral yarns from a woven industrial textile to prepare it for seaming. The apparatus consists of a movable table, a clamping device to hold the fabric, and a yarn removal device, consisting of a cutter and a co... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7005038 | Belt-machine combination A paper process belt and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The belt includes at least one elongated resilient coupling filament operatively connected to a first end section of the belt and a second end section of the belt such that the first end sectio... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6554029 | Method for mounting a new harness on a seam weaving machine, apparatus for making a flat woven fabric endless and harness carriage A harness for a seam weaving machine including a Jacquard machine is prepared while the shedding mechanism is removed from the seam weaving machine. The prepared shedding mechanism is then mounted on the seam weaving machine. The twines extending from the... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6422118 | Braided cord splice The present invention relates to spliced, braided, cords having a nearly constant cross-section along the cord and at the location of the splice. The invention also relates to a splicing process.... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6185475 | Method for manufacturing jacquard with colored image The method for manufacturing jacquard with colored image is disclosed, wherein the basic color printing theory in the printing technical is employed in the weaving of jacquard so that jacquard also has image with different gray levels by the same basic co... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6089280 | Apparatus for control of weft threads in a shaft frame weaving machine A weaving machine arrangement incorporates a shaft frame machine and, arranged on both sides thereof, two Jacquard machines. The weaving machine arrangement is coordinated/controllable and first warp threads for the woven material are obtained from the sh... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6079454 | Loop/tie-back woven loop seam press base An opened ended, endless woven papermaker's fabric having a plurality of longitudinal yarns and a plurality of transverse yarns woven in a selected weave pattern to form a fabric body and seaming loops, the fabric characterized by a longitudinal yarn weav... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6016851 | Method and apparatus for providing the warp thread end of a fabric ribbon A method and apparatus for providing warp thread ends as auxiliary weft in a seam weaving device is disclosed and where the warp thread ends are connected to an adhesive seam and a weft thread bundle is formed in the warp thread ends. An auxiliary shed is... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6014797 | Method and apparatus for unravelling threads A method and apparatus for automatically unravelling a fringe area in a fabric is provided. The apparatus uses a reciprocating, hooked needle and a reciprocating blade to pull weft threads from the plane of a fabric and cut them off. The needle and hook a... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5887322 | Apparatus for splicing threadlines An apparatus and method for splicing a moving threadline to a stationary threadline utilizing adhesive tapes is provided.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5720323 | Method and apparatus for mechanically producing a woven fabric endless seam A method for mechanically producing a seam half or a seam for making a length of woven fabric endless is characterized by the length of woven fabric being formed of warp threads extending longitudinally to the direction of the length of woven fabric as we... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5466339 | Method of making and using a paper maker felt A papermaker felt that is formed in a conventional manner and the ends thereof being interconnected at a seam to form an endless construction. Extruded monofilaments are secured in a machine direction to the underside of the felt in spaced parallel relati... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5430917 | Method and apparatus for piecing lap sheets A method and apparatus for piecing lap sheets in a textile machine, such as a comber or ribbon lap machine. The machine is stopped when a lap roll EL is nearly emptied. A pressing member 53 at a rest position C1 is moved to an operating position C2, and a... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5411063 | Seam-weaving machine with fringe catcher A seam-weaving machine for making a fabric endless by a woven seam is provided with a fringe catcher adjacent the edge zone of the woven seam. The fringe catcher, after a shed change, is moved forward beyond the fell by a drive device and upon return of t... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5390708 | Apparatus for translating yarns in the proper position and orientation for forming a woven join A yarn positioning apparatus for use in an automated seaming machine for forming a woven join between opposite ends of a length of woven fabric, of the type in which an auxiliary strip of threads are supported in parallel relation to the cross machine dir... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5377722 | Folded spiral seam including longitudinal bonding stitch A seam structure for a drying wire, produced by reducing the thickness of the end portion of the drying wire and folding the end portion double and stitching the double wire portion to hold it together; and a method for producing the seam structure. At le... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5361466 | Method of forming a blanket of uniform thickness A synthetic microfiber blanket having a uniform thickness is formed from a nonuniform blanket having thin or feathered lateral edges. The nonuniform blanket is cut transversely into a plurality of discrete pieces of blanket of uniform length. The pluralit... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5359758 | Process and an arrangement for the piercing of a sliver In the case of a process for the piecing of the starting portion of a new sliver to the end portion of a sliver travelling into a spinning arrangement, it is provided that the starting portion and the end portion of the sliver are overlapped, placed on a ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5212858 | Apparatus for capturing and stabilizing a yarn An apparatus for capturing and stabilizing yarn prior to interweaving thereof. The apparatus is comprised of a generally tubular body having an open end, an open side and a generally vertical slot which extends between the open side and the open end.... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5134759 | Plate and separator containing such a plate for seizing and separating threads A plate for a separator for the successive seizure and separation of threads held in an array has a leading edge and at least one hook-shaped recess in the leading edge. The recess has a depth in the direction of plate movement which is greater than half ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5117542 | Seaming machine to manufacture an insertion-type seam for making a cloth belt endless The invention is directed to a method of manufacturing an insertion-type seam for making a cloth belt, especially a wire cloth, endless, in which the warp ends of each cloth side are interwoven with an auxiliary warp strip, and to a seaming machine for ca... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5027483 | Apparatus for selectively releasing yarns from a fringe An apparatus for use in seaming flat woven fabrics is disclosed. The apparatus utilizes a shed formation means to unweave yarns from a yarn fringe and presents them for interweaving in the seam area.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5003675 | Separator for seaming machines A separator for successively seizing threads held in an array includes a frame, in which at least one plate is guided for seizing the threads. The frame is displaceable toward and away from the array. Each plate carries a piercing needle which pierces the... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4985970 | Seaming machine to manufacture an insertion-type seam for making a cloth belt endless The invention is directed to a method of manufacturing an insertion-type seam for making a cloth belt, especially a wire cloth, endless, in which the warp ends of each cloth side are interwoven with an auxiliary warp strip, and to a seaming machine for ca... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4974300 | Thread separator for seaming machines The invention concerns a thread separator for seaming machines, especially the seaming of dewwatering webs, drying webs, felts and so on. The object underlying the invention consists therein to optimize the reliability of the function of the thread separa... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4948646 | Modified seam felt The invention provides a press felt seam comprising a first felt end and a second felt end interconnected by hinge means wherein the soft cover layer on the first felt end is configured to provide a flap element overlaying said hinge means, and the soft c... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4902383 | Method of making a papermaker's felt with no flap seam An improved seamed papermaker's press felt of the type having a pintle seamed base fabric and at least one layer of batt material affixed thereto is disclosed. The improvement resides in the provision of an angled slit through the batt material adjacent t... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4866821 | Mechanism for separating threads held in an array A separator for successively seizing threads (14) held in an array (28) includes a frame (10) having a front face or recess gap (12) and in which two or more strap or bar needles (15, 16, 18) are slidably disposed side by side. Each needle is provided wit... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4865083 | Seamed multi-layered papermaker's fabric A seam is provided for a papermaker's felt for use in a papermaker's machine. The seam joins a felt having at least four layers of machine direction yarns in which at least two layers at each end of the felt are finished in loops, and the remaining layers... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4862566 | Auxiliary device for a seam weaving machine for joining the ends of flat-woven fabrics An auxiliary device for a seam weaving machine for joining the ends of flat-woven fabrics by a woven seam couples each auxiliary warp thread to a tensioning string. The auxiliary device includes a barbed needle in a guide sleeve with the barbed needle hav... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4860411 | Thread separator for seaming machines The invention concerns a thread separator for seaming machines, especially the seaming of dewatering webs, drying webs, felts and so on. The object underlying the invention consists therein to optimize the reliablility of the function of the thread separator b... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4842925 | Process to manufacture a felt with flap and a felt produced thereby Process of manufacturing a papermakers' wet press felt for the wet end and a felt produced thereby with one or two flaps (14, 10), made of two batts (12, 13) needled onto each side of the felt (1), which ends in two rows of loops (4, 5) that are intended ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4771814 | Seam for multilayer papermaking fabric and method of making same A technique of forming a seam in a woven multilayer papermaking fabric provides a machine side join for the ends of each machine direction filament with a machine side knuckle formed in such machine direction filament and spaced from the closest exit poin... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4764417 | Pin seamed papermakers felt having a reinforced batt flap A papermakers felt composed of a pin seam base fabric and a needled batt and having a reinforced batt flap covering the pin seam. The ends of the woven base fabric are provided with interdigitated loops which are connected by a pin to form a pin seam join... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4737241 | Method of making a papermaker's felt A method of making a papermaker's felt which includes the steps of forming a pin seam fabric having interdigitated loops at the ends of the fabric joined by a pin. A batt of fibrous material is needled into at least one face of the fabric and across the p... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4736499 | Equipment for unraveling threads from a fabric Equipment for unraveling threads out of a fabric, in particular cross-threads in the end areas of fabrics produced for papermaking machines, comprising an unraveling assembly including a sensor head for determining the precise course of cross-threads to b... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4683624 | Method for steaming a papermaker's fabric A method for seaming the ends of a papermaker's fabric during installation on papermaking equipment is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of: providing a base fabric having a batt needled thereto such that one end of the batt extends beyond the co... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4601785 | Felt comprising a loop seam for use in the press section of papermaking machines and a method of manufacturing such felts A felt for use in the press section of papermaking machines. The felt consists of a woven base preferably of two layers of threads extending in the machine direction of the felt and cross-machine direction threads interconnect the machine-direction thread... | 07/22/1986 |
