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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7303656 | Low permeability textile substrate for a two-sided coated product A laminated substrate or base structure comprising separately formed layers with warp knitted or stitch bonded yarns joining the layers together wherein at least one of the layers is a reinforcing layer and at least one of the layers is for inhibiting resin flow thr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7166189 | Method for making rolls of tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7135094 | Papermaking press felt An endless papermaking press felt comprises a base and a batt layer intertwiningly integrated with the base. The batt layer comprises a wet paper web side layer and a machine side layer formed on an outer surface and inner surface of a base respectively, The base is... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7101599 | Method to increase bond strength and minimize non-uniformities of woven two-layer multiaxial fabrics and fabric produced according to same A papermaker's fabric formed of a woven fabric strip. The fabric strip has a width less than a width of the papermaker's fabric, a main portion that is in the form of a multi-layer weave, and two lateral edges that are in the form of weaves having fewer layers than ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086128 | Seam assist attachment device A method of assisting in the seaming of a papermaker's fabric using a seam assist device is disclosed. The seam assist device is comprised of two portions. Each portion having an attaching edge that is attached to a predetermined distance from the ends of the fabric... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7039991 | Vehicle safety device An inflatable element in the form of a tension tube, and method of making same. The method involves forming a tube by a knitting process, then heatsetting the tube whilst simultaneously maintaining it under lengthwise tension. The tension in the tube is maintained d... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029555 | Diagonally joined cylindrical fabric and manufacturing method thereof A diagonally joined cylindrical fabric in the form of a cylindrical endless fabric is obtained by shifting ends of facing wefts of a non-endless fabric leftward or rightward and joining together the ends of the wefts to thereby form a joining portion inclined relati... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6948531 | Gripping collet for seam-weaving machines The gripping collet (10) for grasping a thread during the preparation of a woven seam is arranged at the end of a draw-through gripper and has a first and a second clamping element, the first and the second clamping element (20, 24) being able to be cl... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6776878 | Laminated multiaxial press fabric An on-machine-seamable laminated multiaxial press fabric has a first base fabric and a second base fabric laminated to one another by needled staple fiber batt material. The first base fabric is a multiaxial fabric produced by spirally winding a fabric strip, flatte... | 08/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6729356 | Endovascular graft for providing a seal with vasculature A graft provided with a flexible sealing member to substantially prevent blood from leaking between the graft a lumen into which the graft is placed. In one embodiment, the flexible sealing member may be pressed against the vascular wall by an outwardly biased sprin... | 05/04/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6702927 | Seaming of spirally wound paper machine clothing A papermaker's fabric is made by spirally winding a woven fabric strip. The fabric strip has first and second lateral edges, along which are a first and second lip, respectively. Each lip has at least one lengthwise yarn woven with crosswise yarns. Adjace... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6681461 | Dual-slip compressive shrink-proofing apparatus for fabric and related method A method and related apparatus for shrink-proofing a fabric, typically a knitted textile composed of interlocked loops of yarn made of natural and/or man-made fibers. The loops interlock along stitch rows that may become skewed. According to the invention... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6658709 | Method for manufacturing shrink fabric, and shrink fabric A method for manufacturing a shrink fabric, and a shrink fabric to be used for filtering. The method is used for manufacturing a shrink fabric (1, 1') comprising a seam assembly (4) which is substantially diagonal with respect to the lateral direction of ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6265048 | Laminated clothing, as well as method and blank for manufacturing the same The invention relates to a laminated clothing for a papermaking or cellulose manufacturing machine, as well as a method and a blank for manufacturing thereof. The clothing comprises two laminated layers (O, I), each having an inclined direction-defined th... | 07/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6152187 | Heald frame weaving machine for forming strengthened tubular-woven products A weaving machine arrangement includes a heald frame weaving machine and, arranged on both sides of the latter, two sets of accessory equipment. The warp thread set of the heald frame weaving machine is divided into a first set and second and third warp t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6061885 | Press roll system A press roll system employed in connection with a web finishing assembly is provided. The press roll system includes a press roll, which cooperates with a head roll to provide a uniform nip area and pressing load; a support substrate, arranged between the... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6047452 | Cylindrical belt finishing machine for knit fabric A cylindrical shaped mandrel is used as a support inside the sleeve of tubular knit fabric, for maintaining the cylindrical shape of the fabric during extraction and compacting processes. Encasing the fabric and the mandrel is a larger diameter cylindrica... | 04/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5937492 | Finishing machine with pneumatic entrainment of fabric in strand form A machine for finishing fabrics in strand from including a container and at least one entrainment pipe associated with an air flow for entraining a strand of fabric. The entrainment pipe has a terminal portion radiused to the bottom wall of the container ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5901423 | Endless loop finishing assembly A finishing assembly which includes an outside treatment roll for treating both sides of an endless web without having to remove, turn inside out and reload the endless web onto the finishing assembly. The outside treatment roll is movable and adapted to ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901422 | Endless loop finishing assembly A finishing assembly which includes an outside treatment roll for treating both sides of an endless web without having to remove, turn inside out and reload the endless web onto the finishing assembly. The outside treatment roll is movable and adapted to ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5776547 | Low permeability geosynthetic clay liner and method of manufacture thereof A geosynthetic clay liner with a low permeability or controlled permeability intermediate sheet is provided. The liner includes two outer sheets with two layers of bentonite and an intermediate sheet disposed therebetween. The intermediate sheet may be ri... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5699657 | Braided line splices and methods of splicing to form same Braided line splices and methods of making such splices using an inverted sleeve formed from a part of the braided line sheath, the steps forming the sleeve being at least a part of the method. The sleeve is formed by inverting it (turning it inside out),... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5513782 | Device for removing merely partially turned stockings on a stocking turning machine A device for a stocking turning machine for automatically separating only partially turned stockings from completely turned stockings. Each stocking which leaves the automatic stocking turning machine is conducted by a chute into a pneumatically operating ejec... | 05/07/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5312660 | 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... | 05/17/1994 |
| 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 |
| 4972561 | Method of producing an angled pin seam in a papermakers felt A procedure is described for providing an angled pin seam on a papermakers felt in which a base fabric is woven with a selectively joinable pin seam to form a continuous loop of the base fabric, skewing that base fabric and its seam by displacing one of t... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4878278 | Method for manufacture of paper making fabrics An apparatus and method for papermaking fabrics (W) with a machine direction fiber batt (24) is disclosed. A carding machine (B, B') is arranged with its carding cylinder (39) parallel to the axis of rotation (22) of carriage rollers (20) about which a ba... | 11/07/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4777859 | Pre-expanded braided sleeving Disclosd is a pre-expanded braided sleeving made from flexible strands of either conductive or nonconductive filaments, or a combination thereof, along with entrapped warp filaments of heat shrinkable material. The warp filament material is commonly known... | 10/18/1988 |
