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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7168140 | Flame resistant fabrics with improved aesthetics and comfort, and method of making same Fabrics having improved aesthetic characteristics in addition to good FR characteristics and strength are described, as well as a method for making the fabrics. The fabrics are made by subjecting a fabric containing inherently flame resistant fibers to a fluid treat... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7017207 | Size identification system for bed sheets and the like A size-identification system for bed sheets and the like is developed at the stage of weaving the greige fabric from which the bed sheets are made. One woven greige fabric (12) has a colored warp yarn (14′) in a selvage (20). A bed sheet (2... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6859983 | Camouflage material In the present invention, a hydroentangled and three-dimensionally patterned fibrous material is printed or dyed with suitable coloring agents that are beneficial in enhancing the ability of the material to disrupt or obscure objects placed beneath such material. A ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6839945 | Moisture barrier fabric and methods of making same The invention relates to a method for preparing a moisture barrier fabric comprising needing the fabric in a direction substantially opposite to the advance direction of the fabric with barbed needles to increase the density of the fabric by entangling the fibers th... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6751831 | Method of forming a three-dimensional camouflage fabric A base textile with a camouflage pattern is subjected to hot fluid streams to create flat regions and puckered or wrinkled regions, enhancing the three dimensional characteristics of the resulting material. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6634070 | Multi-colored materials and method of making same A material having a unique, multi-colored appearance is described. More specifically, a material having a multi-colored appearance and a three-dimensional surface is described, along with a method of making such a material. The process involves providing ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6509074 | Pressure sensitive releasable latex dipped felt underlay A dimensionally stable rug underlay manufactured from needle-punched fibers arranged to form a non-woven felt fabric, to which an acrylic latex pressure sensitive adhesive is applied by a dipping process that coats the surfaces of the fibers and fills the... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6502290 | Hook tape fabrication method A hook tape fabrication method includes the steps of coating nylon yarns with a layer of water repellent, coating the repellent-coated nylon yarns thus obtained with a layer of PU rubber, weaving the nylon yarns thus obtained into loops, and cutting the l... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6405418 | Fabric making apparatus An apparatus for forming and finishing a continuous fabric web in a single operation. The apparatus includes a fabric web forming station for forming a continuous fabric web and a finishing station downstream from the fabric web forming station for receiv... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6375889 | Method of making machine direction stretchable nonwoven fabrics having a high degree of recovery upon elongation A method of producing a non-woven fabric having a high recovery after elongation and a substantially uniform surface including the steps of microcrepeing the fabric between about 20% and 35%, and heat setting the fabric to a temperature between its glass ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6269525 | Face finished fabrics containing immobilized fibers The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment through abrasion, sanding, or napping of at least a portion of... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6233795 | Face finishing of cotton-containing fabrics containing immobilized fibers A process for abrading fabrics to produce a sueded hand is provided. In particular, the process is directed to the sueding of cotton containing fabrics both before and after mercerization, to produce a unique combination of hand and retained fabric streng... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230376 | Faced finished fabrics containing immobilized fibers The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment through abrasion, sanding, or napping of at least a portion of... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6112381 | Face finishing of fabrics containing immobilized fibers The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment through abrasion, sanding, or napping of at least a portion of... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6055711 | FR Polyester hospitality fabrics A fabric is constructed by weaving on a loom, with a loom setting of between about 78%-88% in the greige, using false twist textured polyester warp yam (about 140-160 denier, preferably about 150 denier with about 55-65 filaments in either single or 2 ply... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5983470 | Method to produce bulked deep dyed fabric A polyester multifilament synthetic yarn which has a low draw ratio and a bulk characteristic made by overfeeding the yarn in the range of 4-12% that provides a double plush fabric, when knit, that has a pleasant broken pattern look with at least a 25% in... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5753351 | Nubuck-like woven fabric and method of producing same A nubuck-like woven fabric comprising a two-layered structural yarn wherein ultra-fine polyester multifilaments are primarily disposed in a sheath portion and polyester multifilaments having a larger single fiber thickness are primarily disposed in a core... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5673727 | Fabric treating process A fiberglass mesh process includes coating fiberglass yarn, conveying the coated yarn to a loom without first beaming the yarn, weaving a mesh fabric of said yarn, conveying the mesh fabric to an in-line fabric treating station from said loom, tentering t... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5617902 | Weaving and bonding method to prevent warp and fill distortion A method to prevent fiber distortion in textile materials employed in a modified weaving process. In a first embodiment, a tacifier in powder form is applied to the yarn and melted while on the fabric. Cool air is then supplied after the tacifier has melt... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5616395 | Process for the production of two-layer textile reinforcement adapted for the production of bituminous sealing sheets for roofing and reinforcement thus obtained A process for the production of a two-layer textile reinforcement for the production of bituminous sealing sheets for roofing consists first, from a first layer based on nonwoven cloth, in consolidating this nonwoven cloth by mechanical or hydraulic bondi... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5424117 | Fabrics for surgical gowns and the like and method of making same and textile products made therefrom Three reuasable surgical/medical fabrics provide improved barrier properties, as reflected by their Suter ratings, and also posses a "hand" similar to a "cotton hand". The Suter ratings are degraded in the order of 10%-20% after 100 sterile reprocessing c... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5414913 | Ultraviolet protective fabric A fabric having both a high degree of user comfort and a high degree of Ultraviolet Radiation protection is provided. The preferred yarn is at least 40 Denier by 40 Denier, preferably 70 Denier by 2 70 Denier Nylon Yarn. The yarn is woven into a fabric wi... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5405650 | Method for manufacturing a non-woven fabric marked with a print A method for manufacturing a non-woven fabric printed with a decorative pattern. A fibrous starting material whose individual fibers are capable of movement relatively to one another under the influence of applied fluid forces is subjected to a fluid stre... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5387263 | Method for treatment of yarn in package form A process for applying a lubricant to a plurality of yarn packages directly to a dye bath in a package dyeing machine during the dyeing process. The process includes placing a plurality of yarn packages into a package dyeing machine. The plurality of yarn... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5250351 | Elastic warp knitted fabric and method of manufacturing same An elastic warp knitted fabric having a pulling out force for pulling out an elastic yarn from the knitted fabric of 30 g or more, and in which a shape of a sinker loop of a nonelastic yarn is maintained as a bulge shape after an application of a dyeing a... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5226227 | Method of producing narrow tape A method of producing a colored narrow tape woven or knitted of a weft and a group of warp yarns, comprising: continuously moving the group of warp yarns along a longitudinal path through a dyeing station; coloring the group of warp yarns with a first dye... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5202077 | Method for removal of substrate material by means of heated pressurized fluid stream A method and apparatus for treatment of relatively moving substrate materials and the novel products produced thereby created by precise application of high temperature pressurized streams of fluid against the surface of the materials to melt and remove m... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4995151 | Apparatus and method for hydropatterning fabric An hydropatterning apparatus and method conveys a sheet of fabric (12) through a patterning station (16) along a machine direction on a conveyor (24), preferably a drum, having a support surface (16, 60) formed with a pattern of raised or solid areas (16a... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4985279 | Process for preparing carpet underlay A process of carding several different types of fibers into webs, combining the webs by layering alternate types and needle punching the combined webs into a tightly felted sheet impregnating the sheet on both sides with a synthetic rubber latex and curin... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4892557 | Process for forming crepe fabrics and for temporarily stabilizing high twist filament yarn in the manufacture of such fabrics A process for forming crepe fabrics on a shuttleless loom is provided which includes temporary stabilization of highly twisted (e.g., 40-70 TPI) filament yarn. To this end, hot melt size is applied at a predetermined temperature in predetermined amounts (... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4780350 | Reinforcing composite for roofing membranes and process for making such composites A reinforcing composite for bituminous roofing membranes comprises a mechanically-fastened, open network of continuous filament, high tenacity polyester yarn. This structure is heat stabilized and may be combined with a fiberglass scrim and/or treated wit... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4517715 | Chenille woven or knitted fabric and process for producing the same An improved chenille woven or knitted fabric utilizing at least a chenille yarn composed of synthetic fibers, wherein raised fibers forming a raised fiber portion of the chenille yarn are composed of ultra-fine fibers having a fineness smaller than 0.9 de... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4481051 | Power transmission belt manufacture A power transmission belt (10,21) of improved manufacture wherein a novel reinforcing fabric (4,14) is provided in the inner portion of the compression section (3,13) of the belt. The fabric is formed of yarns (20) having a low coefficient of thermal cont... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4452607 | Process for dyeing shrinkable textile fabrics and resulting dyed fabrics Fabrics formed at least partially of highly shrinkable fibers, such as polyester fibers, are dyed in a process which provides a number of significant economic and processing advantages over conventionally used dyeing processes, such as jet dyeing, produci... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4388365 | Porous FRP sheet and manufacturing method thereof According to the present invention, a porous FRP sheet can be easily manufactured without need for the punching or drilling process which is required in conventional prior methods for manufacturing an FRP sheet. The FRP sheet manufactured by the present m... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4370784 | Belting fabric An improved woven fabric that is relatively stiff in the filling direction and relatively flexible in the warp direction by virtue of the filling yarns in the fabric being stiffer than the warp yarns in the fabric, wherein the improvement comprises the fi... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4340383 | Process for simultaneous dyeing and bonding of sewing silks made from polyester filaments By the use of acrylic resins capable of being cross-linked under the effect of heat, and of disperse dyestuffs in the same padding bath, subsequent drying and thermosol treatment of the padded threads (twist) with subsequent reductive purification and app... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4223057 | Simultaneous transfer printing and embossing or surface texturing method, and embossing member for use therein A fabric containing thermoplastic fibers is simultaneously printed with a first pattern in a sublimable or vaporizable dye and embossed or surface textured with a second pattern, without substantial effect on the printing of the first pattern, by the appl... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4178705 | Process for the reduction of the frosting effect in dyeing of textile fabrics Process for reducing the "frosting effect" in the dyeing of textile fabrics made of staple fibers according to a continuous operation with intermediate drying, which comprises flattening the fiber ends protruding from the material web, between impregnatin... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4168197 | Method of manufacturing padding cloth for belts having a latent differential shrinkability property Method of manufacturing a padding cloth for belts said cloth having a latent curvability property, in which a belt-like cloth having a plurality of thermal shrinkage rates in the widthwise direction is subjected to heat-treatment under a relaxed condition... | 09/18/1979 |
