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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8060998 | Handling method and device for simultaneous processing of textile pieces A device for processing a supple porous textile piece having at least one first surface and one second surface adjacent to the first surface, the process being carried out on the second surface and not on the first surface The device includes a departure area and an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7285505 | Tape having weft-insert warp knit fabric reinforcement The present disclosure relates to a tape that comprises a weft-inserted warp knit fabric, which utilizes a combination stitch to secure the wales of the fabric. The combination stitch comprises a majority of successive chain stitches that are used with a minority of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7243404 | Web-spreading process and web-spreading device A web-spreading device and a web-spreading process are provided. The web-spreading device, is provided whereby a first web strand being conveyed and a second web strand being conveyed next to the first web strand in a web-processing machine can be offset in parallel... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7181933 | Tape substrate and tape made therefrom The present disclosure relates to a tape that comprises a weft-inserted warp knit fabric, which utilizes a combination stitch to secure the wales of the fabric. The combination stitch comprises a majority of successive chain stitches that are used with a minority of... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7000295 | Composite yarn, intermediate fabric product and method of producing a metallic fabric A method for forming a metallic fabric includes forming a composite yarn having a metallic wire core, and a cover yarn including a fluid-soluble strand such as co-nylon or polylactic acid. The composite yarn can be knitted into an intermediate fabric product. The so... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6802110 | Web expanding device A web expanding device for or in a web-processing machine, especially a web-fed rotary printing press includes a frame and a cutting device (4) for longitudinally cutting a web (B) into a left-hand web strand (Bl) and a right-hand web strand (Br). A first def... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6785937 | Slit neck spunbond process and material A process for making a plurality of necked nonwoven strips having similar or identical cross-directional profiles includes the steps of slitting a neckable nonwoven web into a plurality of neckable nonwoven strips, passing the neckable nonwoven web between a first p... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6739024 | Method and device for producing a structured, voluminous non-woven web or film The invention relates to a method for producing a structured, voluminous non-woven web or velourised film from a thermoplastic by producing an unstructured web and subsequently processing this web using a pair of rollers (10a, 10b). The p... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6637085 | Process for recycling articles containing high-performance fiber The present invention is directed to a process for recycling a fabric containing high performance fibers having a tenacity of at least 10 grams per dtex and a tensile modulus of at least 150 grams per dtex, to make a yarn from the fabric. In the process, ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634068 | Apparatus for preparing a fabric for seaming An integrated cutter for preparing the edges of a fabric for seaming includes a hooked needle which oscillates vertically in a guide bushing located close to the plane of the fabric between a retracted position where the head of the needle is not exposed ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6423165 | Method of making convexities and/or concavities on cloths of a garment A method for forming convexities and/or concavities on cloths for a garment at almost entire portions of the garment or any desired portion of the garment without any substantial limitation from a design point of view. The method for forming a garment hav... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6189189 | Method of manufacturing low contaminant wiper A method of manufacturing a polyester textile fabric having a relatively low level of particulate contaminates and high absorbency is provided by heatsetting the fabric at a temperature of 300° F. or less.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5752300 | Method and apparatus to loosen and cut the wrapper fibers of spun yarns in woven fabric A method and apparatus for loosening, cutting, and abrading a web of textile fabric having spun yarns containing wrapper fibers. The textile fabric web is directed under high tension around a rotatable, small diameter tube coated with abrasive particles. ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5553366 | Vibration compacted fabrics for orthopedic casting tapes The present invention provides an article, comprising: a fabric sheet which has been compacted using a heat shrink yarn; and a curable or hardenable resin coated onto the fabric sheet. The present invention involves compacting a fabric sheet to impart str... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5546643 | Method to reduce forming fabric edge curl A method for reducing or eliminating forming fabric edge curl includes slitting or scoring the knuckles formed by cross-machine direction yarns on the long-shute knuckle side of a papermaker's forming fabric. The knuckles are scored or slit to a depth no ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5507079 | Narrow fiberglass knit tape The present invention provides a narrow orthopedic casting tape which can be handled in longer lengths suitable for economical production of coated fabric products. The narrow casting tape of the present invention is knitted as a wide fiberglass fabric wi... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5392500 | Process for the manufacture of a fibrous preform formed of refractory fibers for producing a composite material article A process for the manufacture of a fibrous texture for producing a composite material article. The fibrous texture is formed of a yarn comprising discontinuous fibers which are made of a refractory material or a precursor thereof. The discontinuous fibers... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5381592 | Method to refurbish carpet tiles Method to refurbish cut or loop pile carpet products including carpet tiles by passing the product under a high pressure water or liquid dispensing head projecting a stream of water against the subject product at a pressure in the range of 200-2000 p.s.i.... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5228175 | Process for the manufacture of a fibrous preform formed of refractory fibers for producing a composite material article A fibrous preform is formed from a yarn composed of long discontinuous fibers made of a refractory material or its precursor. The discontinuous fibers are disposed parallel to one another without twist, and the integrity of the yarn is achieved by a cover... | 07/20/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5014403 | Method of making a stretchable orthopaedic fiberglass casting tape A method of making a non raveling stretchable fiberglass fabric by knitting an elastic yarn under tension into the fabric in the length direction, releasing the tension from the elastic yarn to compact the fabric and removing the elastic yarn from the fab... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4885973 | Method of making composite articles A composite article is made by braiding a 3D article shaped preform including non-fugative braider reinforcing fibers and fugative fibers and removing the fugative fibers to form a plurality of matrix-ingress passages in the braided preform. During impreg... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4759512 | Multiple winding machine for lace bands and the like A multiple winding machine for winding lace bands or similar type fabric material onto cores uses a plurality of cup-like guides through which the lace bands pass. The guides are positioned horizontally and vertically with respect to each other so as to b... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4656704 | Automatic collar separation A method and apparatus provide for the effective automatic separation of two textile blanks, such as collars for knit sport shirts. Blanks are connected together by connector threads which extend generally in a first dimension. The blanks rest on a suppor... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4616543 | Apparatus for working on woven fabric wound on a supply roll Programmable apparatus for cutting woven fabric wound on a supply roll includes a fabric spreader which pays-off fabric from the supply roll and onto a cutting table as the spreader moves relative to the table. A vibrating member carried by the fabric spr... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4539238 | Tear-away window shade A window shade comprises a multiplicity of elongate fabric strips connected to one another along their longitudinal edges by means of severable connecting threads. Mounting and weighting rods inserted in respective pockets at the upper and lower end of th... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4528731 | Slide fastener chain A slide fastener chain has a plurality of spaced separating regions along which the slide fastener chain can be separated or torn to slide fastener lengths one after another by hand without a cutting device. Each separating region extends transversely acr... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4466163 | Wide fabric manufacturing method and apparatus Wide woven fabric having dipped and treated cords is made by first connecting warp cords of relatively strong material in at least two narrow sheets. The narrow sheets are dipped and treated after which they are positioned in loom letoff rolls adjacent a ... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4338282 | Selective collecting system of washingly treated articles A system for selectively collecting washed articles with a washing device and conveyor to convey the articles therethrough, first and second detectors for detecting fabric faults and improperly washed articles, respectively, a device to roll the articles,... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4187343 | Process for producing non-woven fabric A process for producing a non-woven fabric having excellent draping properties and strength and further having a handling similar to that of woven fabrics, which comprises drawing uniaxially or biaxially a non-woven sheet material comprising not less than... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4186781 | Network structures and methods of making same Methods of making network structures include forming on one side of a sheet of thermoplastic polymer a plurality of parallel continuous main ribs and forming on the other side of the sheet in a different direction a plurality of parallel discontinuous tie... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4179776 | Method and apparatus for deregistering and processing an open synthetic tow into fiber-filled articles An improved method for producing and processing deregistered and disorientated synthetic tow for forming fiber filled articles in which crimped registered tow is deregistered through pairs of rolls utilizing a non-continuous groove-threaded surface. The s... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4137614 | Preparation of a warp beam wound with flexible tapes An improved process is disclosed for preparing a warp beam wound with tapes slit from at least two webs of superimposed flexible film at least 1 m wide, comprising feeding the slit superimposed tapes through nip rolls, separating the tapes at the nip and ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4124420 | Method and a device for providing woven bands or ribbons from tissue woven by a standard weaving machine A method and a device for cutting ribbons from a large fabric as provided by any weaving machine wherein the cutting-sealing operation is effected downstream of said weaving machine before the fabric is wound up in bobbins and serially with the production... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4096609 | Process for making stretch fabric capable of course count control upon heat setting Course count control during heat setting of stretchable warp knit fabric is provided by selvedge knitted with the fabric and along its edges, the selvedge having a predetermined lesser stretchability than that of the fabric to serve as a limit stop to the... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4080694 | Method for separating and winding pre-treated tire cord A method and apparatus for separating and winding pre-treated yarn, for example, tire cord, the method comprising two stages. In a first stage, a coated and heat-set fabric, constituted of longitudinally running warp cords and laterally running picks inte... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4038840 | Method of collar fabrication The method of knitting collars on circular knitting machines including preparing a sketch on graph paper showing the collar configuration stitches, preparing information cards for a circular knitting machine to knit collars in accordance with the instruct... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4033150 | Circular knitting machine for producing detachable strips of knitted fabric A cylinder and dial circular knitting machine is provided with: 1. a striping box that may feed a draw thread or yarn, 2. adjustable placer and raise cams, and 3. means for controlling the operation of such striping box And cams so as to cause the machine to knit fabric... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3998249 | Cut-off device for a textile machine The cut-off device is used to cut the selvage of a woven fabric and includes a movable member which is driven by means of a pivotally mounted lever and a flat disc. The disc is carried on a pivotal drive element which is reciprocated off a drive shaft of ... | 12/21/1976 |
