Quotables
"What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6228460 | Tufted articles and related processes Processes for tufting substrate or primary carpet backing using conventional double needle bars but in which the needles may be shifted less than a full gauge. Processes of the present invention may employ a conventional double needle bar tufting machine ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5478624 | Synthetic yarn with heat-activated binder fiber A synthetic yarn made from a blend of base fibers selected from the group consisting of polyester, nylon 6 and nylon 66, and 1-12 weight percent of a heat activated binder fiber having a melting point within the range of 165°-190° C., said binder fiber ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5388805 | Dual seal for shut-off valve A two stage seal for a shut-off valve having a bonnet with a rotatable valve stem therethrough. The first seal is conventional packing material axially compressible to adjust its sealing force against the valve stem. The second is a cartridge seal gland w... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5031289 | Transfer device for compression and introduction device for tufting machine The device carries a bundle of fibers between an upper and lower table of a tufting machine. The bundle of fibers is transferred to a tufting machine by a transfer device having a pair of roller driven conveyors. The conveyors are individual drive belts h... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4265849 | Method for producing multifilament thermoplastic yarn having latent crimp A multifilament thermoplastic yarn and process for the formation thereof which, when tufted or woven into a fabric, presents a grass-like appearance. The yarn is made by melt spinning and water quenching a melt-spinnable synthetic organic thermoplastic po... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4119397 | Product and method of printing carpet-II A pattern is placed on a carpet backing by the use of sublimable dyes. Carpet facing is tufted into the backing. Subsequent heating with vacuum action causes the sublimable dye to move from the carpet backing to the face yarn to provide the dyed pattern o... | 10/10/1978 |
