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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814627 | Process for treating threads by knitting-unraveling Process for treating threads by knitting-unraveling includes: knitting several individual threads (2) on a multi-feed knitting machine (1); carrying out one or more heat, chemical or other treatments, in one or more chambers (7); carrying out, i... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7140207 | Device for the continuous treatment of yarns with process fluids Device for the continuous treatment of yarns with process fluids comprising a Venturi nozzle fed with process fluid as driving fluid to feed the yarn to the treatment, a distributor for distributing the yarn in the treatment reactor according to a layer of superimpo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6694582 | Method and machine for unraveling knitted fabrics Methods for unraveling knitted fabrics and a machine for unraveling knitted fabrics in order to reuse the yarns of a knitted fabric to be unraveled; the methods providing that the yarns can be unraveled either by stretching and loosening the yarns or by t... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6321427 | Knit-deknit yarn and method and apparatus for making same An improved heavy denier fibrillated polymer carpet yarn is densely knit, deknit and heat treated. An improved carpet face yarn is provided in an omnidirectional carpet pile.... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6301759 | Yarn, process for producing a yarn, and textile fabric A yarn which imparts a high level of wearing comfort to a textile portion is produced by forming a knitted portion from the yarn, subjecting the knitted portion to a treatment by which the curl imparted to the yarn by the stitches of the knitted portion i... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301937 | Apparatus and method for deknitting yarns An apparatus and method for deknitting a knitted tape of yarn having a plurality of yarn ends. The apparatus includes a plurality of stationary cylindrical connectors arranged in parallel alignment across the frame structure of the apparatus. One stationa... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5113564 | Device for undoing yarn from tubular knitted fabric The yarn undoing device comprises a rotary trunk for mounting the knitted fabric, a plurality of yarn winding rotary members disposed at a proper distance at an outer extended position upward of the rotary trunk, a drive device for rotating the rotary tru... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4987665 | Prosthetic tubular article The invention involves a method to texturize absorbable or absorbable/nonabsorbable components that are to be used to fabricate textile grafts of all sizes, and specifically for repair of the peripheral vascular system and for coronary bypass use. The bio... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4870839 | Apparatus for deknitting elastic yarns An apparatus and method for feeding a knitted yarn package having a plurality of yarn ends to a textile fabric making machine. The apparatus includes takeup means for moving the yarn in the direction of the machine and tension means located upstream of th... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4793034 | Method of manufacturing knit body garments Knit sport shirts and the like characterized by having the body portion and the trim of exactly the same color shade are manufactured by circularly knitting the same type of yarn to form first and second tubular fabrics and then simultaneously dyeing both... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4769880 | Process for the continuous drawing and texturizing of filaments The invention provides a process for the continuous successive drawing and texturizing of undrawn multifilament polyester yarns according to the knit/deknit process, wherein undrawn filaments or yarns having a high preorientation corresponding to a yield ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4761864 | Parallel thread supply system A textile material for supplying parallel threads to a machine for manufacturing two-dimensional textile fabrics. The material is loosely woven and has a low number of withdrawable weft loops 3 per unit length. Immediately prior to entering an end-product... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4646667 | Process for making an elastomeric yarn supply package An elastomeric strand supply package is provided in the form of a bundle of elastomeric strands held together by a series of connected chain stitches which extend along the length of the bundle. The chain stitches are unravelled to free the individual str... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4628848 | Elastomeric yarn supply package An elastomeric strand supply package is provided in the form of a bundle of elastomeric strands held together by a series of connected chain stitches which extend along the length of the bundle. The chain stitches are unravelled to free the individual str... | 12/16/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4411142 | Elastic yarn supply package An improved elastic yarn supply package is provided in the form of a double-face, warp-knit tape from which the elastic yarns can be unravelled for feeding to subsequent fabric-making operations. The improved package, which is readily spittable into narro... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4338090 | Simulated Berber yarn and process of producing same Process of producing and a resulting simulated "Berber" yarn produced from long staple spun or continuous filament yarn, preferably having continuous filaments or fibers at least six inches in length, and more preferably continuous filament nylon, to prov... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4327464 | Process of producing simulated "Berber" yarn Process of producing and a resulting simulated "Berber" yarn produced from long staple spun or continuous filament yarn, preferably having continuous filaments or fibers at least six inches in length, and more preferably continuous filament nylon, to prov... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4209881 | Knitting intermittently drawn yarns A device for intermittently tensioning a yarn passing therethrough in which a motor cam acts on a tension train mounted on a fixed shaft. The tension train is composed of a tension adjuster which provides tension on a base plate, spring, and tension discs... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4198735 | Method for forming temporary fabrics A temporary fabric is formed by joining groups of two or more yarn strands at a time together at various longitudinally spaced points, forming generally transverse lines of joined points across an array of a plurality of parallel strands. No weft or fille... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4193252 | Knit-deknit method of handling yarn to produce carbon or graphite yarn In a method of making carbon or graphite yarn, a bundle of single ply precursor yarns is knit into an elongated fabric to facilitate subsequent processing of the yarns. The elongated fabric is pretreated to facilitate carbonization thereof such as by bein... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4185364 | Method of making multicolored yarn A method is provided for making a multicolored yarn, in which the yarn is knitted into a tubular pre-fabric tape, the tape is straightened and flattened freeing it of any folds or wrinkles or the like, and is fed wale-wise in a straightened and flattened ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4181762 | Fibers, yarns and fabrics of low modulus polymer Fibers, yarns and fabrics are produced from polymers, such as the copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate, having an elastic modulus of from 5,000 to 60,000 psi. The fibers are also characterized by an area moment of inertia of from 400×10-14... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4168298 | Yarn consisting of drawn sintered PTF fibers and woven, non-woven and knitted fabrics; filter bags; ropes; and fire-protective clothing formed therefrom A process for forming polytetrafluoroethylene yarn by (1) forming an oriented polytetrafluoroethylene film by drawing a sintered sheet from about 5 to 30 times its original length at an elevated temperature; and (2) passing the oriented film through fibrillati... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4137615 | Process for texturing bicomponent yarn A method for producing conventionally usable, stable, preshrunk and crimped yarn from greige self-crimping bicomponent or biconstituent yarn. The method employs a knit-de-knit procedure to impart a so-called mechanical crimp in the self-crimping yarn as t... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4118842 | Weave-de-weave process A weave-de-weave process in which a plurality of weft loops are fluidly injected from opposite sides and normal to a plurality of warp yarns to form a composite tape. The tape is deweaved after the warp is space dyed by splitting the interior of the tape ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118529 | Suede woven fabric and a process of manufacturing the same A suede woven fabric comprises a warp yarn selected from the group consisting of polyester textured yarn, polyester filament yarn and polyester spun yarn, and a weft yarn of polyester island filaments whose mean thicknesses in denier are within the range ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4099393 | Space print head draw rolls Space print head draw rolls for use as part of a dye application print station for the application of dye paste to yarn comprises first and second counter-rotating rolls in mechanical engagement with each other, whereby the yarn is gripped between the rol... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4091512 | Deweaving apparatus for textile tapes A deweaving apparatus for deweaving a fabric tape by separating and removing a weft filling yarn from a plurality of warp yarns. Control means are provided for sensing breakage of the warp yarns and weft yarn, as well as knots, splices and tangles in the ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4086688 | Method for imparting coloration to a knit/deknit textile yarn A roll of knit tubing, which has been knit into a tubular shaped prefabric in the first stage of a knit/deknit process, is presented successively to one or more dyeing stations while in a rolled or coiled package. Dyestuff is applied to the roll at select... | 05/02/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4065538 | Process for reducing dust in fibrillated yarn The process of reducing dust particles formed in the fibrillation of tape yarns of synthetic material by applying a sufficient amount of heat to the fibrillated tape yarn to cause said synthetic dust particles to fuse into said tape yarn.... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4057880 | Method of producing snag resistant hosiery article The snag resistant leg portion of this hosiery article is knit of a composite self-crimping yarn including a series of mechanical crimps imparted thereto prior to knitting, and a series of crimps imparted to the composite yarn by development of the latent... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4047405 | Apparatus for applying dye liquor to knit/deknit tubular rolls One or more containers of dye liquor under pressure are connected by a supply line carrying dye liquor from each container to a dye fixture on which are successively positioned rolls of knit tubular fabric which is to be deknit subsequently to form textur... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4045848 | Method of producing a warp of intermittently colored yarns Synthetic continuous filament yarn is woven with a sacrificial filling and thus formed into a prefabric, selected portions of the prefabric are dyed, the prefabric is optionally crimped either before or after dyeing, the prefabric is immersed into a dilut... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4033717 | Method of producing multicolored yarn, and yarn and carpet made thereby Drawn but undyed synthetic continuous filament yarn is formed into a prefabric, selected portions of the prefabric are dyed while leaving other selected portions free of any dye, the prefabric is raveled, the resulting partially dyed yarn is formed into a... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4005569 | Textured yarn A textured yarn composed of continuous filaments having a crimp with marked cusps, the molecular structure of the continuous filaments in the cusps being different from the molecular structure of the portions of the continuous filaments between consecutiv... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3997950 | Method of treating large diameter yarns to provide bulking dyed and/or mottled effects in fabric The method of treating large diameter yarns by leasing a plurality of large diameter filling yarns into a woven fabric form of a type where the warp yarns are relatively small, and in which the filling yarn may be easily unwoven, treating the filling yarn... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3994250 | Transfer printing of textile yarn Textile strands are maintained in a spaced, substantially parallel relationship to each other and are brought into contact with a continuous length of a transfer web comprising a substrate having a coating of a dye capable of subliming and transferring to... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3950132 | Method for dyeing and continuous heat setting of textile yarns The method for the random dyeing of yarn in which yarn slivers are laid in a tensionless zig-zag formation onto a travelling stenter pin chain conveyor, applying longitudinal rows of stitching or tape to anchor the yarn slivers in position and to take the... | 04/13/1976 |
