Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334348 | Dryer apparatus for clothing knitted or woven fabric A dryer apparatus for use with a woven and knitted fabric is constructed such that a first drying rack is disposed at an upper portion of the frame, and at least one second drying rack is disposed at a lower. Each of the drying racks is formed of a ventilated drying... | 02/26/2008 |
| 5826348 | Device for expression of yarn A device for expression of yarn, which has a comb (1) for guiding and expressing individual yarns of a layer of yarn. A compressed air blower (2) in line with each interval between two teeth (3) of comb (1) coacts with the comb (1) to cause the expression... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5779758 | Method and apparatus for forming continuous glass fibers An apparatus is provided for producing a glass fiber package. The apparatus includes a heated bushing for supplying streams of molten glass to be drawn into continuous fibers, a rotatable member adapted to draw the streams into fibers and to wind the fibe... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5522161 | Arrangement for the continuous heat setting of yarns In the case of an arrangement for the continuous heat setting of yarns, which are guided by means of transport belts into, and then out of, a heat setting chamber using superheated steam, at least one central mast is provided which is equipped with severa... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5487224 | Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns, during, for example, a texturizing stretching operation. The yarn is subject to two successive treatments, one at a high temperature, the other at a normal treatment temperature. The device is one wherein the... | 01/30/1996 |
| 4234312 | Process and device for the continuous spinning of viscose rayon The removal of water from viscose rayon yarns in the continuous spinning of such yarns is improved by subjecting the yarns to the action of an air jet before the thermal drying treatment. The air jet impinges on the yarns adjacent their passage from the l... | 11/18/1980 |