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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186986 | Device for drawing filaments A device for drawing melt-spun filaments for forming a spunbonded fabric includes at least one guide member. The filaments are guided through a slot-shaped nozzle, onto which compressed air is applied, and which conveys the filaments through the drawing nozzle. Guid... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8167600 | Apparatus for producing polymer film and process for producing polymer film An apparatus and method suitable for producing a polymer film, particularly a polyimide film, perform drying and heat treatment using a tenter type feeding apparatus that suppresses the problems of deformation of film in the vicinity of pore into which the pins bite... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162643 | Method and apparatus for growing nanotube forests, and generating nanotube structures therefrom The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior pa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8057205 | Apparatus for manufacturing nonwoven fabric The invention provides a method for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics that can reduce the diameter of a filament without decreasing productivity and can stably produce nonwoven fabrics, comprising: quenching a multiple number of continuous melt-spun filamen... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7896634 | Film stretching apparatus In a tenter dryer, while a film is dried, the stretch or the relaxation of the film are made. The tenter dryer includes first-third drying chambers for independently controlling the drying conditions and a shiftable stretch/relaxation device for making the stretch a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7845923 | Spinning, drawing and texturing machine A spinning, drawing and texturing machine for the production of curled threads includes a spinning unit and multiple machine modules associated with the spinning unit. Each of the machine modules has multiple processing assemblies for drawing and curling one of the ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7802977 | Apparatus for melt spinning and windup of synthetic yarn An apparatus for melt spinning and winding up synthetic yarns comprising a spinning appliance, a treating appliance and a windup machine. The treating appliance comprises a runoff godet for guiding the yarns before entry and distribution of the yarns into a pluralit... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7794220 | Apparatus for manufacturing oriented sheath-core type filaments The object of this invention is to make possible the manufacturing of sheath-core type super microfilaments from sheath-core type filaments such as hollow filaments, optical filaments and conjugate filaments continuously and stably by a simple and convenient means w... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7762800 | Apparatus for making a spunbond web An apparatus for making a spunbond web has a deposition surface, a spinneret above the surface for producing filaments that move downward along a path toward the surface, and a cooling chamber below the spinneret. Cool process air is supplied to the chamber to cool ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7682142 | Device for melt spinning, treating and winding synthetic threads A device for melt spinning, treating and winding synthetic threads includes a spinning unit, a treatment unit and a winding unit. The spinning unit, the treatment unit and the winding unit are arranged in tiers one above the other and form a plurality of single-thre... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7625194 | Unit for production of tubular resin film A manufacturing apparatus is provided for manufacturing a tubular resin film of high quality and little thickness variations, which is stretched and given an orientation, and suitable as retardation film or the like. It comprises a stretching section (6) for ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7540731 | Longitudinal film drawing device The device (2) comprises four drawing cylinders (6, 7, 8, 9) on which the film (5) passes and which are associated with press cylinders (13, 21, 26), comprising: a first drawing cylinder (6) having a fixed axis (10), a secon... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7349756 | Method for control of yarn processing equipment A method for starting or stopping each of at least two separately controllable roll-sets (22, 26, 34, 56) used for processing a yarn (Y) in a stretch-break process, each roll-set comrpising at least two rolls, the method is characterized by the step of each r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322811 | Apparatus for spinning and winding multifilament yarns An apparatus for spinning and winding a plurality of synthetic filament yarns, and which includes a spinning device, a withdrawal godet downstream of the spinning device, and a takeup device which has a plurality of winding positions that are distributed along a lon... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309522 | Fibers made from block copolymer The present invention relates to compositions such as fibers, elastic yarns, wovens, nonwovens, knitted fabrics, fine nets, and articles produced at least in part from a styrenic block copolymer comprising at least two blocks produced from vinyl aromatic monomers an... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303656 | Low permeability textile substrate for a two-sided coated product A laminated substrate or base structure comprising separately formed layers with warp knitted or stitch bonded yarns joining the layers together wherein at least one of the layers is a reinforcing layer and at least one of the layers is for inhibiting resin flow thr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296986 | Induction coupling for braking roller drive on the flat-folding device Equipment that lays flat films or tubular films extruded by a blown film extrusion installation has at least one roller, which guides the walls of the film or the tubular film. The lay-flat equipment has at least one device that influences the rotational speed of th... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7278988 | Dual-use pantiliner A pantiliner has a periphery and at least one fold line. The fold line allows the pantiliner to be adjusted in size by folding the pantiliner along the fold line(s). The product is thus convertible and may be used with conventional “hourglass” shaped panties or ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270779 | Method and device for producing continuous molded bodies The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for extruding continuously molded bodies, wherein an extrusion solution, in particular an extrusion solution containing water, cellulose and a tertiary amine oxide, is extruded through an extrusion orifice i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270531 | Assembly for use in continuously forming one or more lengths of noise attenuating flexible cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers An assembly for use in continuously forming a plurality of lengths of flexible noise attenuating cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers. The assembly includes a breaker plate having a conically shaped inner portion and a planar outer portion. A plurality... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258758 | Strong high loft low density nonwoven webs and laminates thereof High loft, low density nonwoven webs suitable for use in a variety of applications requiring strong fabric layers are produced by forming substantially continuous, spunbond, crimped, bicomponent fibers of crimpable, e.g., side by side or eccentric sheath/core (A/B) ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7241123 | Apparatus for producing and winding synthetic multifilament yarns An apparatus for producing and winding synthetic multifilament yarns, which has a spin unit 1 for melt spinning the yarns, at least one treatment unit 7 for treating the yarns, and a takeup unit 16 with a plurality of winding positions for windi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226880 | Breathable, extensible films made with two-component single resins A film formed from a two-component single resin including two components, not blended or co-polymerized, but inter-polymerized. The two components may have different densities and/or different melt indexes, with the resulting resin having properties of a blend of th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7200904 | Tenter system A tenter system designed to be used for simultaneously treatment of two base fabrics for felts for paper machines, or similar products, an upper fabric (3) and a lower fabric (4), comprising a pair of tenter frames (6) for the upper fabric and a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196026 | Fibers providing controlled active agent delivery An agend fiber composed of an active agent/positive dispensing carrier combination and a fiber forming component. As a fiber or nonwoven or textile fabric containing the fiber, the agend delivers the active agent at a desired rate under conditions of use. Product ap... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7150616 | Die for producing meltblown multicomponent fibers and meltblown nonwoven fabrics A die tip adapted for extruding a plurality of meltblown multicomponent filaments that includes at least two series of conduits that extend and converge in to the interior of the die tip to convey a multicomponent thermoplastic structure in to the interior of the di... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137971 | Incontinence garment having pleated extensible liquid retention layer An primary liquid retention layer suitable for use in an incontinence garment includes a plurality of pleats defined by fold lines in at least one region of the composite. The fold lines are oriented in a first direction. The primary liquid retention layer is stretc... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134857 | Electrospinning of fibers using a rotatable spray head Apparatus and method for electrospinning fibers in which the apparatus includes a spray head having a longitudinal axis and including at least one electrospinning element disposed in a peripheral wall of the spray head surrounding the longitudinal axis. The electros... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7114942 | Apparatus for producing synthetic resin film A calibrating basket for a film blowing tube is provided with roller bearings to prevent stripe formation on the film and pinching of the film between the rollers. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105124 | Method, apparatus and product for manufacturing nanofiber media A unified arrangement for providing a unique nanofibrous porous media formed as a chemical compound from a water-soluble polymer combined with a cross-linking agent with a balance of water, which chemical compound prevents the polymer from dissolving in water, inclu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7080495 | Wrapping apparatus A wrapping apparatus, in which the supporting elements supporting a film roll are mounted on the frame of a film dispenser with bearings permitting free rotation so that the film roll supported by them is freely rotatable. The pre-stretching rollers are mutually eng... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7045031 | Method of optimizing spacing between elastic members in applying leg elastics A method of applying leg elastics to absorbent garments involves optimizing the spacing between multiple elastic members. The elastic members are bonded to a substrate with variable spacing along the length of the leg opening. More particularly, narrower spacing is ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037097 | Methods and apparatus for controlling airflow in a fiber extrusion system An apparatus for controlling airflow in a fiber extrusion process includes a fiber flow region between an inlet through which extruded fibers are received and an outlet through which the extruded fibers are discharged and at least one surface providing a boundary be... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025123 | Fluid distribution system for thermal transfer rollers A thermal transfer roller includes a first end chamber in communication with a source of thermal transfer fluid, an annulus for receiving the fluid and facilitating thermal transfer to a substrate, and a second end chamber in communication with the annulus for recei... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018192 | Apparatus for heat treatment of oblong articles An apparatus for heat treatment of oblong articles, such as monofilaments, multifilaments, tapes or webs of plastics, comprises a fixed bottom member (2) and a cover member (3) hingedly secured thereto along one long side, where the cover member (3 | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014441 | Fiber draw unit nozzles for use in polymer fiber production A nozzle is described for downwardly directing air from an air intake of a fiber draw unit into a longitudinal channel of the fiber draw unit for forming spunbond polymeric fibers. The nozzle includes an upper eductor connected to the fiber draw unit and a lower edu... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008205 | Installation for producing a spunbonded fabric web whereof the diffuser is distant from the drawing slot device The invention concerns an installation for producing a spunbonded fabric web comprising a diffuser defining for the filaments a passage with diverging cross-section, and mounted a certain distance from the slot attenuator, and a conveyor for receiving the filaments ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001567 | Melt spinning apparatus and process for making nonwoven webs An air handler for collecting air discharged from a melt spinning apparatus. The air handler includes an outer housing having walls defining a first interior space. One of the walls has an intake opening for receiving the discharge air. Another wall has an exhaust o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001555 | Apparatus for producing multi-component liquid filaments A melt spinning apparatus including a spinpack with a die tip block having a recess with a converging portion, such as an angled trough, which terminates in a row of filament discharge outlets. The recess selectively receives a configuration insert, such as a side-b... | 02/21/2006 |
