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Class 442/194 - Hollow strand material


Subclass of Class 442 - Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
Definition: Subject matter wherein the strand material or a filamentary
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 03/24/2009


NumberTitleIssue Date
7507679Paper machine fabric
A paper machine fabric comprising at least two machine direction yarn systems, which are bound together by means of a binding yarn system. The layer of the machine side is formed of a warp system and a binding yarn system. The binding yarn system comprises a binding...
03/24/2009
7389559Mop head including contoured tubular fluid retaining strand elements
An edgeless mop utilizing a relatively narrow diameter, knit tubular material to form the strands of a mop head wherein the tubular material incorporates an arrangement of elongate depressed channels and raised profile segments extending along its surface in the len...
06/24/2008
7354877Carbon nanotube fabrics
The present invention provides fabrics that have unique chemical, electrical, and thermal properties. The fabrics comprise layers of yarns woven together wherein the yarns further comprise carbon nanotube fibers. These carbon nanotube fibers may be either single-wal...
04/08/2008
7194953Dressing on a cylinder or a transfer cylinder as well as printing units of a printing press
A blanket is located on an outer surface of a roller, such as printing unit roller. The blanket has an elastic and/or a compressive layer with a surface pressure that depends on the degree of the impression. The layer is selected so that a depending of the surface p...
03/27/2007
7160365Ion generating apparatus, air conditioning apparatus, and charging apparatus
An ion generating apparatus is built by sandwiching a dielectric layer between an induction electrode and a discharge electrode. The induction electrode is formed of a metal substrate of, for example, aluminum. Even when the apparatus is made larger, it offers impro...
01/09/2007
7048012Paired warp triple layer forming fabrics with optimum sheet building characteristics
A papermaker's fabric, usable in the forming section of a paper machine, having two layers of cross-machine-direction (CD) yarns. Interwoven with the CD yarns is a system of MD yarns. At least some of the MD yarns are grouped into alternating pairs comprising a cros...
05/23/2006
7045421Process for making bit selectable devices having elements made with nanotubes
A method is used to make a bit selectable device having nanotube memory elements. A structure having at least two transistors is provided, each with a drain and a source with a defined channel region therebetween, each transistor further including a gate over said c...
05/16/2006
6953065Paired warp triple layer forming fabrics with optimum sheet building characteristics
A papermaker's fabric, usable in the forming section of a paper machine, having two layers of cross-machine-direction (CD) yarns. Interwoven with the CD yarns is a system of MD yarns. The MD yarns are grouped into alternating pairs comprising a crossing pair having ...
10/11/2005
6770580Fabric material constructed from open-sided fibers for use in garments and the like
A fabric material for forming a garment to be worn by a user is provided. The fabric material has a first side and a second side. The fabric material comprises a plurality of fibers with at least a portion of the fibers having at least one open side wherein each fib...
08/03/2004
6620746Fabrics formed of hollow filaments and fibers and methods of making the same
The present invention provides nonwoven fabrics formed of hollow filaments and/or hollow staple fibers and processes for producing the same. The hollow spunbonded filaments and hollow staple fibers are formed of a polypropylene composition. The resultant ...
09/16/2003
6376047Band body
The present invention provides a band body which is used for a strap of a cordless telephone, a pull tab of a slider, and the like, has a proper degree of rigidity and flexibility, and is easy to handle and use. Multifilaments of synthetic fiber are used ...
04/23/2002
6368990Fabrics formed of hollow filaments and fibers and methods of making the same
The present invention provides nonwoven fabrics formed of hollow filaments and/or hollow staple fibers and processes for producing the same. The hollow spunbonded filaments and hollow staple fibers are formed of a polypropylene composition. The resultant ...
04/09/2002
6207597Printing blanket
A printing blanket according to the present invention is substantially composed of a base fabric and a surface printing layer, and a part or the whole of the base fabric is composed of hollow fibers. The printing blanket is superior in productivity becaus...
03/27/2001
5997980Hollow polyester fibers and textile articles comprising same
Hollow polyester fibers having a thickness of 0.11 to 8.89 d tex (0.1 to 8.0 denier), a hollow volume (a cross-sectional area ratio of hollow to fiber) of 40 to 85%, and a crystallization degree of 20% or more and crystal size in (0 1 0) plane of 4 nm or ...
12/07/1999
5792714Thermoregulatory apparel
Thermoregulatory apparel includes garments, for close-fitting skin-contacting wear having, in preferred embodiments, a base fabric of Coolmaxcm high moisture evaporation fabric having one or more insulating panels of Thermaxcm or The...
08/11/1998
5643660Hollow nylon filaments and yarns
A melt spinning process and the nylon hollow filaments and yarns made by such process which includes extruding molten nylon polymer having a relative viscosity (RV) of at least about 50 and a melting point (TM) of about 210° C. to about 310° ...
07/01/1997
5554424Airbag and fabric for manufacturing same
To manufacture airbags comprising a contact fabric and/or a filter fabric it is proposed to use hollow fiber synthetic filament yarns having a hollow area fraction of 10-40%, based on the total cross-sectional area of the fiber. The closeness values are >...
09/10/1996
5531998Polycarbonate-based block copolymers and devices
This invention relates to a novel polycarbonate-based block polymer, and to fibers and bioresorbable implantable medical devices fabricated from said fibers....
07/02/1996
5465764Papermaking dryer fabric with groups of abutting machine direction threads
A dryer screen has a paper side and a machine side. A plurality of machine direction threads extend in the direction of movement of the screen. The machine direction threads are arrayed in first and second groups. The threads of the groups are bound to th...
11/14/1995
5407737Paper machine cover, in particular a drying filter
A paper machine cover with a textile web structure, e.g., a woven, knitted, or non-woven fabric, etc., is provided. The paper machine cover has flattened threads, whereby respectively the longer axis of the cross-section of these threads extends parallel ...
04/18/1995
5401901Weather-resistant electromagnetic interference shielding for electronic equipment enclosures
Weather-resistant electromagnetic radiation shielding materials and structures for electromagnetic interference attenuation for electronic equipment situated in unshielded outdoor housings are described....
03/28/1995
5368696Papermakers wet press felt having high contact, resilient base fabric with hollow monofilaments
Hollow synthetic monofilament yarns are used in the construction of a base fabric for a papermakers wet felt. The synthetic hollow monofilament yarns have selected interior void, compressibility and resiliency characteristics and are interwoven with other...
11/29/1994
5326629Porous polymer fiber filters
Novel microporous fibers and filaments are prepared from normally solid, thermoplastic, orientable, organic polymers which have reactive or reactable groups pendent from the polymer chain, employing a process which involves reactions of said pendent group...
07/05/1994
5298313Ablative and insulative structures and microcellular carbon fibers forming same
Microcellular carbon filaments having a specific gravity no greater than about 1.4 are formed from PAN foamed filaments by carbonizing. These low density carbon filaments, which may also be hollow, have improved insulation properties compared with convent...
03/29/1994
5256764Medical devices fabricated from homopolymers and copolymers having recurring carbonate units
This invention relates to medical devices formed totally or in part from homopolymers or copolymers comprising recurring carbonate moieties....
10/26/1993
5139859Woven mat for humid spaces
The invention relates to a woven mat for humid spaces. The warp system comprises textile yarns (3a, 3b), which are preferably of a water-repellent synthetic material, and the weft system comprises at least an elastic, water-impermeable circular ribbon (1)...
08/18/1992
4656073Fabrics made of hollow monofilaments
Improved fabrics are produced by weaving and using relatively uniform elongated hollow monofilament bristles which partially collapse during weaving to form a partially flattened fabric without twists and bends and which has a superior weight/strength rat...
04/07/1987
4624675Woven cotton fabric and its preparation
A process for producing a woven cotton fabric wherein the warp is treated with water-soluble cold size. A pile warp, if present, is sized after warping. After weaving, the size is washed out with soda and a decalcifying agent. By rinsing twice, the dissol...
11/25/1986
4582747Dust-proof fabric
A dust-proof fabric having an excellent dust-collecting efficiency and dust-preventing property including a plurality of filament yarns having a thickness of 20 to 400 denier and consisting of a plurality of individual filaments having a denier of 3.5 or ...
04/15/1986
4569883Paper machine clothing
The disclosure is of paper machine clothing which includes a means of chemically treating the fabric of the clothing....
02/11/1986
4528237Color changeable fabric containing micromagnets adhered to a substrate
A fabric formed from fiber-like strands of hollow, transparent filaments which have been woven or otherwise joined together is disclosed. The hollow strands contain a liquid in which color-coded micromagnets are dispersed. The micromagnets are free to rot...
07/09/1985
4391872Hollow water-absorbing polyester filament textile material
Hollow water-absorbing polyester filaments each having a number of fine caves which are evenly distributed in at least a portion of the filament and through which the hollow is connected to the outside of the filament, are produced (1) by prepared hollow ...
07/05/1983
4361617Hollow water-absorbing polyester filaments and a process for producing the same
Hollow water-absorbing polyester filaments each having a number of fine caves which are evenly distributed in at least a portion of the filament and through which the hollow is connected to the outside of the filament, are produced (1) by preparing hollow...
11/30/1982
4251588Hollow monofilaments in paper-making belts
Paper-making belts of hollow monofilaments of polyester, polyamide, or polycarbonamide....
02/17/1981
 
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