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| 8021994 | Textile fabric and protective clothing containing the fabric A textile fabric is presented comprising at least a first and a second twisted thread, the first and the second twisted threads containing at least one cut resistant yarn as one component, and the second twisted thread containing a non-cut resistant yarn as a furthe... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7842628 | Woven or knitted fabric containing two different yarns and clothing comprising the same A woven or knitted fabric, formed from two types of yarns different in self-elongating property upon absorbing water and capable of facilitating the air-permeability when wetted with water, is constituted so that a ratio A/B of a mean length A of yarns (1) ha... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7365031 | Conductive pressure sensitive textile A fabric including within its construction a first elongated electrical conductor crossed by a second elongated electrical conductor, the conductors being normally biased apart at a crossover point of said fibres with an air gap between them, whereby application of ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351463 | Down-feather and manmade fiber mixed filler and product manufacturing from the same A down-feather and manmade fiber filled product has an outer layer, an inner layer, and a filler filled between the outer layer and the inner layer. The filler is formed by agitating dry down-feathers and manmade fibers with a predetermined ratio in an agitating cha... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351671 | Union fabric with flame resistance A fabric is provided that has high degree of flame resistance in the case of a union fabric consisting of a halogen-containing flame resistant fiber including antimony compounds, and a cellulosic fiber, and the fabric is classified into class M1 of NF P 92-503 combu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323087 | Anti-rewet felt for use in a papermaking machine An anti-rewet fabric is used for carrying a fiber web through an air press. The ant-rewet fabric includes at least one air distribution fabric layer, one air distribution fabric layer being configured for contacting the fiber web, and a perforated film layer and/or ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318796 | Two-layer drum cover made of a metal alloy in the warp directions and a plurality of metal alloys in the shute directions on both front and back surfaces A two-layer drum cover and a method of producing the same are provided. The two-layer drum cover includes a backing wire constructed of a relatively high grade metal alloy in the warp direction and alternating relatively low grade metal alloys in the shute direction... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312166 | High-visibility textile surface The invention concerns a textile surface having at least a high-visibility face. It is obtained from yarns or fibres of at least three types, of blanketing yarns or fibres, heat-stable yarns or fibres and high-visibility yarns or fibres. The surfaces provide excelle... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309667 | Woven fabric and a method for the production thereof A fabric includes mutually transverse thread systems, with at least one of the thread systems including a differential shrinkage yarn C. The shrinkage yarn C has at least one effect component A that irreversibly elongates itself upon heat treatment, and at least one... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290381 | Durable, comfortable, air-permeable allergen-barrier fabrics An allergen-barrier fabric includes a tightly-constructed fabric substrate, woven from 0 to 45% continuous synthetic filament yarns and 55 to 100% natural or synthetic spun yarns. The fabric substrate is finished to produce a fabric with a mean pore size of 4 to 10 ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288494 | Electro-magnetic wave shield cover An electro-magnetic wave shield cover having an array of first yarn members (10) formed by bundling (48) ends of polyester fibers around which a tin-plated copper metallic foil (12) is wound. The second yarn member (20) is formed by bundl... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7244322 | Method for forming fire combustion modified batt The present invention relates to a method for forming a fire combustion modified batt. The method comprises the step of forming a blend of nonwoven and oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers into a web. The oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers are fire resistant and when bl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241709 | Penetration resistant life protection articles The present invention relates to penetration resistant life protection articles, including spike penetration resistant life protection articles, and preferably spike and ballistic projectile penetration resistant life protection articles. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232386 | Hockey stick A composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow rectangular shaft and a blade is disclosed. The shaft comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, each of the inner and outer layers are formed of uni-directional substantially continuous fibers disposed in a hardene... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7211293 | Methods, systems and compositions for fire retarding substrates A closed-loop system and process is used for applying fire retardant chemicals to fibers. Fibers are preferably positioned in a vessel such as a dye machine which circulates the fire retardant chemicals. After absorption of the fire retardant composition, non-absorb... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7144343 | Hockey stick A hockey stick comprising a blade and a shaft adapted to being joined together. The blade portion having an upper portion and a lower portion and a face. The upper portion being comprised of a defined region having a reduced width dimension in a direction that exten... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135227 | Electrically conductive elastic composite yarn, methods for making the same, and articles incorporating the same Provided is an electrically conductive elastic composite yarn having an elastic member that is surrounded by at least one conductive covering filament. The conductive covering filament has a length that is greater than the drafted length of the elastic member such t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119036 | Protective apparel fabric and garment A fabric for flame resistance apparel with a limiting oxygen index greater than 21 employs a yarn of a co-mingled bundle of two different filaments of different shrinkage characteristics with the yarn having a random entangled loop structure. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100941 | Pre-weakening of fabric covered airbag doors A variety of embodiments are disclosed, in both apparatus and method form, that relate to the use of fabric material in the manufacture of an air bag deployment system. In addition, fabric weakening is disclosed according to a technique that does not result in physi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097577 | Hockey stick A hockey stick having a composite blade and a shaft is disclosed. The composite blade includes a heel section that is recessed relative to the front and back faces of the blade. The recessed heel section is configured to be received by a hockey stick shaft or an ada... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089968 | Seamed felts Paper making machine fabric comprising weft yarns extending in the machine direction (MD) and forming seaming loops at each end of the fabric, cross machine direction (CD) warp yarns being interwoven with the weft yarns, wherein that at least one multifilament warp ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087300 | Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns and fabrics incorporating metallic or other high strength filaments Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns, fabrics, and other fibrous blends incorporate one or more fire retardant and heat resistant strands comprising oxidized polyacrylonitrile and one or more strengthening filaments such as metallic filaments (e.g., stainless ste... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6908869 | Outdoor structure with stretchable blended woven fabric A woven fabric structure for outdoor furniture use is provided. The woven fabric structure is a blended fabric containing a coated multifilament yarn and an elastomeric yarn that is resistant to water, ultraviolet, heat degradation or other significant outdoor expos... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6803332 | Composite yarn, intermediate fabric product and method of producing a metallic fabric A composite yarn formed of a core yarn and a cover yarn, wherein one of the core yarn and the cover yarn is a fluid-soluble strand and the other of the core yarn and cover yarn is a non-fluid-soluble strand. The composite yarn can be knitted into an intermediate fab... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6779330 | Antimicrobial cut-resistant composite yarn and garments knitted or woven therefrom An antimicrobial, cut-resistant composite yarn which has a core member including at least one cut-resistant strand, a cover member including at least one strand wrapped around and enclosing the core member, wherein at least one strand in either the core member or th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6759127 | Treated inherently flame resistant polyester fabrics A textile article having flame resistant properties includes a plurality of inherently flame resistant polyester fibers formed into a fabric, and a finish on the fabric including a cyclic phosphonate flame retardant. The finish imparts a property selected from the g... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6638883 | Carbon-matrix composites, compositions and methods related thereto The present invention relates to carbon-matrix composites, such as carbon--carbon composites, and a method for forming them by forming a fabric of fusible and infusible fibers which can be processed and carbonized to form a composite. The methods disclose... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6534175 | Cut resistant fabric The present invention relates to a comfortable cut resistant fabric wherein metal fibers in the fabric are shielded from abrasive exposure by being wrapped with cut resistant staple fibers.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6403504 | Composite fiber blends The instant invention involves a process used in preparing fibrous tows which may be formed into polymeric plastic composites. The process involves the steps of (a) forming a carbon fiber tow; (b) forming a thermoplastic polymeric fiber tow; (c) intermixi... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6306233 | Method of manufacturing a two-thread yarn having a certain degree of elasticity for use in the weaving industry and an apparatus for carrying out said method The present invention refers to a method of manufacturing a two-thread yarn having a certain degree of elasticity for use on the weaving industry and to an apparatus for carrying out the method. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one ela... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6277770 | Durable, comfortable, air-permeable allergen-barrier fabrics An allergen-barrier fabric includes a tightly-constructed fabric substrate, woven from 0 to 45% continuous synthetic filament yarns and 55 to 100% natural or synthetic spun yarns. The fabric substrate is finished to produce a fabric with a mean pore size ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6107218 | Chenille yarn for high speed weaving applications and improved product wear performance The present invention is directed to a new chenille yarn and a method of making the same. The chenille yarn may be used on conventional weaving equipment, including air jet and water jet weaving machines, to produce simulated pile fabrics having superior ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6015618 | Composite yarn comprised of chain stitch yarn and inlay yarn A composite yarn comprised of a chain stitch yarn knitted from a yarn A and at least an inlay yarn of a yarn B inserted into the chain stitch yarn along a longitudinal direction thereof. Since the chain stitch yarn and the inlay yarn are surely interlaced... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5981407 | Thermal resistance-improved flame retardant cloth Provided is a flame-retardant fabric comprising (A) from 16 to 45 parts by weight of a halogen-containing fiber containing from 11 to 67% by weight of a halogen chemically bound to a polymer and from 4 to 30% by weight of an Sb compound not chemically bou... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5972812 | Ionic substance removing material for use in super-clean room and method of manufacturing the material An ionic substance removing material for use in a super-clean room and a method of manufacturing the material are disclosed. The material includes an ion exchanger capable of an ion exchange reaction.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5888609 | Planar porous composite structure and method for its manufacture A planar porous composite structure including a plurality of regular textile planar layers formed of continuous yarns. The layers are placed on top of each other to form a structure having two dimensions at right angles to each other and a third dimension... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5856005 | Permanently anti-microbial and flame-retardant yarn and fabric made therefrom A permanently flame-retardant and anti-microbial air-textured yarn is formed of a plurality of substantially longitudinally extending, permanently flame-retardant filaments defining a core, and a plurality of substantially randomly extending, permanently ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5792555 | Hybrid yarn and permanent deformation capable textile material produced therefrom, its production and use Described are a hybrid yarn consisting of two groups of filaments, one group consisting of one or more varieties of reinforcing filaments (filaments (A)) and the other group consisting of one or more varieties of matrix filaments (filaments (B)), wherein ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5776597 | Speaker damper There is provided a speaker damper for use in an acoustic output device, which exhibits excellent shape retaining property at the time of molding, is highly safe to work environment and has excellent water resistance, heat resistance an durability. The sp... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5771513 | X-ray compatible, partially flexible patient support A patient support fashioned of a core of carbon-fiber material and a synthetic material for binding the carbon-fiber material. The carbon-fiber core has a greater proportion of carbon fibers oriented substantially in lengthwise directions than in other di... | 06/30/1998 |
