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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117816 | Multifilament and method for manufacturing the same, and yarn and method for manufacturing the same The present application of the invention aims at improving knot strength of a twisted yarn without compromising circularity, with respect to various yarns including a fishing line. For such purpose, the present application of the invention provides a yarn including ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7316175 | Reduced-bulk, enhanced-resilience, lower-drag netting Netting (15) includes mesh bars (26) made from twines (11, 13) which possess physical properties that vary, change or alternate along a series of collinear mesh bars (26). The non-homogeneous media obtained by arranging in this way mesh b... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309666 | Method for making a silicone coated fabric A silicone coated fabric having a base woven fabric that is formed from a synthetic fiber weaving yarn that has a yarn size of from 100 to 270 dtex, and a weaving size expressed by product calculated by multiplying the yarn size of a weaving yarn and a weave density... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7197216 | Groove cable having a predetermined longitudinal thermal expansion force A cable system and method including a cable or a microduct provided within the groove extending vertically into, but not through, a pavement. The cable has a central strength member, at least one buffer tube stranded around the central strength member, an outer jack... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7174701 | Electrical resistance heater having a core material back twist verification with tracer A method of manufacturing a conductor assembly including the steps of winding and back twisting. The winding step includes winding an electrical conductor around a core material, the core material including at least one color differentiated portion, the core materia... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173189 | Concentric multi-pair cable with filler A cable including a first group of inner twisted conductor pairs and a second group of outer twisted conductor pairs. The first group of inner pairs is twisted at a first twist rate, the second group of outer pairs is twisted at a second twist rate. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165735 | Twist plied yarn package with segregated nodes A yarn package, provided on a yarn package holder, such as a tube, wherein the yarn is at least partly unstable, such that a variation in the yarn tension results in a rotational movement thereof. The position of the yarn in the yarn package is controlled by the dir... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7019218 | UTP cable apparatus with nonconducting core, and method of making same An unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable having a common electrical length among twisted pairs that carry analog signals and a different lay length and lay direction to a twisted pair that carries digital signal to minimize cross-talk from the digital signal onto the ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6959533 | Apparatus and method for producing twisted pair cables with reduced propagation delay and crosstalk An apparatus for forming a twisted pair cable comprising a device for rotating at a first predetermined rate of rotation a pair of elongated conductor strands about a twisting location, the device guiding the elongated conductor strands to the twisting location. The... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945026 | Fibre yarn and rope production An unspun yarn including a longitudinal main rope body formed from a least one fibre assembly of substantially untwisted and parallel fibres, and a least one reinforcing thread helically wound around the rope body and extending therealong in a single longitudinal di... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6753081 | Fiber reinforcement material, products made therefrom, and method for making the same The present invention provides a synthetic fiber blend and methods for its use comprising a first fiber component formed of a homopolymer polypropylene fiber and a second fiber component being a copolymer formed of a polypropylene and a high density polyethylene. Th... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6634164 | Apparatus for producing a stranded cable with alternating twist direction made of strand elements An apparatus for manufacturing stranded cables from strand elements with alternating twist directions (SZ stranding). One or more storage disks can be disposed between a guide that receives the strand elements and a stranding disk. The stranding disk and ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6610176 | Coreless papermaker's yarn A yarn is produced which consists substantially of twisting filaments which are wrapped sequentially upon each other helically upon the yarn in layers, wherein the helically wound filaments preferably are wound right to left and then left to right alterna... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6546180 | Coiled optical assembly and fabricating method for the same After a wide-band DCF is wound around a bobbin to form an optical fiber coil 32, the latter is removed from the bobbin and placed into a bundle state (the state where the increase in transmission loss in the wavelength band of 1.55 μm caused by distortio... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6458725 | Airbag base fabric An airbag base fabric is formed of thermoplastic synthetic filament yarns, wherein the yarn strength of the filament yarn is 7.0 g/denier or more and the fineness of the filament yarn is 200-250 denier. The fabric is thin and lightweight, which is thus ex... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6412263 | Reinforcing steel cord for rubber products, method and device for producing such steel cords A reinforcing steel cord for rubber products, such as steel belted radial tires or conveyor belts, is disclosed. This steel cord is improved in rubber penetration and ageing adhesive force relative to the rubber material. The steel cord is formed by twist... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6318504 | Synthetic fiber rope A synthetic fiber rope having load-bearing aramide fiber strands laid together in parallel in concentric layers of strands and an intersheath with sheath surfaces adapted to the external contours of the adjacent layers of strands. By positively bonding th... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5829241 | Uniform alternate ply-twisted yarn A process and apparatus for making alternate S and Z twist plied yarn from individual singles yarns includes the steps of tensioning the singles yarns as they move in a path through the process, twisting the individual yarns in either an S or Z direction,... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5752496 | Clockwise and counter clockwise combination stranded bow string A bow string having a plurality of parallel strands, comprising at least one first strand being twisted in a clockwise manner, and at least one second strand being twisted in a counter clockwise manner, wherein the amount of twists in the second strands a... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5676123 | Clockwise and counter clockwise combination stranded bow string A bow string having a plurality of parallel strands, comprising at least one first strand being twisted in a clockwise manner, and at least one second strand being twisted in a counter clockwise manner, wherein the amount of twists in the second strands a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5644909 | Method and apparatus for making alternate twist plied yarn and product An alternate twist plied yarn formed from a plurality of strands of singles yarn twisted in alternating directions in lengthwise intervals of first half-cycles of twist at a predetermined twist level followed by second half-cycles of twist at the same twi... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5603589 | Method for manufacturing an anchor element for a soil anchor for a rock anchor, rock bolt or the like, from a strand of twisted steel wire A method of manufacturing an anchor element for a soil anchor or rock anchor, rock bolt or the like, from a strand of twisted steel wire. The anchor element includes a central wire and outer wires arranged radially relative to the central wire. The anchor... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5577376 | Process and apparatus for making uniform alternate ply-twisted yarn and product A process and apparatus for making alternate S and Z twist plied yarn from individual singles yarns includes the steps of tensioning the singles yarns as they move in a path through the process, twisting the individual yarns in either an S or Z direction,... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5557915 | Method and apparatus for making alternate twist plied yarn and product An alternate twist plied yarn formed from a plurality of strands of singles yarn twisted in alternating directions in lengthwise intervals of first half-cycles of twist at a predetermined twist level followed by second half-cycles of twist at the same twi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5531064 | Optical fiber cable containing ribbon fibers A loose tube optical fiber cable with SZ stranding in which the units receive two or more laminated multicase ribbons stranded toward a central member with the stranding direction reversed at specific intervals. These multicase ribbons are twisted in the ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5521007 | Fiber cord and power transmission belt using the same A fiber cord having a plurality of fiber filaments twisted together in a first direction to produce strand yarns with a primary twist and a first twist coefficient, with a plurality of the strand yarns being in turn aligned and twisted together in a secon... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5465566 | Alternate twist-plied yarn A system for bonding alternate S and Z twist plied yarn. The system bonds the plied yarns as they move in a path through the process and permits balanced expansion of the yarn while preventing lateral movement out of the path. The bonding of the yarn stra... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5456697 | Cabled core and braided suture made therefrom A braided suture possesses a cable core which resists any tendency to protrude through the surrounding braid structure.... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5436075 | Silicon carbide sewing thread Composite flexible multilayer insulation systems (MLI) were evaluated for thermal performance and compared with currently used fibrous silica (baseline) insulation system. The systems described are multilayer insulations consisting of alternating layers o... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5336562 | Polyolefin yarns with good performance for rugs and carpets and method of producing the same The invention relates to a novel type of polyolefine yarns with good performance in the manufacture of rugs and carpets, made-up by admixing polypropylene filaments with polyethylene filaments, and by subjecting said filaments mixture to a temperature of ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5307617 | Reverse stranding apparatus with twistable peripheral tubes attached to a central element A reverse stranding apparatus for the reverse stranding of conductors. The apparatus comprises a stationary divider plate, a twisting plate rotatable in different directions, and a central element disposed between the parts, and peripheral tubes surroundi... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5296292 | Elongated cylindrical tensile article An elongated cylindrical tensile article of one or more strands of monofilament core surrounded by porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) which may be optionally coated or die sized on the outer surface for smoothness and/or abrasion resistance. The core f... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5268221 | Fiber reinforced rubber articles A rubber article having a fiber reinforcement embedded therein. The reinforcement comprises a cylindrically braided cord of an even number of twisted yarns of four or more, an equal number having an twist, i.e. twisted to the right, and a Z-twist, i.e. tw... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5242743 | Fiber reinforced rubber A rubber having fiber reinforcement embedded thereon. The reinforcement comprises a cylindrically braided cords of more than four and even numbered twisted yarns. Yarns are right twist oriented and left twist oriented and they are twisted in the reverse d... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5214244 | Strumming resistant cable An underwater cable has a flexible, elongated core surrounded by a flexible, elongated jacket. A distributed jacket includes a helically displaced phase shifter to decouple the cable from strumming produced by shedding of von Karman vortex streets from th... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5179827 | Alternate twist plied yarn An alternate S and Z twist plied yarn made from individual singles yarns. The apparatus twists the singles yarns as they move in a path through the process, twisting the individual yarns in either an S or Z direction. The bonding of the ply-twisted yarns ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5147721 | Ceramic reinforced glass matrix A glass matrix/ceramic fiber reinforcement composite is prepared from a yarn formed by spinning glass fiber and ceramic fibers lengths together, to form a bicomponent yarn. The yarn is weavable and spinnable, and accordingly may be prepared in fabric form... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5134840 | Twisted yarn product A randomly entangled, plied yarn having a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand wherein at least one of the first yarn strand or the second yarn strand is unidirectionally twisted in a first direction of twist, the plied yarn having spaced-apart spli... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5012636 | Apparatus and process for forming alternate twist plied yarn and product therefrom A process for making alternate S and Z twist plied yarn from individual singles yarns includes the steps of tensioning the singles yarns as they move in a path through the process, twisting the individual yarns in either an S or Z direction, stopping the ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4977739 | Method and apparatus for making composite yarn A composite yarn comprising at least two yarn bundles plied together in alternating S and Z composite directions of twist separated by composite nodes of zero twist. At least one of the yarn bundles is a multi-strand bundle comprising at least two yarn st... | 12/18/1990 |
