Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074436 | Cut, oil and flame resistant glove and a method therefor A flexible cut resistant hydrocarbon flash fire resistant latex glove article is provided, having a flame resistant cut resistant liner and a flame resistant oil resistant polychloroprene polymeric latex coating. The knitted cut resistant fire resistant liner has is... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7866138 | Microfiber core mop yarn and method for producing same A spun yarn formed with a core of microdenier synthetic filaments wrapped with a sheath. The sheath generally includes carded staple fibers that are spun around the core. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7637091 | Stretch woven fabrics The invention provides a polyester bicomponent core spun yarn comprising a sheath of at least one hard fiber and having an English cotton count of from about 5 to about 60 and a core of bicomponent polyester filament. The invention further includes a fabric substant... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7461499 | Stretch woven fabrics The invention provides a polyester bicomponent core spun yarn comprising a sheath of at least one hard fiber and having an English cotton count of from about 5 to about 60 and a core of bicomponent polyester filament. The invention further includes a fabric substant... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7437868 | Core yarn manufacturing apparatus A core yarn manufacturing apparatus includes a draft device that drafts sheath fibers of a core yarn and a core fiber supply device that supplies core fibers of the core yarn, wherein a feed-out path of the core fibers in the core fiber supply device is inclined abo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7402217 | Untwisted wrapped singles yarns and carpets manufactured therefrom The yarns of the invention include untwisted wrapped singles yarns having a core strand and a wrapper yarn. The wrapper yarn is a base synthetic fiber and a heat-activated binder fiber with a melting point substantially below that of the base synthetic fiber. The Sa... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7380579 | Metal cable usable in a tire carcass reinforcement The present invention relates to a metal cable usable for reinforcing a carcass reinforcement for a tire, such as a heavy-vehicle tire, to a composite fabric usable as a ply for such a carcass reinforcement, to a carcass reinforcement comprising this fabric and to a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7331269 | Apparatus and method for interconnecting items with a flexible member A flexible member, comprising: an inner core member, comprising a plurality of strands of liquid crystal polymers cooperating with each other to define and provide the inner core member; an outer sheath disposed about the inner core member, the outer sheath defining... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310932 | Stretch woven fabrics The invention provides a polyester bicomponent core spun yarn comprising a sheath of at least one hard fiber and having an English cotton count of from about 5 to about 60 and a core of bicomponent polyester filament. The invention further includes a fabric substant... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311174 | Cloth for loudspeaker diaphragm, loudspeaker diaphragm, and loudspeaker In a diaphragm for a loud-speaker of the present invention, an increase in tensile strength is averagely attained as a whole, and the over all diaphragm is uniformly colored without showing any lattice pattern. The diaphragm includes a woven fabric comprising yarns ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303804 | Pile cloth for cleaning A pile fabric comprises a base fabric and a pile layer composed of many cut piles extending from at least one face of the base fabric, and has a pile length of from 2 to 30 mm. The pile yarns forming the cut piles are core-sheath type composite yarns each comprising... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7226878 | Advanced body armor utilizing shear thickening fluids An armor composite material has been invented which contains a ballistic fabric which has been impregnated with shear thickening fluid. This invention offers a ballistic resistant material that is more flexible and less bulky than comparable, conventional ballistic ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188462 | High-strength spun yarn produced from continuous high-modulus filaments, and process for making same A process for making a high-strength spun yarn begins by feeding one or more tows of substantially uncrimped continuous filaments of high-modulus material having a tensile modulus exceeding about 20×106 psi through a high-speed stretch-breaking apparatus... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168231 | High temperature resistant rope systems and methods A fire resistant rope and method of making the same. The fire resistant rope comprises a core formed of high tensile strength fibers and a jacket formed of high temperature resistant fibers, where the jacket covers the core. The core comprises a plurality of strands... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159380 | Tie yarn for incandescent bodies and the use thereof The invention relates to an asbestos-free binding yarn for fastening incandescent bodies to burners of incandescent lamps whose incandescent bodies after the fastening are exposed to a flame, wherein the binding yarn consists of a fireproof material, preferably sili... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147904 | Expandable tubular fabric An expandable tubular fabric formed by heat setting a plurality of thermoplastic yarns producing drawn thermoplastic yarns, arranging these yarns in an array and in juxtaposed positions and moving them in a first direction. Extruding at least one filament along a ci... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134266 | Jacketed yarn, textile and method of producing such a yarn A sheathed yarn having a natural appearance comprises a core yarn and a sheath which is made from a thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material of the sheath comprises less than 20 wt.-% of staple fibers, especially of natural origin. The sheathed yarn exhibi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7107750 | Composite yarn The invention relates to composite yarn of bright color. It is obtained from yarn or fibers of at least two types, yarn or fibers of bright color and temperature-stable and/or smothering yarn or fibers. The yarn and the textile articles obtained from said yarn provi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7067002 | Unitized fibrous concrete reinforcement The present invention relates to a fibrous construct which is used in providing cementitious mixtures supplemental and reinforcing strength upon setting, and more particularly, to a unitized fibrous construct which comprises a plurality of oriented reinforcing fibro... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044173 | Microfiber towel with cotton base A terry fabric having increased static and dynamic absorbency includes a ground fabric having opposing first and second surfaces and woven from ground warp yarns and ground fill yarns, each of the ground warp yarns and ground fill yarns consisting of at least one ce... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000295 | Composite yarn, intermediate fabric product and method of producing a metallic fabric A method for forming a metallic fabric includes forming a composite yarn having a metallic wire core, and a cover yarn including a fluid-soluble strand such as co-nylon or polylactic acid. The composite yarn can be knitted into an intermediate fabric product. The so... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6968866 | Tent fabric, twisted union yarn of kenaf, and process for producing the same A tent fabric comprising a woven fabric made of yarns containing kenaf fibers in an amount of 10 wt. % or more. The tent fabric after use can easily be recycled and hence contributes to resource saving and environmental protection. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6887568 | Reinforced thermally stable hybrid yarn The inventive yarn comprises at least one strand (2) having a reinforcing core made of high-modulus and high-resistance staple-fiber yarn, which is made from organic or inorganic material, and a sheath (4) of long or short, low-modulus standard fibers.... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6725641 | Method of manufacturing a reinforcing thread The invention is a method of manufacturing, by friction spinning, a reinforcing thread (1) for fabric covering or a technical textile intended to be incorporated in a textile base, in which: the spinning machine (7) is supplied with a core threa... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6658835 | Untwisted wrapped singles yarns and carpets manufactured therefrom The yarns of the invention include untwisted wrapped singles yarns having a core strand and a wrapper yarn. The wrapper yarn is a base synthetic fiber and a heat-activated binder fiber with a melting point substantially below that of the base synthetic fi... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6606846 | Fire resistant corespun yarn and fabric comprising same Provided is a fire resistant corespun yarn. The yarn includes a core of a high temperature resistant continuous filament comprising fiberglass and a low temperature synthetic continuous filament selected from nylon, polyester, polyethylene and polyolefin,... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6460321 | Racquet string A racquet string comprises of a core surrounded by at least one sheath, having a plurality of sheath fibers wound around said core, and a coating resin uniting the core and sheath fibers into a unitary body. The sheath fibers are helically wound about the... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6425237 | Sewing yarn and process for the manufacture of a sewing yarn A sewing yarn is described, with at least two roving. yarns, which are twisted together with one another for the formation of the sewing yarn, whereby each roving yarn has the structure of a core yarn, comprising at least one first multifilament yarn comp... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6405519 | Composite, break-resistant sewing thread and method A composite, break-resistant sewing thread having a core of continuous multi-filament, non-stretch high-tenacity synthetic yarn and a cover of drafted staple fibers air-jet twisted around and covering the core for protecting the core from heat and frictio... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6363703 | Wire wrapped composite yarn A composite cut-resistant yarn having a fiberglass and wire component a fiberglass core strand having a denier of between about 100 and about 1200 at least a first wire strand wrapped the fiberglass core strand in a first wire strand direction and at leas... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6161370 | Transport belts for transporting yarn An endless transport belt made of thermoresistant synthetic filaments for transporting yarn is described, which yarn is wound around a plurality of transport belts in the form of loops, said transport belts being arranged polygonal in cross section. In or... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6127035 | Low dielectric composite fiber and fabric A composite fiber prepared by wrapping a core of polyethylene filaments having a dielectric of less than 3.0 with a direct sized quartz fiber to provide a composite fiber and fabric woven therefrom with improved high temperature strength and low dielectri... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6035621 | Spinning apparatus, method of producing yarns, and resulting yarns A spinning apparatus is disclosed according to the invention having a drafting zone comprising at least four roll pairs for drawing a sliver comprising one or more types of staple fibers. The rolls pairs include a back roll pair, intermediate roll pairs a... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6023926 | Carpet styling yarn and process for making A carpet styling yarn comprises a core having at least two falsely twisted continuous yarns, and a single wrapper yarn spirally wrapped about the core. At least two of the core yarns are differently colored or differently colorable. The length of the sing... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6009699 | Composite synthetic string for a tennis racket Composite synthetic string, in particular for a tennis racket. According to the invention, the string is made up of central monofilaments surrounded by mono-filament threads and by multifilament threads, the assembly being impregnated and covered in polyu... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5960621 | Spinning apparatus, method of producing yarns, and resulting yarns A spinning apparatus is disclosed according to the invention having a drafting zone comprising at least four roll pairs for drawing a sliver comprising one or more types of staple fibers. The rolls pairs include a back roll pair, intermediate roil pairs a... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5910361 | Hybrid yarn for composite materials with thermoplastic matrix and method for obtaining same A hybrid yarn is made up of an intimate mixture of spun yarns of reinforcing fibers and spun yarns of thermoplastic matrix fibers. The spun yarns are obtained by cracking with slow, gradual stretching of the multifilaments. After stretching, parallel fibe... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5848524 | Manufacture of yarn spun on closed-end, high draft spinning systems A twisted yarn structure includes constituent fibers which extend between a surface and a core of the yarn structure so that at least one portion of each fiber is trapped and bound within the yarn structure by portions of other fibers. The fibers can exte... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5786083 | Floor mat and yarn therefor A floor mat has tufts made of a yarn which is formed with a monofilament core around which a multifilament yarn is air entangled. The resulting yarn is sufficiently stiff to clean dirt off of the shoes of passers by, yet is easily cleaned. The monofilamen... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5768875 | Filter fabric with core sheating thread, and a bag produced therefrom The invention concerns a filter fabric consisting of a core yarn having a reversible elongation of at least 20 to 50%, the fabric being intended for use in the manufacture of airbags for vehicles. The yarn consists of a thermally stable thermoplastic core... | 06/23/1998 |
