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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7222481 | Hybrid cables, a process for obtaining such and composite fabrics incorporating such Hybrid cables, a process for obtaining such and a composite fabric usable in a tire incorporating the hybrid cables are disclosed. A tire and a mounted assembly which each incorporate such a composite fabric is also disclosed. The hybrid cable has a ratio of final t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7124569 | Textured yarn with different shrinkage and excellent suede effect and method for preparing the same The present invention relates to a textured yarn (ATY) with different shrinkage and excellent suede effect, wherein at least one or two kinds of two-component composite yarn (effect) yarn having a monofilament fineness are twined around a thermoplastic multifilament... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6962042 | Non woven textile structure incorporating stabilized filament assemblies A plurality of substantially parallel continuous filaments, e.g. of cellulose acetate or rayon, and preferably newly formed, are consolidated or partially stabilized, e.g. by application of solvent and pressure, by hydroentanglement, by embossing, or by crimping and... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6946412 | Flame-resistant, high visibility, anti-static fabric and apparel formed therefrom A fabric for use in safety apparel comprising a first set of yarns comprising modacrylic fibers, and a second set of yarns comprising anti-static fibers. The fabric meets the Federal Test Method Standard 191A, Method 5931 for electrostatic decay, and the Electrostat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918241 | Cut resistant yarns and process for making the same, fabric and glove The present invention relates to a process of making a glove using resistant yarns employing the steps of knitting or weaving, heat setting coating and curing. The cut resistant yarn comprises a plurality of cut resistant filaments having a random entangle loop stru... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6705069 | Self-setting yarn A self-set yarn made from bicomponent fibers forms helical crimps that lock in twist and form bulk. ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6695026 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a tread reinforcing belt made of metallic cords, each of the metallic cords is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is not less than 0.15 mm but less than 0.25 mm, the six to twelve metallic filaments are g... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6612354 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass, belt, bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord is made up of six to twelve metallic filaments whose diameter is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, the m... | 09/02/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6408607 | Method of false twist texturing a synthetic yarn to a crimped yarn A method for false twist texturing a synthetic yarn, as well as the thus-produced crimped yarn, wherein a false twist is produced on the yarn at a speed of a false twist unit, which exceeds 2.2 times of the yarn speed and is above a saturation limit for a... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6158204 | Self-setting yarn A self-set yarn made from bicomponent fibers forms helical crimps that lock in twist and form bulk.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6106921 | Floor matting and yarn for its manufacture Entrance matting is made using a yarn comprising a wrapped bundle of thermoplastic strands having a maximum bundle thickness of 6600 denier and minimum bundle thickness of 5900 denier, with either ten or eleven strands, including a wrapping strand, with a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5823014 | Hosiery and process for producing the same An every course hose is produced by knitting substantially exclusively a covered elastic yarn into the leg portion knitting fabric thereof. A covering yarn is wound around an elastic yarn as the core yarn to form the covered elastic yarn. The covering yar... | 10/20/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5429868 | Yarn, especially sewing yarn, and method of producing same A yarn, especially a sewing yarn, comprises at least two multifile yarn components. The first yarn component forms mainly the core of the yarn and the second yarn component forms mainly the jacket of the yarn. The two yarn components are intermingled with... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5414984 | Reinforcement thread for fabric covering or technical textiles A reinforcement thread (1) for fabric coverings or technical textiles, intended to be incorporated in a textile base which comprises a synthetic or artificial core thread (2) and first cladding fibers (3) deposited about the core thread (2). The first cla... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5318845 | Conductive composite filament and process for producing the same A highly oriented, undrawn, conductive, composite filament is provided, which is white or colorless and has antistatic properties durable over a long period when clothing utilizing the fiber are actually put on and washed. The filament is a sheath-core co... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5249414 | Yarn for use in set up The object is to provide a yarn for use in setup, which allows knitted goods to be manufactured by weft knitting machines in such a manner that the yarn does not break or slip out of the knitting needles but forms regular stitches. The yarn for use in set... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5029426 | Precast concrete panels, support pedestals constructed therefrom and an associated method A composite elevated storage tank is constructed utilizing precast concrete panels for a pedestal which supports a steel storage tank. The precast concrete panels are poured in a controlled environment not subject to the difficulties inherent with sitecas... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4729215 | Yarn for manufacturing artificial furs Improved yarn for manufacturing artificial fur, having underfur and guard hairs. The guard hairs have a multiplicity of staple fibers having tapered ends. The underfur fibers are shorter and of less denier. The guard hairs and underfur fibers are relative... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4711191 | Monofilament-wrap texturizing method and product A plurality of heavy denier thermoplastic monofilaments is gathered together and continuously wrapped with a flexible wrapper yarn. The wrapped bundle is fed into a stuffer crimper to form a multiplicity of texturized bends. The product is a stiff, pliabl... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4668552 | Wrap yarns having low-melt binder strands and pile fabrics formed therefrom and attendant processes A pile fabric is formed from interengaging ground yarns and cut pile tufts formed of wrap yarns extending upwardly from the ground yarns to form the face of the fabric. Each of the wrap yarns comprises a body strand of untwisted staple fibers and a binder... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4668553 | Wrap yarns having crimped textured binder strands and pile fabrics formed therefrom and attendant processes A pile fabric is formed of interengaging ground yarns and cut pile tufts. The tufts are formed of wrap yarns extending upwardly from the ground yarns and forming the face of the fabric. Each of the wrap yarns comprises a body strand of untwisted staple fi... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4651514 | Electrically nonconductive, abrasion and cut resistant yarn An electrically non-conductive, cut and abrasion resistant yarn for use in the manufacture of protective coverings including a core of monofilament nylon having a diameter in the range of about 0.004 to 0.020 inches, a first wrap on the core of at least o... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4610131 | Method of forming air textured boucle yarn A boucle yarn is produced by entangling a drawn core yarn and an air textured, drawn effect yarn. The air textured, drawn effect yarn provides a plurality of randomly spaced curls or loops around the core yarn to produce the boucle yarn appearance. A numb... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4428752 | High bulk olefin blended yarn A high bulk olefin blended yarn includes selected percentages by weight of olefin fiber with naturally occuring fiber such as cotton or wool, which are cut and blended together to form a staple thereof which are then spun and twisted in a conventional man... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4416935 | Bulked extensible weft yarn suitable for use as tire cords A bulked extensible yarn of entangled convoluted undrawn synthetic continuous nylon filaments having a plurality of crunodal filament loops randomly spaced along its surface and a greige break elongation of at least 150% performs effectively as an extensi... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4346553 | Helically wrapped yarn A core yarn has a plurality of wrapper yarns wrapped under tension in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The core is composed of staple fibers having substantially no twist so that the core has substantially zero tensile strength. The ten... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4330989 | False-twist-textured synthetic polymer filament yarn The invention is directed to filament yarns made from synthetic polymers and having false-twist texture, comprising a core filament group and a sheath filament group wrapped around and partially covering the core. The sheath filament group comprises at le... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4319447 | Method of forming a bulky yarn A bulky continuous filament yarn, in which continuous filament core yarns of polymeric material are substantially straight and free from loops and comprise from about 65 to about 93 percent of the total filaments by weight while the remainder of the total... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4304092 | Novelty slub fiber A method of producing a slub fiber is disclosed in which a metered core yarn is fed into a vortex generator and an effect yarn under continuous low level tension is fed into the balloon formed by the core yarn at the exit of the vortex generator such that... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4263777 | Multi-layered bulky spun yarn and a process for manufacturing the same A roving formed from a first kind of staple fibers, each of which is at least 3 denier, is interposed with a randomly mixed sliver formed from a second kind of staple fibers, each of which is between 1.5 denier and 3 denier, and a third kind of staple fib... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4262480 | Novelty yarn and method and apparatus of making same A decorative composite novelty yarn which has use as a craft item as in making floral decorations. The composite yarn includes a core including a deformable wire strand and a plurality of textured core yarns generally in aligned contact with each other an... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4248036 | Bulky yarn A bulky continuous filament yarn, in which continuous filament core yarns of polymeric material are substantially straight and free from loops and comprise from about 65 to about 93 percent of the total filaments by weight while the remainder of the total... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4244173 | Boucle yarn and process for its preparation A boucle yarn is prepared by relaxed heat treatment of a precursor yarn prepared by combination of a low shrinkage filament or yarn or monofil at the back of the front roller of a spinning frame with a roving of high shrinkage fibers followed by twisting ... | 01/13/1981 |
