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Class 57/24 - Chenille


Subclass of Class 57 - Textiles: spinning, twisting, and twining
Definition: Means for forming strands, usually ornamental, by twisting
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 02/26/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7334822Bimini twist knot tying device
A Bimini knot tying assist device having a line twister for twisting together in a pre-designed manner portions of a standing line section and a tag line section of a Bimini knot to form a twist or spiral segment, a movable compression element for axially, proximall...
02/26/2008
7080499Machine and method for producing chenille yarns
A machine and a method for producing chenille yarns is provided; the machine comprises yarn-forming parts and spooling parts directly downstream disposed, and an apparatus for controlling the quality of yarns located between the yarn-forming parts and the spooling p...
07/25/2006
6811870Method for forming chenille yarns and the chenille yarns produced thereby
A warp knit fabric having a plurality of stitches formed by overlaps arranged in adjacent, longitudinally extending wales with transverse underlaps connecting the overlaps of adjacent wales and with a binder material extending along the wales is used to produce a ch...
11/02/2004
6694565Cleaning apparatus for chenille production machine
A cleaning apparatus for a chenille production machine has a yarn fabricating head enclosure that includes a base member positioned in parallel and in close proximity with a back side of the yarn fabricating head and fixedly mounted to the supporting fram...
02/24/2004
6588192Methods of making new chenille yarns for high speed weaving applications and improved product wear performance
The present invention is directed to new chenille yarns and methods of making the same. The present invention is further directed to new chenille yarns having a spun core containing low-melting staple-length binder fibers and methods of making the same. T...
07/08/2003
6401442Dubbing assembly in fly hook production
A machine for dubbing assembly in fly hook production includes a base having a vertical dowel mounted to one end of the base, and a housing mounted to the other end. A work platform is pivotally mounted to one side of the base so that the platform may be ...
06/11/2002
6119444Apparatus for the formation of yarn in a chenille machine
Apparatus for driving interweaving threads in a yarn-forming unit of a chenille machine comprising, for each of the two sides of a gauge (1) on which the fuzzy thread is wound and sized, a pair of rollers (3, 30) forming a calender for driving two interwe...
09/19/2000
5651168Abrasion resistant chenille yarn and fabric and method for its manufacture
A method is disclosed for the manufacture of a novel chenille upholstery fabric and chenille decorative throw. The chenille yarn contains a continuous filament binder yarn comprising a polymer selected to have a melting point which allows melting to occur...
07/29/1997
5589238Decorative garland
A garland comprising an elongated base ribbon and a plurality of annealed metal wires spirally wrapped around the base ribbon member forming a garland having substantially no spring back characteristics. The garland may include an elongated web film havin...
12/31/1996
5259178Machine for making chenille yarns
Improved machine for making chenille yarns wherein the draw/counterdraw rollers (1,3) are mounted on a support (10) vertically oscillating in such ways as to move close to and respectively away from the gauge (2), with an arm (11) having a fine-thread scr...
11/09/1993
5201699Method of making a ribbon garland
A decorative garland. A product and method of manufacture of garland includes a web having transversely cut center and border sections, and the center section as longer length transverse cuts and the border sections have shorter length transverse cuts. Th...
04/13/1993
5194063Garland maker
A garland making device which comprises an arm rotatable about an axis formed by a stand securable to a work surface, the arm being rotatable by a crank. There is associated with and rotates simultaneously with the arm, a spool to feed a core cord or wire...
03/16/1993
5119583Hookless fly body construction
A fly body construction (100) fabricated by the steps of: twisting at least one strand of material (30) around a feather (20) continuing to twist the strand of material to store potential energy therein; joining the ends (31) and (32) of the strand of mat...
06/09/1992
5091226Decorative garland
A decorative garland. A product and method of manufacture of garland includes a web having transversely cut center and border sections, and the center section has widely spaced transverse cuts and the border sections have narrower spaced transverse cuts. ...
02/25/1992
5027594Equipment for producing a yarn having loosened fibers and binding threads
Loosened fibers are engaged by means of twisted or knitted binding yarns (FL); a feed roller (210) for the fibers of a roving or fiber top is tangent to a card (206) placed in a housing (212) opening onto a cavity (214) which is essentially tangential to ...
07/02/1991
4789571Decorative garland
The present invention is directed to a garland comprising a core portion and a decorative portion surrounding the core portions, the decorative portion including a first component comprising a non-fibrous material and a second component comprising a fibro...
12/06/1988
4573247Artificial tree limb maker machine
A machine for making artificial limbs as for a Christmas tree where twisted wires having simulated needles attached are fed by a reciprocating transverse action to a pair of cutters which cut the wires to predetermined lengths while at the same time a pai...
03/04/1986
4562870Dubbing twister device
An improved tool for making dubbed bodies used in fly tying. This tool includes a thread twisting means releasably mounted on a base which means is used for twisting a loop of thread having dubbing material sandwiched in the loop. The thread twisting mean...
01/07/1986
4542446Decorative ornament having garland and a light string
The present invention provides a decorative ornament that includes a garland, having a center wire and a tinsel strip wound around the center wire. The tinsel strip is divided into a plurality of narrow strands. The invention further includes light string...
09/17/1985
4517715Chenille woven or knitted fabric and process for producing the same
An improved chenille woven or knitted fabric utilizing at least a chenille yarn composed of synthetic fibers, wherein raised fibers forming a raised fiber portion of the chenille yarn are composed of ultra-fine fibers having a fineness smaller than 0.9 de...
05/21/1985
4292797Dubbing winder
A first base having a longitudinal slot mounts a rotatable hook just above one end of the slot. A handle is attached for rotating the hook. A thread is extended from one secured position above the opposite end of the slot to the hook and back to the secur...
10/06/1981
4288973Machine for producing chenille yarn
A machine for producing chenille yarn has a winding member on which turns of effect yarn are formed. A rotating disc-shaped cutter can be moved into an operative position to cut the turns on the winding member into individual lengths of effect yarn for fo...
09/15/1981
4287647Process and apparatus for making pompons
An apparatus and method for automatically forming pompons from a continuous strip of fringed web includes a pair of clamping jaws for gripping and advancing the web to a coiling station, a separable coiling spindle, and a binding tongs mechanism. When the...
09/08/1981
4280261Process for making heather yarn from bulked continuous-filament yarns
A coherent, bulked, continuous-filament, heather-dyeable yarn having a more natural, spun, wool-like appearance in carpets when dyed is produced by overfeeding lighter dyeing filaments to a greater degree than the darker dyeing ones through a turbulent fl...
07/28/1981
4257057Self-multiplexed monolithic intrinsic infrared detector
In this monolithic detector array, a signal processing layer is epitaxially formed directly on an active detector layer. The active detector layer is supported by a transparent substrate. The three layers are made of intrinsic semiconductors of the same c...
03/17/1981
4255924Method and machine for producing pipe cleaners
The method and apparatus for producing pipe cleaners each of which comprises two wires which have been twisted into interlocking spirals with fiber elements clamped between the wires. Two primary wires pass through a spinning head and three continuous str...
03/17/1981
4250701Apparatus and method for making loop chenille type yarn
Apparatus and method for making loop chenille type yarns and yarns produced thereby are disclosed. An elongated spindle having a tapered needle surface at one end thereof is provided. The spindle has a passage therein in communication with the needle surf...
02/17/1981
4157645Production of a boucle type fancy yarn
A device for the production of a boucle type fancy yarn comprises two off-center rotating members engaging, via off-center bearings, a central element which remains stationary. The central element carries a triangular tool having a lower extension flanked...
06/12/1979
3969881Machines for the production of chenille yarns and spooling thereof
The machine comprises plural forming units each operable to produce two chenille yarns each formed by two binding yarns twisted together to bind short sheared lengths of an "effect" or "fancy" yarn. Each forming unit has, associated therewith, a pair of s...
07/20/1976
3942310Machine for manufacturing garlands
A machine for manufacturing garlands comprising a device for producing a tube from filament-like or strip-like material on two conveyor screws arranged at a distance from one another, which are mounted on one side, driven at the same speed in opposite dir...
03/09/1976
 
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