Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814741 | Glass fiber for reinforcing rubber products and method for producing it A glass fiber for reinforcing rubber products, which is obtained by subjecting to plying at least two twisted yarns each obtained by subjecting to twisting a coated glass fiber strand having a coating layer formed by impregnation and solidification of a RFL treating... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7175908 | High temperature search line A fire safety line is disclosed having a core of heat-resistant strands twisted together and surround by a tough, cut and abrasion resistant jacket. Preferably, the strands of the core are glass fibers coated with vermiculite and the jacket is formed of braided glas... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7127879 | Ply-twisted yarn for cut resistant fabrics A ply-twisted yarn useful in cut resistant fabrics is made by providing a first multifilament yarn of continuous organic filaments having a tensile strength of at least 4 grams per denier and having a twist in a first direction of from 0.5 to 10 turns per inch; prov... | 10/31/2006 |
| 5771673 | Line, in particular fishing line, as well as method for its production A fishing line comprising a core (10) and a sheath (20) encompassing the core (10). the core (10) as well as also the sheath (20) are constructed of high-strength filaments (11, 12, 21, 22). The core (10) is entwined with the filaments (21, 22) forming th... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5217778 | Composite fiber friction facing A dry clutch is prepared from a composite of fiber yarns, including fiberglass fibers and polymer fibers such as polyacrylonitrile fibers, which are blended together and twisted with wire. The yarns are shaped in a disc or other form and are bonded togeth... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4840838 | High temperature filter felt A high temperature filter felt comprising a scrim and an entangled batt. The machine-direction component of the scrim is made up of intermeshed continuous filament yarns which are 40 to 75% glass fibers and 25 to 60% poly(tetrafluoroethylene) fibers. The ... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4750324 | Elastic composite yarns from brittle ceramic yarns The present invention makes possible fabrics stitchbonded with or knitted from brittle yarns by providing a composite yarn which is able to be used in commercial stitchbonding and knitting machines, the new composite yarn comprising a load-bearing core ya... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4563869 | Rope with reduced lash-back construction A synthetic plastic rope includes a selected number of first components having a relatively high elongation characteristic and second components whose elongation characteristic is considerably lower. In one form of the invention, the rope has a central co... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4541231 | Process for reinforced yarn with glass fiber core A unique process for producing torque-free or balanced yarns of staple fibers with glass filament cores is disclosed. Staple fiber roving is fed through a drafting system. Glass filament is fed into the center of the staple fiber just prior to entering th... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4539240 | Asbestos free friction element Friction elements, particularly those employed in clutch elements, which incorporate fiber strands impregnated with a binder resin wound into a friction element and cured are markedly improved in wear characteristics and burst strength when the fiber stra... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4528223 | Composite fibrous product Composite fibrous products such as composite cloth, composite strings, composite knitted goods, etc., produced by using combination yarns obtained by twisting one or more aromatic polyamide continuous filament yarns and one or more continuous glass yarns ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4304811 | Heat resistant-wear resistant industrial textile fabric A woven fabric is described which is capable of resisting temperatures above 1000° F. without significant loss of strength and which is a functional replacement for similar fabrics manufactured from asbestos. The fabric is woven with a plied yarn in whic... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4202162 | Process and apparatus for spinning textile fibres A process and apparatus for spinning textile fibres in which the separated fibres are conveyed in an air stream into a confined space between two contra rotating friction discs (6,7). The air stream enters through an opening (5) in one disc (6) and passes... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4173113 | Thermally stable helically plied cable The cable includes continuous glass filaments which are helically plied in rovings at a constant helical angle from cable center to outer surface and bonded together in elastomeric material. When heated, thermal elongation of the filaments is opposed by s... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4103102 | Reinforced flexible printed wiring board An improved reinforced flexible printed wiring board is disclosed. The reinforcement in this printed wiring board is composed of a fabric woven from a yarn of plied continuous filaments of polyester and glass. The fabric is impregnated with an appropriate... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4016325 | Glass fiber reinforced elastomers Bundles of glass fibers for use as reinforcement for elastomeric materials in which individual glass fibers are sized with a composition consisting essentially of an aqueous emulsion of a polyolefin, and the resulting coated glass fibers are formed into b... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3949141 | Fiber reinforced elastomers A composition for use in the treatment of glass fibers or metal fibers to securely bond such fibers to elastomeric materials in the manufacture of fiber-reinforced elastomeric products containing as an essential ingredient an aziridine polyester prepared ... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3946131 | Glass fibers coated with silicon containing aminimide compounds Organo silicon compounds having the formula ##EQU1## wherein R1 and R2 are alkyl, R5 is a hydrocarbon group or an unsaturated ester group, R6 and R7 are alkoxy, R5 or hydrogen, and R | 03/23/1976 |
