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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882687 | Composite Alpaca yarn and process for making same Composite Alpaca yarn and a process for making same. The composite Alpaca yarn comprises special and unique characteristics created by blending long natural irregular Camelid fibers, such as Alpaca, with short synthetic fibers, or other natural fibers, in a combinat... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7610743 | Carbon fiber spun yarn and woven fabric thereof A carbon fiber spun yarn, which is a spun yarn of a carbon fiber that has an average (002)-interlayer spacing of 0.340-0.380 nm as measured by X-ray diffraction method, has a specific gravity of 1.55-1.80 as measured by a density gradient tube method, a hydrogen-to ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7348059 | Modacrylic/aramid fiber blends for arc and flame protection and reduced shrinkage A yarn, fabric and garment suitable for use in arc and flame protection contains modacrylic, p-aramid and m-aramid fibers wherein the m-aramid fibers have a degree of crystallinity of at least 20%. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7313906 | Yarn comprising bamboo fiber and the processing method thereof A yarn comprising natural bamboo fiber and the method for producing the same is disclosed, wherein said yarn is prepared by spinning natural bamboo fibers alone or in combination with other fibers in a blended ratio of natural bamboo fibers comprising 30 to 100% by ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7266939 | Moisture-absorbing cellulose-based material and method for making same A moisture-absorbing material and method of making same are provided. Hollow fibrous tubes of cotton are sequentially dried, combed in a direction to substantially longitudinally align the hollow fibrous tubes of cotton, and stretched, twisted about and compressed i... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260925 | Yarns and fabrics suited for the shielding, by reflectance, of electromagnetic weaves Yarn is disclosed including textile fibers and metallic fibers. The textile fibers are either natural or artificial fibers. The cut length of the textile fibers is between 50 and 100 millimeters. The metallic fibers are fabricated from Group VIII metals or their all... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6958187 | High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications, for example, chopped fibers, ropes, nets, ballistic materials or items, protective gloves, fiber reinforced concrete products, helmets, and other products obtained therefrom, in which the fiber is characteriz... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6829881 | Cut-resistant articles of aramid microfilaments The invention pertains to cut-resistant articles, in particular to gloves. The articles comprise microfilaments of aromatic polyamides, more preferably p-aramid, wherein the titer of the microfilaments is equal to or smaller than 1.3 dtex (1.3×10−4 g/m... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6755226 | Composite cord and pneumatic tire using the composite cord A composite cord is provided which is simple in manufacture, highly productive, less costly, and improved in rubber penetration. The composite cord has a 1×n construction (n is an integer from 3 to 12) with 2 to 11 metallic filaments and 1 to 5 polymer fibers havin... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6750162 | Treated fabric for luggage An abrasion resistant and water resistant fabric is disclosed. The fabric is particularly well suited for use in constructing luggage. The fabric, however, is also well suited for many other applications, such as use in constructing sportswear, outdoor apparel, mili... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6485829 | Polyester modified with polyethylene glycol and pentaerythritol A polyester composition is disclosed that is particularly suitable for filament. The composition is formed of polyethylene terephthalate; polyethylene glycol in an amount sufficient to increase the wetting and wicking properties of a filament made from th... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6354067 | Process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having improved uniformity, physical properties, and luster and yarns thus produced A process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having a reduced number of irregularities and increased luster is described. The process involves dyeing at least a portion of the cotton fibers which are to form the yarn, then combing the dyed fibers subseq... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6330786 | Buffalo hair yarn and fabric and method of making buffalo hair yarn and fabric A yarn comprising buffalo hair and wool is commercially spun, in which the yarn has between about 5% to about 95% buffalo hair and between about 95% to about 5% fiber, and particularly has about 20% buffalo hair and about 80% fiber. The yarn is used to ma... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6199361 | False twist texturing machine By appropriately controlling a yarn tension of an upstream side from a false twist device, variations in yarn quality among packages can be eliminated. A false twist texturing unit 7 which imparts a yarn Y with a false twist, a first feed roller 4 arrange... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6132866 | Yarn blend for friction applications A staple yarn comprising a blend of 35 to 90 weight percent fluoropolymer fiber and 65 to 10 weight percent of one or more types of blend fiber.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6065277 | Process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having improved uniformity, physical properties, and luster and yarns thus produced A process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having a reduced number of irregularities and increased luster is described. The process involves dyeing at least a portion of the cotton fibers which are to form the yarn, then combing the dyed fibers subseq... | 05/23/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6010588 | Polyolefin fibers and their fabrics Novel fibers have been made of reactor grade isotactic poly-alpha-olefin wherein polypropylene is produced by single-site catalysis and has a melt flow rate of greater than zero to about 5,000, MWD in the range of about 1.0 to about 3.5.... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5987867 | Floor textile material A yarn for a floor textile material which is comprised of a coarse yarn and a fine yarn twisted together for tufting into a backing material to provide a floor mat. The finer yarn has fibers in the range of 32 to 100 decitex while the coarser yarn has fib... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5974777 | Yarn texturizer cooling drum A rotatable yarn cooling drum for cooling yarn plugs emanating from two texturizers has a circumferential perforated shell about which the yarn plugs are wound and cooled. A deflector in the form of a finger is spaced radially from the surface of the shel... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5918453 | Melamine fiber-containing fabrics with improved comfort Fabrics containing melamine fibers are rendered more comfortable by carding the melamine fibers under vacuum so as to exhibit a narrower fiber diameter distribution (δd) and/or a narrower staple length distribution (δl) as compared... | 07/06/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5749212 | Elastomeric core/staple fiber wrap yarn A jet spun twistless core/wrapped elastic yarn product. The core yarn of the core/wrapped yarn is a unitary elastomeric filament. The core yarn is contiguously provided around the core with staple fibers. The inner portion of the staple fibers extends in ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5724800 | Ring spinning method and a yarn made thereby The ring spinning method drafts a sliver in a multi-stage drafting system where the sliver acquires a total draft in a range of from 60 to 150-fold. Following outlet from the last nip of the drafting system, the drafted sliver is conveyed without drafting... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5699659 | Process for producing substantially all-polyester yarns from fine denier feed fibers on an open end spinning machine A method for producing substantially 100% polyester yarns on an open end spinning machine is described. The process involves acting on substantially 100% polyester sliver made of high tenacity, fine denier fibers with a negative tooth combing roll to indi... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5694759 | Process for producing polyester yarns on an open end spinning machine and yarns thus produced A method for producing substantially 100% polyester yarns on an open end spinning machine is described. The process involves acting on substantially 100% polyester sliver made of high tenacity, fine denier fibers with a negative tooth combing roll to indi... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5624752 | Spun yarn of polybenzazole fiber There is provided a spun yarn of a polybenzazole fiber having a single fiber fineness of 1 to 3 deniers and an average fiber length of 30 to 200 mm, the spun yarn having a tenacity of 15 g/d or higher and satisfying the following relationship: 10.0ࣘK.mu... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5486417 | Mixed cross-section carpet yarn A blend of fibers is made of about 51 to 90% by weight of base fibers (a) selected from triangular trilobal fibers having a modification ratio ranging from 2.4 to 3.4; hollow pentagonal fibers; standard trilobal fibers having a modification ratio of at le... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5481864 | Cloth scrap recycling method A method for producing high quality fabrics using recycled fabric scraps is disclosed. By use of pre-gin contacting of the virgin carrier fibers as well as moistening the fiber scraps that are recycled, fiber length and fiber uniformity percentages are ma... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5477669 | Process for stretching staple fibers and staple fibers produced thereby A process for stretching natural staple fibers to reduce the diameter includes the steps of treating a substantially untwisted traveling assembly of natural fibers to plasticize the natural fibers, twisting the traveling assembly sufficiently to substanti... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5427156 | Cotton fabric made from spun yarns of high fiber length and fineness A woven or knitted cotton fabric having a supple and flexible hand made of a spun yarn of 5's to 250's English count including cotton fibers; each of which has an effective fiber length of at most 1.8 inches and a micronaire fineness of at most 3.8 μg/in... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5398492 | Industrial dust mop Industrial dust mop having a homogenous yarn composed of high melt staple fibers and low melt staple which has been heated to homogeneously melt the low melt fibers throughout the yarn to form a fused yarn product in the mop.... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5397622 | Industrial dust mop comprising a blended yarn Industrial dust mop having a homogenous yarn composed of high melt staple fibers and low melt staple which has been heated to homogeneously melt the low melt fibers throughout the yarn to form a fused yarn product in the mop.... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5331801 | Recycled yarns from textile waste and the manufacturing process therefor The subject invention provides a new method for manufacturing yarns using recycled cotton waste and a new type of recycled cotton yarn. Various types of cotton waste materials such as manufacturing by-products and post-consumer material are used in conjun... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5330538 | Salt-and-pepper denim A method for producing a dyed cotton fabric having an improved characteristic salt-and-pepper look and the product thereof. The process includes forming a plurality of individual cotton yarns having a twist multiple value of at least 4.6 and, preferably, ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5313774 | Blended synthetic short fiber yarn fabric A blended staple fiber yarn having a high grade cotton yarn-like touch, hand and appearance and superior mechanical strength, abrasion resistance, flame resistance and scratching resistance is comprised of 30 to 80 parts by weight of extremely fine polyes... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5284009 | Fiber blends for improved carpet texture retention The present invention relates to ply-twisted yarns comprising fiber blends of about 70 to 90 weight percent base fiber and about 10 to 30 percent non-melt compatible polyolefin fiber having a melting point of about 130° to 170° C. The base fiber may be ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5228411 | Self-supporting cotton bird perch An adjustable and stable cotton bird perch for use in a bird cage is comprised of a plurality of tightly twisted skeins of cotton threads defining a dense cotton cable. The cable has attachment members secured to the ends thereof for securing the cable to... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5215795 | Shock-absorbing air bag An shock-absorbing air bag for an automobile or aircraft, has a high heat and flame resistance and satisfactory mechanical strength and comprises a high density woven fabric composed of warps and wefts each comprising (a) 0 to 90% by weight of thermoplast... | 06/01/1993 |
