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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069642 | Crystallized meta-aramid blends for improved flash fire and superior arc protection A yarn, fabric, and garment suitable for use in arc and flame protection and having improved flash fire protection, consisting essentially of (a) 50 to 60 weight percent meta-aramid fiber having a degree of crystallinity of at least 20%; (b) 31 to 39 weight percent ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069643 | Limited-antimony-content and antimony-free modacrylic / aramid blends for improved flash fire and arc protection A yarn, fabric, and garment suitable for use in arc and flame protection comprising aramid fiber and modacrylic fiber wherein the modacrylic fiber has less than 1.5 percent antimony and is preferably antimony-free. In one embodiment, the yarn, fabric, and/or garment... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7886515 | Process for manufacturing yarn made from a blend of fibers of cotton, nylon and silver The present invention provides a novel process for making yarn from a unique combination of fibers of cotton, nylon (preferably nylon6) and silver and a process for forming this yarn utilizing a unique sequencing of individual steps. The final yarn product is extrem... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882688 | Process for manufacturing yarn made from a blend of polyester fibers and silver fibers A unique formulation for yarn from a novel combination of fibers of polyester and silver which is made by a special manufacturing process including proprietary individual steps. The formed yarn product is durable and useful and can be used to make various fabrics an... | 02/08/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7065950 | Modacrylic/aramid fiber blends for arc and flame protection A yarn, fabric and garment suitable for use in arc and flame protection contains modacrylic, p-aramid and m-aramid fibers. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6032450 | Method for producing an electrically conductive yarn, the electrically conductive yarn and use of the electrically conductive yarn A method for producing an electrically conductive compound yarn. An electrically conductive monofilament metal thread is spun into a compound yarn together with textile fibers. A compound yarn of this type is particularly suitable for producing woven and ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5492758 | Fiber blend for carpet yarns and watermarking resistant carpet formed therefrom The present invention is directed to a fiber blend useful in the manufacture of carpet yarn used for pile in carpet construction. The blend includes, by weight based on the weight of the total blend, about 40% to about 70% normally crimped fibers, about 5... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5478624 | Synthetic yarn with heat-activated binder fiber A synthetic yarn made from a blend of base fibers selected from the group consisting of polyester, nylon 6 and nylon 66, and 1-12 weight percent of a heat activated binder fiber having a melting point within the range of 165°-190° C., said binder fiber ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5340650 | Vinyl alcohol units-containing polymer composite fiber having resistance to hot water and wet heat and process for its production A fiber comprising a vinyl alcohol units-containing polymer, said polymer being modified at the oxygen atoms of its alcoholic hydroxyl groups with a group represented by the following formula I ##STR1## wherein M represents a chelate-forming metal at... | 08/23/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5305593 | Process for making spun yarn Spun yarns are made at high speeds of up to 220 meters per minute, using spinning techniques in which air is used to twist the fibers of a three component blend, one component of which consists of staple fibers made from electrically conductive filaments ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5188892 | Spun textile yarns Spun textile yarns from new polyester staple fiber, and downstream textile articles, such as fabrics and garments, made from such, and blends thereof, wherein the staple fiber is of intentionally mixed denier, the higher denier being about twice the lower... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5169467 | Ink occlusion material for writing utensils According to the present invention, the ink occlusion material for writing utensils comprises a fiber bundle of a mixture of (a) and acrylic synthetic fiber and (b) at least one hydrophobic fiber selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers and ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5087499 | Puncture-resistant and medicinal treatment garments and method of manufacture thereof The present invention relates to improvements in puncture-resistant and medicinal treatment garments. Garments made from fibers such as KEVLAR.RTM. and designed to deter penetration of objects are subjected to an additional brushing step to enhance the fi... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5077126 | Process for making cotton blend warp yarns for durable fabrics Staple yarns of cotton and high modulus fiber are wet and then dried under tension to provide warp yarn for durable, abrasion resistant fabrics.... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5026603 | Staple fibers and process for making them Staple fibers having a crimp frequency in the range of 3 to 6 crimps per centimeter are mae by a process including a co-crimping step in which conductive and nonconductive filaments are crimped together.... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4991387 | Polyester and cotton blended yarn and polyester staple fiber stock used therein The present invention relates to a polyester and cotton blended yarn capable of obtaining a polyester and cotton blended fabric having a superior bulkiness and a soft touch, and a polyester staple fiber stock which is useful to obtain the blended yarn as ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4970854 | Ink occlusion material for writing utensils The ink occlusion material for writing utensils according to the present invention comprises a fiber bundle of a mixture of an acrylic synthetic fiber and at least one hydrophobic fiber selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers and polypropyl... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4942089 | Rapidly shrinking fiber and water-absorbing shrinkable yarn and other materials comprising same Rapidly shrinking fibers hardly soluble in water and capable of shrinking in water at 20° C. by not less than 30% in not longer than 10 seconds are obtained, for example, by spinning, drawing and heat-treating a carboxy-modified polyvinyl alcohol under s... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4918912 | Cut and abrasion resistant spun yarns and fabrics Spun yarns and fabrics having a high level of both abrasion and cut-resistance are disclosed. Such yarns are made from a blend of about 40-60 percent para-aramid fiber, about 20-40 percent nylon fiber, and about 10-30 percent acrylic fiber. The yarns and ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4882222 | Carpet fiber blends A blend of conventional carpet fibers (e.g. nylon fibers) and high shrinkage fibers (e.g. acrylic fibers) is described. Saxony carpet made from the blend has better appearance retention characteristics than corresponding saxony carpet made from the conven... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4880691 | Fine denier fibers of olefin polymers Fine denier fibers and/or multi-filaments prepared from linear low density polyethylene copolymers (LLDPE) are found to offer advantages over other forms of polyolefins.... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4869951 | Method and materials for manufacture of anti-static cloth A yarn which is a blend of from 98.01% by weight of a conventional textile fiber or filament and from 2 to about 0.09% by weight of a non-linear anti-static carbonaceous filament or fiber.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4830907 | Fine denier fibers of olefin polymers Fine denier fibers and/or multi-filaments prepared from linear low density polyethylene copolymers (LLDPE) are found to offer advantages over other forms of polyolefins.... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4809493 | Water-absorbing shrinkable yarn Rapidly shrinking fibers hardly soluble in water and capable of shrinking in water at 20° C. by not less than 30% in not longer than 10 seconds are obtained, for example, by spinning, drawing and heat-treating a carboxy-modified polyvinyl alcohol under s... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4771596 | Method of making fiber composite A fine heterogeneous hybrid spun yarn is blended from electrostatically conductive staple fibers and electrostatically non-conductive staple fibers so that the yarn is electrostatically conductive only over short discrete lengths. When used in pile fabric... | 09/20/1988 |
| 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 |
