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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356984 | Device and method for treatment of a traveling yarn with a steam-creating treatment medium A device for treatment of a traveling yarn with a steam-creating medium includes a column of several chambers provided with yarn inlet- and yarn outlet-channels and arranged one over the other, of which one of the chambers is a steam treatment chamber provided with ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337555 | Manufacturing method and continuous drying apparatus for head decorating regenerated collagen fiber Provided is a method for manufacturing a regenerated collagen fiber and a drying apparatus therefor in a manufacturing process of a head decorating regenerated collagen fiber, the method enabling suppression of fluff (fiber breakage) and process trouble and providin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 6694720 | Method and apparatus for forming a cotton/rayon blended yarn An apparatus for forming a cotton/rayon blended yarn. The apparatus includes a supply of cotton fibers and a supply of rayon fibers. A blending operation line blends the cotton fibers and the rayon fibers. The fibers are then spun in an open end spinning ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6684617 | Process allowing to increase the cracking corrosion resistance of a wire under stress In order to increase the cracking corrosion resistance of a wire under stress compressive stresses are introduced through surface treatment by brushing, on the apparent surface of the wire. A system and method are notably applied for the manufacture of wi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6668535 | Heat-resistant crimped yarn The invention provides heat-resistant crimped yarn, of which the constituent heat-resistant high-functional fibers are prevented as much as possible from being deteriorated under heat in the process of producing the yarn. Not losing excellent properties o... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6631609 | Method and stranding device for producing a cable or a cable element A method for producing a cable or cable element from individual elements is provided. The method comprises heating the individual elements before or during a stranding process until they are at least close to plastification and cooling the individual elem... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6625970 | Method of making twisted elongated yarn An article of furniture is made from elongated polymer filaments which are attached and woven onto a frame forming woven panels. Subsequent to the weaving and attachment process, the completed article is placed in an oven to heat set the resulting woven m... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623355 | Methods, apparatus and slurries for chemical mechanical planarization Methods and apparatus for chemical mechanical planarization of an article such as a semiconductor wafer use polishing slurries including a carbon dioxide solvent or a carbon dioxide-philic composition. A carbon dioxide cleaning solvent step and apparatus ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6592716 | Security fibers and process for the preparation thereof Security fibers having enhanced antifalsification features are prepared by a process which comprises the steps of: i) braiding 5 to 30 denier fibers to form a twine; ii) dyeing the twine with a dye or pigment; iii) drying the dyed twine; and then iv) cutt... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6261673 | Coated grooving or parting insert The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool insert useful for grooving or severing steel components such as steel or stainless steel tubes and bars. The insert is characterized by WC--Co-based cemented carbide substrate having a highly W-alloye... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6228483 | Abrasion resistant coated articles A coated article for tribological applications, for example a cutting tool for machining titanium and its alloys. The densified substrate of the article is a cemented carbide, nitride, or carbonitride, or ceramic and may include cubic carbides. A composit... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6026636 | Yarn false twist texturing apparatus A yarn false twist texturing apparatus which includes a serially arranged heater, cooling device, and twisting unit. In order to collect and remove the oil vapors arising within the false twist zone, the cooling device is configured as an elongate hollow ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5942318 | Coated cutting insert There is provided a coated cutting insert particularly useful for finishing operations in milling of grey cast iron. The insert has a fine-grained WC-Co cemented carbide body and a coating of multiple layers of TiCx Ny deposited at c... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5897942 | Coated body, method for its manufacturing as well as its use In order to improve the wear resistancy--including adherence behaviour, ductility and shearing strength--at a diamond coated multiphase body, an element enrichment is applied in controlled manner in the interphase of base body and diamond layer.... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5794427 | Process of and apparatus for making low shrinkage yarn A process of making a low-shrinkage, air-textured yarn, in particular sewing yarn, of synthetic, pre-oriented polymer multifilaments, includes the steps of drawing multifilaments in the form of a single strand at a temperature of about 180° to 230° C. b... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5644906 | Hot feed draw texturing for dark dyeing polyester A method is disclosed for increasing the dyeability of polyester yarn and comprises heating the partially oriented yarn to a temperature between its crystallization temperature and its melting point while preventing the partially oriented yarn from shrink... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5466528 | Chemically treated glass type substrates with vinyl polymer compatibility A chemical treating composition, treated glass-type surfaces and vinyl addition polymer compatible substrates with such treated surfaces are provided where the treating composition has at least five nonaqueous components. These components include in weigh... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5457950 | Spindle for manufacturing a yarn A spindle for manufacturing a yarn has a spindle body for receiving a fiber supply bobbin from which a fiber is removed radially outwardly to form a fiber balloon and guided to a centering point above the spindle body. A spindle rotor for rotating the spi... | 10/17/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5220778 | Method and apparatus for producing untwisted yarn from at least two fibril bundles positioned constantly relative to one another A method for the production of untwisted yarns from at least two fibril bundles. Intermediate method steps, which are introduced between the main steps of the conventional production method for such yarns (Spinning, stretching and texturing), allows the r... | 06/22/1993 |
| 4995230 | Steam setting system for spinning bobbin A steam setting system for steam setting a plurality of bobbins reduced by a fine spinning frame in which a steam setting apparatus comprising at least a pair of independent steam setting mechanisms is provided on the way of a bobbin feeder line connectin... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4858288 | Method vortex action yarn hairiness reduction Yarn hairiness is reduced by employing a vortex action of a fluid, such as air or steam. Yarn in a substantially dry condition is passed in a generally linear path through a body having a central through-extending generally linear passageway that is circu... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4763468 | Process for manufacturing a high strength cord from optimally drawn yarn The present invention reveals a process for manufacturing a high strength woven fabric that is particularly suitable for use as a tire reinforcement which comprises: (a) drawing a polymeric yarn to a draw ratio that is 70% to 99% of the draw ratio that wo... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4685284 | Method of producing a twisted yarn A method of producing twisted yarn comprises precision doubling several single yarns in a precision assembly winder to form a precision package which is dyed or bleached. The yarn is thereupon twisted during withdrawal from the precision package.... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4660368 | Installation formed of a spinning machine and a winding machine An installation includes a spinning machine, a winding machine, a bobbin transporting device transporting the bobbins from the spinning machine to the winding machine, and a tube or sleeve transporting device transporting tubes or sleeves from the winding... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4615167 | Highly entangled thread development A method and apparatus for forming a yarn or sewing thread from core and effect yarns. The effect yarn is drawn at no higher than a normal drawing ratio for material from which the effect yarn is made and the effect yarn is softened by sufficient heating,... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4542619 | Core yarn and method and apparatus for making This invention discloses a yarn, and method and apparatus for making it, composed of a core component having yarn strength wrapped clockwise and counter-clockwise by wrapper components, wherein the core has a sinuous configuration and contains a greater l... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4481996 | Fatigue resistant cables In order to improve the fatigue resistance of a cable, particularly a rubber adherable cable for reinforcing rubber articles such as vehicle tires, substantially uniformly distributed residual compressive stress is induced in substantially the complete pe... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4470252 | Process for producing treated glass fiber strands for high speed bulking Glass fiber strand is prepared from a process so that the strand can be bulked at higher processing speeds. The process involves drawing the glass fibers from molten glass, applying an aqueous treating composition to the fibers, gathering the treated glas... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4378233 | Metal bonded grinding wheel containing diamond or CBN abrasive An improved grinding wheel employing premium abrasive (diamond or cubic boron carbide) is made by employing a metal bond made from aluminum, zinc, copper, and tin, and including up to 50% of a dry film lubricant filler. The abrasive elements produced are ... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4297837 | Method and apparatus for producing spun yarn characteristics in synthetic multifilament yarns A method and apparatus is provided for producing a synthetic multifilament yarn having appearance, bulk and hand characteristics of conventional spun yarns of staple fibers while retaining strength characteristics of continuous filament yarns. The multifi... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4246747 | Heat bulkable polyester yarn and method of forming same The present invention relates to a process and product for directly producing a latent heat-bulkable yarn from the same polymer composition in the same spinning process. The self-crimping yarn is produced from polyethylene terephthalate compositions which... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4209965 | Universal spinning system The present invention provides a process and apparatus for manufacturing yarn products comprised of an inner core of fibers and an outer layer of fibers. In the process, first fibers have a pre-twist imparted thereto to form a strand which becomes the inn... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4176712 | Yarn heating apparatus and process There is provided an improved heating apparatus of the multiple condensing-vapor substantially air-free type used for uniformly heating moving threadlines of yarn up to 350° C. and which includes a pressurized boiler containing a vaporizable liquid, mean... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4028870 | Method and device for preventing creation of fuzzy fibers of yarn during twisting operation of the multiple twister In a multiple twister provided with at least a first twisting mechanism and a second twisting mechanism successively arranged, when a yarn supplied from a yarn package held in said multiple twister contacts component elements of the twister, there is a te... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4023989 | Method for producing corded steel wire A method for making steel wire cord from particulate iron oxides with the aid of a fiber-forming acrylic polymer is disclosed. A plurality of continuous filaments are first formed by wet-spinning an acrylic polymer spin dope in which particles of iron oxi... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4020623 | Novel textile process A process for providing a dried textile yarn, glass fiber yarn in particular, is described in which a wet textile strand is passed through a zone of high fluid turbulence, a heating zone and wound rapidly on a spool. In the process as applied to glass fib... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3987612 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of composite yarn products An apparatus and process for forming yarn products. The apparatus has first yarn forming material supply means, collecting means for receiving the first yarn forming material, second means for supplying a second yarn forming material and for placing it in... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3983687 | Method of producing covered elastic yarn A method of producing an elastic yarn comprising preparing a covered unstabilised elastic yarn, transferring the yarn to a heat treatment machine, unwinding the yarn from a package, drafting the covered elastic yarn to extend it, and heating the covered e... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3972176 | Method of treating synthetic yarns A novel and improved carpet yarn for cut-pile carpets is produced by twisting a strand of yarn having pre-existing latent filament crimp characteristics to a predetermined twist level in a given direction and then plying it with a similar strand or strand... | 08/03/1976 |
