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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735343 | Sealing head for machines for thermal treatment of filaments A sealing head for machines for the thermal treatment of filaments, includes a frame (1) fixed to a pressurized chamber traversed by a conveyor belt, a pair of superposed horizontal rollers (2 and 3), which are pressed against opposite surfaces ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7673479 | Seal seat ring component with locking and venting features A seal assembly includes a ring component for coupling a seat component to a shaft. The ring component includes a first portion having an annular shape and configured to have a sealed engagement with the shaft. The ring component also includes a second portion havin... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7475573 | Process and device for treatment of a traveling yarn with a gas- or steam-creating treatment medium A process for treating a yarn with a gas- or steam-creating medium includes traveling the yarn between a pair of elongate yarn guide elements in a pressure chamber portion of a yarn treatment chamber that is substantially sealed off to the environment and is under a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7398662 | Gasket and washing machine using the same A gasket and drum washing machine using the same. The washing machine includes a cabinet having a first opening through which a laundry is put in the cabinet, a tub installed in the cabinet to have a second opening corresponding to the first opening, a drum installe... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7293437 | Gasket and washing machine using the same A drum washing machine having a gasket to prevent leakage of water in the tub and the laundry from being stuck in a laundry opening part. The washing machine including a cabinet having a first opening through which a laundry is put in the cabinet, a tub installed in... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7269982 | Steam seal for textile production The invention is a sealing mechanism for a steam chest (14) used in the manufacture of textile materials. This invention is a device for heating continuous textile material comprising: a steam chest (14) having a steam inlet, a material inlet (18 | 09/18/2007 |
| 7225820 | High-pressure processing chamber for a semiconductor wafer A processing chamber having an improved sealing means is disclosed. The processing chamber comprises a lower element, an upper element, and a seal energizer. The seal energizer is configured to maintain the upper element against the lower element to maintain a proce... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219516 | Heat setting machine with sealing head A continuous heat set line for setting yarn, having spaced-apart, elongate, tubular entrance and exit cooling chambers interconnected by an elongate intermediate steam heat-setting chamber communicating therewith. The entrance and exit cooling chambers and the inter... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7089767 | Method of and device for continuous treatment of a textile product web with steam for fixing reactive dye on natural fibers The arrangement for continuous treatment of a textile product with steam includes one or more treatment chambers; a transporting device having a horizontal conveyor guided through the treatment chamber or chambers; a steam-tight housing surrounding the treatment cha... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077917 | High-pressure processing chamber for a semiconductor wafer A processing chamber having an improved sealing means is disclosed. The processing chamber comprises a lower element, an upper element, and a sealing means that tightly holds the lower element to the upper element to define a processing volume that is maintained usi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6931761 | Laundry dryer An entrance sealing assembly for a hinged door of a laundry dryer provides a complete sealing of all gaps between the essential components of the entrance sealing assembly. The laundry dryer includes a door frame, the door frame being provided with a door glass; a f... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6910286 | Laundry dryer A door sealing assembly in a laundry dryer having a hinged door employs a unified sealing member provided as a single sealing member including a large diameter part, a small diameter part, a tip and a lip disposed in correspondence to the various components of the l... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6895621 | Low pressure steam jet fabric finisher A low pressure steam jet fabric finisher (10) for steam setting of dyes on fabric during a steaming cycle, having a substantially cuboid housing (12) which defines a water reservoir (70) with a heating element (72) and a cylindrical steam... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6862903 | Sealing device A sealing device is provided between a bullseye-shaped porthole of a loading door and a housing wall in washing machines or laundry dryers and includes a one-piece, substantially annular sealing collar. The porthole has an edge section, which extends substantially p... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6761049 | Sealing sleeve A sealing sleeve seals joints in household appliances, especially the joints between the suds container and the front wall of the housing or the upper part of the suds container and the top frame in washing machines, and can be secured to the appliance by a substant... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6591639 | Method of and an arrangement for continuous thermal treatment of a textile product web, in particular for dye fixing The apparatus for dyeing including simultaneous dye fixing and drying of a textile product web has a device for applying dye solution to a product web; a steam-tight housing having one or more steam treatment chambers for heat treating the moist product w... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6474110 | Spiral steamer In a spiral steamer, the deflecting rollers are arranged in the lower areas of the individual windings of the spiral in such a way that the fabric web approximately follows a chain line.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6425926 | Thermosol treatment of textiles carrying a dye For thermosol treatment of surface printed textile, a printed textile is transported through a treatment space in its longitudinal direction. A heat source is arranged for emitting heat in the treatment space. A pressure drop is generated over the web in ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6355073 | Method and device for continuous dyeing of warp ends The invention relates to a method for the continuous dyeing of warp ends, in particular cotton warp ends, with indigo or other dyestuff groups which, after impregnating and squeezing out, require oxidation or thermal treatment for fixing. The method elimi... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6168743 | Method of continuously heat treating articles and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for steam-treating yarn, films, fibers, fiber tow and other polymeric articles is described. The apparatus includes a first orifice for generating minimum pressure areas and a second orifice to provide a sonic shock region operative... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6141996 | Psychrometric apparatus and method for continuous air replacement/degassing of continuous multilayered fibers with a condensable gas The present invention discloses a generic method for producing void and gas occlusion free materials, as well as apparatuses for batch and continuous production of same. This generic method can be utilized in the production of a wide variety of polymeric ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6139588 | Processing textile structures A method for thermally processing a textile thread in which the thread is run through a treatment zone. In this treatment zone, the thread temperature is changed by heat exchange, particularly by contact with a flowing liquid. The thread is rotating about... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6125667 | Psynchrometric apparatus and method for continuous air replacement/degassing of continuous multilayered fibers with a condensable gas The present invention discloses a generic method for producing void and gas occlusion free materials, as well as apparatuses for batch and continuous production of same. This generic method can be utilized in the production of a wide variety of polymeric ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6090157 | Process and device for application of vat dye, especially indigo, to a thread bundle In a process for the application of a vat dye, preferably indigo, to a thread bundle (1), before thread bundle (1) enters a dye liquor (3) it is run through a steam lock (5). Steam lock (5) is separated from a chamber (20) through which thread bundle (1) ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5931972 | Processing textile structures There is disclosed a method for thermally processing a textile structure in which the structure is run through a treatment zone in which the structure temperature is changed by heat exchange by contact with a flowing liquid.... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5922084 | Process and apparatus for applying indigo dyestuff A process for applying indigo dyestuff on a textile substrate is described, wherein the substrate is saturated with liquid steeping liquor containing indigo dyestuff and the saturated substrate is directly passed through a first low-oxygen wet dwelling se... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5791165 | Small textile-finishing installation The small finishing installation (100) for continuous strips of textile fabric includes a steam-filled housing (2) into which feed rolls (5) can be introduced at each end. Located in the housing are sets of fabric-handling equipment disposed symmetrically... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5709910 | Method and apparatus for the application of textile treatment compositions to textile materials A system for applying textile treatment compositions to textile materials. A conduit member is provided which includes a passageway having a first end, a second end, and a medial portion with a constricted (narrowed) region. The passageway may include at ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5590549 | Device for feeding into and withdrawing fabrics from an autoclave for continuous decatizing A device for feeding into and respectively withdrawing from an autoclave (1), of fabric (11) to be continuously decatized under pressure, together with a felt back cloth (3), includes in addition to the already known lead-in center cylinder (5) between th... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5570595 | Continuous decatizing of fabrics in autoclave An apparatus for autoclave continuous decatizing of fabrics, having a rotating cylinder which closes the slot through which a backing cloth and the associated fabric pass to enter and exit the autoclave is provided. A foraminous hollow member, which is ad... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5516012 | Apparatus for steam treatment and hot-air treatment of garments Apparatus for steam treatment and hot-air treatment of garments hanging on a conveyor by clothes hangers in a housing, into which the garments are introduced through an inlet lock and from which the garments are removed through an outlet lock. There is pr... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5495729 | Method for high temperature and high pressure continuous dyeing of a cloth and an apparatus therefor The object of the present invention is to make the addition of a dye solution to a long cloth passing through the interior of a high temperature and high pressure steamer continuously, smoothly and surely. Suitable amount of moisture is added to a cloth p... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5435156 | Method and apparatus for the pretreatment of a cloth A method and an apparatus for the continuous pretreatment of a long cloth produced commercially in completely gaseous system, in which, by utilizing the combination of a desizing and scouring process in a low temperature plasma atmosphere and a bleaching ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5430955 | Sealing device for feeding fabrics into a continuously decatizing autoclave A device for feeding a fabric in a continuously decatizing autoclave, provides improved steam tightness characteristics. A rotating cylinder suitable to close the slot through which the fabric and associate back cloth are passing is provided at the inlet ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5369968 | Apparatus for continuous steaming and dimensional stabilization of continuous fabric webs An apparatus for continuous steaming and dimensional stabilization of continuous fabric webs includes a steaming tunnel (11) through which a conveyor belt (12) runs, which supports and conveys a continuous fabric to be treated (13), the steaming tunnel (1... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5317887 | Bobbin treating system In a bobbin treating system connected to a fine spinning frame and an automatic winder, a steam setter is installed inside of the automatic winder for steaming bobbins coming from the fine spinning frame.... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5301521 | Apparatus for continuously decatizing a fabric An apparatus for continuous fabric decatizing, comprising a cylindrical drum, the outer lateral surface of which is covered with a sleeve of textile material about which the fabric is fed, the cylindrical drum and the sleeve being at least partially cover... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5287606 | Apparatus for treating traveling textile material in a pressurized fluid An apparatus for treating traveling textile material in a pressurized fluid, e.g., for heating synthetic filaments to a heat-set temperature in a saturated steam atmosphere is disclosed to comprise a housing defining at least one upstream sealing chamber,... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5277716 | Method of controlling the solvent vapor concentration in an apparatus The solvent vapor concentration which is mixed with air and is obtained in the treatment of articles in an apparatus is controlled in the apparatus by a method comprising the following steps: a) passing gaseous solvent vapor/air mixture from the apparatus thro... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5233717 | Method and device for treatment of a material web, in particular a fabric web The material web (15) is guided through a treatment zone which is formed by numerous collector tubes (33, 34, 35) and by a shaft. Each collector tube is provided with a separate connection (36, 37, 38) and can be fed with its own treatment medium. The col... | 08/10/1993 |
