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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6832391 | Weight lifting glove A glove for protecting an individual's hand is provided. The glove includes a palm covering shaped to substantially correspond to the shape of at least a portion of the palmar side of the individual's hand, and a back covering shaped to substantially correspond to t... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6543819 | Necktie knotter A necktie knotter having a plurality of paired retractable slidable pegs movably mounted within horizontal slots and a hook having upper and lower members forming a hook cradle therebetween. The plurality of paired retractable slidable pegs and hook are c... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6499194 | Adjusting drawframe The invention relates to a method for controlling the draft of a fiber mixture (e.g. a sliver) of a textile machine, with sensors being provided which detect the fluctuations in mass of the fiber mixture which is supplied to a drafting arrangement unit in... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6497008 | Process for removing fiber flocks from bales with a bale opening device A method for operating a bale opening machine (1) includes the step of defining a desired normal or operational take-off depth for the take-off device or extraction member (6) to be applied to all of the bales (7) of the bale lie. An actual take-off depth... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6490762 | Winding device In a lap winding apparatus for producing a batt lap, the batt is wound onto a tube which is rotatable about a fixed axis and is driven by a revolving endless belt. The belt is arranged in a loop, formed between two deflecting rolls and is tensioned by a t... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6485065 | Knot and a method of formation A knot teaching, tying, and developing system that provides a knot tie contiguity that combines knot tie elements in various embodiments. The knot tie contiguity can further include a knot material differentiation element. The knot tie contiguity can furt... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6477827 | Air-permeable transport belt for transporting a fiber strand to be condensed and method of making same In order to transport a fiber strand to be pneumatically condensed over a suction slit of a condensing zone of a spinning machine, a transport belt is provided which comprises, at least in the effective area of the suction slit, a porous area. The porous ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6470534 | Manufacturing method for carded woolen yarn A top making apparatus is attached to a woolen card. Materials usually to be processed on a woolen card are fed and the delivered web is guided by the top making apparatus and ball tops are formed by the top making apparatus. This top is processed on cott... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6460223 | Fiber web for non-woven fabric forming apparatus An apparatus for forming a non-woven fiber web of fibrous material which includes a mixing chamber from which the blended fibers are fed into the fiber web forming chute where they are formed into a fiber web. The web forming chute includes a packing belt... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460224 | Device and method for producing a fiber composite Method for the production of a fiber composite by placing fibers on a support, wherein long fibers are used at least as an essential component for the production of a nonwoven fabric (70). Said fibers are fed to at least one delivery head (A, A1, A2) subs... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6457182 | Protective glove A protective glove for a human hand, the glove including five finger portions, and a finger tip portion of a plurality of the finger portions comprising wire mesh.... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6457209 | Method of directly determining setting values for the application point of regulation in a regulated draw frame A method of directly determining setting values for an application point of regulation in a draw unit for drafting sliver includes the following steps: Obtaining at least three measured values of a quality-characterizing magnitude, such as the CV value, o... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6453515 | Apparatus for measuring the tension of silver running in a draw frame A draw frame includes a transport roll pair for simultaneously guiding a plurality of slivers running in an advancing direction; and a series of drafting roll pairs spaced from one another in the advancing direction. One of the drafting roll pairs is a fi... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6453513 | Apparatus for introducing sliver into a textile processing machine An apparatus for introducing a plurality of slivers simultaneously to a sliver processing machine includes an arrangement for withdrawing the slivers from coiler cans; a creel; a plurality of supply rolls mounted on the creel and contacting the slivers; a... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6453514 | Method of directly determining setting values for the application point of regulation in a regulated draw frame A method of directly determining setting values for an application point of regulation in a draw unit for drafting sliver, includes the following steps: obtaining a plurality of measured values of a quality-characterizing magnitude, such as a CV value, of... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6449805 | Follow-up system for a reserve lap in a combing machine The method and an apparatus provide for the automatic provision and transfer of a reserve lap (WR) from a reserve position (RP) to a working position (AP) in a machine (K1 to K3) for processing wound laps and for the automatic discharge of an empty tube (... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6449804 | Rigid cage cotton gin A rigid cage cotton gin includes a feeder that delivers seed cotton locks to be ginned. A doffing cylinder at the discharge of the feeder casts seed cotton locks into a bonnet housing, with air inlet vents in the bonnet housing deflecting the seed cotton ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446266 | Advertising adjustment strap for a cap An advertising size adjustment strap for a baseball-style cap having a crown body, a visor and a sweat absorbent band attached to the inside periphery of the crown. The size adjustment strap, which is attached to the back portion of the lower periphery of... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446310 | Apparatus and related method for applying moisture to cotton during a ginning operation Apparatus and related method for adding moisture to cotton using humid air, comprising a tower casing defining a chamber having top and bottom portions, a first inlet proximate the top portion of the tower casing for receiving the cotton, an outlet proxim... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446267 | Protective sock and shoe lining A sock for a human foot including an outer layer having a shape generally conforming to a shape of the human foot, a resilient member layer positioned adjacent to the outer layer and extending around an interior of the outer layer, a packing layer positio... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6442803 | Method of producing blends of cotton lint A plurality of cotton boll modules are received by a cotton ginning plant from a plurality of cotton field locations. A sample of cotton modules is removed from each field lot. The sample and the field lot are identified and identification data associatin... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6438761 | Protective headband for heading a ball Generally, the present invention relates to an improved headguard to be worn by soccer players that protects the forehead during the act of heading the soccer ball without compromising the integrity of the game. In its preferred embodiment, the protection... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6434795 | Method for controlling the profile of a non-woven lap and related production installation An installation includes a carding machine (1), and a distributor-layer (2) depositing the card (1) web (6) in a reciprocating motion on a delivery belt (8) moving transversely. The resulting intermediate lap (16) is conveyed to a needling loom (3) to pro... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434978 | Ring roller for hide splitting process A ring roller, used in the hide splitting process as a hide transport device, is described that is continuously self cleaning and which provides a constant gap between outer rings of a ring roller. The ring roller is capable of directing pressurized water... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434923 | Top roller unit for a drafting apparatus of a spinning machine A top roller unit is arranged on a top weighting arm for a drafting apparatus of a spinning machine, which top roller unit has a holding device and two double top rollers and is arranged at two adjacent spinning stations. A first top roller of a spinning ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434794 | Method and apparatus for blending textile fibers Two dispersers tunnels (20, 22) are provided at a disperser station. Each disperser tunnel (20, 22) houses two dispersers (24, 26 and 28, 30). Each pair of dispersers (24, 26 and 38, 30) are spaced apart and confront each other, with a mixing zone (42, 54... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435571 | Neck tie tying tool A tool (10) is provided for creating an indentation, dimple or furrow in the portion of a necktie (20) that flows down and out of the knot (22) formed when the necktie is tied around a human neck. The tool includes a rigid fin (14). An elongate probe (16)... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6430750 | Slippery insert for a mechanical counter pressure glove A mechanical counter pressure glove system, that can be used in low-pressure environments such as outer space, is provided. The system includes a low friction base glove defining an internal volume for receiving a hand of a wearer. A pressure inducing glo... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430751 | Dorsal metacarpal bladder and restraint for a mechanical counter pressure glove A counter pressure glove system, that can be used in low pressure environments such as outer space, is provided. The system includes a pressure member, pressure inducing glove and a support member. The pressure member is disposed on the dorsal metacarpals... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430745 | Lining element for baseball glove and baseball glove in which this lining element is used The present invention is aimed at providing a lining element for a baseball glove and a baseball glove in which this lining element is used so that the bottom end portions of the thumb glove element and of the index finger glove element of the outer glove... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430746 | Athletic glove pocket forming device An athletic glove pocket forming device for facilitating the formation of a pocket in an athletic glove. The athletic glove pocket forming device includes an elastomeric panel member having a plurality of coupling members on opposing edges such that the p... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427246 | Glove for baseball The inventive glove comprises a thumb holder (11), an index finger holder (12), a palm portion (14) and a back portion (15). A protective member (2) is mounted on a base portion (13) between the thumb holder (11) and the index finger holder (12). The prot... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427247 | Stabilized sized golf glove A golf glove, preferably of leather construction material, and including a closed loop of a horizontally oriented strip of elastic at a midpoint of its length as measured from the opening into the glove and its fingertips, which length determines its size... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425164 | Transport belt for transporting a fiber strand to be condensed and method of making same An air-permeable transport belt, drivable by a drive roller, is provided for transporting a fiber strand to be condensed over a sliding surface of a spinning machine condensing zone which includes a suction slit. The transport belt has at least one area a... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6425163 | Coiler can having a vertically movable bottom A coiler can for accommodating sliver includes a vertical wall defining an inner can space and a can top through which sliver may be deposited into and withdrawn from the can space; a vertically shiftable bottom disposed in the inner can space; and a tens... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6421883 | Selective cleaning line A flock transportation device with a switching device for the flock stream includes a monitoring apparatus which detects the degree of contamination of the fiber material. The monitoring apparatus includes an evaluation device which determines the cleanin... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421884 | Non-woven fabric forming system An arrangement for forming non-woven fiber fabrics or webs having high resilience and loft with substantially equal fiber orientation in all directions and substantially equal fiber density throughout. The arrangement includes a fiber web forming chute ha... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422118 | Braided cord splice The present invention relates to spliced, braided, cords having a nearly constant cross-section along the cord and at the location of the splice. The invention also relates to a splicing process.... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419283 | Automatic knot-tying machine A knot-tying machine, including a package support for holding a package having a supply of a strand material with an exposed free end wound onto an outer surface of the package, a strand gripper for releasably gripping and holding a length of the strand a... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418560 | Protective glove for stringing a tennis racket A protective glove for stringing a tennis racket comprises a partial glove portion having a palm side and a backside, the partial glove portion having a thumb portion, an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little f... | 07/16/2002 |
