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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7153312 | Closure device and method for tissue repair A surgical method includes positioning a fixation member relative to tissue, moving a flexible member coupled to the fixation member relative to the fixation member to bring two tissue surfaces together, and moving a retaining element coupled to the flexible member ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7069714 | Metal covered composite yarn, particularly for ornamental purposes A metal covered composite yarn, particularly designed for ornamental purposes, comprises a textile non-metal core formed by a plurality of substantially parallel ultra-thin filaments, a metal cover formed by a relatively thin metal foil ribbon which is spirally woun... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059110 | Spinning device for production of spun thread from a fibre sliver A device for the manufacture of a spun thread from a fiber sliver includes a fiber conveying channel with a fiber guidance surface. A yarn guidance channel includes an inlet mouth aperture disposed such that the fiber guidance surface guides fibers to the inlet mout... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047860 | Safety mountaineering rope and manufacturing method therefor A mountaineering rope (7) with the diameter 10.1 mm to 10.8 mm characterized in that the core (8) made from such number of yarns being necessary for achieving required static strength and resistance to dynamic stress. A braiding (9) around the c... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043894 | Air spinning frame with reluctance motors For an air spinning frame, reluctance motors are provided for each spinning place to drive the pairs of rollers of the drafting unit, the drawing-off means, and the friction roller. Thereby, for the run-up of a spinning place, e.g., after a thread break, a specific ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036299 | Stretch polyster/cotton spun yarn A spun yarn of cotton (35 wt %-80 wt %) and a bicomponent staple fiber (20wt%-65wt%) of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) based on total weight of the spun yarn. The spun yarn has a total boil-off shrinkage of about 22%. The bicompone... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036300 | Procedure and an apparatus for start-up spinning of the thread in an open-end spinning apparatus A procedure and apparatus for start-up spinning of a thread in an open-end spinning apparatus is provided. A first and second auxiliary roll-pair are presentable within a thread course during start up spinning. A source of a suction air stream within the spinning ap... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036301 | Channel plate adapter for an open-end rotor spinning arrangement A channel plate adapter 24 is provided for an open-end spinning arrangement 1 having a spinning rotor 3 which turns at a high number of revolutions inside a rotor housing 2 chargable with an underpressure. The channel plate adapter 24 | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024848 | Tunnel cladding The application relates to a device for air spinning, i.e., for the manufacture of a spun yarn from a sliver. The device contains in particular a fiber guide element, a fiber conveying channel, and an eddy chamber housing attached to the fiber guide element. The edd... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013628 | Process for making poly(trimethyleneterephthalate) bulked continuous filaments, the filaments thereof and carpets made therefrom Polyester carpets of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) are disclosed which have excellent stain-resistance, texture retention and resistance to crushing. The bulked continuous filament yarn used to make the carpets and the process for making the yarns are also disclo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013629 | Open-end spinning rotor The hollow interior of an open-end spinning rotor is defined by an inner contour, which comprises a fiber sliding surface and a fiber collecting groove. The front surface of the open-end spinning rotor may have an opening width of between 19 and 23 mm, the fiber sli... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013787 | Braiding composition backing using wide yarn and manufacturing method thereof A pair of braiding threads 11, 12 and having braiding angle ±θ° to the axis of the mandrel are composed of wide yarns WY having a band shape with a wide width, and the wide yarns are braided around the mandrel without any gap in the width direction to form... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000375 | Polyester false-twist yarn and method of manufacturing the yarn A polyester false-twist textured yarn, useful as a yarn for woven or knitted fabrics having excellent water-absorbing and quick drying properties, satisfies all of the requirements (1) to (3) shown below: (1) the cross-sectional pr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000374 | Tire for a vehicle wheel including at least one breaker layer A vehicle wheel tire includes a carcass, a tread, a pair of side walls ending with beads for mounting the tire on a rim, a belt structure, and at least one breaker layer. The belt structure includes first, second, and third belts strips. The first and second belt st... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000373 | Introducing/removing device of the end in an open-end spinning rotor Introducing/removing device of the end of the thread for an automatic service trolley for spinning units of open-end spinning machines comprising a moving structure, capable of taking a gripping member into various working positions and equipped with a gripping memb... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996966 | Blocking device of the unwinding of threads from the feeding bobbins of a double-torque twister Blocking device of the unwinding of the threads from the feeding bobbins of a twisting spindle with superimposed bobbins inserted on their hollow pin, in which the threads are blocked with mechanical interceptors brought into their unwinding range at the entrance of... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997096 | Binding cord for motor for electric vehicle A binding cord for a motor for an electric vehicle includes a braided round cord of eight or more strands using a multifilament strand made of synthetic fibers having a melting point or a decomposition temperature at 280° C. or more. The binding cord has oil resist... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6990795 | Yarn false twist texturing machine A texturing machine for draw texturing a plurality of synthetic multi-filament yarns and which includes a plurality of side by side processing stations. Each of the processing stations comprises a plurality of processing units for advancing, texturing, drawing, and ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6988355 | Double-apron drafting unit for spinning machines A double-apron drafting unit for spinning machines has a delivery roller pair and an apron pair arranged upstream therefrom. The apron pair guides a fiber strand in the area of a delivery nipping line, with which it forms a wedge-shaped gap. Devices are provided for... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986242 | Device for the continuous cabling and setting of yarns followed by additional heat treatment The device comprises: a two-for-one twisting spindle supporting a yarn winding which is twisted or cabled via a second yarn; a mechanism for pulling the yarn in order to cancel the tension resulting from the twisting or cabling operation; a heater for heating the ya... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986243 | Device for processing continuously formed goods An apparatus and a method for processing string materials, particularly electric conductors, includes at least one first string material guide for conveying the string material along a path of movement to a processing apparatus and including at least one second stri... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986244 | Open-end spinning rotor An open-end spinning rotor has its thinnest wall thickness in the area of its fiber collecting groove. The lateral wall of the open-end spinning rotor comprises an outer contour, which—in axial section—is at least partly convex-shaped. The wall thickness of the ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6978593 | Composite synthetic string for tennis racket The invention concerns a composite synthetic delaminated string in particular for a tennis racket. The string includes central monofilaments surrounded by multifilament yarns, the assembly being impregnated and coated with polyurethane and is subjected to tensile be... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978594 | Process for the manufacture of a disintegrating roll of an open-end spinning apparatus as well as a disintegrating roll made by such a process A sawtooth wire to be laid in a groove of a shredding-element-carrier of a disintegrating roll of an open-end spinning apparatus is brought into a shape, which essentially represents that shape, which the sawtooth wire is to assume on the shredding-element carrier. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973769 | Method for creating markings on a planar textile body A method for creating markings on a planar textile body and a thread-like body for carrying out the method. According to the invention, the markings on a planar textile body can survive all following process steps and permits a clear marking of position on the texti... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971226 | Procedure for preparing a piecing process in an open-end rotor spinning unit In the case of a procedure for preparing a piecing process in an open-end rotor spinning aggregate it is provided that a thread end, which is to be pieced in a fiber ring located in a spinning rotor, is first cross-cut, thinned-out and moistened. The dampening takes... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962042 | Non woven textile structure incorporating stabilized filament assemblies A plurality of substantially parallel continuous filaments, e.g. of cellulose acetate or rayon, and preferably newly formed, are consolidated or partially stabilized, e.g. by application of solvent and pressure, by hydroentanglement, by embossing, or by crimping and... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959534 | Reinforcement for rubber composites A method for constructing an elastomeric composite ply comprises using parallel S and Z twisted cords to reinforce an elastomeric matrix. The S and Z cords are made inexpensively by using a yarn twist that is less than the cord twist. Composite plies made by the met... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959533 | Apparatus and method for producing twisted pair cables with reduced propagation delay and crosstalk An apparatus for forming a twisted pair cable comprising a device for rotating at a first predetermined rate of rotation a pair of elongated conductor strands about a twisting location, the device guiding the elongated conductor strands to the twisting location. The... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959532 | Method and device of piecing or starting of spinning for spinning positions of air spinning frames The invention concerns a start of spinning or the method of piecing for spinning positions of air spinning frames, which, during a spinning process, produce a thread from a longitudinal fiber structure and which, for this, comprise a fineness influencing unit with p... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957525 | Electrically conductive yarn comprising metal fibers An electrically conductive yarn comprises stainless steel fibers. The electrically conductive yarn comprises at least one elongated element, which has an outer surface being provided out of metal or metal alloy having a lower specific electrical resistance than the ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955037 | Open-end spinning device An open-end spinning device comprises a spinning rotor (21) rotating in a rotor housing with a spinning insert (24) supported rotatably with respect to the spinning rotor (21) coaxially to the rotor axis (33). The spinning insert (24 | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952915 | Ply-twisted yarns and fabric having both cut-resistance and elastic recovery and processes for making same The present invention relates to ply-twisted yarn and cut-resistant fabric for use in articles of protective clothing. The fabric is cut resistant and form fitting by virtue of cut-resistant synthetic fibers, inorganic fibers and elastomeric fibers being combined in... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948303 | Process and arrangement for spinning yarn A process is disclosed for a spinning arrangement for dealing with the correction of an end break. During operation, sliver-like fiber material fed to the spinning arrangement is opened to single fibers by means of an opening roller. The single fibers are then trans... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948304 | Compact universal concentric strander with take-off sheaves mounted on strander shaft A concentric strander has an elongate concentric shaft that defines a shaft axis and supports for rotatably supporting the concentric shaft. A number of wire bobbins are spaced at substantially equal intervals along the shaft to form spaces between the bobbins. Each... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945153 | Rope for heavy lifting applications A large diameter rope having improved fatigue life on a sheave, pulley, or drum is disclosed. This rope includes a blend of HMPE filaments and liquid crystal polymer filaments selected from the group of lyotropic polymer filaments and thermotropic polymer filaments.... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945026 | Fibre yarn and rope production An unspun yarn including a longitudinal main rope body formed from a least one fibre assembly of substantially untwisted and parallel fibres, and a least one reinforcing thread helically wound around the rope body and extending therealong in a single longitudinal di... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6928803 | Textile processing machine with a fiber conveying channel and a fiber-guiding surface The invention relates to a device for the production of a spun thread from a staple fiber strand by means of air spin method. The fiber guiding element according to the invention includes a fiber conveying channel with a fiber guiding surface, whereby the fiber guid... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926042 | Method for manufacturing a crossbeam for a heddle frame of a loom and crossbeam obtained by said method The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a crossbeam for a heddle frame of a loom allowing to make, at low cost and without waste, a lightweight and very rigid crossbeam, whose heddle-support rod is positioned on the support section in an accurate... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920746 | Open-end spinning device An open-end spinning device has a spinning rotor (2) with a rotor groove (25) at its greatest inside diameter in which fibers are collected. A yarn shank (27) extending from a yarn withdrawal nozzle to the rotor groove (25) is curved in t... | 07/26/2005 |
