Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.) inventions 01/06

20060019561 - Fabric having balanced elongation: A fabric having balanced stress-strain characteristics in the warp and weft directions. A method of processing the fabric includes overfeeding a woven fabric web along a first direction at one or more steps of a treatment process to facilitate crimping of the woven fabric web in the first direction. The...

20060019563 - \"barrier\" substrate: The present invention provides a multi-layered, lightweight “barrier” substrate with two (optionally anti-microbial and waterproof) fabrics or layers laminated together with a film providing both adhesion and a barrier. Various processes may make water repellant textile fabrics. The term “Barrier Substrate” as used herein means essentially impermeable to water, i.e....

20060019562 - Water and stain repellent ''barrier'' substrate: The present invention provides a multi-layered 3-ply, lightweight barrier substrate with two (optionally anti-microbial and waterproof) fabrics laminated together with a film providing both adhesion and a barrier. Various processes may make water repellant textile fabrics. The term “Barrier Substrate” as used herein means essentially impermeable to water, i.e. can...

20060019564 - Multi-layer dye-scavenging article: A multi-layer dye-scavenging article for use in hand or machine washing systems is disclosed. More specifically, a multi-layer article for the introduction of dye absorbing, dye transfer inhibiting and/or other detergent active materials into an aqueous wash system is disclosed....

20060019565 - Method for delivering biologically active substnces: The present application relates to a method for the controlled and/or slow release of a biologically active hydroxyl group containing-substance on a substrate which comprises reacting said hydroxyl group containing substance subsequently with a halogen-substituted aliphatic carboxylic acid halide and either a diamine containing at least one tertiary amino group...

20060019566 - Protective garments for firefighters: A protective garment for firefighters having a breathable moisture barrier layer film which is does not suffer destruction on exposure to the Thermal Protective Performance Test of the National Fire Protection Association 1971 Standard....

20060019567 - Manufacture of papermachine fabrics: Paper machine clothing method including covering an extended working surface with successive layers of a resultant material. Treating each successive layer with an energy source in accordance with predetermined instructions before adding a next successive layer to build up a three-dimensional fabric structure. The instant abstract is neither intended to...

20060019568 - Insulation board with air/rain barrier covering and water-repellent covering: A product comprises: a mineral fiber insulation board which is resistant to liquid water-penetration and has first and second major surfaces, a facing material, which is resistant to air infiltration and liquid water-penetration, laminated to the first major surface of the insulation board, the facing material being permeable to water...

20060019569 - Sound absorbing composite material: A sound-absorbing composite material includes a super thin fiber layer, and a non-woven fiber layer laminating the super thin fiber layer. Thus, the super thin fiber layer co-operates with the non-woven fiber layer to provide a better sound-absorbing effect, thereby enhancing the sound-absorbing effect of the sound-absorbing composite material. In...

20060019570 - Multicomponent spunbonded nonwoven, method for its manufacture, and use of the multicomponent spunbonded nonwovens: A multicomponent spunbonded nonwoven is provided which is composed of at least two polymers which form interfaces toward one another, which are produced by at least one spinning machine having uniform spinning nozzle apertures, and which are hydrodynamically drawn, lapped in a sheet-like manner, and bonded, the multicomponent spunbonded nonwoven...

20060019571 - Absorbent personal care and/or cleansing product for cosmetic and/or dermatological applications comprising at least one absorbent sheet: The present invention relates to an absorbent personal care and/or cleansing product for cosmetic and/or dermatological applications comprising at least one non-woven absorbent sheet comprising 10 to 100 wt. % lyocell fibers and 0 to 90 wt. % of at least one other natural, man-made natural and/or synthetic fiber, wherein...

20060019572 - Hook and loop fastener device: The instant invention is a hook and loop fastener device. According to the instant invention, the hook and loop fastener device includes a loop component. The loop component includes a binder-free non-woven material having a bottom layer and a top layer. The bottom layer includes a first bicomponent fiber and...

20060014451 - Method for producing a porous, plate-type metallic composite: A method of producing a porous, plate-shaped metallic composite, wherein metallic fibers are compressed and fused together in a single step....

20060014453 - Flexible sign substrate with black in back: The invention is a black-in-back backlit sign substrate that has an eradicable ink. The substrate is constructed of a scrim coated on the front-side and back-side with an extruded translucent PVC, and a back-side coating of an eradicable ink. The scrim is a polyester yarn having a count of 12×12...

20060014452 - Packaging material for metal: A multi-layered packaging material for metal with improved anti-corrosion properties is made from polyolefins, preferably polyethylene. The material has a high tensile strength middle layer comprising a woven scrim, preferably made of high-density polyethylene tapes with decitex from 500 to 2500 grams per 10,000 meters. The woven layer is laminated...

20060014456 - Multi-layer coating system for jacquard woven airbags: Novel airbag coating compositions comprising at least two separate and distinct layers are provided. The first layer (base coat), being in contact with the airbag surface, comprises a composition of at least one coating material which may comprise up to 30% by parts of the total amount of material in...

20060014454 - Scouring body and method for producing said body: A scouring body includes a surface that has been embossed in a hot forming process. The body includes a textile consisting of woven or non-woven fibers, which is coated with a binding agent that has been thermally cured. At least some of the fibers are crimped, having in excess of...

20060014455 - Sound absorbing article: A sound absorbing article is provided, produced by impregnating a pervious material with a coating, in a controlled manner, so as to increase the specific weight of the material by a controlled, predetermined factor, while maintaining the pervious nature of the material. As a consequence, the resistance to air flow...

20060014457 - Enhanced thickness fabric and method of making same: The present invention provides thickened fabrics and reinforcements for use as a spacer or reinforcement for a matrix system. The fabric includes in a first embodiment a woven fabric comprising weft and warp yarns containing glass fibers. A portion of the weft yarns are undulated into a sinusoidal path forming...

20060014458 - Woven materials with incorporated solids and processes for the production thereof: The invention relates woven and knit materials with an incorporated particulate solid and to a process for producing woven materials incorporated with a particulate solid. The process comprises: entraining a particulate solid in a gaseous carrier; disposing one face of a woven material in the path of a stream of...

20060014459 - Surgical soft tissue mesh: The invention relates to a soft and flexible surgical soft tissue mesh comprising polyethylene yarns, wherein the polyethylene yarns have a tensile strength of more than 1.0 Gpa and consist of a polyethylene with a relative viscosity of more than 5 dl/g. A further aspect of the invention is a...

20060014460 - Articles containing nanofibers for use as barriers: The present invention is directed to articles comprising nanofibers. Preferred articles include diapers, training pants, adult incontinence pads, catamenials products such as feminine care pads and pantiliners, tampons, personal cleansing articles, personal care articles, and personal care wipes including baby wipes, facial wipes, body wipes, and feminine wipes. The nanofiber...

20060014461 - Flame retardant fabric: A flame retardant fabric comprising bicomponent fibers having a sheath and a core wherein the sheath comprises a fully aromatic thermoplastic polymer with a Limited Oxygen Index of at least 26 and the core comprises a thermoplastic polymer....

20060014462 - Reusable microfiber non-woven cleaning fabric: A stratified non-woven cleaning fabric with one or more layers of fibrous components in conjunction with microfibers. The fabric comprises at least one layer consisting of a combination of deep groove microfibers with one or more other components such as cotton fibers, rayon fibers, polyester fibers, acrylic fibers, low melt...

20060014463 - Cushioning pad for hot press: A cushioning pad for hot press is a laminated plate body comprising a rubber layer, a high elastic modulus reinforced layer, and a low elastic modulus reinforced layer. The rubber layer is sandwiched between the high elastic modulus reinforced layer and the low elastic modulus reinforced layer positioned on its...

20060014464 - Low-density nonwoven fabric and production method and installation therefor and uses: The invention concerns an installation for nonwoven production, characterized in that it comprises a spunbonded web plant whereof the die is inclined at an angle of 10 to 60° and preferably of 20 to 50° relative to the displacement direction of a conveyor and preferably two spunbonded web plants whereof...

20060009099 - Adhesive-containing wound closure device and method: An article, such as a tissue bonding article, includes a flexible material, a polymerization initiator or rate modifier disposed in or on the flexible material, and a polymerizable adhesive composition permeated throughout at least a portion of the flexible material, where the polymerization initiator or rate modifier is a polymerization...

20060009100 - Waterproofing membrane: A waterproofing membrane including a layer of bentonite that has sufficient flexibility to be bent upon itself 360° around a 0.5 inch radius. The layer of bentonite is preferably made of bentonite particles compacted to at least 25 pounds per square inch and held together by an adhesive matrix. The...

20060009101 - Cloth member to guard against mosquito: A cloth member includes a base layer, and a cover layer secured onto the base layer by such as stitches. The cover layer is treated with an anti-mosquito solution, or includes an anti-mosquito solution engaged in the inner portion, to guard against mosquitoes, and to prevent mosquitoes from flying close...

20060009102 - Composite material for articles which come into contact with liquid or pasty foodstuffs: A composite material is provided for articles which come into contact with liquid or pasty foodstuffs and especially for drinking water vessels. The composite material includes a textile, lattice-like middle layer which is free of bonding agents. The middle layer is arranged between two bonding agent free cover layers which...

20060009103 - Air permeable and waterproof stretchable woven fabric: The present invention is an air permeable and waterproof stretchable woven fabric. It is a multi-functional woven fabric comprising the following processes: warping and weaving the warps and the wefts to obtain a gray fabric; adding stretchable yarns into the warps and the wefts; and, dyeing and finishing the gray...

20060009104 - Elastomeric nonwoven laminates and process for producing same: An elastomeric nonwoven laminate and a process for producing the elastomeric nonwoven laminate are provided. The elastomeric nonwoven laminate includes a first nonwoven, a second nonwoven and a plurality of elastic strands. The plurality of elastic strands is attached to the first nonwoven while under a strain producing a corrugated...

20060009105 - Cleaning and dusting fabric: A first layer (3) includes about 50 to about 100 percent rayon by dry weight, the first layer (3) having dust collection properties as well as liquid absorbency. A second layer (5) includes a polymer spunbond that provides a structural base for the cleaning and dusting fabric that is soft...

20060009106 - Wiping sheet: A wiping sheet is provided, which presents excellent in handling during wiping, high wiping ability for greasy dirt, and less liquid remains on an object after wiping. A wiping sheet having a fiber structure (such as a woven fabric, a knitted fabric and a nonwoven) is obtained, which includes an...

20060003648 - Land grid array fabrication using elastomer core and conducting metal shell or mesh: Methods for fabricating Land Grid Array (LGA) interposer contacts that are both conducting and elastic. Also provided are LGA interposer contacts as produced by the inventive methods. Provided is LGA type which utilizes a pure unfilled elastomer button core that is covered with an electrically-conductive material that is continuous from...

20060003650 - Coated, water-vapor-pervious and fungus-resistant wovens, process of making, and articles made therefrom: Coated, water-vapor-pervious and fungus resistant wovens, their production and also their use as sun and weather protection articles, a precleaned industrial woven fabric being treated at least once with an aqueous impregnant comprising a fungicide and a hydrophobicizer. The fabric thus impregnated and then dried is subsequently coated with an...

20060003649 - Dispersible alcohol/cleaning wipes via topical or wet-end application of acrylamide or vinylamide/amine polymers: The present invention is directed to a wet wipe product. The wet wipe product comprises a fibrous substrate and a triggerable binder formulation. The triggerable binder formulation is capable of binding the fibers in the fibrous substrate. The triggerable binder formulation may include acrylamide polymers, vinylamide/amine polymers, and mixtures. The...

20060003651 - Coating for granulated products to improve granule adhesion, staining, and tracking: A building material product and a method of making building material products, having increased resistance to granule rub off and staining. The building material product comprises a substrate having embedded granules and an acrylic latex coating positioned on the granules, where the polymer of the acrylic latex coating has the...

20060003652 - Waterproofing membrane and methods of use: A waterproofing membrane and uses for it. The membrane has a layer of bitumen based material on a sheet of support material, and preferably has a protective layer on the bituminous material to allow the membrane to be easily unrolled if it is shipped in a roll. It is to...

20060003653 - Synthetic fabric which mimics a dried grass fabric: A fabric made from yarns that, when woven, mimic straw or other dried grass fabrics. The fabric has a set of polyolefin slit film warp yarns and at least two sets of polyolefin slit film weft yarns interlocking with the set of slit film warp yarns in the form of...

20060003654 - Dispersible alcohol/cleaning wipes via topical or wet-end application of acrylamide or vinylamide/amine polymers: The present invention is directed to a wet wipe product. The wet wipe product comprises a fibrous substrate and a triggerable binder formulation. The triggerable binder formulation is capable of binding the fibers in the fibrous substrate. The triggerable binder formulation may include acrylamide polymers, vinylamide/amine polymers, and mixtures. The...

20060003655 - Through air dryer fabric: A through-air dryer (TAD) fabric formed by interweaving of a warp yarn system with a weft yarn system. The TAD fabric has a paper side with a contact area between 20% and 30%. The warp yarn system includes flat warp yarns and/or the weft yarn system includes flat weft yarns...

20060003656 - Efficient necked bonded laminates and methods of making same: The present invention provides an elastic necked-bonded laminate material or elastic neck stretched bonded laminate material including at least one necked material joined to at least one elastic sheet that has been stretched in the cross-machine direction and allowed to relax prior to joining with the necked material. The elastic...

20060003657 - Non-woven substrate with vibrant graphic: A non-woven substrate having a vibrant graphic thereon, wherein a fibrous non-woven web is constructed at least in part of polyolefin fibers. A graphic is applied to the fibrous non-woven web and has a thickness of less than or equal to about 5 microns. At least a portion of the...

20060003658 - Elastic clothlike meltblown materials, articles containing same, and methods of making same: A method for forming either an extensible or elastic laminate includes the steps of providing an elastic layer; and extruding at least one extensible meltblown web directly upon a first surface of the elastic layer to form an elastic layer and nonwoven laminate without the use of a separate adhesive....

20060003659 - Aramid paper laminate: A laminate of aramid nonwoven sheet and polyester resin having an overall thickness of 5 to 25 mils (0.13 to 6.4 mm) and having an elongation at break of at least 40% in both the cross and machine direction and an average tear load in excess of 1.5 pounds-force (6.7...