Textiles: weaving inventions 04/07

20070089799 - Needle loom with automatic change of the weft thread: The present invention relates to a needle loom comprising a bearing structure (2), at least one textile-product (P) forming head (3) installed on the bearing structure (2), at least two heddle frames (6) capable of intercepting a plurality of warp threads (0), at least one sickle (9) to bring at... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070089800 - Fabrics and garments with information infrastructure: Fabrics, articles of apparel, and/or garment structures include infrastructure for transmitting information, such as signals produced by a wearer or from another source. Such fabrics may include: a textile formed through a knitting or weaving process, wherein at least one yarn used in the knitting or weaving process is electrically... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070084518 - Process for manufacturing a heddle, heddle for shed-forming mechanism, and loom incorporating such a heddle: This process includes steps consisting in manufacturing an eyelet for guiding a warp yarn, making, in a threadlike element, an opening for receiving the eyelet, and placing and immobilizing the eyelet in the opening. During manufacture of the eyelet at least two projecting tabs offset from each other along its... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070079886 - Method for weaving curved warp yarns and a woven fabric: The invention relates to a method for weaving curved warp yarns and a woven fabric. The method is characterized in that, in weaving warp yarns are delivered in an inclined direction by using a reed with vertical and inclined dents the spacing between which is variable. Inclined warp yarns and... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070079887 - Plastic heddle: Heddles for use within a harness frame of a weaving machine are provided. Each of the heddles includes a body formed from a liquid crystal polymer resin. The body forms at least one rod slot enabling engagement with a harness frame. The body also has an eyelet section with the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.