Textiles: weaving inventions 11/07

20070272321 - Fabric blank,method of manufacturing such fabric blank and a garment comprising the fabric blank: A fabric blank, comprising a first yarn (10) consisting of polyamide or polyester or blends of any of these materials with cotton, is characterized in that a second yarn (12) is included into at least a portion of said fabric blank, said second yarn being polyether-based and thermally bonded to... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070272322 - Yarn braking body: A yarn braking body is a flexible frustocone coat made from plastic material and has a circumferentially continuous braking surface which is defined by a part of the inner surface of the frustocone coat. The yarn braking body has a circumferentially continuous support part at the small diameter end. The... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070267083 - Shed-forming mechanism, a loom fitted with such a mechanism, and a method of selecting moving hooks in such a mechanism: In this mechanism (7) a moving hook comprises a body (20) provided with a nose (202) for bearing against a corresponding knife (14), and a flexible blade (21) secured to the body so as to be capable of moving relative thereto and designed to interact with a retaining lever (16)... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070267084 - Stretchable strap with gripper and method of making the same: A stretchable strap includes a side containing regions woven with frictionally enhancing material. Warp threads of both frictionally enhancing and non-frictionally enhancing material are woven to form a two-layer strap. Internal elastomeric threads provide a connection between the two layers as well as allow the strap to stretch. A method... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070261753 - Papermakers dryer fabric: The papermakers dryer fabric (C to G) is characterized in that the machine direction yarns (1) and the cross machine direction yarns (2; 6.1, 6.2; 15, 16) are interlaced so that virtually all of the void volume (V.U1, V.U2) is exposed to the paper web carrying and non-paper web carrying... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070251594 - Papermaker's forming fabric with cross-direction yarn stitching and ratio of top machined direction yarns to bottom machine direction yarns of 2:3: A triple layer papermaker's fabric includes: a set of top MD yarns; a set of top CMD yarns interwoven with the top MD yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom MD yarns; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the bottom MD yarns to form... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070251595 - Basalt continuous filament insulating and fire-resistant material and sleeves and methods of construction thereof: An fire-retardant insulating material and method of construction thereof has a textile fabric fabricated of continuous basalt filaments. The continuous basalt filaments are preferably texturized or twisted. The insulating material may be arranged in any configuration, such as a sheet, panel or sleeve, and may be knit, woven or braided.... Agent: Robert L. Stearns Dickinson Wright PLLC