Textiles: weaving inventions 06/08

20080149213 - Forming fabric having offset binding warps: Forming fabric that includes a top layer having a plurality of first top warp yarns woven with a plurality of top weft yarns. A bottom layer includes a plurality of first bottom warp yarns woven with a plurality of bottom weft yarns. A plurality of second top warp yarns is... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080149214 - Forming fabric having binding weft yarns: Forming fabric that includes a top layer having a plurality of top warp yarns woven with a plurality of top weft yarns. A bottom layer has a plurality of bottom warp yarns woven with a plurality of bottom weft yarns. A plurality of intrinsic binding yarns is utilized. At least... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080142109 - Triangular weft for tad fabrics: A through-air-drying (TAD) fabric for producing tissue paper and related products on a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns to produce pockets on a paper-side surface of the fabric. The weft yarns have a substantially triangular cross-section and are oriented with... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080135122 - Loom: A loom system, comprises a basic machine a heald loom, or a Jacquard machine, whereby the basic machine is coupled with the heald loom or with the Jacquard machine. The heald loom or the Jacquard machine are driven by a direct drive.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080135120 - Heating fabric and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed is a heating fabric comprising a heating fabric element made by weaving woof fibers and warp fibers, a pair of conductive parts being a plain fabric made by a weaving method to extend from one side edge of the heating fabric element, for supplying electric power to the heating... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080135121 - Shaft rod for a heald shaft: The shaft rod in accordance with the invention consists of only one (steel) metal sheet which is essentially configured without a large hollow chamber. The metal sheet has two stiffening means which are preferably located at the top and at the bottom of the shaft rod and are configured as... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20080135123 - Cloth draw-off apparatus: A cloth draw-off apparatus (10) for taking up a cloth (8) in a weaving machine is presented which includes two driven draw-in rollers (3, 5) around which the cloth is led, and optionally or as the case may be, a respective pressing roller (4, 6) to press the cloth against... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080135124 - Webbing for seat belt: A webbing can be used in a passenger restraint belt. The webbing includes warp yarns and wefts comprising synthetic filaments and woven so as to extend orthogonally to each other. At least one of the warp yarns and the weft yarns are formed using synthetic filaments comprising first filaments and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080135125 - Method and apparatus for the insertion of weft threads: An apparatus (1) for the insertion of weft threads in a weaving machine is presented. The apparatus includes a nozzle holder (9) and, secured thereto, at least one nozzle (3) with a mixing tube (6) for the insertion of a weft thread (2) as well as a clamping device (7)... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080128044 - Moisture-management in hydrophilic fibers: Provided is a fabric having improved moisture-management performance and being resilient to repeated washing, as well as a process for manufacturing the fabric. The process, employing consecutive steps of hydrophilization and hydrophobization, includes defatting cotton or cellulose fibers and their coating with silicone nanoparticles.... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco