Textiles: weaving inventions

20090277527 - Dividable two-part heald shaft: The heald shaft (1) for weaving machines is divided into a machine-resident frame part (14) and a removable frame part (15). While the removable frame part (15) supports a heald mounting rail (30) that must be released from said frame part for a heald change, said removable frame part is... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20090277528 - Fabric for detecting vital signals from human body: A fabric for detecting vital signals from human body includes a layer of fabric and electrically conductive yarns. The layer of fabric is formed of weft and warp electrically insulating yarns woven together. Electrically conductive yarns is woven in parallel with weft or warp electrically insulating yarns and interval-spaced from... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090277529 - Shedding apparatus for a weaving machine, in particular for a ribbon weaving machine: In order to make a small space requirement, a low energy requirement and therefore an increased weaving frequency possible in a shedding apparatus, a spring drive is proposed which is connected to magnetically acting holding means. The holding means are capable of holding the heddle frame in an upper shed... Agent: George Pappas

20090272455 - Ribbon needle loom for manufacturing a strip, in particular a label strip, having a woven-in conductive thread, in particular antenna thread: In order to make it possible to weave in a conductive thread, in particular an antenna thread, in a very wide variety of ways in a ribbon needle loom for manufacturing a strip, in particular a label strip, having a shedding apparatus for forming a shed (24) from warp threads... Agent: George Pappas

20090272456 - Weaving machine comprising pneumatic weft insertion: The weaving machine comprises a pneumatic weft insertion. It is fitted with a weaving reed (12), wherein a guiding device (42) is associated with a guiding channel (40) for a weft thread (10). The guiding channel (10) comprising the weaving reed (12) can be pivoted between an insertion position and... Agent: George Pappas

20090266438 - Root-proof water-supply string and method for manufacturing root-proof water-supply string: A root-proof water-supply string being a flexible string composed of a capillary material having a capillary function and a root-proof and water-permeable material which has a water-permeability and a root-proof function and covers the entire outer periphery of the capillary material. A method of manufacturing a root-proof water-supply string including... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20090260707 - Woven textile fabric with cotton/microdenier filament bundle blend: A fabric includes warp and weft yarns interwoven in a series of repeat units. In the fabric, the warp yarns comprise cotton yarns and the weft yarns comprise microdenier filament bundles. Such a fabric can provide desirable tactile properties for articles such as sheets, pillowcases, blankets and the like.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec