| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 028107000 | Needling | 53 |
| 20100037441 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING Z FIBER TRANSFER IN NEEDLED PREFORM - A method for preparing a needled preform comprises transporting, cutting and needling a textile tape. The method further comprises cutting through a portion of the textile tape with a cutting device. The textile tape remains substantially contiguous after the cutting. The method further comprises needling the textile tape into a needled preform after cutting the textile tape, and the needling utilizes needles having working surfaces oriented in a direction to transfer fiber segments from a selected fiber orientation into a z-direction. In an embodiment, a system for enabling z-fiber transfer in a textile tape comprises a textile support configured to transport the textile tape, a cutting device configured to cut a portion of the textile tape, and a needling device configured to needle the textile tape into a needled preform after the cutting device cuts the textile tape. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100223766 | LOW Z PREFORM - A method for forming a fibrous three dimensional structure comprises providing a first fibrous layer, wherein the first fibrous layer is aligned in the machine direction. At least one additional fibrous layer is superposed with the first fibrous layer, wherein the direction of alignment of the at least one additional fibrous layer is at an acute angle to the machine direction. The first fibrous layer and the at least one additional fibrous layer are needled together at a needle density of greater than approximately 55 needle punches per square centimeter, forming a first combined fibrous mat. The combined fibrous mat is superposed with at least one additional combined fibrous mat and needled at a needle density of less than approximately 60 needle punches per square centimeter, forming a fibrous three dimensional structure. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100242240 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLING A NONWOVEN WEB - The invention relates to a device for needling a nonwoven web having on the base thereof at least one needle bar comprising a needle board having a plurality of needles. The needle bar is held by a bar carrier on which a vertical drive engages for oscillating motion of the bar carrier for an up and down movement. A superimposed horizontal drive is also associated with the bar carrier, by which a back-and-forth movement is induced. The horizontal drive has two eccentric drives coupled to a horizontal guide. The eccentric drives are each formed by a connecting rod and a crankshaft coupled to a connecting head of the connecting rod. According to the invention, the connecting rods are coupled to the horizontal guide with the connecting rod ends thereof in a diagonal orientation, the center axes of the connecting rods forming an angle. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100306978 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLING A FIBROUS WEB - The invention relates to a device for needling a fibrous web having at least one needle bar. The needle bar carries a needle board on the bottom thereof having a plurality of needles, the needle bar being guided by means of a moveably mounted bar carrier. The bar carrier is driven by a vertical drive in an oscillating manner in up and down movements. For straight guidance of the bar carrier, a guiding device is provided, which has at least one rocker held at the end by a rotary bearing of a machine frame. In order to obtain the straightest possible guide path in the bar carrier, according to the invention the opposite end of the rocker and the bar carrier are connected by a plurality of members of a coupling kinematic mechanism. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110154627 | Meltblown wetlaid method for producing non-woven fabrics from natural cellulose - The present invention provides a meltblown wetlaid method for producing non-woven fabrics from natural cellulose using pulp as raw material and N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMMO) as solvent for dissolving into dope. The dope is then extruded out of a spinneret to form filament bundle by meltblown method. Subsequently, by means of ejecting mist aerosol of water, the filament bundle is coagulated with regeneration. Via post treatments of water rinsing, hydro-entangled needle punching, drying, winding-up and the like have been orderly applied, then final product of nonwoven fabrics with continuous filament are produced from natural cellulose. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110154628 | CIRCULAR NEEDLING MACHINE FED WITH A FIBER SHEET BY A CONVEYOR AND A VERTICAL CHUTE - A circular needling machine for needling a textile structure formed from a helical fiber sheet, includes a needling table disposed beneath a feed table for feeding a helical fiber sheet for needling. The feed table includes a circular belt conveyor for receiving thereon a helical fiber sheet for needling, the conveyor being centered on a vertical axis and having a radial slot opening out under the circular conveyor to unwind continuously the fiber sheet received on the conveyor, the slot opening out under the conveyor towards a substantially straight chute that extends vertically between the conveyor and a support tray of the needling table centered on the vertical axis of the conveyor so as to take up the sheet unwound from the conveyor and bring it onto the needling table, the support tray having means for driving the fiber sheet in rotation about the vertical axis. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110179611 | APPARATUS FOR NEEDLING A FIBROUS WEB - An apparatus is described for needling a fibrous web having at least one needle bar. On its underside, the needle bar carries a needle board with a multiplicity of needles, wherein the needle bar is guided via a movably held bar carrier. The bar carrier is driven in an oscillating manner with a superimposed horizontal and vertical movement by a crank mechanism drive. To this end, a phase shifting device is provided, by which the crankshafts of the crank mechanism drive can be adjusted depending on the phase relation. Here, the movement of the bar carrier is guided by a guide device. In order to obtain stable guidance with high flexibility in every situation, according to the invention the guide device is formed by a steering rod which is connected at one end to the bar carrier by a rotary joint and which is coupled with the other end to a steering gear by a second rotary joint. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120110805 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing a holding sealing material includes needling a mat containing first inorganic fibers to manufacture a needle mat containing the first inorganic fibers entangled. A binder is allowed to adhere to the needle mat. A sheet-forming slurry containing at least second inorganic fibers and a binder is supplied on the needle mat to which the binder adhered. The sheet-forming slurry is maintained on the needle mat for a predetermined time. The sheet-forming slurry is dehydrated to manufacture a sheet-processed mat precursor laminated on the needle mat. The needle mat and the sheet-processed mat precursor laminated on the needle mat are dried. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120131775 | METHOD OF MAKING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIBER PREFORM FOR FABRICATING AN ANNULAR PART OUT OF CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A method of making a three-dimensional fiber preform for fabricating an annular part out of carbon-carbon composite material, the method including stacking layers of a fiber sheet made up of carbon yarns or tows, needling the layers one by one as they are superposed so as to bond them together, and locally modifying the electromagnetic properties of the fiber preform by increasing the fiber density of the layers of the fiber sheet that are situated at half-thickness of the fiber preform. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120167361 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLING A FIBROUS WEB - A device for needling a fibrous web includes a needle bar. The needle bar carries a needle board having a plurality of needles and is guided by a bar carrier that is driven in an oscillating manner with superimposed horizontal and vertical motion via a crank drive. A phase-adjusting device adjusts a phase position of a crankshaft of the crank drive. The motion of the bar carrier is guided by a guiding device. To absorb inertial forces in the horizontal direction on the needle bar at large phase angles and to guarantee the mobility of the needle bar, the guiding device is formed by one or more guiding rods, which are connected to the bar carrier via a swivel joint. The driven needle bar is guided by the guide rods at the phase angle set by the phase-adjusting device in the angle range of 0 to 30 DEG. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174357 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLING A FIBROUS WEB - The invention relates to a device for needling a fibrous web having at least one needle bar. The needle bar carries a needle board on the bottom thereof having a plurality of needles, the needle bar being guided by means of a moveably mounted bar carrier. The bar carrier is driven by a vertical drive in an oscillating manner in up and down movements. For straight guidance of the bar carrier, a guiding device is provided, which has at least one rocker held at the end by a rotary bearing of a machine frame. In order to obtain the straightest possible guide path in the bar carrier, according to the invention the opposite end of the rocker and the bar carrier are connected by a plurality of members of a coupling kinematic mechanism. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20130081238 | FLAME BLOCKING LINER MATERIALS - A fire blocking non-woven textile containing a first carded web of char-forming fibers containing aramid or melamine/formaldehyde fiber and a second carded web of oxygen-depleting fibers comprising a blend of polyacrylonitrile copolymer with a halogen comonomer and a polyester polymer. The webs may be needled-punched or thermally bonded and remain as separate layers separating the action of the char forming and oxygen depleting layers to optimize char strength, provide a light weight product, which may satisfy 16 CFR 1633 at thicknesses of up to 3.0 mm. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130239376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXTILE POSITIONING - In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to a method for needling a spiral textile to create a needled preform, the method comprising receiving the spiral textile on a bed plate of a circular needle loom, engaging a positional structure of the spiral textile, rotating the spiral textile around the circular needle loom, depositing a predetermined number of layers of the spiral textile on the bed plate, and needling the spiral textile to create the needled preform. Moreover, the present disclosure also provides, in various embodiments, a method for creating a circular needled preform from a spiral textile, comprising attaching sacrificial fibers to at least one of the weft tow and the plurality of warp tows proximate at least one of the inside diameter and the outside diameter, and engaging the sacrificial fibers with an engagement mechanism on a circular needle loom. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140033487 | NEEDLE PUNCHER - A needle puncher includes a needle and a grip member. The needle has a tip and a head spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the needle. The needle also has a held portion disposed between the tip and the head The grip member is configured to hold the needle in a manner such that the tip of the needle is exposed from the grip member. The grip member includes a holding portion and a grip portion. The holding portion holds the held portion of the needle, and the grip portion is gripped by a user of the needle puncher. The holding portion and the grip portion include front ends, respectively. The front end of the holding portion is closer to the head of the needle than the front end of the grip portion is. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140373322 | TABLE AND A METHOD FOR NEEDLING A TEXTILE STRUCTURE FORMED FROM AN ANNULAR FIBER PREFORM, WITH RADIAL OFFSETTING OF THE NEEDLING HEAD - A circular needling table for needling a textile structure made from an annular fiber preform, includes: a horizontal top on which an annular fiber preform is to be placed; a driver system constructed and arranged to drive the fiber preform in rotation about a vertical axis of rotation; and a needling device for needling the fiber preform, the device including a needling head extending over a predetermined angular sector of the table top and to be driven with vertical reciprocating motion relative to the table top, and a mover system constructed and arranged to move the needling head in a direction that is radial relative to the axis of rotation of the fiber preform. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150322608 | MULTI-NEEDLE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REINFORCED MATERIALS - This relates to the manufacturing of reinforced materials, such as reinforced cellular materials or reinforced textiles, for example. Reinforcement is achieved by including a textile semi-finished product into the material to be reinforced, by providing the semi-finished product at the rear side of the material in a zigzag or wave-like manner and then pulling the semi-finished product through the material by a plurality of needles. Thus, the manufacturing process may be performed in a time saving manner. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20190145031 | ALUMINA FIBER AGGREGATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | 05-16-2019 |
| 028108000 | To chain entangle | 14 |
| 20080313873 | Highloft needlepunched nonwovens - The present disclosure relates to a highloft needlepunched fabric wherein said fabric may be formed by needlepunching a web at a penetration density of less than or equal to about 150 penetrations per square centimeter and a penetration depth of about 5-20 mm, wherein the needles are spaced apart 5 mm or greater. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090188091 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMERIC FIBER INSULATION BATTS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS - Method for producing Fiber insulation batts suitable for building thermal insulating applications are made using polymer fibers such as PET. A mixture of staple fibers and binder fibers are used to make the batt. The batt has a bulk density of 6-14 kg/m | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100293769 | LOW COST, HIGH DENSITY C-C COMPOSITES DENSIFIED BY CVD/CVI FOR AIRCRAFT FRICTION MATERIALS - Carbon-carbon composites made by needling together woven or nonwoven fabric made from carbon-containing fibers followed by carbonizing the fabric preforms. The carbon fiber preforms can be needled either in a carbonized or in an uncarbonized state. The un-carbonized fiber preforms would go through a carbonization/heat-treat step following the needling process. Final preform thickness and fiber volume is also controlled at carbonization, for instance by varying the level of pressure applied to the preforms during carbonization. Thus, the preforms may be unconstrained during carbonization (i.e., no pressure is applied to them). Or the preforms may be constrained during carbonization, typically by means of applying pressure (e.g., weight placed on top of the preforms). The preforms are then infiltrated via CVD/CVI processing in order to increase their density, resulting in a carbon-carbon composite which is suitable for use as, for instance, a brake disc or pad in aircraft and automotive brake systems. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110154629 | CIRCULAR NEEDLING TABLE FOR NEEDLING A TEXTILE STRUCTURE MADE FROM AN ANNULAR FIBER PREFORM - A circular needling table for needling a textile structure made from an annular fiber preform, the table including: a horizontal annular platen for having the annular fiber preform placed thereon; drive means for driving the fiber preform in rotation about the axis of the platen; a needling device having a needling head extending over an angular sector of the platen and driven in vertical motion relative to the platen; and guide means for guiding the fiber preform under the needling head. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20130255047 | HAND HELD FELTING MACHINE - A hand held felting device includes a body with one or more felting needles and a handle attached thereto for manually felting materials. A motor is provided in the body and is configured to selectively move a shaft reciprocally along the vertical axis upon receipt of power from a power source. The felting needle(s) are mounted to the shaft in the body and thus are configured to move continuously in a reciprocal motion when activated by the motor to felt two or more materials together as a user manually moves the device relative to two or more materials. A safety switch is included with the device in order to selectively activate the motor to move the needle(s). A guard may be operatively associated with the switch to prevent access to the needle(s) and reduce user injury. The needle(s) can be replaced as needed. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140041171 | NEEDLE-PUNCHED NONWOVEN FABRIC - The invention relates to a needle-punched nonwoven fabric wherein short fibers of polylactic acid containing an epoxy compound account for 20 to 40 mass % while short fibers of polyethylene terephthalate account for 80 to 60 mass %, the metsuke (weight per unit surface area) being 100 to 200 g/m | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140290017 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING GLASS FIBER-BASED STRUCTURE - A method for fabricating a glass fiber-based structure comprises steps: using glass fiber as material; using a fiber opening machine to disperse the glass fiber to make them loose; using a carding machine to card the dispersed glass fiber to make them finer and more even; using a fiber gathering machine to gather the carded glass fiber at a specified thickness and width; using a needle punching machine to punch the gathered glass fiber to fabricate the glass fiber into a glass-fiber felt; applying a resin to the glass-fiber felt to form a resined layer; compressing the resined glass-fiber felt to compact the glass-fiber felt in a fixed shape; and drying the fixed glass-fiber felt in a dryer to form a glass fiber-based structure, which is light but has a great thickness and a low density, and is sound-absorbing, sound-insulating, heat-resistant, heat-insulating, heat-preserving, cold-preserving, fireproof, and electricity-insulating. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150052714 | Method For Making A Fibrous Absorbent Material - An absorbent material including a fibrous material having a plurality of individual fibers forming a fiber matrix, a plurality of absorbent fibers, wherein the plurality of absorbent fibers are impregnated within the fiber matrix by means of a needlepunch process. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150337467 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE NONWOVEN FABRIC SUITABLE FOR GEOTEXTILE USE - A composite fabric, suitable for geotextile use, is manufactured by obtaining a web of metal material consisting of a plurality individual strands of metal that are substantially parallel to each other, are substantially unidirectionally oriented, and have not undergone any carding, garneting, lapping, or needle punching processing, and wherein the individual strands of metal have not been cut to any particular length, and obtaining a scrim layer having a porous, open woven configuration. The web of metal material is attached to the scrim layer to form the composite fabric material. The attachment may be by needle punching the web of metal material to the scrim layer. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150337468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORT OF FIBERS TO/FROM A CIRCULAR NEEDLE-PUNCHING LOOM - A circular needle loom comprises a bed plate for receiving a transport layer. Engagement members may be disposed proximate to the bed plate, such that the engagement members interface with a positional structure of the transport layer that is used to position and rotate the transport layer around the bed plate. The engagement members may be configured to rotate the transport layer around the bed plate until a predetermined number of fibers and/or layers are deposited on the transport layer and/or bed plate in order to create a needled preform. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160108567 | Low Density Cloth Preform and Methods of Manufacturing Same - A cyanoacrylate composition, comprising: (a) at least one 2-cyanoacrylate ester; and (b) at least one monoether of a hydroxyl-terminated ethylene glycol-propylene glycol co-polymer. The composition can be applied to a variety of materials and is particularly suitable as a biomedical adhesive. The invention also provides a method of closing a wound comprising, applying to the wound the above 2-cyanoacrylate ester composition. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160122921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NET SHAPE PREFORM FROM TEXTILE STRIPS - A preform manufacturing apparatus comprising a supply of fiber strip, a moveable positive fiber strip delivery mechanism coupled between a desired lay down location and the supply of fiber strip to positively deliver and orient the supply of fiber strip to the desired lay down location, and an optional electronic unwinder coupled to the supply of fiber strip when more delicate textile strips are used to fabricate the net shape preform is described herein. The electronic unwinder is configured to interact with the moveable positive fiber strip delivery mechanism. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160122922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING TEXTILES WITH VOLUMIZED TOWS FOR FACILITATING DENSIFICATION - A transport of carbon fiber bundles, in as fabricated carbon fiber tow form, with in-line manipulation of the fiber bundles (spreading or spreading and volumization with manipulators) during fiber bundle transport is described herein. A method including positively transporting and placing a fiber bundle via a moveable fiber bundle delivery mechanism interposed between a fiber bundle supply and a fiber bundle delivery location, manipulating at least one of a fiber volume and an areal weight of the fiber bundle via an air jet device coupled between the fiber bundle delivery location and the fiber bundle supply, and controlling delivery of the fiber bundle tension from the fiber supply through an electronic unwinder is also described. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160194795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING NONWOVEN MATERIALS | 07-07-2016 |
| 028110000 | To form endless or tubular article or fabic | 2 |
| 20090293245 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FELT BELT - The present invention relates to a method for producing a felt belt, particularly a press felt for a paper machine, including the steps of producing a longitudinal thread structure by continuous helical winding of at least one longitudinal thread in the direction of the provided width of the felt belt, particularly up to the provided width of the felt belt; placing a transverse reinforcement structure on the longitudinal thread structure and connecting the same to the longitudinal thread structure to form a tube-like composite structure; placing opposing sections of the tube-like structure one atop the other such that the tube-like structure forms a flat structure whose length corresponds to approximately half the circumference of the tube-like structure and which provides seam loops on its opposing longitudinal sides, the loops being formed by the at least one helically wound longitudinal thread; making the flat structure continuous by merging the opposing seam loops and connecting the same to one another; and connecting the sections of the flat structure placed one atop the other to form a base structure. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20140310928 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STRENGTHENING A CONTINUOUSLY FED MATERIAL WEB - A method and device are provided for strengthening, in particular needling, a continuously fed material web ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 028112000 | With treatment | 5 |
| 20110083305 | LOW COST, HIGH DENSITY AIRCRAFT FRICTION MATERIALS UTILIZING LOW FIBER VOLUME NONWOVEN PREFORMS WITH PITCH DENSIFICATION - Method of making a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad by: needling a plurality of layers of fibrous fabric segments to one another to form a brake disc or pad preform; carbonizing the fibrous preform to provide a carbon fiber brake disc or pad preform having a fiber volume fraction in the range 17% to 30% in the brake disc or pad preform; densifying the resulting carbonized needled fibrous fabric preform with pitch (isotropic or anisotropic) or with pitch and CVD/CVI; carbonizing the resulting pitch-infiltrated carbon fiber disk to carbonize the pitch therein; heat-treating the resulting pitch-densified carbon brake disc or pad; and subjecting the carbon brake disc or pad to a final cycle of CVD/CVI processing in order to produce a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad having a density of at least 1.70 g/cc and having a uniform through-thickness density. Benefits over conventional processing are obtained by increasing the needling rate used to manufacture the preform and reducing the amount of fiber used in the preform. In addition, the use of pitch in combination with CVI/CVD to densify the carbon fiber preform enables higher final densities to be achieved. This carbon-carbon composite manufacturing method also benefits from lowered manufacturing cycle time. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110225782 | CARPET HAVING A RASCHEL FABRIC ON THE BACK FACE - A carpet is having a raschel fabric to the back face. The raschel fabric consists of wefts which are inlay-yarns and warps which are chain-stitched yarns. The warp consists of chain-stitched ground yarns | 09-22-2011 |
| 20130007998 | Grease Removal Apparatus, Systems and Methods - A filter assembly includes a filter pad comprising fibers including natural, synthetic and/or hybrid fibers. A stabilizer frame formed of a non-metallic material may be imbedded in the filter pad. The stabilizer frame may be configured to provide support to the filter pad to maintain the filter pad in a generally flat configuration. In accordance with a particular embodiment, the filter pad may be comprised of at least first and second fibrous mats that are coupled together. In this embodiment, the stabilizer frame may be disposed between and coupled with the first and second fibrous mats. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20140182097 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE FABRIC - A method for manufacturing a conductive fabric is undertaken via a fixing device which has a plurality of working sections. According to an arrangement of the conductive yarn disposed between a first flexible base and a second flexible base, the working sections of the fixing device are extended to form a plurality of fixing points and the other working sections are retracted without forming the fixing points, thereby fixing the conductive yarn between the first and second flexible bases with a dot-like spaced pattern to obtain conductive fabric products having different conductive yarn arrangements without replacing the fixing device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150327633 | Loop-Engageable Fasteners and Related Systems and Methods - A method of making a sheet-form loop-engageable fastener product includes placing a layer of staple fibers on a first side of a substrate, needling fibers of the layer through the substrate to form loops extending from a second side of the substrate, removing end regions from at least some of the loops to form stems, and forming loop-engageable heads at free ends of at least some of the stems. | 11-19-2015 |
| 028114000 | With compound motion of needles or supply | 2 |
| 20090119894 | APPARATUS FOR NEEDLING A NON-WOVEN WEB - An apparatus for needling a non-woven web. The apparatus comprises at least one needle beam. The needle beam, the lower side of which comprises a needle board having a plurality of needles, is held by a beam support, which is guided by means of a vertical drive for an oscillating movement in an upward and downward movement and is guided by means of a horizontal drive for an oscillating movement in a reciprocating movement. At least two driven eccentric shafts and several connecting rods, which are assigned to the eccentric shafts and the free ends of which are coupled to the beam support, are provided as the vertical drive. The horizontal drive comprises at least one horizontal link, one end of which is connected to the beam support and the opposite end of which is coupled to a gear kinematics, which comprises an eccentric drive. In order to achieve the simplest and most compact possible design of the horizontal drive, the gear kinematics is formed according to the invention by a rocker, one end of which is held on a machine frame by means of a frame swivel joint and the opposite end of which comprises a double swivel joint, said rocker being coupled at the double swivel joint to the horizontal link and the eccentric drive. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110047767 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLING A WEB OF FIBER - The invention relates to a device for needling a web of fiber, said device comprising at least one driven needle beam. A vertical reciprocal movement of the needle beam is carried out by a vertical drive unit and a superposed horizontal reciprocal movement is carried out by a horizontal drive unit or due to a phase adjustment by the vertical drive unit. A weight balancing device is provided for balancing the inertia forces of the crank mechanisms. In order to be able to balance both vertical and horizontal inertia forces in a simple manner, the weight balancing device is formed by at least one balance weight which is asso ciated with the crank mechanism of the vertical drive unit and which is set-off by an angle in the range of <180° from an eccentric element of the crank mechanism. | 03-03-2011 |
| 028115000 | Needle or needle board feature | 13 |
| 20090038129 | Device and Method for Needling a Nonwoven Web - A device for needling a nonwoven web includes several needle looms arranged in series, each with at least one needle bar, a pair of infeed rollers, and a pair of outfeed rollers. The needle looms can move along a guide in the transport direction of the nonwoven web and can be locked in place at any desired distance from each other. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090064475 | Transport cart for needle boards - A transport cart ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20100162543 | Needle Board for a Needle Machine - The needle board for a needling machine has a base plate with a plurality of receptacles, and a plurality of needle modules. Each needle module has a carrier plate which is equipped with a plurality of needles arranged in a predetermined pattern and which is inserted into one of the receptacles in the base plate in such a way that the needles project from the base plate. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100218352 | Transport Carriage for Needle Boards - The transport carriage ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100251525 | NEEDLE FOR A TEXTILE MACHINE | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100251526 | NEEDLE FOR A TEXTILE MACHINE | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110041303 | NEEDLE HOLDER FOR A TEXTILE MACHINE - A needle holder | 02-24-2011 |
| 20130067706 | METHOD FOR MAKING A FIBROUS ABSORBENT MATERIAL - An absorbent material including a fibrous material having a plurality of individual fibers forming a fiber matrix, a plurality of absorbent fibers, wherein the plurality of absorbent fibers are impregnated within the fiber matrix by means of a needlepunch process. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130333171 | Needling Device - A needle device for processing an in particular strip-shaped planar structure comprises a needle bed, on which a plurality of needle elements provided with tips are arranged in such a manner that the needle elements protrude from the needle bed and the tips thereof point away from the needle bed. The needle elements are designed as flat blades each of which having at least one cutting edge extending from the tip of the needle element toward the needle roller. The needle elements are fastened via leg-shaped mounting members in bar-like needle carriers, which are in turn inserted in grooves of the needle roller. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140026379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MOUNTING AND/OR REMOVAL AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE OF A NEEDLE BOARD, NEEDLE FOR A NEEDLE BOARD - An arrangement and a method are provided for upgrading/downgrading and maintenance (fitting, removal, selection, or repair) of a needle board ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140366343 | DRIVE DEVICE USING NEEDLES TO DRIVE A HELICAL FIBER SHEET FOR NEEDLING - A drive device for driving a helical fiber sheet for needling, the device including a needling table having a stationary top surface for receiving a helical fiber sheet for needling, a circular turntable positioned under the top surface of the needling table and having a plurality of drive needles vertically mounted thereon, the drive needles passing through the needling table and projecting relative to its top surface, the drive needles being positioned on at least one diameter of the turntable, and a drive system constructed and arranged to drive the turntable in rotation relative to the top surface of the needling table about a vertical axis. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20160069006 | Needle board - A method for homogenizing the stitching pattern in a needled fleece requires a detector which is arranged between a first needling device and a second needling device and detects areas in the fleece where stitches are absent. Then the fleece needled by the first needling device is also needled in the second needling device, wherein at least one operating parameter or at least one structure parameter of the second needling device is adapted specifically on the basis of the result of the detection of the absent-stitch areas, so that, during the further needling of the fleece in the second needle machine, the absent-stitch areas are filled in a targeted manner. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160122926 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING NEEDLES - A device for separating needles ( | 05-05-2016 |
