Abstract: A profiled cross-section three-dimensional woven fabric having a plurality of woven, mutually intersecting filaments woven in longitudinal, transverse and vertical planes, with transverse planes of different widths and vertical planes of different height within a cross-section of the woven fabric perpendicular to the longitudinal woven filament planes. The woven filament in the transverse planes moving upward or downward while transversely reciprocating over a width which changes with the width of the woven filaments in each longitudinal woven plane and being disposed between vertically adjacent planes of longitudinal filaments. The woven filaments in the vertical planes moving longitudinally to the height of disposition of the longitudinal and transverse filaments in a plane perpendicular to the transverse filaments and being continuously disposed between longitudinally adjacent layers of transverse filaments, clamping the transverse and longitudinal filaments to unite them together.
Abstract: A projection screen enabling sharp pictorial images to be projected thereon and sound to penetrate therethrough from behind the screen, the entire screen being of uniformly knitted or woven structure, having a screen gain of not less than 0.80 and a permeability of not less than 100 cc/cm.sup.2 /sec and has the acoustic characteristic that the average of increase or decrease in the sound level in the audible frequency band is within .+-.1.0 dB and the maximum attenuation value is within -4.0 dB.
Abstract: Textile structures for producing structural members such as reinforced spars of composite material and a method for producing the textile structures. In the textile structure at least two textile planar members, or plates, are integrally joined together by textile filaments such that the planes of the members intersect each other, at least one member being formed of layers of textile filaments which extend obliquely in at least two directions in a brace fashion with respect to the longitudinal and transverse directions of the member while the remaining members are each formed of layers of textile filaments extending along the longitudinal, transverse and vertical directions of the member.
Abstract: A cutter guide wherein a fabric selvage end guide is provided at a fabric selvage end in close proximity to a cutter, and in forming a fringed selvage on a selvage end of a fabric by cutting weft threads after insertion in a shuttleless loom, the position of the guide being adjusted to accommodate a change in the width of a fabric being woven, so as to keep the guide in contact with the fabric selvage end, whereby the distance between the fabric selvage end and the cutter can be minimized.