Abstract: A belt reinforcing fabric for conveyor belts including sets of longitudinal warp yarns that are woven in leno weave fashion about lateral weft yarns that are made of monofilament. For each area on the fabric including sets of warp yarns, there is also an adjacent area that does not include warp yarns. Therefore, a space or gap is created between the areas occupied by the sets of warp yarns. When the belt is cut, it can be cut along the gap so that only the monofilament weft yarns are visible along the edges and not the warp yarns, which, if exposed at the cut edges, would tend to wick moisture into the belt. The present conveyor belt is particularly useful in conveying food items because of its tendency to reduce the opportunity to pick up and spread contaminating agents such as bacteria.

Abstract: An endless treadmill belt includes a bottom-ply fabric that at least partially forms a bottom surface of the belt, and bottom surface of the belt is for sliding across a treadmill deck. The bottom-ply fabric includes textured synthetic yarns that at least partially form the bottom surface of the belt. The bottom-ply fabric has warp yarns for at least partially forming the bottom surface of the belt, and it is preferred for at least a majority of, or all of, the warp yarns to be textured synthetic fibers. It is most preferred for all of the warp and weft yarns of the bottom-ply fabric to be textured synthetic fibers.

Abstract: A fabric positioned within an automotive air conditioning system to direct the flow of air from a supply manifold to a distribution manifold. The fabric includes apertures provide different combinations of airflow directions at different longitudinal positions of the fabric. The fabric has warp and fill yarns combined in a satin weave, and a coating. The fabric is positioned so that the float of the fill yarns is oriented in the same direction as the longitudial direction of the fabric.

Abstract: A cattle mattress made from a woven fabric which is double-woven in areas across the fabric into which crumb rubber is inserted and which are closed off after insertion of the crumb rubber to make a self-contained structure for the comfort of animals.