Abstract: Weatherseals are provided by a pair of base members which may be attached to a pile formed by winding fibers around a band as the band travels along an endless path. A section of the pile on one side of the endless band is cut to provide cut pile section and a continuous pile section. The continuous pile section forms the bow, arch or loop by disposing the base members in side-by-side, back-to-back, or perpendicular relationship. The cut pile section may be removed at the base members or halves of the cut pile section maybe left in place. The cut pile section halves and the outside surface of the bow, arch, or ioop may be attached by base members to a member, such as by adhesive or via one or more T-shaped slots, that is in sealing relationship with another member and engagable therewith to provide a resilient seal.

Abstract: Weatherseals are provided by a pair of base members (21c, 21d) which may be attached to a pile (22) formed by winding fibers (yam) around a band (51) as the band travels along an endless path. A section of the pile (22) on one side of the endless band (51) is cut to provide cut pile section (23) and a continuous pile section (22a). The continuous pile section (22a) forms the bow, arch or loop (22e) by disposing the base members (21c, 21d) in side-by-side, back-to-back, or perpendicular relationship. The cut pile section (23) may be removed at the base members (21c, 21d) or halves of the cut pile section (22b, 22c) maybe left in place. The remaining cut pile section halves (22b, 22c) form one or more brushes along the outside or inside of the bow, arch, or loop (22e) formed by the continuous pile section (22a).

Abstract: A velour material includes a base fabric comprised of a woven fabric and a plurality of pile yarns woven into the base fabric in a pile weave such that they are raised on the surface thereof. The pile yarn has been subjected to a cleaning treatment in which the pile yarn is washed in the raw yarn stage with a cleaning solution containing a surfactant and then the cleaning solution is removed with water. Fats and oils adhered to fibers of the pile yarn have been washed and removed by the cleaning treatment. The content of fats and oils in the pile yarn after the cleaning treatment is half or less compared to the content of fats and oils in the pile yarn before the cleaning treatment.

Abstract: A conductive brush comprises a substrate of a belt shape and a plurality of pile yarns extended from the substrate. The substrate and the pile yarns are formed of a same kind of synthetic resin and the pile yarns are adhered to the substrate by a ultrasonic wave. Conductivity is applied to at least a part of the substrate and the pile yarns by including a conductive material in the synthetic resin.

Abstract: A seal member seals a housing that accommodates fine particles used for printing images and a movable member for feeding the particles to a printing mechanism. The seal member resists leakage of the particles from between the housing and the movable member. The seal member includes fibers for capturing the particles and a support layer for supporting the fibers, wherein the fibers are inclined relative to the support layer at a predetermined angle.

Abstract: A charge removal brush with a number of long conductive filamentous elements for removing charges from an object when the charge removal brush comes in contact with the object, is disclosed. The charge removal brush includes a metal shaft rotatable about the axis thereof, a strip-like woven cloth including a base cloth and long conductive filamentous elements uniformly planted in the substantially entire surface of the base cloth, the strip-like woven cloth being spirally wound on the metal shaft with no gap, and a conductive fiber is woven into the base cloth in a state that the conductive fiber runs along the center line of the base cloth, which is extended in the lengthwise direction of the base cloth.