Abstract: A stretch band construction for caps or hats includes an additional folded-over layer of stretchable material that serves to reinforce and support the cap or hat. Circumscribing the open end of the cap, the stretch band construction provides additional elastic support so that a cap may more firmly and tightly engage a mandrel used during an embroidery process. This leads to more reliable embroidery and less thread breakage to the cap. The stretch band has a ribbed portion which allows the stretch band to be doubled back and secured to the cap material.

Abstract: A penetration resistant garment that may be comfortably worn by a user while offering protection against injury from a penetrating object, such as a water jet for example, includes a plurality of light-weight, rigid, discrete penetration resistant sections cooperating with and arranged relative to one another to provide a flexible garment. The sections may be layered in an overlapping manner to provide substantially complete coverage extending over an area of desired coverage. Also, a length of the garment may be less than a sum of the lengths of the individual sections.

Abstract: Winged costume attachments provide for the quick and easy donning and removal of costume wings, as worn for various costume parties or gatherings, stage plays, etc. The attachments comprise left and right shoulder and wrist straps, with each strap preferably formed of an elastic material covered with a protective fabric sleeve. Reinforcements are provided at each wingtip for secure attachment of the wrist straps, and an additional central reinforcement panel is provided for secure attachment of the shoulder straps. The central reinforcement panel may comprise a specific panel provided only for reinforcement, or may comprise a portion of an additional panel extending from the wing panels to form a tail or other component. The present attachment strap configuration results in the neck and chest areas of the wearer remaining clear of any attachment straps, thereby providing a safer costume which is easily donned and removed by small children without assistance.

Abstract: A synthetic fiber rope to be driven by a rope sheave is constructed as a twin rope consisting of two ropes with opposite directions of twist which extend parallel to and a fixed distance from each other. The ropes are surrounded by a rope sheath so as not to rotate when the twin rope runs over a rope sheave. The sheave acts as a torque neutralizer which, when the twin rope is loaded longitudinally, mutually offsets the oppositely oriented torques of the ropes which arise due to the structure of the rope, thereby causing over the entire cross-section of the twin rope equalization of the torques from the sum of all the parts having right-hand twist strands and all the parts having left-hand twist strands.

Abstract: A novel article of thermal clothing for covering the underlying area at the gap between a coat sleeve and a glove. The article of clothing comprises a tube having a distal portion terminating in a distal end, a proximal portion terminating in a proximal end, and side opening formed in the distal portion adjacent to but spaced from the distal end. The tube is sized so that it can be snugly fit over the wearer's hand and forearm so that the distal end of the tube is positioned near the midpalm area of the hand, the proximal end of the tube is positioned at the forearm area, and the wearer's thumb extends out through the tube's side opening. The tube is formed out of a flexible, somewhat stretchable material capable of providing good thermal insulation.

Abstract: A shirt for a user wearing pants and for preventing sand from entering the pants when the user slides. The shirt includes a body, a pair of sleeves, a neck band, a shirttail, a front placket, and a flap that extends circumferentially and completely therearound and depends from where the body meets the shirttail. The flap has openings that align with, and allow passage through, of belt loops on the pants When the shirttail is in the pants and the belt loops extend through the openings in the flap, a belt is passed through the belt loops and overlies the flap, and when the belt is fastened, the belt presses the flap against the waistband of the pants and traps the waistband of the pants between the flap and the shirttail, and in doing so, prevents the sand from entering the pants when the user slides.

Abstract: A slider type needle for a knitting machine, comprising a needle (1) equipped with a beard (3) and a slider (2) having an associated length, a butt (4), a nose (5) and a stitch bearing shoulder (6), this slider being displaceable relative to the needle in order to close and open the beard of the needle and in order to permit the nose and shoulder of the needle to drive a stitch so as to execute a stitch transfer. The slider (2) has a U-shaped profile enabling it to straddle the needle (1). The slidcr is split (7, 15) in its end region, in order to allow an opposite needle or slider to pass through in order to carry out a stitch transfer or punching. This needle affords new knitting possibilities, in particular it makes it possible to carry out punching without an auxiliary section.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing and collecting fiber waste from a creel stand having multiple, juxtaposed creel sections including an air suction/blower blowing a first air stream across the top of the creel sections and creating a second air stream flowing across the bottom of the creel sections. An air deflector reciprocating across the top of the creel sections deflects the first air stream downwardly through the creel sections. A bottom plenum beneath the creel sections receives the air stream from the creel sections and confines and directs the second air stream to the suction/blower. A second blower blows air through the bottom plenum toward the suction/blower to assist the suction/blower in creating the second air stream. A plurality of baffles are included in the bottom plenum to provide laminar air flow therein.

Abstract: A process for the production of warp knitted fabric uses a ground guide bar (L1) and at least two guide bars (L2 and L3) with partial threading. Threads (14) of a first additional thread system are worked with a main lap, which comprises a two row repeat. Threads (15) of a second additional thread system alternate between this main lapping and a pattern lap. Thread consumption in in the pattern lap are kept the same as in the main lap by using displacements that are larger and smaller than that in the main lap. A warp knitting machine (1) for providing such a process comprises appropriate control arrangements ( 6, 7, 8) for the displacement of the ground guide bar (L1) and the additional guide bars (L 2, L3). Furthermore, a novel warp knitted fabric is produced thereby. It is thus possible, by simple means, to produce a warp knitted fabric which is differently structured both in the warp direction, as well as in the weft direction.

Abstract: A method of making a breathable elastic web fabric comprises the steps of forming rows of chain stitches using a set of chain threads to define a plurality of lengthwise wales and widthwise courses, moving the front and back weft threads from side to side on each course in a pre-determined pattern as each course is formed to tie the wales and chain stitches together and to provide a plurality of staggered ventilation holes, and laying-in one elastomeric thread in each of the wales. The elastomeric thread is sandwiched between the front weft threads and the back weft threads, and enclosed in the underlap of each chain stitch. Preferably, the holes are formed in sets, the holes in each set being separated by at least one locking stitch to provide widthwise stability. In a pattern repeat of twelve courses and twenty four wales, the pattern for each weft bar is 1, 9, 1, 10, 1, 9, 5, 13, 4, 13, 5, 13. The holes comprise approximately 12 to 25 per cent of the extended surface area of the fabric.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electronically controlled electromagnetic needle selection device which is used in the in a circular knitting machine. The device operates in the direction of the needle cylinder rotation and can include reciprocating motion. It is used particularly for making ladies' stockings and includes a cylinder with needles and elastic pusher jacks which are housed in corresponding longitudinal grooves. Each pusher jack is provided with three butts: an upper butt which cooperates with a first ring cam for lowering into the selection position, an intermediate butt which cooperates with a presser cam in the centripetal direction, and a lower butt provided with a cam for raising the pusher jack to activate the corresponding needle. The device also has a rim structure fixed to the needle cylinder and provided, in line with each pusher jack, with a radial horizontal groove for housing an elastic selector.

Abstract: A method of conveying textile material in recipients from a machine delivering textile material to a machine receiving textile material by means of a self-propelled conveying carriage (F) whose movements are controlled by a central control unit (Z). A disadvantage of the known systems is that despite the use of a self-propelled carriage for the between-machines transfer of the cans, fully automatic operation without manual intervention is impossible--i.e., some manual intervention is required at short intervals of time.

Abstract: The saw tooth strips which form the card clothing are supported in bar shaped carriers. The carriers are mounted in the frame. This frame includes a blade supporting section for a dirt removing blade. The angular position of the blade relative to the carding cylinder can be adjusted by shims placed selectively onto projections at the blade supporting section. The blade is mounted by set screws to the frame. These set screws project through oblong holes through the blade such that longitudinal adjustments of the blade is possible allowing an adjusting of the distance between the blade knife edge and a carding cylinder.

Abstract: A yarn utilizing machine, in particular a circular knitting machine, having a plurality of yarn utilizing stations is provided with a corresponding number of supply means for the yarn. At each supply station, there is a yarn tension or yarn supply quantity monitoring device that cooperates with the yarn. This monitoring device includes a transducer cooperating with the yarn as well as a measuring circuit that emits a signal corresponding to the monitored parameter. To enable recognition of only the deviation of one parameter, independent of the absolute value of the parameter, means are provided for generating a reference value, which is dependent on the measured signals of all the measuring circuits. Each yarn utilizing station or each yarn supply means is provided with a deviation signal circuit, which has two inputs; at least a portion of the reference value is fed into one of the inputs, while at least a portion of the measured signal is fed into the other input.