Abstract: A holding frame includes a frame forming portion and at least one holder. The frame forming portion has a placement surface, a first magnet, and a plurality of first magnetic field generation portions generating magnetic fields with the first magnet. The first magnet is arranged on the frame forming portion so that the orientations of the magnetic fields of the plurality of first magnetic field generation portions that are adjacent are reversed from each other on the placement surface. The at least one holder has a holding surface, a second magnet, and a plurality of second magnetic field generation portions generating magnetic fields with the second magnet. The second magnet is arranged in each holder so that the orientations of the magnetic fields of the plurality of second magnetic field generation portions that are adjacent are reversed from each other on the holding surface.

Abstract: A tufting machine includes a drive system for driving reciprocation of one or more needle bars carrying a series of needles. A backing material will be fed through a tufting zone of the tufting machine, with the needles penetrating into and out of the backing material, and with the reciprocation of the needle bars controlled by the drive system to form tufts of yarns in the backing material at increased production rates.

Abstract: A presser foot module (50) for a tufting machine. The module has a module body (13) for attachment to a tufting machine and the plurality of fingers (12) extending from the body in a first direction which, in use, is opposite to the direction in which the backing medium (1) is fed through the tufting machine. The module body (13) has a downwardly depending lip (53) defining a presser surface (53A) extending across an end of the body which is adjacent to the interface with the fingers (12). Each finger (12) has an unsupported end opposite to the module body (13) so as to provide access to an open gap between adjacent fingers in a direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A method and tooling for manufacturing flexible articles of manufacture such as garments, bags, backpacks and accessories that require hemmed edges. The method and tooling are compatible for use in an automated system and simplify the hemming process by performing the hemming operation on a flat pattern of material before the pattern of material has been joined with other patterns of material to form a finished or intermediate three-dimensional workpiece. This facilitates the formation of the hem by allowing the hem to be formed on a flat material pattern on a flat surface, thereby facilitating the folding, creasing and affixing of the hem without the requirement of human dexterity and labor.

Abstract: When a displacement member is located at an open position, an action member causes urging force of an elastic urging member to act on the displacement member such that the displacement member is held at the open position. When the displacement member is located at a closed position, the action member causes urging force of the elastic urging member to act on the displacement member such that the displacement member is held at the closed position. When a connection pin fits into an opening through an entrance for attaching an embroidery frame to a carriage, the connection pin contacts a contact portion of the displacement member and press the contact portion toward a side opposite to the entrance of the opening, and the displacement member is displaced from the open position to the closed position.

Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper includes a cushion member and a chassis. The cushion member includes a first series of lobes alternating with a first series of recesses along a length of the cushion member. The first series of lobes and the first series of recesses extend along one of a medial side of the sole structure and a lateral side of the sole structure. The chassis is disposed between the cushion member and the upper and includes a series of first supports alternating with a second series of recesses. The supports of the series of first supports are aligned and in contact with respective lobes of the first series of lobes and the second series of recesses are aligned with the first series of recesses.

Abstract: A load bearing tension member for an elevator system includes a plurality of tension elements arrayed across a tension member width. The tension elements are offset from a tension member central axis, the central axis bisecting a tension member thickness and extending across the tension member width. The tension elements include a plurality of fibers extending along a length of the tension element, and a matrix material in which the plurality of fibers are embedded. A jacket at least partially encapsulates the plurality of tension elements.

Abstract: A sole for sports shoes is provided including a base or tread component, a top or midsole component and a least one intermediate or elastic cushioning component. Advantageously, the sole if able to provide high cushioning, elastic yield and stability thanks to the mechanical or structural characteristics of the sole.

Abstract: The baseball or softball glove includes a thumb part, an index finger pan, and a web. The web includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The first protrusion has a first through hole. The second protrusion has a second through hole. At least either the first through hole or the second through hole has an inclined edge that extends obliquely upward from a base of the thumb part or the index finger part on a peripheral edge forming the through hole. The first protrusion and the second protrusion are engaged with each other in a state where the first through hole and the second through hole are connected to each other in a chain shape.

Abstract: A fastening system for an object (e.g., a wearable such as footwear) is disclosed that includes a buckle assembly and a strap for adjusting tension. The buckle assembly includes a base and a slider engaged with the base. The strap includes an array of teeth to engage with a pawl formed on the base. The fastening system is configurable between an engaged condition and a released condition based on the positioning of the slider relative to the base.

Abstract: A twisting machine for automatic donning is provided. The twisting machine includes an outer yarn branch rail arranged at the middle position of the twisting machine, wherein the outer yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the outer yarn carrier assembly to deliver the outer yarn winding package by suspending; the twisting machine further includes an inner yarn branch rail arranged at the both sides of the twisting machine, the inner yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the inner yarn carrier assembly to deliver the inner yarn winding package by suspending.

Abstract: A lifting system for inner yarn rails is provided. The system includes an in-air conveying rail, and a carrier unit, wherein the in-air conveying rail is configured to convey the carrier unit, and the carrier unit is configured to carry a winding package; an inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is arranged on the in-air conveying rail, the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is positioned on both sides of a twisting machine; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section rises, it communicates with the in-air conveying rail; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section descends, it approaches the position of a spindle bucket of the twisting machine.

Abstract: A wearable protection device including at least one inflatable member designed to move between a rest condition in a deflated status and an operating condition in an inflated status, and an inflator device designed to be coupled to the at least one inflatable member for inflating said at least one inflatable member once the inflator device is triggered. The wearable protection device includes a safety device designed to signal an unsafe state of the wearable protection device if the inflator device is decoupled or not properly coupled to said at least one inflatable member.

Abstract: A helmet comprises an outer shell, an outer liner positioned inside of the outer shell, an inner liner positioned inside of the outer liner, at least one displacement device positioned between the inner liner and the outer liner, and at least one helmet coupler that couples at least the outer liner and the inner liner together. The coupler comprises a first head positioned in a first recess in the outer liner, and a second head positioned in a second recess in the inner liner. A coupler post extends through the outer liner and the inner liner to interconnect the first head and the second head. The displacement device produces a damped shear action in response to relative movement of the inner liner and the outer liner. The helmet coupler permits the relative movement and keeps the outer liner and the inner liner coupled together.

Abstract: An article of protective clothing with protective functions in relation to chemical, biological, radioactive, or nuclear, respectively . . . including toxic or harmful substances such as for example warfare agents. The protective clothing can be used in both the military and the civilian sector. More specifically, one embodiment is an article of protective clothing, especially for the region of the head or the neck, respectively, in the form of a headgear which is worn, or used with a respiratory mask, also referred to as a protective breathing apparatus. The headgear has an effective seal between the headgear and the respiratory mask. A further embodiment is a method for sealing the transition between a headgear and a respiratory mask.

Abstract: A garment worn by a wearer has an impact absorbing material comprising arrays of various hexagonal or other deformable polygonal-shaped structures positioned between an exterior surface and an interior surface. When force is applied to the exterior surface, the structures of the impact absorbing materials deform (e.g., buckle) in a desired manner, reducing the force received by the interior surface.

Abstract: A ski boot that controls and adjust a forward flex and a rearward rebound movement of a ski boot. The ski boot includes a shell to receive and retain a foot of a skier; a cuff secured to a lower leg of the skier; an adjustable damper that controls the forward flex and the rearward rebound movement of the ski boot; a sensor measuring data about the forward flex and the rearward rebound movement of the ski boot; and means to adjust the adjustable damper in response to the data provided by the sensor. A system is also described that includes the ski boot, a processor that receives and analyzes the data; and a receiver that receives a signal from the processor and which, via the means to adjust the adjustable damper, adjusts the adjustable damper to alter the forward flex and the rearward rebound movement of the ski boot.

Abstract: A compound paper yarn manufacturing device includes a Japanese paper roll, a slitter configured to slit a Japanese paper sheet fed out from the Japanese paper roll to form a plurality of Japanese paper tapes, a distributor configured to distribute the plurality of Japanese paper tapes into each single Japanese paper tape, a plurality of pairs of slip rollers formed by providing a plurality of pieces of a pair of slip rollers that feed out each distributed single Japanese paper tape while slipping, and a covering machine including a plurality of single covering units configured to perform, with a first yarn added, false-twisting on the single Japanese paper tape fed out from the pair of slip rollers, and to cover with a second yarn.

Abstract: A tufting machine (100) comprises a needle bar (10) shiftable in a needle bar longitudinal direction (L), a plurality of needles (12) being provided on the needle bar (10) following each other in the needle bar longitudinal direction (L), each needle (12) being individually selectable for carrying out a stitch and thereby generating a pile on a backing fabric, further comprising such a yarn threading that, on the needle bar (10), groups (G) of the needles (12) following each other in the needle bar longitudinal direction (L) and comprising a predetermined number of needles (12) are generated, the needles (12) of each group (G) having yarns of different properties threaded therethrough, the number of yarns of different properties associated with each group (G) being less than the number needles (12) within each group (G), such that, within each group (G), at least two needles (12) have yarns of the same property threaded therethrough.

Abstract: A method of operating a tufting machine including a sliding needle bar with a plurality of needles, a presser foot mounted slidable with the needle bar, an end yarn feed, a needle selection mechanism, a plurality of loopers, a plurality of knives to cut a loop of yarn on a respective looper, and a dislodge mechanism to selectively dislodge a loop of yarn from the looper before the yarn is cut. The method controls the feed of yarn to the needles and, when a cut end is required, a determination is made whether a predetermined yarn condition is present in the yarn at its cut end and, in response to such a determination, an additional loop of yarn, not required by the pattern data is formed, such that the additional loop of yarn forms a yarn buffer that can be pulled back through the backing medium.