Abstract: Disclosed is a fabric for a roofing membrane adapted to waterproof a roof of a building, the fabric including: warp and weft yarns laid on each other on the front and back sides thereof in such a manner as to have numbers and lengths corresponding to an area of the fabric; ground yarns wound around one side warp yarn and the other side warp yarn in a zigzag form in such a manner as to interlace the weft yarn; and finishing yarns arranged on edges thereof to allow the ground yarns to be arranged therebetween, upper loops and lower loops being formed alternately on the warp yarns where the ground yarns, the finishing yarns, or the ground yarn and the finishing yarn are laid on each other.

Abstract: A weft controlling device for using weft as warp in a strap weaving machine has motors mounted on an assembly board and controlling rods each movably connected to a corresponding one of the motors by a controlling thread and each controlling rod having a weft hole in a distal end thereof so as to allow weft to pass through the weft hole. Springs are each mounted around a corresponding one of the controlling rods to provide a recovery force to the corresponding controlling rod. The movement of the controlling rods by the motors is able to drive the weft to a specific position for selection by the strap weaving machine.

Abstract: A frame comprises, perpendicular to a longitudinal framework, a support with a spool of core strand, a rotating wheel with bobbins of twisted strand, and structure for forwarding the bundles of strands parallel to the longitudinal direction of movement of two spreads of warp thread. The frame accommodates a hook that moves back and forth and grabs one of the twisted strands wound around the core strand, introduces it between the two warp spreads to produce a fringe, and then grabs another strand. A fringing hook is mounted on the end of a rod that can be disengaged from the driving device and has at the end opposite the hook a shank that can come to rest during conclusion of the fringe-producing stroke against at least one surface of one of the stops in a mechanism that can be sequentially moved to vary the stroke of the hook in accordance with the pattern selected for the fringes.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing a woven stringer for a concealed type of slide fastener having a row of continuous filamentary coupling elements woven integrally into a stringer tape. The row of coupling elements are formed into a continuous helical coil structure which is woven into a longitudinal edge of the stringer tape as the latter is woven and which is oriented so that each of the coupling elements has its heel portion disposed to project transversely beyond the longitudinal edge of the stringer tape and its coupling head portion directed toward a web portion of the tape when the stringer is produced. The resulting stringer when in use is folded back on a longitudinal axis so that the coupling head projects beyond the tape edge but is concealed from view when a pair of such stringers are coupled together.

Abstract: A method of producing a continuous slide fastener strip by weaving on an automatic needle loom, warp yarns for support tape and warp yarns for tying-in being guided to form sheds, weaving needles being used to pick weft yarns for the support tape and a plastics monofilament yarn. A weaving needle which reciprocates continuously between an outside position and an inside position is operative to loop the plastics monofilament yarn around a former for forming coupling members, a row thereof being formed continuously from the latter yarn, the coupling members of such row each comprising a coupling head and connected arms which form a coupling loop and being joined together by connecting parts.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a woven slide fastener stringer wherein synthetic resin fastener elements in the form of a continuous spiral are formed at the same time that the fastener tape is woven. In the method, the monofilament for forming the fastener elements is advanced toward a hook on one side of warp bunches from the other side thereof, engaged on the hook at the advanced position and guide into a fell via the one side of the warp and is thereafter deformed into a loop shaped fastener element. The apparatus includes a carrier for advancing the monofilament across the warp bunches and a swinging arm swingably positioned at one side of the warp bunches. The swinging arm includes the hook for engaging the monofilament for forming fastener elements and is swingable between a first position wherein the hook is situated at one side of a fell and a second position wherein the hook is remote from the fell.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a woven band having novel yarn patterns by crosswise motion and hooking of warp threads on or within the stitch selvedge of an elastic rigid woven band. A thrower 3 includes a means for hooking and transversely shifting one or more warp threads and/or one or more intermediate yarns in the direction of the warp threads to the body of the article being made. The shifting of one of these yarns is effected in accordance with a pre-determined cycle. The yarns are thereafter either meshed or inserted within the mesh to obtain embroidery effects or runproof products.

Abstract: A process for making a woven ribbon having stitched selvages on a ribbon loom by moving a single weft inserting member crosswise in two directions. The weft inserting member inserts a first auxiliary thread along each selvage and alternately drives a second auxiliary thread in the opposite direction outside the selvage.

Abstract: A fabric woven on a needle loom including a cover thread on the woven edge covering the exterior edge of the woven edge warp thread by a serpentine pattern interlocked with the weft loops and a binder thread knitted at the other edge covering the exterior edge of the knitted edge warp thread. Picot loops formed at both edges of the warp extend diagonally therefrom. A plurality of picot loops at the knitted edge include a non-picot weft loop substantially at the center of the plurality to secure the knitted binder thread to the warp edge.

Abstract: A needle loom for producing a decorative selvedge at the knitted edge of a fabric during weaving comprising a weft inserter for inserting loops of weft into a warp shed from one side, a knitting needle for securing the weft loops and movable weft loop engaging means for engaging selected weft loops and causing said selected weft loops to extend beyond the knitted edge of the fabric and forming a decorative edge.The invention also includes a method producing a decorative selvedge on the aforesaid loom.