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20130302558 | PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY ARTICLES OF CLOTHING - A pair of complementary articles of clothing, in particular a pair of socks, including first and second complementary articles of clothing that can be detachably connected to each other, wherein the detachable connection is made by first and second complementary connecting elements, which are each fastened to the article of clothing by a carrier element, wherein one of the ends of each carrier element forms a gripping area without a connecting function, so that the connection between the first and the second connecting element can be detached by pulling on the gripping areas of the carrier elements. | 11-14-2013 |
20140220291 | PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY ARTICLES OF CLOTHING - A pair of complementary articles of clothing, such as socks, that can be detachably connected to each other. The detachable connection can be made by first and second complementary connecting elements, which are each fastened to the article of clothing by a carrier element, wherein one of the ends of each carrier element forms a gripping area without a connecting function, so that the connection between the first and the second connecting element can be detached by pulling on the gripping areas of the carrier elements. | 08-07-2014 |
20150059060 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A portion of an article of clothing has a reinforced strip, such as an embroidered strip. A first connector member has a male or female connector on its front face and a rearwardly-projecting member on its rear face. The rearwardly-projecting member passes through the strip to the opposite side of the article of clothing and into an opening in a second connector member. It is secured therein by an elastic snap-fit, for example. A complementary article of clothing (such as the other sock of a pair of socks) has a similar construction but with the other of the male or female connectors on the first connector member. The male connector of the one article snap fits into the female connector of the other to releasably connect them together, such as for washing or storage. To separate the articles the strip of the one article is grasped in one of the user's hands and the strip of the other article in the user's other hand and they are pulled apart. The first and second connector members of both articles remain attached to their respective article. | 03-05-2015 |
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20130043872 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT IN A SUBSURFACE - A device for detecting an object in a subsurface, including a transmitting unit having a transmitting element designed to emit a transmission signal into the subsurface, a receiving unit having two or more receiving elements designed to receive a reception signal which is a function of the transmission signal and the properties of the object and of the subsurface, a control and evaluation unit which is designed to control the transmitting unit and receiving unit and to evaluate the reception signals, and a display unit which is designed to display the reception signals evaluated by the control and evaluation unit. The transmitting unit has at least one further transmitting element which is designed to emit at least one further transmission signal into the subsurface, and the transmitting elements of the transmitting unit are controllable independently of one another by the control and evaluation unit. A method is also provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130049757 | Device and Method for Detecting an Underground Power Line - A device for detecting an underground power line includes, for example, a sensor unit that has a magnetic field sensor element that is configured for receiving a received signal depending on the features of the power line and the underground, a control and evaluation unit configured for controlling the sensor unit and for evaluating the received signal, and a display unit for displaying the received signal evaluated by the control and evaluation unit. The sensor unit includes, for example, at least one additional magnetic field sensor element configured to receive a received signal depending on the features of the power line and the underground, wherein the magnetic field sensor elements can be independently controlled by the control and evaluation unit. | 02-28-2013 |
20130057249 | Method and Device for Detecting a Conductive Object - A method for detecting an electrically and/or magnetically conductive object in a vicinity of a sensor head of a device, having the following steps:
| 03-07-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130302558 | PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY ARTICLES OF CLOTHING - A pair of complementary articles of clothing, in particular a pair of socks, including first and second complementary articles of clothing that can be detachably connected to each other, wherein the detachable connection is made by first and second complementary connecting elements, which are each fastened to the article of clothing by a carrier element, wherein one of the ends of each carrier element forms a gripping area without a connecting function, so that the connection between the first and the second connecting element can be detached by pulling on the gripping areas of the carrier elements. | 11-14-2013 |
20140220291 | PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY ARTICLES OF CLOTHING - A pair of complementary articles of clothing, such as socks, that can be detachably connected to each other. The detachable connection can be made by first and second complementary connecting elements, which are each fastened to the article of clothing by a carrier element, wherein one of the ends of each carrier element forms a gripping area without a connecting function, so that the connection between the first and the second connecting element can be detached by pulling on the gripping areas of the carrier elements. | 08-07-2014 |
20150059060 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A portion of an article of clothing has a reinforced strip, such as an embroidered strip. A first connector member has a male or female connector on its front face and a rearwardly-projecting member on its rear face. The rearwardly-projecting member passes through the strip to the opposite side of the article of clothing and into an opening in a second connector member. It is secured therein by an elastic snap-fit, for example. A complementary article of clothing (such as the other sock of a pair of socks) has a similar construction but with the other of the male or female connectors on the first connector member. The male connector of the one article snap fits into the female connector of the other to releasably connect them together, such as for washing or storage. To separate the articles the strip of the one article is grasped in one of the user's hands and the strip of the other article in the user's other hand and they are pulled apart. The first and second connector members of both articles remain attached to their respective article. | 03-05-2015 |
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20090252915 | ELASTIC COMPOSITE TAPE - An elastic composite strip has a longitudinally elongated substrate strip having a pair of opposite faces and formed of an elastomer that is highly stretchable longitudinally but only limitedly or not stretchy at all transversely. A respective soft knit fabric cover strip that is highly stretchable longitudinally but only limitedly or not stretchy at all transversely extends longitudinally on each of the faces. Respective arrays of longitudinally spaced and transversely extending lines of adhesive are bonded to the faces and to filaments of the respective cover strips. | 10-08-2009 |
20090258183 | LAMINATE FOR DIAPER CLOSURE - A laminate usable as a diaper closure has a pair of generally contiguous outer fleece layers having longitudinally extending and parallel outer edges and a core layer of foil of LP or LLP polyethylene extending between the outer layers substantially a full width of the outer layers between the edges. The foil has a thickness between 5 μm and 20 μm. Bonds are provided between the core layer and each of the outer layers. The laminate has regions activated by stretching and in which the laminate is semielastric, and unactivated regions in which the laminate is not stretchy. | 10-15-2009 |
20100096074 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A SPUNBOND LAMINATE - An elastic nonwoven laminate is made by applying spaced zones of adhesive to a face of an elastic film such that adhesive-free zones are left between the adhesive zones. This elastic film carrying the adhesive zones is advanced in a travel direction, and an unconsolidated fleece nonwoven layer of filaments is applied to the face of the advancing film such that the fleece layer adheres to the film at the adhesive zones. The fleece layer can be formed by extruding a multiplicity of fibers or filaments and depositing them directly on the face of the film. Alternately they can be deposited on a conveyor that transports the fleece to the film and presses it against the film. Either way, the fleece layer is not consolidated and the fleece layer is not compacted prior to application to the glued side of the film. | 04-22-2010 |
20100143670 | LAMINATE - A laminate for making a flexible fastener. The laminate has according to the invention outer layers of nonwoven and parallel and spaced strips of an elastic film laminated between the outer layers. The outer layers are directly bonded to each other in regions between the elastic strips and there form inelastic regions of the laminate while regions each containing one of the strips form elastic regions. At least one of the outer layers is a sheer nonwoven. A color or pattern imprint is printed on the one outer layer over the elastic and inelastic regions. | 06-10-2010 |
20110160690 | INCONTINENCE BRIEF - An incontinence brief for an adult wearer has an absorbent body having a fluid-permeable inner side, a fluid-tight outer side, and an absorbent liner therebetween. The body is subdivided into a central part adapted to fit in a crotch region of the wearer, a rear part connected to the central part and adapted to fit against a rear waist region of the wearer, and a front part adapted to fit against a front waist region of the wearer. Two fastening straps adapted to fit around respective sides of a waist of the wearer each have a rear end secured to the rear part and a front part. At least one of the fasteners is provided between its respective front and rear ends with an elastic layer forming an elastically stretchable region, and each of the fasteners has an outer layer formed by a water-jet consolidated fleece. | 06-30-2011 |
20120037300 | DIAPER CLOSURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A laminated web from which diaper closure elements may be punched is made by first applying at least two pairs longitudinally extending and transversely spaced bend-resistant strips to a first longitudinally extending nonwoven tape. Then a respective longitudinally extending strip of an elastically stretchable polymer is applied to the first nonwoven tape between each of the pairs of the bend-resistant strips with the polymer strip partially overlapping both of the bend-resistant strips of the respective pair. A second longitudinally extending nonwoven tape that covers and extends transversely to both sides of the polymer strip is applied over the bend-resistant strips and the polymer strips to form a laminate with the polymer strip between the first and second nonwoven tapes. | 02-16-2012 |
20120152435 | METHOD OF MAKING A TEXTILE WEB FROM WHICH ELASTICALLY STRETCHABLE DIAPER CLOSURES CAN BE STAMPED - A textile web from which elastically stretchable diaper closures can be stamped is made by first passing a pair of nonwoven textile webs longitudinally through a first laminating station at a predetermined first speed and inserting a plurality of longitudinally extending and transversely spaced strips of an elastic polymer between the webs at the first laminating station. This laminates the webs and strips together into an intermediate laminate having longitudinally extending zones where the webs are directly laminated to each other alternating with longitudinally extending stretch zones where the elastic strips are laminated between the webs. This intermediate laminate then passes through a second lamination station downstream of the first lamination station at a predetermined second speed smaller than the first predetermined speed. In the second lamination station respective inelastic strips are adhered to opposite faces of the intermediate laminate in the zones between the stretch zones. | 06-21-2012 |
20120152466 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ELASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH A TEXTILE SURFACE - A method for the production of an elastic composite material with a textile surface. First, a laminate is produced, which has elastic cover layers and a core composed of a nonwoven fabric. Subsequently, the laminate is separated into two strips, each of which has a cover layer and an adhering layer of nonwoven fabric, by tearing open the core. | 06-21-2012 |
20120263873 | SELF-CLEANING NOZZLE FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO A MOVING WEB - A nozzle for applying a liquid adhesive to a web moving continuously in a travel direction has a body having a passage forming an outlet opening generally transversely to the direction immediately adjacent the moving web at a face of the body so that the liquid adhesive flows through the passage and out the outlet end onto the moving web. Structure on the face of the body forms immediately upstream of the outlet a porous region. Air is fed through the structure and out of the face to form between the region and the web an air cushion. | 10-18-2012 |
20130206175 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING INTERENGAGING STRETCH ROLLERS - To clean a pair of counterrotating stretch rollers having surface formations that interengage and that stretch a laminate web transversely to a travel direction in which the web passes between the interengaging rollers gas streams carrying dry-ice particles are directed at surfaces of the counterrotating rollers such that the particles free contaminants from surfaces of the rollers. The freed contaminants and dry-ice particles are aspirated from immediately adjacent each of the rollers while the rollers are rotating and, in fact while the production operation of the web is taking place. | 08-15-2013 |
20130230700 | METHOD OF MAKING A WEB FROM WHICH ELASTIC DIAPER CLOSURES CAN BE STAMPED - Elastically stretchable diaper closure elements that each comprise an inelastic and reinforced attachment region for securing a closure component and an adjacent elastic stretch region can be punched from a textile web. A plurality of pairs of elastic film strips of an elastically stretchable polymer are inserted between two cover layers of nonwoven with the film strips parallel and spaced laterally from one another. Between each pair of elastic film strips a strip of a reinforcement film is inserted that has a support layer and an outer layer of polyethylene on at least one side between the cover layers with each reinforcement-film strip overlapping each of the respective elastic film strips at a respective overlap region. The reinforcement-film strips are bonded to the elastic film strips in the overlap regions, and the nonwoven cover layers are bonded to the reinforcement film strips by ultrasonic or thermal welding. | 09-05-2013 |
20140326397 | Method of making a printed elastic laminate - A method of making a printed, elastic laminate has the steps of printing a motif on a longitudinally elongated elastic film. The printed elastic film is cut into longitudinally extending strips that are then bonded transversely next to each other between two surface webs through at least one of which the motif is visible to form a laminate. The laminate is then transversely stretched at least at the strips. | 11-06-2014 |
20140329053 | STRETCH LAMINATE - A stretch laminate has at least one cover web, an elastomeric film attached to the cover web and having two opposite faces, and a skin on at least one of the faces. An adhesive at an anchor zone between the skin and the cover web bonds the skin to the cover web at the anchor zone, leaving a stretch zone free of adhesive adjacent the anchor zone. The skin having wrinkles in the anchor zone but not in the stretch zone. | 11-06-2014 |
20140367032 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ELASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH A TEXTILE SURFACE - A method for the production of an elastic composite material with a textile surface. First, a laminate is produced, which has elastic cover layers and a core composed of a nonwoven fabric. Subsequently, the laminate is separated into two strips, each of which has a cover layer and an adhering layer of nonwoven fabric, by tearing open the core. | 12-18-2014 |