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EP 0720671 A1 19960710 - TEXTILE TUFTING SPINE

Title (en)

TEXTILE TUFTING SPINE

Title (de)

TEXTILER TUFTINGRÜCKEN

Title (fr)

ENVERS TEXTILE TUFTE

Publication

EP 0720671 A1 19960710 (DE)

Application

EP 95921764 A 19950526

Priority

DE 4418272 A 19940526
DE 19507969 A 19950307
DE 19507970 A 19950307
EP 9502022 W 19950526

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9533092A2] The application concerns a textile tufting spine whose high dimensional stability is assured by interconnected synthetic filaments which lie across each other linearly and in sheaves in at least four directions, these filaments softening or melting at certain temperatures.

IPC 1-7

D05C 17/02; D04H 3/04; D04H 3/14

IPC 8 full level

D04H 3/005 (2012.01); D04H 3/04 (2012.01); D04H 3/14 (2012.01); D05C 17/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D04H 3/005 (2013.01); D04H 3/04 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2013.01); D05C 17/023 (2013.01); D10B 2401/16 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9533092A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE CH GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9533092 A2 19951207; WO 9533092 A3 19960208; EP 0720671 A1 19960710

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 9502022 W 19950526; EP 95921764 A 19950526