|
HISTORY
The art of weaving and braiding of yarns and/or threads has a long and storied history. The basic concept of interlacing, typically at right angles, has origins in pre-recorded history. Through the centuries, weaving and braiding, among other interlacing practices, and weaving and braiding machines and methods have developed and continue to develop wherein weaving and braiding are integral processes in the present day manufacture of apparel and other articles. |
In 2013 Brad Jamison of TEF Braids filed a patent at the USPTO relating to filament networks or a patterned plexus of filaments, such as, woven fabrics, and the articles that can be fabricated with filament networks, such as, footwear, apparel, accessories, sporting goods, and equipment; more particularly, the present invention relates to multi-axial filament networks comprising linked and interwoven strands, which provide enhanced flexibility and endurance to the plexus of strands, and the articles that can be fabricated with the multi-axial filament networks, such as, footwear, apparel, accessories, sporting goods, and equipment, having enhanced performance, flexibility, structural qualities, and endurance.
|
2013
|
Patterned Plexus of Filaments, Method of Producing and Articles Containing Patterned Filaments
US 20140377488 A1 Disclosed herein is a plexus of filaments which is composed of groups of filaments, whose filament members are linked together, in a repetitious pattern, and whose filaments may be interlaced or linked to bisecting groups of filaments, creating a patterned plexus whose filament members generally follow spiraling paths, while linking with neighboring filaments, creating a group, or interlaced groups, of tension distributive filaments within a plexus of filaments; said plexus exhibiting greater conformal and constrictive qualities in comparison to the prior art. Also disclosed is a method of producing filament structures for a variety of uses including composite structures with tension displacement properties, and sporting goods requiring conformal load distribution with minimal weight; such as, running shoes. |
TIMELINE Lace Braiding Technology
2017
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee James Y. Yoo Chikao Ichikawa Michihiro Ichikawa Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2017-05-31 |
Braided article of footwear incorporating flat yarn US20180343959A1
An upper for an article of footwear is provided, having a braided structure comprising a first yarn having a first cross-sectional shape and a second yarn having a second cross-sectional shape different than the first cross-sectional shape. The first cross-sectional shape comprises an outer surface parallel to an inner surface in a rectangular orientation. Additionally, the first yarn is oriented such that at least a portion of the outer surface comprises the first side of the first yarn and at least a portion of the inner surface comprises the second side of the first yarn. |
2017
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee James Y. Yoo Chikao Ichikawa Michihiro Ichikawa Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2017-05-30 |
Braided upper for footwear with finished heel axis US20180343958A1
A system for forming a braided footwear upper is provided. The upper has a medial side and a lateral side, and a toe end and a heel end. The braided footwear is made from a number of yarns that are braided together. The heel-axis finishing system includes an alignment mechanism that orients the medial side and the lateral side at the heel end. The lateral side and the medial side come together at the heel to form a heel axis. A joining mechanism is associated with the alignment mechanism. The joining mechanism couples at least one braided yarn from the medial side to at least one braided yarn from the lateral side along the heel axis. By joining the aligned yarns as they are severed, the heel area transitions from the medial side to the lateral side with an appearance of seamlessness. |
2017
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee James Y. Yoo Chikao Ichkawa Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2017-05-31 |
Braided Articles And Methods For Their Manufacture US20180343962A1
Aspects herein are directed to braided articles and methods for their manufacture. The braided articles may include articles of footwear having braided uppers. The article of footwear may comprise a sole and a braided upper comprising a toe portion having a toe seam, a heel portion comprising a seamless braided structure, and a throat portion. The toe portion may comprise a base yarn. The throat portion may comprise a stretch yarn. Additionally, the heel portion may comprise both the stretch yarn and the base yarn. |
2017
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee James Y. Yoo Chikao Ichkawa Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2017-05-31 |
Braided Articles And Methods For Their Manufacture US20180343962A1
Aspects herein are directed to braided articles and methods for their manufacture. The braided articles may include articles of footwear having braided uppers. The braided uppers may include a base yarn and a high performance yarn. The high performance yarn may form a braided structure within the braided upper. The braided structure may be continuously braided to provide continuous support to a wearer's foot when the article of footwear is worn as intended, by a wearer. |
2017
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee James Y. Yoo Chikao Ichikawa Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2017-05-31 |
Method of manufacturing a bi-axial braided article of footwear US20180343960A1
A method of manufacturing is provided, with an initial step of providing an automated braiding machine having a braid ring assembly and a plurality of spools associated with the braid ring assembly, each of the plurality of spools containing a strand of braiding material. When initially braiding the article of footwear, the spools on the braid ring assembly are in a first set of positions. Continuing, the article of footwear is braided beginning with a first end of the article of footwear with the spools on the braid ring assembly in the first set of positions. Upon reaching a transition point of the article of footwear, the spools on the braid ring assembly are positioned in a second set of positions. Finally, the article of footwear is braided from the transition point to the second end, with the spools on the braid ring assembly in the second set of positions. |
2017
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee James Y. Yoo Chikao Ichikawa Michihiro Ichikawa Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2017-05-30 |
Double layer, single tube braid for footwear upper
US20180343957A1 A method of manufacturing a braided footwear upper is provided. The method includes braiding a two-layer, single-tube structure with a first end that couples a first braided layer to a second braided layer, and second end that couples the first braided layer to the second braided layer of the tubular braided structure. The first end is proximate the second end. At least one yarn from the first end, and at least one yarn from the second end are braided with at least one draw yarn. The draw yarn is braided to be easily removable, such that the first end is selectively de-coupled from the second end. When the draw yarn is removed, the double-layer tubular braided structure is expandable to form a larger diameter tubular braided structure. |
2017
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee James Y. Yoo Chikao Ichikawa Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc |
Braided Articles And Methods For Their Manufacture US20180368506A1
Aspects herein are directed to braided articles and methods for their manufacture. The braided articles may include articles of footwear having braided uppers. The braided uppers may include a base yarn and a high performance yarn. The high performance yarn may form a braided structure within the braided upper. The braided structure may be continuously braided to provide continuous support to a wearer's foot when the article of footwear is worn as intended, by a wearer. Additionally, the high performance yarn may be configured to exit the braided upper and re-enter the braided upper to form a plurality of arcuate loops along the throat area of the braided article of footwear for accommodating a lace for further adjustment of the fit of the article of footwear on the wearer's foot, when worn. |
2015
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2015-08-07 |
Multi-Layered Braided Article And Method Of Making
US 20170035149 A1 An article includes a two layered braided upper assembly with an outer braided structure and an inner braided structure. The braided structures may have different braid patterns. The dual layered upper assembly can be manufactured using a braid machine with multiple rings of spools |
2015
|
Braiding Machine With Multiple Rings Of Spools
US 20170037548 A1 A braiding machine is disclosed. The braiding machine includes several rings for passing spools. An inner ring and an outer ring may be comprised of rotor metals. An intermediate ring may be comprised of horn gears. Spools may pass along the inner and outer rings, and the horn gears in the intermediate ring allow spools to be passed back and forth between the inner ring and the outer ring |
2015
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee Craig K. Sills Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2015-05-26 |
Hybrid Braided Article US 20160345675 A1
An upper for an article of footwear is formed by incorporating different braided portions. The upper may be formed by incorporating a first braided portion with a second braided portion. The top portion of the upper may have the first braided portion. The lower portion of the upper may have the second braided portion. |
2015
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2015-05-26 |
Braiding Machine And Method Of Forming An Article Incorporating A Moving Object
US 20160345677 A1 A braiding machine and method of forming an upper that includes braiding over a forming last that passes from a first side of a braiding point to a second side of the braiding point. The braiding machine being capable of forming intricate braided structures. |
2015
|
Braiding machine with non-circular geometry
US 20160348288 A1 A braiding machine in which spools wound with tensile elements are mounted on carriages that are disposed on a rotor track around the perimeter of the braiding machine. The perimeter of the braiding machine is non-circular, such that the area enclosed by the perimeter of the non-circular braiding machine is substantially less than the area enclosed by a circular braiding machine having a perimeter of the same length as the perimeter of the non-circular braiding machine. |
2015
Inventor
Robert M. Bruce Eun Kyung Lee Current Assignee Nike Inc Original Assignee Nike Inc Priority date 2015-05-2 |
Braiding Machine And Method Of Forming An Article Incorporating Braiding Machine
US 20160345676 A1 A braiding machine and method of forming an upper that includes braiding over a forming mandrel located adjacent to a ring. The braiding machine being capable of forming intricate braided structures. |
2012
Inventor
Roy M. Broughton, Jr. David J. BRANSCOMB David G. Beale Current Assignee Auburn University Original AssigneeAuburn University Priority date 2012-04-16 |
2012
Minimal weight composites using open structure US 8859088 B2 Preforms for open structured (lattice) composite tubular members manufactured from large (i.e. high filament count) prepreg yarns on a conventional maypole braiding machine, and subsequently cured to produce fiber reinforced composites of high strength and light weight. |
1973
|
Braiding Machine for Knotless Netting
Lace braiding machine for braiding knotless netting. A mechanized braiding assembly is circularly arranged, in horizontal orientation, wherein two rows of wing wheels are provided, with means for carrying and interchanging net lacing needles, provision being made for tracks and track switches for the guidance of these needles. Braid elements formed in this assembly are transported to the upper central region of the machine, where braid lifter means, synchronized with the mechanism of the braiding assembly, complete the loops of the netting and provide for progressive transfer thereof to an overlying take-off unit |
1929
|
Crown beater for braiding and lace machines US 1732720 A
The invention relates to crown beaters for braiding and lace machines. Hitherto the crown beater has commonly included a metal ring forming a common axis of rotation for all the beating knives, the metal ring being held against rotation in a two part crown or hearing. |
1926
|
Bobbin carrier for lace-braiding machines US 1574616 A
This invention relates to a novel bobbin carrier for lace-braiding machines; which permits the use of a larger bobbin, holding twice or four times as much thread as the bobbin-carriers now in use. The stirrup usually located at the side of the bobbin and extending beyond it, which carried the devices for guiding and stopping the thread, is eliminated and replaced by a fixed member, a kind of cap, upon which are arranged the thread guiding and stopping devices. |
1926
|
Carrier-drive head for lace-braiding machines US 1574240 A
The present invention relates generally to lace braiding machines and more particularly to a new method of attaching, the driver and the centre disc to their respective axes, the said members constituting what is called a braiding quoit or driver in lace braiding machines. The centre disc for guiding and controlling the braiding carrier is attached in such a manner on its fixed axis that it permits of the free passage of the foot of the braiding-carrier so that the periphery of the said foot may be tangential to the axis of the head. |
1925
Inventor
Leflaive Louis Joseph Gustave Knecht Jean Jacques Original Assignee Leflaive Louis Joseph Gustave Knecht Jean Jacques Priority date 1924-04-11 |
Braiding machine US 1562976 A
The present invention relates to improvements in lace-,making machines and more particularly to the mechanism ,by means' of which the bobbins of such machines are driven and held, the' purpose of the invention being essentially to secure simpler and more economical working ,of the said mechanism |
1924
|
Braiding carrier US 1479831 A My invention relates to braiding carriers, and my main object is to avoid twisting of the yarn as ordinarily produced by the travel of 'the carrier about the race-ways |
1924
Inventor
Krissiep Max Current Assignee Textile Machine Works Original Assignee Textile Machine Works Priority date 1923-10-20 |
Braiding machine US 1499830 A
My invention relates to braiding machines; and my main object is to provide for so controlling the movement of the bobbins in the production of flat braids as to enable the flat laying of a wide strand, or. of a plurality of narrow strands, at the edges of the fabric, by avoidance of the well-known twisting or buckling action thereon which is incidental to the turning of the carriers upon a terminal race-circle. A further object is to provide an improved bobbin carrier whereby extended support for the carriers is provided, and which is particularly adapted for use in securing such non-twisting movement of the carriers though otherwise advantageous. |
1924
Inventor
Staub Herman Current Assignee Textile Machine Works Original Assignee Textile Machine Works Priority date 1923-09-05 |
Carrier drive for lace braiders US 1512146 A
My invention relates to lace-braiding machines, and particularly to improved carrier-drive mechanism therefor as her in after fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features of which are clearly defined in the subjoined claims. |
1923
|
Lace-braiding machine US 1446127 A
The drawing illustrates the application of my invention .to a simple form of so called single-thread lace braiding machine in which 'a' carrier is intermittently" swung a half revolution. each of a series of intersecting race-circles which are grouped around a braiding center and provided with a rotary carrier-engaging plate or quoit' in each race-circle. |
1923
|
Lace-braiding machine US 1447530 A
My invention relates to a so called single thread lace braiding machine wherein .the track for the bobbin-carriers is composed of a series of substantially circular partial tracks communicating with each other on their points of contact, and wherein each partial track is provided `with rotatable and arrestable drivers for the bobbin carriers, said drivers being controlled by the pattern gear and adapted to be rotated only when the bobbin carriers are intended to be moved on the particular partial track. In the known machines of this kind each driver is rotatable in one direction only, the direction of rotation of one driver being contrary to that of the adjacent one. Consequently the bobbin carriers can be moved in the `partial racks merely in the predetermined direction oi rotation of the respective drivers. |
1922
|
Beater device for braiding machines US 1537402 A My invention refers broadly to means for making laces, particularly such as may be obtained by the so-called single-thread lace braiding or plaiting machine, that is a machine of the type described for instance in U. S. Letters Patent to Malhere No. 613380, and it is intended to materially increase the adaptability of' machines of this kind. |
1921
US1548877A Expired - Lifetime 1925-08-11 US1548877A Grant
|
freudenberg US 1548877 A
This invention relates to lace braiding machines and more particularly to so called one thread lace braiding machines, comprising as many bobbin carriers as carrier drivers. The invention relates further particularly to such machines whose drivers are each rotatable clockwise and counter-clockwise. |
1921
|
Lace-braiding machine US 1397299 A
My invention relates to new and useful improvements in lace braiding machines, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device for imparting an intermittent rotary movement to the driver disks for actuating the bobbin carriers, the movement of said bobbin carriers being controlled by a jacquard or pattern mechanism.- Another object of the invention is to provide means for locking the driver disks after they have made the desired rotation, said locking motion taking place simultaneously with the disengagement of the operating rack from the driver disks. |
1921
|
Single-thread lace-braiding machine US 1522224 A
The invention relates to so-called single thread lace braiding machines, i. e., a, lace braiding machine in which a single thread or bobbin carrier is provided for each carrier driver. The object of the invention is to provide novel arrangements which enable both right hand and left hand rotary movement to be accomplished in these machines without the carrier drivers interfering with each other even though the plates are arranged in circle or on the arc of a circle. In accordance with the invention this problem is solved by shaping the carrier drivers in such a manner that, even though they may be arranged on a circle, they will pass each no matter what side of the drivers is turned towards the periphery or the center of the machine The carrier drivers preferably have a symmetrical shape. |
1920
|
Braiding-carrier US 1360810 A
My invention relates to braiding carriers adapted more particularly for single-thread lace-braiding machines and is fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being specifically pointed out in the claims. |
1918
Inventor
Robert Carl Rahm Current Assignee Textile Machine Works Original Assignee Textile Machine Works Priority date 1916-04-22 |
Lace-braiding mechanism. US 1256038 A
My invention relates to lace-braiding machines in which the bobbin carriers are driven in intersecting race-circles by concentric driver disks to which intermittent rotary movement is imparted as controlled by a jacquard or pattern mechanism; and it consists in providing improved means for imparting such determined carrier movements, as fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing, and the novel features of which are specifically pointed out in the claims. |
1918
Inventor
Robert Carl Rahm Current Assignee Textile Machine Works Original Assignee Textile Machine Works Priority date 1918-03-28 |
Lace-braiding-carrier drive. US 1282945 A
My invention relates to braiding carrier drive mechanism, and particularly to the type set forth in Patent No. 1,256,038 issued to me February 12, 1918 and it consists in the improved construction hereinafter fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing and defined in the claims, the main object being to advantageously provide for properly retaining the slidable rotary clutch member when it is disengaged from the drive gear member |
1917
|
Lace-braiding machine. US 1226223 A
My invention has reference to braiding or lacing machines on which are produced torchon or single thread laces which are trimmed with laced figures or patterns and it consists in combining with main race circles series of auxiliary circles in such a manner that the carriers may be directly delivered from the main circles to the auxiliary race circles for braiding the figure while in the main race circles or course the ground of the lace is carried out. An important object obtained by my invention is that the new machine is very simple in construction and operation. |
1915
|
Braiding-machine. US 1141555 A
The object of the invention is a lace braiding machine, which, after the manner of the known so-called single thread braiding machines, The braiding machines having one bobbin per plate is composed of a series of circular plates which are severally provided with an arrangement, actuated by the pattern gear, for arresting the bobbins. While in the known machines of this kind each plate is constructed with two driving notches and provided with only two arresting positions arranged generally at the intersecting points of the track, according to the present invention some or all of the plates are provided with four driving notches and have four arresting positions and are so connected with the pattern gear that they can be actuated at every quarter revolution of the driver. It is thus attained that one can inter-twist not only two braiding threads as hitherto, but two,- three or four exactly as desired and thus quite new patterns can be produced. |
1915
|
Spool-carrier for braiding, lace-making, and like machines.
US 1149088 A The invention has reference to improvements in or relating to spool-carriers for braiding, lace-making and like machines and it consists in a spool carrier the characteristic feature of which, as compared with the known carriers, is that the horizontal spool spindle is carried by a slide which is guided so, that it can move up and down upon the bobbin stand and which acts as a weight upon the spool to produce the necessary tension on the thread |
1914
|
Braiding-machine for making braided and plaited lace.
US 1102926 A This invention relates to braiding machines for making braided or plaited lace, and refers more particularly to improved means for actuating and controlling the movements of the thread bobbins. |
1911
|
Lace-making machine. US 1032373 A
My invention relates to lace-braiding machines in which the number of bobbins is equal to the number of heads or plates, and a primary object is' to provide a machine of this type for making lace comprising web-like spots. |
1908
|
Braiding-machine. US 894022 A
My' invention relates to a braiding machine for making single braiding or one thread, double braiding or two thread, triple braiding or three thread, flat braids as well as braiding of a greater number of threads. Also the same different braidings in tubular form in any convenient length, producing each pattern as desired without adding to or taking from said braiding machine any part thereof. These various styles of braiding can be divided as desired into smaller braids or cords of different widths and lengths and at pleasure these separate braids `may be inter-braided together again. This is made possible by the employment of a novel arrangement of curved raceways, outruns or runaround supplementary raceways in combination with vibrating and sliding switches controlled by a suitable jacquard mechanism, together with bobbin carriers propelled and directed by horn gears. |
1907
|
Lace-Braiding Machine US861703A
The present invention relates to braiding machines and more particularly to braiding machines used for making lace and it has for its object to greatly improve the construction of such a machine whereby the lace as it passes from the machine will not be drawn and distorted and creased as is now the case with machines of this character. |
1906
|
Jacquard mechanism for lace bobbin-machines.
US 853396 A The subject-matter of the present invention is a new jacquard-mechanism for lace braiding-machines. |
1906
|
Braiding and lace-making machine. US 838899 A
My invention relates to the combination of a presser device with such a traveling plait work carrier, whereby the work can be plaited around the carrier and fed forward without fear of distortion and without the edges of the work having to be united together by means of a special thread that is to say, without a closed hose having to be made. |
1905
|
Braiding-machine. US 861694 A
Braiding machines designed for producing lace and which are generally known as lace braiding machines. |
1901
|
Jacquard mechanism for lace-machines. US 687372 A
The object of the present invention is to provide mechanism for actuating said plates in such a manner that such irregularities as are apt to be present in the jacquard-chain will not affect the accurate movement of the plates and through these the motion of the bobbins; and to this end the invention consists in providing means for actuating the devices that control the motion of the bobbins and which are in turn controlled by the motion of the jacquard-chain, such means comprising actuating devices (knives) which are operated independently of the jacquard chain and properly timed relatively to the movement of the bobbins, lifting hooks adapted to be engaged by the knives and connected with the devices that control the motion of the bobbin, pendulum delivers actuated by the rollers of the jacquard-chain, and slides controlling the movement of the lifting-hooks according to the movement of the pendulum levers. |
1898
Inventor
L. L. F. MAHERE |
L.L.F. Mahere Braiding Machine US613380A
This invention relates to looms for manufacturing lace and like fabrics, and aims to provide certain improvements therein, which will be hereinafter fully set forth. |
1863
Inventor
H. W. HENSEL L. D. VALEITON, |
Improvement in jaquard looms US 38929 A
Our invention relates to an improvement in Jacquard and other looms for weaving laces, braids, and other narrow fabrics, and our improvement consists in a sliding bar having a horizontal projection, and arranged on the lathe of the loom, and operating substantially as described hereinafter, so as to keep the warp-threads open while the reed is beating the weft-thread up into the fabric, and thereby insuring an even and uniform selvage. |
 G.H. Blakesley. Lace Braiding Machine, 1917
The Lace Dictionary
The Lace Dictionary includes historic and commercial terms, technical terms, native and foreign by C.R. Clifford Repair of twentieth-century leavers lace and its incorporation in American fashion: 1940-1969 Ellington, Annie-Beth. University of Rhode Island, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2011. 1500319. The study gives a brief history of the leavers lace industry along with a detailed account of how this lace was used in women's fashions from 1940 to 1929, the period of greatest domestic production. The historical archives of Grobelastic S.A. The importance of heritage preservation Leavers Lace - A Hand Book of the American Leaver Lace Industry by By Vittoria Rosatto LACE FABRICS G. H. Buckley F.T.I. Pages P215-P224 | Published online: 05 Jan 2009 Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings Volume 25, 1934 - Issue 6 TEXTILE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Pages P141-P157 | Published online: 07 Jan 2009 Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings Volume 49, 1958 - Issue 4 New Directions in Braiding David Branscomb, PhD., David Beale, PhD, Royall Broughton, PhD Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama UNITED STATES Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics 11 http://www.jeffjournal.org Volume 8, Issue 2 – 2013 Digital Archive of Documents Related to Braiding https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topic_braiding.html#pat Ensuring a Future for Lace By DANA THOMASDEC. 7, 2016 But what these century-old industrial monsters turn out is the most delicate of materials — Chantilly lace, Leavers lace, silk tulle — in a relatively limited supply, making Sophie Hallette a favorite supplier for luxury fashion houses such as Chanel, Gucci and Erdem.... Braid elastic fabric and method of making the same US 2022350 A https://www.google.com/patents/US2022350 Machine-braided torchon lace and method of making the same US 1583273 A https://www.google.com/patents/US1583273 Elastic lace braid US 1885749 A https://www.google.com/patents/US1885749 Manufacture of machine-braided lace US 1611619 A https://www.google.com/patents/US1611619 Machine-made lace US 1486816 A https://www.google.com/patents/US1486816 |
|