D06H 3/08
Inspecting textile materials: by photo-electric or television means
Official title: by photo-electric or television means (D06H3/12, D06H3/14, D06H3/16 take precedence)
D06H3/08 (Inspecting textile materials: by photo-electric or television means) appears on 71 US grants and 59 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06H- Granted patents
- 71
- Published applications
- 59
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 241
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Various attachments for additive textile manufacturing machines3 Feb 2026US 12,540,430 B2Arachne Labs LLC
- Systems and methods for manufacturing colored product25 Nov 2025US 12,480,232 B1Columbia Insurance Company
- Tenter system having function of automatically correcting fabric on basis of image26 Nov 2024US 12,152,328 B2
- Systems and methods for manufacturing colored product14 May 2024US 11,981,065 B1Columbia Insurance Company
- Managing a manufacturing process based on heuristic determination of predicted damages7 May 2024US 11,976,391 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- An apparatus and method for providing a material comprising moisture content to be dried23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210630 A1Spinnova Oyj
- Evaluation method and evaluation apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210824 A1Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Various attachments for additive textile manufacturing machines11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160008 A1Arachne Labs LLC
- Drape testing apparatus with lifter operable to raise and disengage support plate9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098852 A1Clo Virtual Fashion Inc.
- On-line inspection of cellulose acetate tow26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055550 A1Acetate International LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Textile fabric inspection system58US 5,774,177 AMilliken Research Corporation · 1998
- Method and arrangement for measuring and/or monitoring properties of yarns or ropes48US 4,887,155 A1989
- Method and machinery for making a flawless shade product39US 4,945,969 AComfortex Corporation · 1990
- Continuous system and method for cutting sheet material32US 6,520,057 B1Eastman Machine Company · 2003
- Apparatus and method for detecting defects in a moving web29US 4,728,800 AYoung Engineering, Inc. · 1988