Patents Represented by Attorney William S. Burden
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Patent number: 4261532Abstract: A bobbin carrier includes a rectangular frame having adjustable support shafts mounted at the corners thereof which, in turn, individually adjustably support brackets, each of which includes means for adjustably and slidably positioning thereon a pair of support rods adapted to receive large yarn bobbins. Yarn bobbins supported upon the carrier are selectively aligned, and spaced uniform distances from generally centrally located first guide means resulting in uniformity of feed of yarns to a machine which utilizes the yarns. Bobbins may be replaced by slidably retracting the support rods relative to the bobbin and the brackets.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1979Date of Patent: April 14, 1981Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventors: Robert E. Davis, James U. Burcham, Kenneth E. Smith
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Patent number: 4244249Abstract: Breast cups having various types of cuts or configurations are initially molded from basically flat sheets of flexible fabric on a bust cup mold having a prescribed configuration. The resulting, three-dimensional molded fabric cup then is cut by a die having a plurality of cutting surfaces, at least a portion of the outermost cutting surfaces serving as guides for alignment with the outer perimeter of the molded cup and a portion of the cutting surfaces cutting the molded breast cup to the desired shape resulting in a breast cup having a size and configuration differing from that of a bust cup initially molded.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1979Date of Patent: January 13, 1981Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventor: Flavia DiTullio
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Patent number: 4241744Abstract: An improved cleaning system for removing residue from the inside walls of a tank by directing a cleaning solvent flow completely over the tank inner walls at a controlled, minimum pressure. The cleaning solvent is directed through a ring assembly, which equalizes the flow of cleaning fluid through a series of equally spaced openings around the outer periphery of the ring assembly, and is supported such that the openings direct the fluid onto the uppermost surfaces of the tank interior wall. The ring assembly includes a series of releasably secured components and a valve for regulating the fluid flow rate through the openings.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1979Date of Patent: December 30, 1980Inventor: Nathaniel Jordan, Sr.
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Patent number: 4202853Abstract: Breast cups having various types of cuts or configurations are initially molded from basically flat sheets of flexible fabric on a bust cup mold having a prescribed configuration. The resulting, three-dimensional molded fabric cup then is cut by a die having a plurality of cutting surfaces, at least a portion of the outermost cutting surfaces serving as guides for alignment with the outer perimeter of the molded cup and a portion of the cutting surfaces cutting the molded breast cup to the desired shape resulting in a breast cup having a size and configuration differing from that of a bust cup initially molded.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1977Date of Patent: May 13, 1980Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventor: Flavia DiTullio
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Patent number: 4189259Abstract: A system for receiving articles fed thereto sequentially at random rates, temporarily storing the articles, and advancing the articles therefrom sequentially at a constant rate of feed to an article processing machine, includes a rotatable magazine having a plurality of storage cylinders rotatable about a common axis, an escapement mechanism for directing an article to an empty cylinder and capable of displacement relative to the magazine, and means for sequentially ejecting the articles from the cylinders in timed relation with the operation of a further article processing machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1978Date of Patent: February 19, 1980Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventor: James F. King
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Patent number: 4168599Abstract: A system for packaging articles within containers, each including a lower article receiving portion, wherein a plurality of container receivers are continuously rotated in an endless path and displaced radially of their axis of rotation to various work zones. Each of the receivers is provided with a loading tube and a ram for positioning an article within a container lower receiving portion, and dispensing means are provided for rotating and accurately positioning the container lower portion within the receiver, and for positioning an upper lid or cap portion with respect to the lower container portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1978Date of Patent: September 25, 1979Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventor: James F. King
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Patent number: 4152113Abstract: A system for continuously reusing and recycling water and chemicals in consecutive dyeing cycles wherein hosiery goods are placed in a vat and subjected to dyeing, rinsing and finishing operations. The unabsorbed dye bath, rinse waste water and finish waste water are continuously recirculated to eliminate waste discharge to municipal sewage facilities. The waste waters are clarified in a treatment zone, and the unspent dye bath is continuously recirculated or periodically clarified as necessary or desirable. Treatment of the waste waters and the unabsorbed dye bath removes dyes while permitting certain chemical constituents to remain in the clarified water for reuse in subsequent dyeing cycles.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1978Date of Patent: May 1, 1979Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventors: Moses A. Walker, William B. Crane
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Patent number: 4150529Abstract: A balanced elastic yarn includes an elastomeric core twisted in one direction and a single cover strand helically wrapped about the elastic core in a direction opposite to the twist direction of the elastic core. After a predetermined twist has been inserted in the elastic core, the core is tensioned with the elongation being positively controlled between spaced points intermediate the yarn take up and the elastic core supply and a high number of wraps per inch of the cover strand are helically wound about the elongated core while the core draft or stretch is positively controlled. The elastic core take-up package is subjected to heat to relieve the stresses in the cover strand resulting in a balanced elastic yarn in the relax state.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1978Date of Patent: April 24, 1979Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventor: Francis B. Northup
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Patent number: 4145791Abstract: A hand held lightweight apparatus for cleaning lint and fiber waste from the clearer rolls of spinning frames without removing such rolls from the spinning frame includes a driven, monofilament nylon flail which revolves at high speed within a suction head coupled to a vacuum producing apparatus. The nylon cord extends through an opening of the suction head upon each revolution of the driven flail device and the whipping action tears the accumulated lint and waste from the clearer rolls, while sightly roughening the roll surfaces, and the waste is directed to a collection point.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1977Date of Patent: March 27, 1979Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventor: Donald A. Sloan
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Patent number: 4136863Abstract: A system for receiving semi-rigid or flexible workpieces from a prior operation, and stacking the workpieces in a specified, stable fashion for employment in a subsequent operation. A conveyer advances sequentially random spaced workpieces to the bottom of a vertical stack which is driven in a circular path upon a support plate by a rotor assembly. A ramp or scoop of the support plate extends generally radially from the axis of rotation of the rotor assembly and directs workpieces from the conveyor to the top of the support plate and beneath the workpieces already positioned within the stack.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1977Date of Patent: January 30, 1979Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventors: Donald A. Sloan, James F. King
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Patent number: 4136557Abstract: A panty hose testing apparatus in which a manikin conforming substantially to the lower portion of a human torso is provided with waist, leg, and hip portions for receiving thereon panty hose garments and the like. The garment is retained upon the manikin, during testing, by opposed clamp assemblies which engage the garment and manikin adjacent the waist portion, and a crotch member is displaceable longitudinally of the leg portions and applies a force to the crotch area of the garment sufficient to initiate seam damage or a tear in the garment fabric. A gauge measures the force necessary to initiate damage to the garment.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1978Date of Patent: January 30, 1979Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventors: Cecil R. Bell, Jr., Walter R. Sizemore
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Patent number: 4130999Abstract: Apparatus for binding the severed end portion of a tensioned elastomeric yarn on a circular knitting machine including a binder element fixably mounted up on the machine dial and having a free end portion which normally engages the dial. The free end portion of the binder element has a blade-like edge which is automatically displaced in a first direction by the elastomeric yarn when the yarn is in the knit position and again prior to severing the yarn from the knitted fabric. The retractive forces of the tensioned elastomeric yarn automatically cause the blade-like edge of the binder element to be displaced to wedge the yarn against the dial upon severing the yarn by holding the yarn in position for subsequent reintroduction to the needles.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1977Date of Patent: December 26, 1978Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventors: Roger L. Whittaker, Clyde Hewitt
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Patent number: D258555Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1979Date of Patent: March 17, 1981Inventor: Stanley H. Rosenthal
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Patent number: RE30557Abstract: Apparatus for binding the severed end portion of a tensioned elastomeric yarn on a circular knitting machine including a binder element fixably mounted up on the machine dial and having a free end portion which normally engages the dial. The free end portion of the binder element has a blade-like edge which is automatically displaced in a first direction by the elastomeric yarn when the yarn is in the knit position and again prior to severing the yarn from the knitted fabric. The retractive forces of the tensioned elastomeric yarn automatically cause the blade-like edge of the binder element to be displaced to wedge the yarn against the dial upon severing the yarn by holding the yarn in position for subsequent reintroduction to the needles.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1979Date of Patent: March 31, 1981Assignee: Hanes CorporationInventors: Roger L. Whittaker, Clyde Hewitt