Patents Assigned to Alexander-Cooper, Inc.
  • Loom cloth tension control
    Patent number: 4216804
    Abstract: A tension control mechanism for cloth delivered from the loom and the like to a cloth roll carried by take-up mechanism positioned in front of the loom is illustrated wherein a sensing device engages the cloth coming from the loom under relatively light tension for driving motor control means responsive to movement of the sensor imparted thereto by variation in cloth tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Assignee: Alexander-Cooper, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Alexander, III, John S. Cooper
  • Loom take-up cloth roll doffer
    Patent number: 4203563
    Abstract: A doffing mechanism is illustrated wherein a cloth roll engagable means is normally carried in aligned laterally spaced relation to the cloth roll with driving means which are actuated by manually raising the cloth roll engaging means to be driven by the take-up mechanism in a reverse direction to forcefully move the cloth roll engaging means for doffing the full cloth roll into a cart positioned beside the take-up rolls for receiving and carrying away the cloth roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: Alexander-Cooper, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Alexander, III, John S. Cooper, Charles E. Moore