Patents by Inventor Buren L. Goins

Buren L. Goins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hand-held traversable yarn splicer
    Patent number: 4444004
    Abstract: A portable hand-held traversable yarn end splicer adapted to be carried and operated by one hand of an operator while freeing the other hand to serve the splicer preparatory to, during, or after a splicing operation as conditions may require.The invention is characterized by the splicer of the class described provided with: a traverse mechanism responsive to the grip of the holding hand of the operator for axially reciprocating a tensioned segment of a pair of oppositely extending overlapped yarn ends, a wrap wheel responsive to said grip for consecutively winding one or more helical courses of wrap thread around said segment, a stationary cutter responsive to said grip for severing the tail of the yarn end near the beginning of the first course, and a second stationary cutter responsive to said grip for severing the tail of the other yarn end near the end of the first course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: A. B. Carter, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred P. Rankin, Buren L. Goins