Patents by Inventor Edward Lowe Hand

Edward Lowe Hand 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).

  • Fluid-jet false-twisting method and product
    Patent number: 6195975
    Abstract: A process of producing an assembled yarn, including the steps of providing two or more yarns moving downstream from a supply to a take-up, inserting alternating-direction zones of twist into at least one of the yarns, the at least one yarn having an area of zero twist between said alternating direction zones of twist, combining the at least two yarns to form a single, integrated yarn strand, and intermittently exposing the yarn strand to an air blast to create a zone of intermingled yarns at spaced-apart points along the length of the yarn strand to prevent torsional movement of one yarn relative to the other yarn. According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of exposing the yarn strand to an air blast includes the step of intermingling the yarns at the areas of zero twist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Lowe Hand, Kurt Willy Niederer, Robert Edward Taylor, Ralph Samuel Jenkins, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
  • Fluid-jet false-twisting method and product
    Patent number: 6089009
    Abstract: A process of producing an assembled yarn, including the steps of providing two or more yarns moving downstream from a supply to a take-up, inserting alternating-direction zones of twist into at least one of the yarns, the at least one yarn having an area of zero twist between said alternating direction zones of twist, combining the at least two yarns to form a single, integrated yarn strand, and intermittently exposing the yarn strand to an air blast to create a zone of intermingled yarns at spaced-apart points along the length of the yarn strand to prevent torsional movement of one yarn relative to the other yarn. According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of exposing the yarn strand to an air blast includes the step of intermingling the yarns at the areas of zero twist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Lowe Hand, deceased, Kurt Willy Niederer, Robert Edward Taylor, Ralph Samuel Jenkins, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
  • Coiler apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6027059
    Abstract: A coiler apparatus for forming flat coils of textile strands from an upstream stand supply and depositing the coils on a moving conveyor belt for transport downstream to a strand processing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Lowe Hand
  • Coiler apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5826812
    Abstract: A coiler apparatus for forming flat coils of textile strands from an upstream strand supply and depositing the coils on a moving conveyor belt for transport downstream to a strand processing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Lowe Hand