Patents by Inventor Gary Lee Conger

Gary Lee Conger 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).

  • Apparatus and method for removing material from a fabric web
    Patent number: 6635004
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing cutout material that is at least partially severed from a web has a vacuum passage for drawing a vacuum, and a vacuum inlet plate connected to the vacuum passage. The vacuum inlet plate has an inlet edge defining at least part of an opening into the vacuum passage. The inlet edge has first and second angled edge portions that converge at first and second angles relative to the machine direction, respectively, to meet at a vertex portion. The vertex portion constitutes the rearmost portion of the inlet edge relative to the machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Paragon Trade Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Lee Conger
  • Apparatus and method for removing material from a fabric web
    Publication number: 20030054930
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing cutout material that is at least partially severed from a web has a vacuum passage for drawing a vacuum, and a vacuum inlet plate connected to the vacuum passage. The vacuum inlet plate has an inlet edge defining at least part of an opening into the vacuum passage. The inlet edge has first and second angled edge portions that converge at first and second angles relative to the machine direction, respectively, to meet at a vertex portion. The vertex portion constitutes the rearmost portion of the inlet edge relative to the machine direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Gary Lee Conger