Patents by Inventor Herbert Ray King

Herbert Ray King 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).

  • Circular knitting machine with pivotally mounted access platform
    Patent number: 4033147
    Abstract: A circular knitting machine having a step attached to the machine which is accessible when the machine is in operation but can be moved out of the way when the knitting guard is opened to gain access to the interior of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert Ray King
  • Quick disconnect coupling
    Patent number: 4030582
    Abstract: An improved circular knitting machine which provides for semiautomatic doffing of large diameter rolls of knit fabric. The doffing of the fabric can be accomplished by a woman operator without strain. The improved circular knitting machine provides a quick disconnect from the drive to take the tension of the machine to allow machine repair without extensive dismounting of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Saul Brown, Paul W. Eschenbach, Herbert Ray King
  • Circular knitting machine quick drive disconnect
    Patent number: 3998075
    Abstract: An improved circular knitting machine which provides for semiautomatic doffing of large diameter rolls of knit fabric. The doffing of the fabric can be accomplished by a woman operator without strain. The improved circular knitting machine provides a quick diconnect from the drive to take the tension of the machine to allow machine repair without extensive dismounting of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Deering Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Saul Brown, Paul W. Eschenbach, Herbert Ray King
  • Circular knitting slit fabric guide
    Patent number: 3983720
    Abstract: An improved circular knitting machine which provides for semiautomatic doffing of large diameter rolls of knit fabric. The doffing of the fabric can be accomplished by a woman operator without strain. The knitting machine has a unique spreader bar to allow slitting of the fabric for inspection purposes while the fabric is being knit. The unique spreader bar includes a support member having a wheel member and a convex portion adjacent the wheel member to guide a fabric around the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Deering Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Eschenbach, Herbert Ray King