Patents by Inventor Robert W. Westmoreland, Sr.

Robert W. Westmoreland, Sr. 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).

  • High speed knitting machine and methods
    Patent number: 3934431
    Abstract: A high speed continuous knitting machine wherein the cylinder has a substantially circular cam track for the needle butts having a substantially uniform slope and disposed at an oblique angle relative to the axis of the cylinder, and also including cam controlled axially moveable sliders disposed between the needles for assisting in castoff, which sliders are moved in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Fred Whitaker Company
    Inventor: Robert W. Westmoreland, Sr.