Patents by Inventor Scott Winfield Thompson

Scott Winfield Thompson 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).

  • Textile fluid crimping process and apparatus
    Patent number: 3977059
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for crimping filamentary material, the process comprising forcing hot fluid entrained yarn into a crimping chamber in one direction, forcing cold fluid into the crimping chamber from an opposite direction and exhausting both fluids from the crimping chamber either radially and/or axially. The apparatus employs a crimping chamber having axially aligned entrance and exit portions and means within the crimping chamber for radially exhausting fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Fiber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Fredrick Allen Ethridge, Michael Paul Taylor, Scott Winfield Thompson