Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Pagett

Stephen J. Pagett 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).

  • Method and apparatus for sewing sleeves on shirt bodies
    Patent number: 5850792
    Abstract: A sewing machine in combination with a work piece control and advancing mechanism and a microprocessor for setting sleeves in shirt bodies. A sleeve and shirt body are manually loaded on the work piece control and advancing mechanism and placed under the presser foot and the individual edge guides. An automatic sew cycle is then actuated that is under the control of the microprocessor. During the automatic sew cycle the sewing machine operator is free to prepare to load the next product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Union Special Corporation
    Inventors: Maximilian Adamski, Jr., Stephen J. Pagett
  • Semi-automatic method to attach circular collars to T-shirts
    Patent number: 5709162
    Abstract: A sewing machine in combination with a workpiece control and advancing mechanism for automatically forming a seam along the aligned edges of a two ply waist band and a shirt body. The mechanism includes edge guiders, that are controlled by sensors, for individually controlling each workpiece edge such that the marginal edges of all layers are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Union Special Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Pagett, Maxmilian Adamski, Jr., Richard J. Kurtz, Conrad L. Fernandez
  • Method and apparatus for sewing sleeves on shirt bodies
    Patent number: 5676078
    Abstract: A sewing machine in combination with a work piece control and advancing mechanism and a microprocessor for setting sleeves in shirt bodies. A sleeve and shirt body are manually loaded on the work piece control and advancing mechanism and placed under the presser foot and the individual edge guides. An automatic sew cycle is then actuated that is under the control of the microprocessor. During the automatic sew cycle the sewing machine operator is free to prepare to load the next product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Union Special Corporation
    Inventors: Maximilian Adamski, Jr., Stephen J. Pagett