Patents Represented by Attorney Richard A. Anderson
  • Patent number: 4978492
    Abstract: A method of extracting a material from a continuous running length of fiber comprising continuously moving the fiber through a conduit while simultaneously flowing a solvent for the material through the conduit with the conduit having a length and cross sectional area sufficient to facilitate extraction of the desired amount of the material. The flow is countercurrent to the movement of the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Jim C. Sun, Mark B. Boone, James J. Dunbar, Gene C. Weedon
  • Patent number: 4925906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-halogenated hydrocarbon polymeric compositions which impart durable stain resistance to fibrous substrates, particularly nylon containing articles. In addition, it relates to fluorine containing polymeric compositions which impart durable stain resistance to fibrous substrates as above. It relates also to processes in which such substrates are treated so as to impart durable stain resistance to them. It relates further to a manufacturing process for preparing the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: George D. Green, Stephen A. Munk, Darryl K. Barnes
  • Patent number: 4886691
    Abstract: This invention is a cut resistant article comprising a cut resistant jacket surrounding a less cut resistant member. The jacket comprises a fabric of yarn and the yarn consists essentially of a high strength, longitudinal strand having a tensile strength of at least 1 GPa. The strand is wrapped with another fiber or the same fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Wincklhofer
  • Patent number: 4864852
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for measuring the cut resistance of flexible materials, such as films, fabrics, felts and papers. A flexible material is wrapped around a mandrel that is rotated at a predetermined speed. A cam attached to the rotating mandrel allows a cutting edge, such as a razor blade, to repeatedly fall on the material covering the mandrel. The cutting edge repeatedly contacts the material, in the same location and with the same predetermined force, until the cutting edge penetrates the material and makes electrical contact with the mandrel. When edge-to-mandrel contact is made, the rotation of the mandrel is automatically stopped. The number of rotations (i.e. cutting cycles) required to penetrate the material is noted and used as a measure of the relative cut resistance of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventor: Mark B. Boone
  • Patent number: 4847142
    Abstract: This invention is a water-resistant film for lamination to a textile material, and the flexible, laminated product produced therewith. The film has a permeability of at least 0.0008 metric perm-cm. at 20.degree. C. and 65 percent relative humidity and of at least 0.0006 metric perm-cm. at 30.degree. C. and 50 percent relative humidity. The film is formed from a block copolymer having a number average molecular weight of from about 15,000 to about 35,000. The block copolymer contains polymer segments prepared by the amination of a polyether formed by treating a polyethylene glycol with an alkylene oxide of three or more carbon atoms. The product is a laminant of a layer of the described film and a layer of a textile material, and is useful in the formation of water-resistant, moisture permeable articles such as garments, tarpaulins, tents, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Ian C. Twilley, Robert A. Lofquist
  • Patent number: 4802268
    Abstract: A tow of continuous filaments is fed by aspiration into a stream of compressible fluid. The stream containing the filaments is directed into contact with a barrier disposed within a chamber at a force sufficient to initiate crimping of the filaments. A major portion of the compressible fluid is separated from the filaments and expelled from the chamber. The filaments are transported through the chamber by continuous movement of a surface therein at sufficient velocity to cause overfeeding of the filaments, whereby the filaments are forced against a mass of the tow and emerge from the chamber in crimped form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin L. Li, Hendrikus J. Oswald, Alfred L. Liland
  • Patent number: 4784820
    Abstract: Solutions of high molecular weight polymers, such as ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefins are prepared, by forming a slurry of particles of the polymer in a solvent for the polymer, then transferring the slurry to a pumping device, then pumping the slurry under pressure to insure positive displacement to a screw extruder, and maintaining the slurry in the screw extruder for sufficient residence time at sufficient temperature so that a homogeneous solution is formed, then conveying the solution with the screw extruder to metering device which can feed a spinnerette, or a film-forming or tape-forming slit extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventor: Sheldon Kavesh
  • Patent number: 4778704
    Abstract: A flame retardant polyamide is prepared and used to make a flame retardant carpet. The polyamide fiber has incorporated therein 0.01 to 2.9 weight percent zinc, 0.002 to 0.58 weight percent molybdenum, and 0.05 to 1.3 weight percent chlorine, and is made from a masterbatch containing 1 to 20 percent of the polyamide in the extruded fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney L. Wells, Charles J. Cole
  • Patent number: 4771616
    Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and method of extracting a material from a continuous running length of fiber comprising continuously moving the fiber through a conduit while simultaneously flowing a solvent for the material through the conduit with the conduit having a length and cross sectional area sufficient to facilitate extraction of the desired amount of the material. The flow is preferred to be countercurrent to the movement of the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Jim C. Sun, Mark B. Boone, James J. Dunbar, Gene C. Weedon
  • Patent number: 4770938
    Abstract: This invention is a trilobal, synthetic fiber, intended for use in carpets, having an axially extending hole in each lobe, the total cross-sectional area of the fiber being about 5 to 12 percent void, said fiber cross-section having a modification ratio of between about 2 to 3, and an arm angle of about 15.degree. to 45.degree., so that a fiber having improved bulk, soil hiding and resiliency is apparent in a carpet having face fiber of said fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Weldon H. Peterson, Kenneth G. Morrison
  • Patent number: 4767503
    Abstract: This invention is a method of purifying crude caprolactam. The improved method comprises taking a portion of a process stream of crude caprolactam having low boiling impurities and distilling the stream in the presence of water by fractional distillation into an overhead containing water and low boiling impurities and bottoms of caprolactam having improved purity and low water content.The improvement also comprises taking a low water content stream of crude caprolactam having low boiling impurities and adding water to the stream and distilling the stream by fractional distillation as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Lamberto Crescentini, Joseph D. DeCaprio, William B. Fisher, Roy J. Lilley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4764607
    Abstract: Method and improved apparatus for recovering a volatile organic material, such as caprolactam, from a liquid mixture of organic and inorganic materials are disclosed. The method features the step of mixing the liquid mixture with superheated steam for 0.005 to 1.0 second to vaporize a large portion of the volatile organic material without degrading the organic materials. The steam and vaporized organic materials are then separated from the liquid mixture remaining, followed by separation of the vaporized organic material from the steam. The vaporized organic material subsequently is condensed. The improved apparatus features means for introducing superheated steam into a vaporizer feed pipe, as well as means for mixing the superheated steam with the liquid mixture in the pipe for 0.005 to 1.0 second so that a large portion of the volatile organic material is vaporized and feeds with the steam and remaining liquid mixture into the vaporizer for separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Laszlo J. Balint, Julius Greenburg
  • Patent number: 4719066
    Abstract: A flame retardant polyamide is prepared and used to make a flame retardant carpet. The polyamide fiber has incorporated therein 0.01 to 2.9 weight percent zinc, 0.002 to 0.58 weight percent molybdenum, and 0.05 to 1.3 weight percent chlorine, and is made from a masterbatch containing 1 to 20 percent of the polyamide in the extruded fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney L. Wells, Charles J. Cole
  • Patent number: 4695497
    Abstract: A method of imparting stain resistance to colored substrates which include a filamentary material is disclosed. A first dispersion of a polymer is applied to the filamentary material as a finish during the manufacture of the filamentary material, and a second dispersion of a polymer is applied as an overspray after the filamentary material has been formed into a colored substrate, to achieve at least 300 ppm fluorine from each application on the filamentary material (at least 600 ppm fluorine total). The dispersions are independently selected from the group consisting ofi. a first polymer comprising(a) from about 50 to about 85 parts by weight of units derived from a fluorinated monomer or mixture of fluorinated monomers having the formula ##STR1## (b) from about 15 to about 50 parts by weight of units derived from one or more monomers having the formula ##STR2## ii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Monte L. Nagy, Jr., Charles J. Cole
  • Patent number: 4692321
    Abstract: This invention is a catalyst and method of oxidizing ammonia by contacting the ammonia and air with catalyst of cobalt oxide, wherein the improvement comprises using activated alumina in conjunction with the cobalt oxide catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard E. James, William B. Fisher, Lamberto Crescentini, Joseph M. Browning
  • Patent number: 4648830
    Abstract: This invention is a trilobal, synthetic fiber, intended for use in carpets, having an axially extending hole in each lobe, the total cross-sectional area of the fiber being about 5 to 12 percent void, said fiber cross-section having a modification ratio of between about 2 to 3, and an arm angle of about 15.degree. to 45.degree., so that a fiber having improved bulk, soil hiding and resiliency is apparent in a carpet having face fiber of said fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Weldon H. Peterson, Kenneth G. Morrison
  • Patent number: 4644621
    Abstract: An improved high speed process for texturing continuous filament yarn is provided wherein the improvement comprises cooling the yarn, subsequent to texturing and prior to applying tension, by contact for at least 4 milliseconds with a curved surface at a temperature of -29.degree. to 2.degree. C. and an RMS of up to 10, frictional forces creating a yarn tension of 0.036 to 0.45 gram per denier per end at the surface. Apparatus is also provided for cooling the continuous filament yarn subsequent to texturing and prior to applying tension. The apparatus comprises a curved surface having a minimum length for yarn contact of 7.6 cm, an RMS of up to 10 and a temperature of -29.degree. to 2.degree. C. Textured yarn brought into contact with the surface for at least 4 milliseconds at a yarn tension of 0.036 to 0.045 gram per denier per end is cooled to increase yarn stability and prevent pullout of yarn texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel L. Yates, Frank L. Peckinpaugh, Thomas A. Flower, Michael K. Westmoreland
  • Patent number: 4605587
    Abstract: Improved retention on yarn and processing properties have been discovered in a composition of matter comprising meta and para pyromellitates ##STR1## and 2 to 50 percent by weight of specific dimers of I. and II., wherein A is (CH.sub.2).sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.n CF.sub.3, where n is 5 to 13 and B is CH.sub.2 CHOHCH.sub.2 Cl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Thomas, Willis B. Hammond, Michael P. Friedberger, William A. Archie
  • Patent number: 4604316
    Abstract: Improved retention on yarn and processing properties have been discovered in a composition of matter comprising meta and para pyromellitates ##STR1## and 70 to 95 percent by weight of specific dimers and other oligomers of I. and II., wherein A is (CH.sub.2).sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.n CF.sub.3, where n is 5 to 13 and B is CH.sub.2 CHOHCH.sub.2 Cl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Thomas, deceased, by Mary A. Thomas, executrix, Willis B. Hammond, Michael P. Friedberger, William A. Archie
  • Patent number: 4603172
    Abstract: A dispersion aid for polymers comprising a copolymer salt of a low molecular weight copolymer acid of an alpha-olefin and an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, a composition containing the lubricant, and a method for processing polymers containing the dispersion aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Albee, Patricia E. Burdick, Christopher J. Auger