Patents Assigned to Fiber Industries, Inc.
  • Apparatus for forming a transfer tail
    Patent number: 3964721
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for forming transfer tails of yarn onto a pair of axially aligned bobbins preparatory to winding of the main bodies of yarn onto said bobbins from a pair of remote supply sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Fiber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm P. Owens, Edgar E. Barnes, Dennis Ray Burton
  • High speed texturing
    Patent number: 3956878
    Abstract: A process is described for false twist texturing polyester filament yarn at greatly enhanced speeds while inserting comparable twist levels and obtaining comparable yarn bulk without increasing yarn heat setting lengths. The process is particularly adopted to the utilization of partially oriented yarns in a draw texturing operation utilizing friction twisting as the means for simultaneously drawing and heat setting the yarn in a twisted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Fiber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Schaffer, Geoffrey R. Scantlebury
  • Polyamides having improved dyeability prepared from aromatic carboxylic monosulfonated compounds
    Patent number: 3951599
    Abstract: A basic dye receptive polyamide polymer and fiber and fabric prepared therefrom said polymer containing minor percentages of at least one sulfoaryloxycarboxylic acid or salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Fiber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Wayne Davis, Jimmy Bernard Sheats