Patents Assigned to Laidlaw Corporation
  • Method of flocking metal articles
    Patent number: 4031270
    Abstract: A method for flocking a wire garment hanger in which electrostatically-charged fibrous flock particles are applied to an adhesive film on a portion of the hanger and the hanger is immediately heated to set the adhesive while the fibers remain radially oriented on the wire. The invention also contemplates blowing air sequentially on various portions of the surface of a bed of flock to cause the fibers to become suspended in air above the bed, through which suspension the hangers are passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Laidlaw Corporation
    Inventor: Tracy W. Barnes