Patents Assigned to Uster Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7143642
    Abstract: A fiber testing station. Electrically conductive first fiber retaining means engage first ends of fibers, where the fibers extend in substantially one direction from the first fiber retaining means to distal second ends of the retained fibers. The first fiber retaining means are electrically isolated from the fiber testing station. First length measurement means measure first relaxed lengths of the retained fibers between the first fiber retaining means and the second ends of the retained fibers. Electrically conductive second fiber retaining means engage the second ends of the retained fibers. The second fiber retaining means are electrically isolated from the fiber testing station. Moisture measurement means take electrical measurements along the retained fibers between the first fiber retaining means and the second fiber retaining means, and thereby determine a moisture content of the retained fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Uster Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Preston S. Baxter, James T. Wender, Muhammad Imran Sharafat, Youe T. Chu, Joe H. Mansfield, Michael E. Galyon, Hossein M. Ghorashi