Patents Examined by Werner H. Schroeder
  • Apparatus for measuring and controlling the amount of yarn withdrawn from a warp beam of a warp knitting machine
    Patent number: 5152158
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring and controlling the amount of yarn withdrawn from the warp beam of a warp knitting machine is disclosed. A pressure roll engages the yarn wound on the warp beam. The pressure roll drives a second drive roll connected to a signal generator for generating signals representative of the speed of yarn withdrawn from the warp beam. The signals preferably are evenly spaced yarn length pulses representing a measure of the length of yarn withdrawn from the warp beam. The pulses are transmitted to a controller circuit which compares the generated pulses with a predetermined knitting machine operating standard and generates a control signal to the warp beam drive mechanism for controlling rotation of the warp beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Liba Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Rudi Wirth
  • Device for aligning wefts of moving textile web
    Patent number: 5152039
    Abstract: A device for aligning wefts of textile belts comprises four arched cylinders which are positioned so that they define a regular or irregular quadrilateral. The orientations of the axes and angular positions of the cylinders are adjustable. In other words, the cylinders are tiltably and rotatably mounted. The cylinder positions are adjusted so as to ensure that the textile belt to be aligned is able to contact only that part of the circumferential surface of the cylinders which has a predominantly widening effect on the textile belt. The mechanism of orienting the four arched cylinders includes two servomotors for driving gears and transmission chains in a manner which is effective for selectively tilting and/or rotating the cylinders so as to correct textile belts having arch-like and/or skewed wefts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Elitex Liberec
    Inventor: Josef Spurny
  • Bootjack adapted for vehicle bumper
    Patent number: 5152439
    Abstract: A unitary planar element is formed to have a generally V-shaped opening in one edge, the opening having a generally rounded bottom, and a channel structure formed along an edge of the planar element obverse to that containing the generally V-shaped opening. The channel structure is configured to removably engage an upper lip edge of a vehicle bumper so as to hold the bootjack at an appropriately canted angle accepting a rear of a heel or achilles region of a boot into the generally V-shaped opening to be held thereby while the leg of the wearer is withdrawn from the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Inventor: R. Kaye Simons
  • Breathable body wear
    Patent number: 5152014
    Abstract: Women's body wear is provided with a panel in the crotch area which is formed of open or loosely knit material formed using threads made up of a bundle of hydrophobic fibers having a large surface area and longitudinally extending channels to provide drier, more comfortable and "breathable" body wear. The body wear garment may be provided with an open knit exterior panel generally coextensive with the inner panel, and of the same color as the remainder of the body wear garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Gilda Marx Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilda G. Marx, Robert S. Marx
  • Bobbin holding structure
    Patent number: 5152236
    Abstract: A bobbin holding member magnetically adheres within a bobbin case holder which houses a bobbin. The bobbin is securely retained in the bobbin case holder without allowing the bobbin to be removed therefrom during a sewing operation. The bobbin holding member is installed in the bobbin case holder freely detachably, and thus the bobbin easily can be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Hirose Manufacturing Company, Limited
    Inventor: Tokuzo Hirose
  • Versatile tandem belt
    Patent number: 5152013
    Abstract: The stabilizing belt comprises a pliable belt band, means for securing the band about the waist of the forward person of a tandem pair, and at least two discrete hand grip assemblies for the rearward person of the tandem pair. Each of the hand grip assemblies is adjustable to different locations along the belt band and yet is securely held at a selected location along the belt band when the belt band is secured in taut condition about the waist of the forward person. An anchor member is the base structure of each hand grip assembly. It is mounted on the belt band for adjustability along the belt band. A loop of material is then carried by the anchor member and has a portion in spaced relationship from the belt band for hand gripping by the rearward person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Inventor: Douglas A. Johnson
  • Protective wristband
    Patent number: 5150475
    Abstract: A protective wristband with integrally woven inner and outerlayers of an absorbent stretchable fabric material to provide an endless generally hollow interior, and a cushioned shield disposed between the layers such that the shield is concealed to provide the appearance of a conventional, unprotective wristband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Inventors: Brian J. Hansen, Stewart L. Hansen
  • Method for the production of modulable garments
    Patent number: 5150478
    Abstract: Method for producing a modulable garment by assembling pieces (1) having assembling lines (2) reproducing a single diamond-shaped basic design. The pieces are provided with fastening means (3) such as press-studs placed along the assembling lines and are so arranged that the diamond-shaped pieces have their large diagonal (d) oriented vertically. The top and bottom parts of the garment are each formed by a row of four pieces defining four diamond shapes assembled by their angles situated at the ends of the small diagonals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Mauricette Niedajkasza
    Inventors: Mauricette Niedajkasza, Bruno Niedajkasza, Catherine Niedajkasza
  • Hospital gown
    Patent number: 5150477
    Abstract: The invention comprises a gown of the type such as used in hospitals or offices of a physician to cover the torso and shoulder region of an otherwise relatively nude person, the gown including a relatively narrow front panel connected at one end to a substantially wider rear panel of which the elongated side portions comprise flaps of the latter and are adapted to be adjustably lapped over side edge portions of the front panel, the connected area of the panels having a head-receiving opening, and elongated tie members respectively extend from the outermost edges of the rear panel and across the front panel and are tied in a bowknot to detachably secure the respective panels in enclosing manner on the torso of a person while permitting ready arrangement of the panels to permit medical examination or for toilet purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Inventors: Joyce E. Elberson, Mary F. Ritchey
  • Warp knitting machine process and the pile ware produced thereby
    Patent number: 5150587
    Abstract: A warp knitting machine for making pile ware having at least two guide bars carrying guides (L1, L2, L3) and a pile sinker bar (5) carrying pile sinkers displaceable in the longitudinal direction. The guides lay the threads forming the ground ware without crossing over the pile sinkers and lay the threads forming the pile loops by crossing over the pile sinkers. At least one guide bar (L1, L2) is equipped as a jacquard guide bar. The displacement of this guide bar, is so chosen that, in dependence upon the jacquard controls (9), the guides (6,7) can lay either a ground ware (15) or pile loops (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Bergmann
  • Insulating fabric and method of producing same
    Patent number: 5150476
    Abstract: A layered insulating fabric (11) for use as a lining for protective garments (34) of the type commonly worn by fire fighters comprises an intermediate layer (14) of pleated material sandwiched between face (12) and inner (13) layers of material. The inner, pleated, and face layers are secured together by lines of stitching (16), which maintain the intermediate layer in position and in its pleated configuration. The pleats of the intermediate layer maintain the inner and face layers in spaced relationship and define therebetween an array of air pockets (19) that function as thermal insulation. The pleats also function to wick moisture away from the face layer and toward the inner layer to help keep a wearer dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise N. Statham, Michael T. Stanhope, Thomas J. Hejhal
  • Textile fiber length sorting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5150502
    Abstract: A textile apparatus for sorting fibers according to their length. A fiber opening device loosens and separates raw textile fibers transported by an air flow created by an air blower along an air path. A fiber extracting device extracts fibers having an average length greater than or equal to a preselected length from the air flow to produce usable long fibers and creates a separated air flow containing usable short fibers having an average fiber length less than the preselected length for subsequent processing. The long fibers may be compacted into a fiber batt. The usable short fibers may be compacted into a fibrous batt or may be passed through further fiber extracting devices. The apparatus may include a batt former which includes a plenum into which fibers are delivered by the air propeller or blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Inventor: James H. Roberson
  • Method and apparatus using clamps and movable plates for producing pleats
    Patent number: 5148760
    Abstract: A method and system using an apparatus for folding and sewing a pleat in a material without the need for manual folding. The method includes the use of clamps to hold the material in place and the movement of pleates to fold the material. The pleat is kept in place by a clamp during stitching. The method may be used on any type of pleating operation, but is particularly applicable to the formation of pleats in yoke-back panel material assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Juki America, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Miyauchi
  • Method and apparatus for patterning of substrates
    Patent number: 5148583
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for imparting visual surface effects to a relatively moving, thermally modifiable substrate by application of discrete streams of heated pressurized gas to surface areas of the substrate. The apparatus includes an elongate manifold assembly comprising two gas receiving compartments, each extending across the path of said substrate. Heated gas from the first compartment passes into the second compartment, which is comprised of a series of chambers with an elongate exit slot positioned closely adjacent the substrate surface. The gas is uniformly mixed within this second compartment, and may then be directed from the exit slot onto the substrate as a thin, continuous stream or curtain extending the length of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Greenway
  • Adjustable cap shaper
    Patent number: 5148954
    Abstract: An adjustable cap shaper is described for supporting a cap during drying. The cap shaper includes a crown portion having a ring-shaped band and a plurality of arch members which converge towards each other and are held in the desired position by a connector. The arch members and the band are adjustable so that the cap shaper can be adjusted as to size and shape. The cap shaper can be used to support any type or size of cap for drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Inventor: Clifford J. Myers
  • Brassiere accessory
    Patent number: 5149293
    Abstract: A brassiere accessory comprises two elongated bands that can be fastened together at one end and is threaded through a grip means at the other end, said grip means having two slot openings for passage therethrough of a shoulder strap of a brassiere, and serrated edges opposite said slot openings for gripping said shoulder straps, and an arcuate opening through which an elongated band is threaded. The elongated bands can be fitted with length adjusting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Inventor: Lisa Gable
  • Combing head with lower nipper plate guide elements
    Patent number: 5148575
    Abstract: The combing head has a pair of lateral guide elements mounted on the lower nipper part with each having a fiber guide surface disposed in front of the front edge of the lower nipper plate in order to laterally guide the fiber tuft extending from the lower nipper plate. The lateral guide elements are connected with a second pair of lateral guide elements on the lower nipper plate behind the front edge of the lower nipper plate. The second pair of guide elements also have fiber guide surfaces for guiding the lateral side edges of the fiber tuft. The pairs of guide elements each define a space therebetween of decreasing width in a perpendicular direction relative to the plane of the lower nipper plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Heinz Clement
  • Apparatus for needling a nonwoven web
    Patent number: 5148584
    Abstract: In order to produce a needled nonwoven web having an improved surface quality, the needle board (1) of an apparatus for needling a nonwoven web should be provided with needles in a higher needle density. To that end the needles (2) of the needle board (1) are arranged in groups having a higher needle density and a perforated plate (5) of the stripper (4) and a perforated plate of the backing member (3) are provided in association with each group of needles with a common receiving hole (7). The needles (2) of each group are arranged in a longitudinal row generally extending in the direction of travel of the nonwoven web and are transversely offset from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Inventor: Ernst Fehrer
  • Threading a hooked wire needle in a tie sewing machine
    Patent number: 5148759
    Abstract: An apparatus for threading a needle used in a sewing machine that forms a longitudinal seam in a tie. The needle has an open hook and a shank adjacent its pointed end. A thread gripper movable about two mutually perpendicular axes grips and loops the thread at least partially around the shank of the needle. The thread is received or threaded upon a retracting movement of the needle. In an alternative embodiment, a tined fork loops the thread about the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: LIBA Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Rudi Wirth
  • Crimped continuous filament yarn with color-point heather appearance
    Patent number: 5148586
    Abstract: A process for making a heather-dyeable or precolored heather yarn product comprises supplying a first crimped continuous filament yarn in the form of a loose matrix substantially free of filament entanglement and a second crimped continuous filament yarn which is differentially dyeable or precolored with respect to the first yarn. The second yarn is fed through a first entangling or interlacing zone and exposure of the second yarn to a fluid jet in the first entangling zone is randomly controlled to produce a color-point yarn product as the second yarn exits the first entangling zone, in which the color-point yarn product has relatively compact nodal regions of high entanglement of the filaments of the second yarn separated by bulkier regions of the same filaments relatively free of entanglement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew M. Coons, III