Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Giles

Andrew J. Giles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patient warming gown
    Patent number: 9642404
    Abstract: A gown (100) having a body-covering portion (101) and an outer layer (111) coupled to the body-covering portion, thereby defining a pocket (112), is provided. The outer layer can include a film layer (116) having a thermally reflective side (101) disposed facing the body-covering portion. In a patient warming system (600), a warming device (601) can be provided. The warming device can be placed in the pocket to warm a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Giles, Francis A. Czajka
  • Patient Warming Gown
    Publication number: 20120305541
    Abstract: A gown (100) having a body-covering portion (101) and an outer layer (111) coupled to the body-covering portion, thereby defining a pocket (112), is provided. The outer layer can include a film layer (116) having a thermally reflective side (101) disposed facing the body-covering portion. In a patient warming system (600), a warming device (601) can be provided. The warming device can be placed in the pocket to warm a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew J. Giles, Francis A. Czajka
  • Inlet design for handling bulk textile fiber
    Patent number: 6317932
    Abstract: The invention is particularly related to the problems of dispersing fiber to obtain a uniform distribution. The invention includes tapered ducts oriented at an appropriate angle relative to the horizontal for redirecting and decreasing the speed of an air stream containing fiber therein such that the fiber precipitates from the air stream and falls gently to form a uniform fiber bed in a bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Phillip O. Staples, Todd A. McCoy, Lyles H. Sowell, Andrew J. Giles, John M. Dakin, Nathan Cory Jetton
  • Chute feeder for textile processing equipment
    Patent number: 5606776
    Abstract: This invention relates to the creation of a different styled batt from tufts of fiber for delivery to textile machinery. In particular, the batt formed in the style of this invention is particularly suited for delivery to a carding machine. Carding machines are able to more fully utilize fiber processing capacity with lower risk of becoming overloaded because the tufts are less able to be pulled out of the batt intact but are held back allowing for the lickerin roll or other feed arrangement to pull fiber out of the batt in a more continuous and uniform manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Freund, Andrew J. Giles, James S. Bailey
  • Acceleration arrangement for airlay textile web formers
    Patent number: 5564630
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved air acceleration nozzle for use in airlay web formers which reduce the creation of large scale vortices and turbulence. The nozzle accelerates the air by reducing the cross sectional area of the conduit. The size of the conduit for the air is reduced in both lateral dimensions, and more preferably, both dimensions are reduced with smoothly curving, low angle peripheral walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Andrew J. Giles, Robert E. Morgan, Phillip O. Staples