Patents by Inventor Ardy Armen

Ardy Armen 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).

  • Continuous process for spinning and drawing polyamide and apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 5487860
    Abstract: A continuous process for spinning and drawing polyamide filaments with the steps of melting a polyamide and spinning the filaments from the molten polyamide through a spinnerette, quenching the filaments, applying a yarn finish to the filaments, applying steam and heat to the filaments by a steam and heating unit which consists of a steam box and at least one heated godet, drawing the filaments, and optionally texturing the filaments. The resulting filaments have low shrinkage, high crystallinity, and a high percentage of alpha crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: George M. Kent, Ardy Armen
  • Process for the manufacture of a stain resistant melt colored carpet
    Patent number: 5401554
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a stain resistant melt colored carpet by melt mixing a polyamide copolymer, containing sulfonate groups with a coloring agent to form a homogeneous polymer melt into fibers, tufting the fibers in a backing to form a carpet, treating the carpet with polymethacrylic acid, copolymers of polymethacrylic acid, a mixture of polymethacrylic acid and a sulfonated aromatic formaldehyde condensation product, and a reaction product of the polymerization or copolymerization of methacrylic acid in the presence of a sulfonated aromatic formaldehyde condensation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Ardy Armen