Patents by Inventor Arthur R. Edwards

Arthur R. Edwards 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).

  • Garment toe closing system
    Patent number: 4364320
    Abstract: A system for automatically closing the toe portions of tubular hosiery blanks includes an automatic loader assembly for receiving, supporting and spreading open an end portion of a hosiery blank, for transporting the blank to a toe closing machine, and for carrying the opened end of the blank over a loading tube of a toe closing machine while everting the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1982
    Assignee: Consolidated Foods Corporation
    Inventors: George D. Nakhle, Cecil R. Bell, Arthur R. Edwards, Willie M. Lathery, Navin D. Patel
  • System for combining stocking materials and gussets to form panty hose garments
    Patent number: 4188898
    Abstract: A pair of aligned stocking materials having hip portions are severed a prescribed distance, and a pair of template assemblies spread the stockings until the severed edges of each of the stocking materials define generally straight lines. A gusset is positioned adjacent the stretched severed edges and seamed sequentially along the edges of each of the pair of stocking materials by sewing machines to form a panty hose garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Assignee: Takatori Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cecil R. Bell, Jr., George D. Nakhle, Arthur R. Edwards, Walter R. Sizemore