Patents by Inventor Billy J. Kiser

Billy J. Kiser 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).

  • Apparatus for automatically and continuously feeding and folding textile articles
    Patent number: 4678173
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for automatically and continuously feeding and folding successive textile articles, such as towels and the like, from a supply stack of such textile articles. The apparatus includes a supply mechanism for successively receiving a first stack of textile articles in a non-feeding position, moving the first stack into a feeding position, and receiving a second supply stack of textile articles in a non-feeding position for being moved into the feeding position when the first stack of textile articles is depleted. A folding mechanism successively receives the textile articles and folds the textile articles in the desired folded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Basinger, Gary L. Hatley, Billy J. Kiser, James N. Moser