Patents by Inventor Danny Moates

Danny Moates 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).

  • Immiscible segmented distributor for random dyeing of textiles
    Patent number: 4454617
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for multi-color dyeing of a moving carpet with sharply defined specks forming no pattern from distribution of color, distribution of sizes, distribution of shapes, or attenuation of shapes of the specks. The specks are relatively high-viscosity colored segments in an aqueous immiscible gel mixture which is repeatedly mixed and distributed transversely of the direction of movement of the carpet and then spread into a thin layer by the upper surface of a Kuester roller and finally slid onto the moving carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Danny Moates, Michael L. Chadwick
  • Distributor for gel systems to form sharply delineated color patterns upon textile surfaces
    Patent number: 4403360
    Abstract: A modified Kuester apparatus and a method for forming patterns of immiscible gels and of immobilized gels on a doctor blade functioning as a viewing screen before the gel pattern is deposited on a carpet are described. The preferred angle for the doctor blade is 30.degree.-40.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Finney, Danny Moates, Michael R. Brown