Patents by Inventor Darwin E. Ferster

Darwin E. Ferster 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).

  • Patent number: 5287711
    Abstract: Apparatus in accordance with the invention is of the type in which textile fabric samples are dyed in a generally cylindrical vessel containing a liquid dyeing bath while being moved in a cyclical fashion by a sample holder having a generally vertical rod connected to an overhead stirrer. The improved apparatus includes means connected to the generally vertical rod for holding the textile fabric sample in a generally cylindrical configuration, a pump for pumping a concentrated chemical solution at a controlled rate, and means for supplying the concentrated chemical solution from the pump under the surface of the dyeing bath in at least two vertically spaced-apart locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Julie L. Chang, Darwin E. Ferster, Robert E. Shamrock