Patents by Inventor Dhimat R. Desai

Dhimat R. Desai 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).

  • Human body actuated control apparatus and system for commercial sewing machines
    Patent number: 5587634
    Abstract: An electronic control system and apparatus is provided for controlling the operation of an industrial machine, such as a sewing machine. A body actuated apparatus is mounted in a spaced apart relationship from ground level and in approximate adjacency to the sewing machine. The body actuated apparatus has an elongated control bar pivotally mounted to the body actuated apparatus along a longitudinal axis of the elongated control bar for actuation of a force sensor when a body of an operator pressingly engages the elongated control bar in a direction towards the sewing machine. Electronic means for controlling the speed of a motor of the sewing machine is provided which includes monitoring means for monitoring sensor input produced by the force sensor, and controlling means responsive to the monitoring means for varying the speed of the motor of the industrial machine by outputting control signals to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: ARA Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Dhimat R. Desai, Louis C. Tayse, Richard W. Gideon
  • Method and apparatus for hemming
    Patent number: 4098201
    Abstract: Device includes a fabric carrying and feeding means, fabric tensioning means, fabric orientating means, particular means which aid in performing the sewing function and the sewing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: Union Special Corporation
    Inventors: Maximilian Adamski, Jr., Robert E. Smith, Dhimat R. Desai