Patents by Inventor Dixon R. Asquith

Dixon R. Asquith 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).

  • Convoluted shirring wheel
    Patent number: 4339894
    Abstract: An apparatus for shirring synthetic casings wherein there is superimposed on the customary helical shirring pattern another pattern which will change the folding or shirring pleat pattern of the casing from that of the customary continuous helix so as to increase the compressibility of the casing. In its simplest form, the part cylindrical shirring surfaces of cooperating shirring wheels are machined so as cooperatively to define a cylindrical shirring surface having a center which rotates about the axis of an associated shirring mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Teepak, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred D. Story, Dixon R. Asquith