Patents by Inventor Elias Cuthbert

Elias Cuthbert 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).

  • Method for dyeing and continuous heat setting of textile yarns
    Patent number: 3950132
    Abstract: The method for the random dyeing of yarn in which yarn slivers are laid in a tensionless zig-zag formation onto a travelling stenter pin chain conveyor, applying longitudinal rows of stitching or tape to anchor the yarn slivers in position and to take the tension of feeding the yarn slivers through rollers which apply dye liquor of differing colours or shades in longitudinal stripes and fixing, washing and drying and heat setting the slivers and finally rewinding the individual yarn slivers onto separate yarn packages to produce yarn randomly dyed throughout its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Caird (Dundee) Limited
    Inventors: Jack Somers, Elias Cuthbert