Patents by Inventor Fred C. Ashley

Fred C. Ashley 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).

  • Dye spring protection system
    Patent number: 4665722
    Abstract: Dye spring protection system which employs a substantially circular member between each yarn package being dyed and allows the dye packages to abut one another but at the same time protects the ends of the dye spring. The dye spring protector has an internal groove therein to accommodate the top and bottom of a dye spring during dyeing of yarn wound on the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Fred C. Ashley, Robert W. McCullough
  • Yarn bobbin
    Patent number: 4515327
    Abstract: Take-up bobbin arrangement in which a compressible plastic yarn dye tube is secured onto a yarn take-up bobbin by an end cap which is secured to the bobbin by detents. The end cap has a reciprocating locking member which prevents the yarn being wound onto the dye tube from pushing the end cap out of the bobbin but at the same time allows ready removal of same without yarn damage. The yarn wound on the compressible yarn tube can be readily slid off the bobbin and used directly in the dye cycle for the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventor: Fred C. Ashley