Patents by Inventor Gary Horan

Gary Horan 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 and apparatus for the conversion of polypropylene twine into fibres
    Patent number: 6149081
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the processing of polypropylene fiber from polypropylene twine. The material may be produced from feedstock after its first instance of usage. The feedstock may have residual contamination resultant from its first instance of usage. The method is provided to collect feedstock in skeins, sever the skeins into bundles, wash, disinfect and pH neutralize the surface of the feedstock, cut to length and reduce the feedstock to a fibrous clean, dry state suitable for use as a reinforcement or additive to composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Inventor: Gary Horan