Patents by Inventor George G. Hacker

George G. Hacker 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).

  • Patent number: 5014526
    Abstract: A textile wet processing machine of the type wherein an endless fabric rope is circulated in plug form through a U-shaped chamber having perforated side walls is equipped with an inner wall having lateral flanges for mounting by special fasteners in differing dispositions between the chamber side walls utilizing the existing perforations therein to selectively vary the cross-sectional size of the chamber to accommodate particular processing requirements of differing fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Gaston County Dyeing Machine Co.
    Inventors: George G. Hacker, James K. Turner, Paul L. Abernathy, Bobby G. Payne, Roy C. Killian, David G. Laws
  • Patent number: 4977761
    Abstract: A liquor applying nozzle has a hollow tubular frame surrounding the path of a textile rope circulating in a textile dyeing machine to provide an opening having an elongated, generally straight, transversely extending bottom, a transversely extending top surface spaced from the bottom, and a pair of spaced, upstanding, generally straight side surfaces. Dye liquor is distributed through the hollow interior of the frame to lower and upper orifices extending across the bottom and top surface of the frame. The nozzle further includes an enclosure portion extending downstream from the tubular frame and upper and lower plate-like members that extend in spaced relation to the enclosure portion and are adjustable with respect thereto to adjustably define the size of the orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Gaston County Dyeing Machine Co.
    Inventors: George G. Hacker, James K. Turner, Charles R. Hornbuckle