Patents by Inventor Gerald J. Creed

Gerald J. Creed 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).

  • Thread severing arrangement for thread winding bobbin
    Patent number: 4515099
    Abstract: An axially movable plunger in a bobbin, and a cam for disposing the plunger in a position resulting in rotation of the bobbin for bobbin winding are formed with engageable planar surfaces, one of which includes a sharp edge hole, and the other of which includes an elongate slot to provide for the cutting of thread between the edges of the hole and slot at the outset of a bobbin winding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Gerald J. Creed
  • Resilient bobbin thread pull-off member for lockstitch sewing machine
    Patent number: 4399761
    Abstract: A lockstitch sewing machine is provided with an elongate resilient member which is affixed at one end in the machine and extends under the feed dog of the machine for engagement thereby. The resilient member is flexed by the feed dog during downward movement thereof and then acts against bobbin thread pulling it from the bobbin spool. The elongate member relaxes and separates from the bobbin thread during upward movement of the feed dog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Creed, Thaddeus J. Zylbert
  • Thread guiding and hold-down pawl for bobbin winding mechanism of a sewing machine
    Patent number: 4385574
    Abstract: A control arm for bobbin winding mechanism in a lockstitch sewing machine is provided with a pawl which serves both to guide needle thread into a thread entering slot for a tensioning device on a bobbin case, and to hold an arm of the tensioning device in a position effective to prevent the thread from being pulled out of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Creed, Charles R. Odermann
  • Needle bar deflecting arrangement for a skip stitch sewing machine
    Patent number: 4312284
    Abstract: A skip stitch sewing machine is provided with adjustable means engageable with a camming surface on a needle bar for deflecting the needle bar when it is caused to descend while in an extreme lateral skip stitch position, and for thereby preventing a needle affixed to the lower end of the needle bar from striking a presser foot or throat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Adams, Gerald J. Creed
  • Chain stitch conversion for lock stitch sewing machine
    Patent number: 4278037
    Abstract: A chain stitch conversion throat plate for a lock stitch sewing machine, the throat plate carrying a thread loop retaining pin and a thread stripper device actuated by the up and down motion of the sewing machine feed dog. The thread stripper device includes a block pivotably supporting a wire form having one end for extending beneath the feed dog for up and down motion therewith, and the other end extending adjacent the thread loop retaining pin for stripping the retained loop therefrom on downward motion of the feed dog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Creed, Frank Dudis, William J. Edwards, Herbert T. Hurler
  • Steam iron sole plate for high nap fabrics or similar article
    Patent number: D312905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: SSMC Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Davidson, Gerald J. Creed, Howard D. Rogers
  • Steam iron sole plate for accommodating buttons and pleats or similar article
    Patent number: D312906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: SSMC Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Davidson, Gerald J. Creed, Howard D. Rogers
  • Steam iron sole plate for accommodating zippers or similar article
    Patent number: D312907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: SSMC Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Davidson, Gerald J. Creed, Howard D. Rogers
  • Steam iron sole plate for seam opening or similar article
    Patent number: D313097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: SSMC Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Davidson, Gerald J. Creed, Howard D. Rogers