Patents by Inventor James E. McErlane

James E. McErlane 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).

  • Apparatus for automatically doffing yarn packages and donning empty bobbins on a winder
    Patent number: 4441660
    Abstract: A power-driven, wheeled vehicle which interacts automatically with winders in a spinning area to doff completed yarn packages, insert empty bobbins on standby chucks of the winder, deliver the packages to an overhead powered conveyor to place the winder in condition for another cycle and to move to another winder to repeat the operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Nathan Cloud, Robert A. Marin, James E. McErlane