Patents by Inventor James O. Casey, Jr.

James O. Casey, Jr. 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: 4332761
    Abstract: Multifilament yarns comprising continuous multifilaments each having at least one body section and having extending therefrom along its length at least one wing member, the body section comprising about 25 to about 95% of the total mass of the filament and the wing member comprising about 5 to about 75% of the total mass of filament, the filament being further characterized by a wing-body interaction defined by ##EQU1## where the ratio of the width of said fiber to the wing thickness (L.sub.T /Dmin) is .ltoreq.30. Also disclosed are specific yarns and processes for producing the filaments and yarns.The spun-like character of the fractured yarns of this invention is provided by the wing members extending from and along the body section being intermittently separated from the body section and a fraction of the separated wing members being broken to provide free protruding ends extending from the body section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1982
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Bobby M. Phillips, James O. Casey, Jr., Dale R. Gregory
  • Patent number: 4245001
    Abstract: Multifilament yarns comprising continuous multifilaments each having at least one body section and having extending therefrom along its length at least one wing member, the body section comprising about 25 to about 95% of the total mass of the filament and the wing member comprising about 5 to about 75% of the total mass of filament, the filament being further characterized by a wing-body interaction defined by ##EQU1## where the ratio of the width of said fiber to the wing thickness (L.sub.T /Dmin) is .ltoreq.30. Also disclosed are specific yarns and processes for producing the filaments and yarns.The spun-like character of the fractured yarns of this invention is provided by the wing members extending from and along the body section being intermittently separated from the body section and a fraction of the separated wing members being broken to provide free protruding ends extending from the body section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Bobby M. Phillips, James O. Casey, Jr., Dale R. Gregory