Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
Jeffrey Todd Rhyne 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).
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Publication number: 20230082479Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically moving yarn packages between yarn processing stations in a textile environment that includes the steps of providing a yarn package elevator, transporting a yarn package on the yarn package elevator from a textile machine position to a common transfer location, and holding the package in a stationary position on an elevator tray. A label is applied to a surface of the package and the elevator tray and package is moved to a knot-tying location, the package is removed from the elevator tray to a knotting head apparatus at the knot-tying location and a knot is tied in a package yarn tail of the package to secure the package tail from unraveling in subsequent package handling steps. Correct application of the knot to the yarn tail is either validated, or in the alternative, if the knot is not validated, the package is forwarded to a location for manual reworking to apply a correct knot to the yarn tail.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Donald Alan Pubentz
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Patent number: 10829871Abstract: A continuous process heat set tunnel for exerting a sealing force against a top sealing roll, a yarn-transporting conveyor and a bottom sealing roll. At least first and second top pneumatic lamella sealing cylinders are mounted on the sealing roll frame for exerting against the top lamella a sealing force against the roll surface of the top sealing roll, and at least first and second bottom pneumatic lamella sealing cylinders are mounted on the sealing roll frame for exerting against the bottom lamella a sealing force against the roll surface of the bottom sealing roll.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery CompanyInventors: Bernard M. Burrage, Marshall Stowe Rhyne, Donald Alan Pubentz, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
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Publication number: 20190292703Abstract: A continuous process heat set tunnel for exerting a sealing force against a top sealing roll, a yarn-transporting conveyor and a bottom sealing roll. At least first and second top pneumatic lamella sealing cylinders are mounted on the sealing roll frame for exerting against the top lamella a sealing force against the roll surface of the top sealing roll, and at least first and second bottom pneumatic lamella sealing cylinders are mounted on the sealing roll frame for exerting against the bottom lamella a sealing force against the roll surface of the bottom sealing roll.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Bernard M. Burrage, Marshall Stowe Rhyne, Donald Alan Pubentz, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
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Patent number: 7543463Abstract: A continuous heat set line for setting yarn, having spaced-apart, elongate, tubular entrance and exit cooling chambers interconnected by an elongate intermediate steam heat-setting chamber communicating therewith. The entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber collectively define a single longitudinally-extending axis along the combined length thereof. Sealing heads seal the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber to a degree sufficient to maintain a pressurized condition within the heat-setting chamber. A yarn conveyor extends through the pretreatment chamber for conveying the yarn through the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the heat-setting chamber. At least one piston and cylinder assembly moves sealing rolls into and out of position relative to each other, while independently-operating springs urge the rolls together sufficiently to effect a seal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: BMB Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Edward Dean Smith, Jr., Robert Cone Miller, Jr., Joseph Andrew Gottberg
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Patent number: 7219516Abstract: A continuous heat set line for setting yarn, having spaced-apart, elongate, tubular entrance and exit cooling chambers interconnected by an elongate intermediate steam heat-setting chamber communicating therewith. The entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber collectively define a single longitudinally-extending axis along the combined length thereof. Sealing heads seal the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber to a degree sufficient to maintain a pressurized condition within the heat-setting chamber. A yarn conveyor extends through the pretreatment chamber for conveying the yarn through the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the heat-setting chamber. At least one piston and cylinder assembly moves sealing rolls into and out of position relative to each other, while independently-operating springs urge the rolls together sufficiently to effect a seal.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: BMB Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Edward Dean Smith, Jr., Robert Cone Miller, Jr., Joseph Andrew Gottberg
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Publication number: 20030213270Abstract: A continuous heat set line for setting yarn, having spaced-apart, elongate, tubular entrance and exit cooling chambers interconnected by an elongate intermediate steam heat-setting chamber communicating therewith. The entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber collectively define a single longitudinally-extending axis along the combined length thereof. Sealing heads seal the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber to a degree sufficient to maintain a pressurized condition within the heat-setting chamber. A yarn conveyor extends through the pretreatment chamber for conveying the yarn through the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the heat-setting chamber. At least one piston and cylinder assembly moves sealing rolls into and out of position relative to each other, while independently-operating springs urge the rolls together sufficiently to effect a seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Edward Dean Smith, Robert Cone Miller, Joseph Andrew Gottberg
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Patent number: 6345491Abstract: An apparatus for inserting twist into a moving strand, including a first body including an orifice extending therethrough for permitting passage of a moving yarn. An air channel extends therethrough and communicates with the orifice. The air channel communicates with the orifice at a tangentially-offset angle to the path of the yarn through the orifice to create a cyclonic air circulation pattern in the orifice to insert a predetermined direction of twist into the yarn as the yarn passes through the orifice. The first body is adapted for being inverted relative to, and placed in overlying registration with, a second like body whereby the air channel of the first body inserts one predetermined direction of twist into the yarn and the air channel of the second body inserts another predetermined direction of twist into the yarn.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.Inventors: Kevin E. Moran, Kurt Willy Niederer, Robert Edward Taylor, Ralph Samuel Jenkins, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
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Patent number: 6195975Abstract: A process of producing an assembled yarn, including the steps of providing two or more yarns moving downstream from a supply to a take-up, inserting alternating-direction zones of twist into at least one of the yarns, the at least one yarn having an area of zero twist between said alternating direction zones of twist, combining the at least two yarns to form a single, integrated yarn strand, and intermittently exposing the yarn strand to an air blast to create a zone of intermingled yarns at spaced-apart points along the length of the yarn strand to prevent torsional movement of one yarn relative to the other yarn. According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of exposing the yarn strand to an air blast includes the step of intermingling the yarns at the areas of zero twist.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward Lowe Hand, Kurt Willy Niederer, Robert Edward Taylor, Ralph Samuel Jenkins, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
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Patent number: 6089009Abstract: A process of producing an assembled yarn, including the steps of providing two or more yarns moving downstream from a supply to a take-up, inserting alternating-direction zones of twist into at least one of the yarns, the at least one yarn having an area of zero twist between said alternating direction zones of twist, combining the at least two yarns to form a single, integrated yarn strand, and intermittently exposing the yarn strand to an air blast to create a zone of intermingled yarns at spaced-apart points along the length of the yarn strand to prevent torsional movement of one yarn relative to the other yarn. According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of exposing the yarn strand to an air blast includes the step of intermingling the yarns at the areas of zero twist.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1998Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward Lowe Hand, deceased, Kurt Willy Niederer, Robert Edward Taylor, Ralph Samuel Jenkins, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne
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Patent number: 6052983Abstract: An apparatus for inserting twist into a moving strand, including a first body including an orifice extending therethrough for permitting passage of a moving yarn. An air channel extends therethrough and communicates with the orifice. The air channel communicates with the orifice at a tangentially-offset angle to the path of the yarn through the orifice to create a cyclonic air circulation pattern in the orifice to insert a predetermined direction of twist into the yarn as the yarn passes through the orifice. The first body is adapted for being inverted relative to, and placed in overlying registration with, a second like body whereby the air channel of the first body inserts one predetermined direction of twist into the yarn and the air channel of the second body inserts another predetermined direction of twist into the yarn.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Co., Inc.Inventors: Kevin E. Moran, Kurt Willy Niederer, Robert Edward Taylor, Ralph Samuel Jenkins, Jeffrey Todd Rhyne