Patents by Inventor Jimmie A. Ray

Jimmie A. Ray 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).

  • Yarn winding apparatus with manifold assembly movable between blowing and standby positions relative to a pair of bobbin carrying spindles
    Patent number: 5485967
    Abstract: A manifold, which has a manifold assembly with a multiplicity of jets, which is connected to a drive for moving the manifold assembly in a stand-by position and in a blowing position, and a yarn winding apparatus for winding yarn packages, which has a frame, a turret disc, rotatably mounted on the frame, a multiplicity of spindles, rotatably mounted on the turret disc for holding bobbins, a transfer mechanism, connected to the frame, a winder head with a drive roll for rotating the spindles, connected to the frame, and the manifold, fixedly mounted on the frame. The manifold provides an air curtain within the yarn winding apparatus in order to reduce entanglement of the loose end of a fully wound yarn package with a new winding yarn package or other parts of the yarn winding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Billy E. Ray, Gregg T. Cox, Fred D. Bryant, Jimmie A. Ray, B. Joe Christopher, Dan C. Holcombe
  • Wall telephone caddy
    Patent number: 3956600
    Abstract: A wall telephone caddy comprises a cradle mounted on a wall in proximity with a wall telephone for removably supporting the handset of the telephone to keep the line open during the period that the called party is being sought.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Inventor: Jimmie A. Ray