Patents by Inventor John B. Capps

John B. Capps 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).

  • Triaxial weaving machine having heddles with weftwise lateral projections
    Patent number: 4040451
    Abstract: A weaving machine for making triaxial fabrics in which heddles are positioned in weftwise rows of parallel heddles, moved longitudinally during warp shed formation, and shifted weftwise. Heddles of the weaving machine of this invention have means thereon for preventing entrance of more than one heddle into the same passageway, in the form of weftwise lateral projections for engagement with an adjacent heddle so as to facilitate proper guidance of heddles in the weftwise row into guiding passageways during longitudinal movement and weftwise shifting of the heddles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Barber-Colman Company
    Inventors: Wayne C. Trost, John B. Capps