Patents by Inventor Laurent C. Pilon

Laurent C. Pilon 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 and process for automatically taking up a continuously supplied yarn
    Patent number: 4856722
    Abstract: An automatic transfer device and process for the transfer of a continuously supplied yarn from a first take-up tube, which usually has a full package thereon, to a second take-up tube, which has usually no yarn thereon. In carrying out this process, the apparatus automatically cuts and aspirates the continuously supplied yarn, and an actuator arm applies the yarn to the second take-up tube by moving the continuously-supplied yarn into contact with a yarn snagging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: BASF Fibres, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Horsey, Laurent C. Pilon, Grant M. Fletcher, Arland W. Horner