Patents by Inventor Martin Alan Shepley

Martin Alan Shepley 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).

  • Treatment of textile materials
    Patent number: 3957428
    Abstract: A process for uniformly and thoroughly bleaching textile material having contaminate in the fibers comprising:1. IMPREGNATING THE CONTAMINATED TEXTILE MATERIAL WITH A SOLUTION OF A SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT IN A HYDROCARBON OR HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENT AND STEAMING THE IMPREGNATED TEXTILE MATERIAL TO REMOVE SOLVENT, WHEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE CONTAMINATION IN THE FIBERS AND THE SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT REMAIN IN THE TEXTILE MATERIAL;2. IMPREGNATING THE TEXTILE MATERIAL WITH THE CONTAMINATION AND SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT WITH AN AQUEOUS BLEACHING SOLUTION CONTAINING, AS A BLEACHING AGENT, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;3. STEAMING THE TEXTILE MATERIAL; AND4. WASHING THE TEXTILE MATERIAL WITH AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1972
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: John Massey, Martin Alan Shepley, Roger N. Suiter, John M. Murphy