Patents by Inventor Otis B. Alston

Otis B. Alston 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).

  • Open end spinning apparatus
    Patent number: 4321788
    Abstract: An aero-mechanical open-end spinning machine, in which feedstock fibers pass between the teeth of the combing roller and the teeth of a combing sector facing the combing roller, and are thereby paralleled prior to their entry into the air stream by which they are delivered to the spinning rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Dixie Yarns, Inc.
    Inventor: Otis B. Alston
  • Automatic cleaning system for open-end spinning apparatus
    Patent number: 4154052
    Abstract: An aero-mechanical open-end spinning machine including spinning rotor cleaning means such as a fibrous brush or air jet for continuously agitating any foreign matter on the interior surface of the spinning rotor so that same may exit in the airstream accompanying the open-end spun yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1979
    Assignee: Dixie Yarns, Inc.
    Inventor: Otis B. Alston
  • Apparatus for blending and paralleling textile fibers
    Patent number: 4083085
    Abstract: Apparatus for blending, paralleling and cleaning fibers such as cotton and synthetics. The apparatus comprises a work roll having its surface covered with metallic wire and an arcuate, metallic wire section cooperating with a portion of the periphery of the work roll. The fiber is fed between the roll and arcuate surface, accomplishing the improved results noted in the accompanying specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Dixie Yarns, Inc.
    Inventors: Emmett S. Livingston, Otis B. Alston