Patents by Inventor Peter William Foster

Peter William Foster 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).

  • Patent number: 7020940
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of texturing yarn products wherein the yarn product is passed along a predetermined yarn path through a liquid jet device applying a force to the yarn transversely to the axis thereof, comprising directing the liquid as it passes through the liquid jet device past an air inlet to the liquid jet device to entrain air therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: The University of Manchester
    Inventor: Peter William Foster
  • Patent number: 6701704
    Abstract: A method of processing textile material is disclosed in which the material (13) is passed along a predetermined path through a liquid jet device (50, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 130) applying a force to the material (13) transversely to the axis of the material (13). High pressure water is used to form one or more belts (11, 12) for applying twist to a yarn (13), sliver or roving (273), or as a jet to intermingle one or more yarns (13). The water may serve to cool the yarn (13) after beating in a false twist process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Peter William Foster, Duncan Cameron Ferrier, Ujithe Sujeewa Wickramasinghe Gunasekera
  • Publication number: 20040040278
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of texturing yarn products wherein the yarn product is passed along a predetermined yarn path through a liquid jet device applying a force to the yarn transversely to the axis thereof, comprising directing the liquid as it passes through the liquid jet device past an air inlet to the liquid jet device to entrain air therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventor: Peter William Foster
  • Patent number: 6438934
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for fabrication of textiles. The method includes the step of passing a yarn or product along a path through a device. The method also includes applying a rotation force to the yarn or product with at least one jet of liquid directed by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Peter William Foster, Duncan Cameron Ferrier, Ujithe Sujeewa Wickramasinghe Gunasekera
  • Publication number: 20020104305
    Abstract: A method of processing textile material is disclosed in which the material (13) is passed along a predetermined path through a liquid jet device (50, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 130) applying a force to the material (13) transversely to the axis of the material (13). High pressure water is used to form one or more belts (11, 12) for applying twist to a yarn (13), sliver or roving (273), or as a jet to intermingle one or more yarns (13). The water may serve to cool the yarn (13) after beating in a false twist process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Peter William Foster, Duncan Cameron Ferrier, Ujithe Sujeewa Wickramasinghe Gunasekera
  • Patent number: 6397444
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for texturing a yarn product. The method includes the step of passing the yarn product along a yarn path through a liquid jet arrangement. The method also includes the step of applying a force to the yarn transversely to the axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
    Inventors: Peter William Foster, Duncan Cameron Ferrier, Ujithe Sujeewa Wickramasinghe Gunasekera
  • Patent number: 5802832
    Abstract: A method of controlling the manufacture of false twist textured yarn characterised by adjusting non-isothermally in a closed loop the heat flux taken up by the yarn in tension to a specific yarn dyeability. Adjustment can be achieved by feeding back the output of a direct-acting yarn texture sensor to control at least one of yarn heater heat supply, yarn twist speed and yarn feed speed. The sensor is arranged to sense at least one of textured yarn speed, yarn temperature, yarn bulk and yarn tension. A very compact texturing line is possible when the control method is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Peter William Foster
  • Patent number: 5724802
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for false twist texturing comprising the steps of supplying a yarn hot (11) to a twist trap (12) upstream of a false twist device (13) instead of supplying heat to the yarn intermediate the twist trap and the false twist device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Peter William Foster
  • Patent number: 4041586
    Abstract: A bulked multifilament yarn having filaments of polymeric material has alternating points of maximum polymeric density and minimum polymeric density occurring along the length of each filament with a maximum spacing of 10 meters. The yarn may have a crimped structure in which the crimps are of undulating form with more than 50% of the filaments having maximum amplitudes of undulation less than the diameter of the yarn and more than 50% of each filament lies on one side of a diametral plane of the yarn particular to that filament. A process of producing the yarn includes the steps of jet bulking yarn and projecting it against one end of an elongated package during which the pressure prevailing at said one end of the package fluctuates. The pressure varies between a maximum value and a minimum value with a frequency related to the rate of feed of the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: John Heathcoat & Company Limited
    Inventors: Peter William Foster, Duncan Cameron Ferrier, Thomas Berry, Karel Murenbeeld