Patents by Inventor Philip R. Sheldon

Philip R. Sheldon 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).

  • Method and apparatus for feeding tubular textiles into a machine
    Patent number: 6321424
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for guiding a textile tube to the rollers of a machine, which reduces the tensioning of the fabric and accordingly reduces post-production shrinkage. A feeding arm mounted on a support, preferably at a slight downward incline, provides a spreader having a breadth sufficient to flatten the textile tube. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of feeding arms are rotatably mounted to the support, so that as one feeding arm is being used to feed the fabric into the machine another feeding arm can be loaded with a textile tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Valleycroft Textiles Inc.
    Inventor: Philip R. Sheldon