Patents by Inventor Phillipa Le Pine

Phillipa Le Pine 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 for significantly enhancing the quality of scoured wool and machinery for achieving those enhancements
    Patent number: 6537326
    Abstract: A wool or the like fiber scour including at least one of the following, (a) scouring process wherein the fiber is subjected to an acid extraction process to remove absorbed iron, and by to greatly improve the brightness (Y tristimulus value) of the wool; (b) a scouring process wherein a bleaching process is carried out part way through the wet process following by dying, rewriting and chemical reduction, therefore stabilising the bleached color to prevent subsequent reversion in the dyebath; or (c) a scouring process wherein scoured clean fiber is dried and dusted, and then reimmersed in liquors containing detergents and dispersants, thereby effectively removing extra amounts of residual dirt. The scour produces an improved quality of fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan John McKinnon, John Robert McLaughlin, Murray Edwin Taylor, Douglas Alexander Rankin, Paul Gregory Middlewood, Phillipa Le Pine, Paul Johannes Roy Mesman, Stephen Barry Manson