Patents by Inventor Richard J. Kurtz

Richard J. Kurtz 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).

  • Semi-automatic method to attach circular collars to T-shirts
    Patent number: 5709162
    Abstract: A sewing machine in combination with a workpiece control and advancing mechanism for automatically forming a seam along the aligned edges of a two ply waist band and a shirt body. The mechanism includes edge guiders, that are controlled by sensors, for individually controlling each workpiece edge such that the marginal edges of all layers are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Union Special Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Pagett, Maxmilian Adamski, Jr., Richard J. Kurtz, Conrad L. Fernandez
  • Automatic attachment of a rib knit band to a shirt body
    Patent number: 5570647
    Abstract: A sewing machine in combination with a workpiece control and advancing mechanism for automatically forming a seam along the aligned edges of a two ply waist band and a shirt body. The mechanism includes edge guiders, that are controlled by sensors, for individually controlling each workpiece edge such that the marginal edges of all layers are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Union Special Corporation
    Inventors: Maximilian Adamski, Jr., Richard J. Kurtz, Conrad L. Fernandez
  • Self-sealing valve for inflated bodies
    Patent number: 4842007
    Abstract: A valve for an inflatable body has the inside of a valve member within the body having opposed wall portions normally superposed on one another and movable upon forcible separation. The inside of the opposed wall portions are coated with a viscid, non-hardening material preferably a polyglycol which minimizes leakage of helium and a like gas through the valve when the body is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Guard Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard J. Kurtz