Patents by Inventor Robert McNaught Gailey

Robert McNaught Gailey 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).

  • Producing dyed thread
    Patent number: 6921421
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing a package of dyed thread, comprising: producing a package of undyed thread on a user package support which is dye permeable; and dyeing the thread on the user package support to produce a user package of dye thread; the package being wound so as to be suitable both for dying and orderly unwinding in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: J&P Coats Limited
    Inventors: Robert McNaught Gailey, Alexander David Scrimgeour
  • Producing dyed thread
    Publication number: 20030056299
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing a package of dyed thread, comprising: producing a package of undyed thread on a user package support which is dye permeable; and dyeing the thread on the user package support to produce a user package of dye thread; the package being wound so as to be suitable both for dying and orderly unwinding in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: J & P Coats
    Inventors: Robert McNaught Gailey, Alexander David Scrimgeour
  • Strand materials
    Patent number: 5766730
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for making strand material comprising drawing a laminar material having a first layer of drawable material and a second layer of elastically extensible material so that the first layer extends inelastically while the second layer extends elastically so that the drawn material tends to curl into a coiled strand configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Coats Viyella PLC
    Inventors: Robert McNaught Gailey, Stanley Oglesby