Patents by Inventor Roy Card

Roy Card 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).

  • Yarn Feed System for Tufting Machines
    Publication number: 20060272564
    Abstract: A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes a series of yarn feed devices for feeding each of the yarns to the needles of the tufting machine, and a series of yarn feed controllers that monitor and control the operation of the yarn feed devices to control the feeding of the yarns to the needles according to programmed pattern instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Roy Card, William Christman, Sherman Smith
  • Yarn feed system for tufting machines
    Publication number: 20050204975
    Abstract: A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes a series of yarn feed devices for feeding each of the yarns to the needles of the tufting machine, and a series of yarn feed controllers that monitor and control the operation of the yarn feed devices to control the feeding of the yarns to the needles according to programmed pattern instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Roy Card, William Christman, Sherman Smith
  • Yarn feed system for tufting machines
    Publication number: 20050056197
    Abstract: A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yams to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes a series of yam feed devices for feeding each of the yams to the needles of the tufting machine, and a series of yam feed controllers that monitor and control the operation of the yam feed devices to control the feeding of the yams to the needles according to programmed pattern instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Roy Card, William Christman, Sherman Smith