Patents by Inventor Shane King

Shane King 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).

  • Apparatus and method for texturing yarn
    Patent number: 6385827
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for texturing yarns that encompasses, after stopping the moving yarns during normal operations, increasing the opening size of the outlet of the stuffer box, and injecting a fluid through the interior of the stuffer box. The fluid entrains some of the yarns remaining within the interior of the stuffer box to move at least a portion of the yarns outside of the stuffer box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Shaw Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad L. Stewart, Doyle Thomas, Shane King