Patents by Inventor Stephen K. Shaw

Stephen K. Shaw 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).

  • Rotary dyeing system
    Patent number: 5060490
    Abstract: In a rotary dyeing system for dyeing hosiery articles, a rotary cylinder is divided into a plurality of compartments for receiving bundles of dry articles therein. Each compartment is provided with a pivotable plate means which, upon wetting of the articles and shrinkage thereof, is forced during the dyeing cycle against the articles to maintain them compact and stationary to prevent tangling thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen K. Shaw, Calvin C. Allen, Constantin Anastase
  • Method and apparatus for forming and presenting bias cut gussets in the formation of panty hose garments
    Patent number: 4704976
    Abstract: A system for forming substantially diamond-shaped gussets to be used in the production of panty hose garments wherein the gussets are formed by severing a circular knit tube along a bias angle of approximately 30.degree. subsequently to form strips having a width corresponding to the desired width of a gusset. The strip then is severed along a prescribed angle of approximately 30.degree. to define a gusset wherein the fabric wales extend parallel to a line extending from one point to the diagonally opposite point of the diamond-shaped gusset. The gusset is then transferred and oriented for subsequent sewing to hosiery blanks in the forming of panty hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: J. Reid London, Cecil R. Bell, Jr., A. Russell Edwards, Willie M. Lathery, Lee A. Efird, Richard M. Porter, Stephen K. Shaw, Thomas J. Costello, August A. Pike, Donald G. Bell, Harold Setliff
  • Apparatus for forming and presenting bias cut gussets in the formation of panty hose garments
    Patent number: 4640162
    Abstract: A system for forming substantially diamond-shaped gussets to be used in the production of panty hose garments wherein the gussets are formed by severing a circular knit tube along a bias angle of approximately 30.degree. subsequently to form strips having a width corresponding to the desired width of a gusset. The strip then is severed along a prescribed angle of approximately 30.degree. to define a gusset wherein the fabric wales extend parallel to a line extending from one point to the diagonally opposite point of the diamond-shaped gusset. The gusset is then transferred and oriented for subsequent sewing to hosiery blanks in the forming of panty hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: J. Reid London, Cecil R. Bell, Jr., A. Russell Edwards, Willie M. Lathery, Lee A. Efird, Richard M. Porter, Stephen K. Shaw, Thomas J. Costello, August A. Pike, Donald G. Bell, Harold Setliff