Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Black

Thomas C. Black 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).

  • Publication number: 20240139787
    Abstract: A liquification system for an organic waste management system includes a hopper that is oriented vertically such that organic waste added to the hopper is biased by gravity toward a bottom end of the hopper; an agitator that is disposed within the hopper and is movable in a first rotational direction that moves organic waste downward and in a second rotational direction that moves organic waste upward; a motor configured to selectively move the agitator in the first and second rotational directions under control of the controller; and a side grinding and drainage system disposed toward the bottom end of the hopper and preferably on a tapered portion of the hopper for grinding and liquefying organic waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: BioGreen 360, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian J. Black, Thomas A. Brown, Justin C. J. Rosberg, SR., Paul R. Salibe, JR., Zachary C. Doyon, Ralph E. Faia, JR., Ralph E. Faia, III, Marc Faia
  • Patent number: 4321735
    Abstract: A narrow woven stretch fabric is formed from bare elastomeric warp threads separated by high shrink warp threads and from a high shrink weft thread. The edge elastomeric warp threads are loosely wrapped with heat set yarn. These edge threads, which are under the same tension as the other elastomeric warp threads, are wrapped between the supply and the loom. The weft thread is interwoven at a low weft per inch and the fabric is heat treated to shrink the non-elastic high shrink threads and corrugate the elastomeric threads without heat setting. The wrapping device and the surface feed rollers for the elastomeric threads are driven by the loom drive at appropriate speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: J. P. Stevens and Company Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Black
  • Patent number: 4282906
    Abstract: A narrow woven stretch fabric is formed from bare elastomeric warp threads separated by high shrink warp threads and from a high shrink weft thread. The edge elastomeric warp threads are loosely wrapped with heat set yarn. These edge threads, which are under the same tension as the other elastomeric warp threads, are wrapped between the supply and the loom. The weft thread is interwoven at a low weft per inch and the fabric is heat treated to shrink the non-elastic high shrink threads and corrugate the elastomeric threads without heat setting. The wrapping device and the surface feed rollers for the elastomeric threads are driven by the loom drive at appropriate speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Black
  • Patent number: 4164963
    Abstract: A narrow woven stretch fabric is formed from bare elastomeric warp threads separated by high shrink warp threads and from a high shrink weft thread. The edge elastomeric warp threads are loosely wrapped with heat set yarn. These edge threads, which are under the same tension as the other elastomeric warp threads, are wrapped between the supply and the loom. The weft thread is interwoven at a low weft per inch and the fabric is heat treated to shrink the non-elastic high shrink threads and corrugate the elastomeric threads without heat setting. The wrapping device and the surface feed rollers for the elastomeric threads are driven by the loom drive at appropriate speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: J. F. Stevens & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Black