Patents by Inventor Thomas Clitheroe

Thomas Clitheroe 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 compensator for a multicolor yarn warp printer
    Patent number: 4223822
    Abstract: The combination, with a source of supply of a warp of yarns and a mechanism for operating on the yarns, of a yarn compensator which stores yarn and is disposed between the source and the operating mechanism, the compensator including feed rollers operative to draw the yarns from the source at a greater rate than it can be accepted by the operating mechanism and means for driving the feed rollers, and a detector for detecting faults in the ends of yarn in the source, said detector being operative on detection of a fault to stop the feed rollers and to cause the operating mechanism to run at a lower speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Edgar Pickering (Blackburn) Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Clitheroe