Patents by Inventor Trevor E. Wilson

Trevor E. Wilson 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).

  • Intarsia carriage incorporating row counter
    Patent number: 5058400
    Abstract: An Intarsia carriage for a knitting machine incorporates an integral row counter operable by a spring plunger on the counter engaging a cam on the bed of the knitting machine. The counter has three drums 20, 21 and 22 controlled by ratchets, the drums having internal teeth. Each drum 20, 21 and 22 is carried on a hollow sleeve 29 supported on a segment 30 engaged on a main shaft 17. Three staggered spring click levers 34, 35 and 36 engage internal teeth 27 in the drums and each drum has an internal recess which allows the click lever to move outwardly for one tooth only after nine clicks this causes the adjacent click lever to move its drum one click.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Inventors: Trevor E. Wilson, Joan A. M. Wilson
  • Accessory for a domestic knitting machine
    Patent number: 4763491
    Abstract: A yarn brake of a plurality pairs of discs spaced apart along a straight rod of uniform non-circular section mounted in path of yarn as it is fed to the knitting needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Inventors: Trevor E. Wilson, Joan A. M. Wilson