Patents by Inventor Walter Eugene Bradley

Walter Eugene Bradley 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).

  • Filament breakage detection and correction
    Patent number: 3999695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: process and apparatus for feeding continuous filaments to a continuous multifilament structure utilizing tangentially converging fluid streams to forward the filaments; process and apparatus for detecting breakage of filaments utilizing a rotatable cylinder, or a gap in a three dimensional body, wherein breakage of the filament causes a measurable change in the pressure of fluid flowing to the cylinder or the gap; process and apparatus for the production of continuous multifilament structures wherein, upon breakage of a continuous filament, the breakage detector automatically activates a filament feeder to temporarily insert a substitute filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1976
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Eugene Bradley, Raeford Warren Clontz, Terry Stephen Floyd, James Reed Honeycutt