Patents by Inventor Wayne H. Long

Wayne H. Long 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).

  • Foam cleaner for loom reeds
    Patent number: 4969488
    Abstract: An apparatus to clean the reeds of a weaving machine without removing the reeds from the machine and without disconnecting the warp yarns. A cleaning head is slid down the reed and blows a foaming agent from one of the cavities through the space between the dents into the other of the cavities of the reed and sucks the lint, dust, etc. dislodged by the foaming agent back through the spaces between the dents and directs such to a point of collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne H. Long, Francis M. Wardlaw, Jr.
  • Foam cleaner for loom reeds
    Patent number: 4964441
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to clean the reeds of a weaving machine without removing the reeds from the machine and without disconnecting the warp yarns. A cleaning head is slid down the reed and blows a foaming agent through the space between the dents of the reed and sucks the lint, dust, etc. dislodged by the foaming agent back through the spaces between the dents and directs such to a point of collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne H. Long, Francis M. Wardlaw, Jr.
  • Air regulator control for air jet loom
    Patent number: 4895188
    Abstract: An air supply system which insures that maximum air is supplied to the auxiliary jets of an air jet weaving machine upon start-up and automatically reduces the air supply when the weaving machine has reached equilibrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne H. Long