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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5163182 | Jumpsuit with concealed dropseat A jumpsuit with a dropseat panel concealed by a folded pocket panel. When the dropseat is opened, the upper free edge of the pocket has a length selected such that it controls movement of the dropseat panel and its attached waistband, maintaining the wais... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5136957 | Topstitch guide A topstitch guide for a sewing machine comprises a guide member positioned immediately prior to the presser foot and extending from the right side of the axis along which the topstitch is to be applied to a composite fabric to the left side of the axis. T... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5117723 | Capo with worm gear adjustment A capo for simultaneously adjusting the pitch of a stringed musical instrument. A worm-and-sector gear provides for adjusting the pressure exerted on the strings of the instrument.... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5066313 | Wire electrode replacement for electrostatic precipitators A pair of wire electrodes in an electrostatic precipitator is replaced by a single rigid discharge electrode. Shrouds on the upper end of the rigid discharge electrode cooperate with the original supporting and locating means on the upper high voltage fra... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5060854 | Remote mail indicator system A remote indicator system for determining at a remote location when incoming mail is present in a mailbox. A light port in the mailbox admits outside ambient light onto a first photodetector on the bottom of the mailbox. When no mail is present, the first... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5057126 | Gas chromatography In gas chromatography wherein only the more volatile components of a multi-component sample are of interest, the sample is injected into a hot vaporization chamber containing a packing material. An inert carrier gas sweeps the resulting vaporized gases th... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5018222 | Protective shield A protective device for use when changing the diaper of a male infant. The device comprises a transparent shield suspended between the user's face and the infant, the shield being supported by straps or the like engaging the user's neck or shoulders.... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5009179 | Oil spill control An oil-impermeable curtain is sealed to a vessel's hull at the top and lateral sides around a rupture, the bottom of the curtain being not sealed to the hull. This forms an open downwardly-facing pocket for containing oil leaking from the rupture.... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5009351 | Sheet-material dispensing box The new free end formed when a portion of flexible sheet material is severed from a roll contained in a box is prevented from retracting into the box by frictional engagement between the free end and a strip of abrasive material near the cutting edge moun... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5006971 | Low power safety flasher A miniature strobe-type flashing safety light source, to be worn by a person or pet after dark. A plurality of high-intensity LED's producing a total of at least 6 candelas when energized are surrounded by a striated refracting lens, the axes of the inten... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4903914 | Warping yarn accumulator In an accumulator in a warping process, a plurality of tension sensors are mounted on a common support member such that adjustment of the support member simultaneously adjusts the release tension of all the tension sensors.... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4892230 | Carbonated beverage bottle A container for dispensing and storing carbonated beverages, having an outer rigid bottle and an inner collapsible non-elastomeric pouch. A valve mechanism admit air to an air space between the outer bottle and the inner pouch when liquid is dispensed, an... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4889436 | Transfer case chain adjustment An adapter assembly for the New Process Model 203 transfer case for four-wheel drive vehicles. The adapter assembly includes a first disc member mountable on the front surface of the forward wall of the principal housing. The first disc comprises a rearwa... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4583357 | Partially oriented nylon yarn and process An improved partially-oriented nylon 66 (PON) spinning process and product are provided by increasing the molecular weight well above the levels customary for apparel end uses.... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4432383 | Attachment for safety valves A restraining block engages the valve stem of a safety valve, holding the valve open. The block is selectively rotatable within an auxiliary housing from a locked to a released position wherein both block and stem are free to move along the stem axis, per... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4427172 | Frame for tamper proofing a meter housing A rigid frame attachment for resisting tampering with an electrical meter. Angle irons enframe the meter face, with frame portions extending rearwardly along a lateral wall of the meter housing to rear frame portions engaging the rear wall of the housing.... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4407767 | Drawing and beaming a weftless warp of yarns A weftless warp of yarns being drawn and wound on a beam is fed through a tension detector, located prior to the drawing step and responsive to tension in any of the yarns equalling a predetermined non-zero level, for stopping the process. This prevents d... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4377263 | Ribbon breaking method and apparatus Random doffing of a multiple-position winding machine is permitted by beginning yarn package formation at a high mean yarn traverse frequency provided by a first inverter, then shifting to a low mean modulated traverse frequency provided by a second inver... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4357290 | Splittable conjugate yarn A multi-filament splittable conjugate yarn wherein the filaments have the same denier and are splittable into different numbers of sub-filaments.... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4345205 | Finish monitor In monitoring of yarn finish levels by conductivity, the yarn is grounded prior to the measurement, thus eliminating the effect of static electricity.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4325765 | High speed spinning of large dpf polyester yarn High speed spinning of high dpf non-round polyester filaments by extruding molten polymer through adjacent orifices spaced such that the extruded streams merge prior to solidification.... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4287713 | Process for low-torque textured yarn Spun yarn having torqueless latent crimp is draw-textured, producing a drawn textured yarn which is substantially torque-free.... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4272565 | Finish application for tandem winding A finish skirt redistributes finish along the surface of the finish roll, providing extra finish to the yarn wound on the second bobbin in tandem winding, compensating for finish blotted off on the bobbin collecting the first yarn.... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4268550 | Metered finish In application of metered finish to a high speed running yarn, a felt plug or other resistance to fluid flow is provided in the finish passageway just prior to the exit.... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4255472 | Metered finish In application of metered finish to a high speed running yarn, a vent is provided in the finish passageway just prior to the exit.... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4255473 | Metered finish In application of metered finish to a high speed running yarn, the exit portion of the finish passageway is angled such that a positive atmospheric gauge pressure adjacent to the exit of said passageway is maintained.... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4254181 | Filaments having alternate S-twisted and Z-twisted helical sections produced by crimping filaments provided with an eccentric anisotropy of shrinkable property by a preferential cooling on one side upon extrusion thereof through a spinneret A textured melt-spun filament having alternate S-twisted and Z-twisted helical sections connected by twist reversal regions, the filament having a cross-section comprising a spiral wherein the outer portion of the spiral lies at the inside of the helical ... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4253416 | Metered finish In application of metered finish to a high speed running yarn, a check valve at the end of the finish passageway prevents entrained air fluctuations from entering the finish passageway.... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4246219 | Multisegmented filament spinning process In spinning, the orifice is in the form of a slot meandering back and forth across the interface between two conjugated polymers flowing through the orifice.... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4228120 | Process for nylon 66 yarn having a soft hand Nylon 66 yarn having particular stress-strain properties, typically also having a soft, luxuriant hand in fabric form. As compared to conventional nylon 66 with comparable boiling water shrinkage, the novel yarn exhibits a higher modulus at break, a lower... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4202507 | Chuck assembly In a chuck with two O-rings for engaging a bobbin, the bobbin being positioned on the chuck clears the outboard O-ring but compressingly engages the inboard O-ring. Movement of the inboard O-ring is used to expand the outboard O-ring into contact with the... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4176150 | Process for textured yarn A textured melt-spun filament having alternate S-twisted and Z-twisted helical sections connected by twist reversal regions, the filament having a cross-section comprising a spiral wherein the outer portion of the spiral lies at the inside of the helical ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4128989 | Deep-dyeing polyester spinning process Polyester yarn is spun at a sufficiently high speed to produce substantial stress-induced crystallinity and low shrinkage. The resulting feed yarn is textured, yielding a textured yarn which dyes considerably deeper than conventional polyester yarns.... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4123492 | Nylon 66 spinning process Polyamide yarn is melt spun at high speed and drawn almost immediately (between 0.002 and 0.25 seconds) after solidification. Turbine driven feed roll replaces conventional feed and separator roll. Process displays unusually low drawing tension, exception... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4110965 | Spun-like hand yarn process Yarn comprising filaments of high and low elongations is false-twist heat-set. The yarn tension upon passage through the false twisting device is increased to a level sufficient to break the low elongation filaments, giving a yarn with a spun-like hand.... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4106313 | Sheer stretch hose having high compressive force uniformity, and yarn A garment including a leg (hose) portion, having increased uniformity of compressive force over a wider range of flexing. The hose is knitted conventionally from a bicomponent yarn, one component being an acid-dyeable hard fiber and the other component be... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4088282 | Crushable bobbin package for conjugate yarn A drawn conjugate yarn of an elastomer and a non-elastomer is wound on a bobbin with a crushable surface. Yarn can be knit from the resulting package successfully after long storage periods.... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4077197 | Open end spinning In an open-end spinning process wherein staple fibers are continuously fed to an air vortex and wherein a yarn tail extends into the vortex whereby the fibers affix themselves to and lengthen the tail, the yarn tail is driven at a faster revolution rate t... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4045858 | Core transfer process A new and useful process of substituting one core for another in a wound package of textile yarn is provided. In preparation for subsequent liquid treatment of yarn wound on a substantially non-perforate rigid cylindrical core by substituting therefor a l... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3987141 | Process for spinning polyurethane-hard polymer conjugate yarn Drawing performance of a conjugated elastomeric polyurethane-hard polymer yarn is improved by critical stoichiometry in preparation of the polyurethane polymer, which is made by reacting together a high molecular weight diol, a low molecular weight diol, ... | 10/19/1976 |
