Columbia Insurance Company

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Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Conrad Layson Fernandez

Fidel Gonzalez

Chad Anderson

John J M Rees

Roman Morris

David Edward Voyles

Thomas Jerry McClure, Jr

Edward Keith Huitt

Jeffrey Thomas Coon

David Emmett Milligan

Robert Louis Shelnutt, Iii

Eric John Levan

Gregory Kevin Espy

Gary Lavere Munn

Leonard Lee Hixson, Jr

Austin Patrick

The invention is directed towards an automated shearing system for shearing a carpet from a first height to a desired height. Such system may include a number of pile height sensors, control units, shear heads, motors, and databases. The system determines how much carpet can be sheared by each shear head and actuates the shear head accordingly. Shearing a carpet to a desired height may require about one up to about three passes through the system. Methods of measuring a carpet, determining how much to shear the carpet, and shearing the carpet are included.

Automated shearing system and methods of use thereof

A system can comprise a plurality of containers that are coupled together as a movable unit. A plurality of container-feeding assemblies can be configured to simultaneously deliver respective yarns into respective containers of the plurality of containers. A header can be selectively attachable to a tufting machine, the header having a longitudinal axis. A retainer can be configured to extend across the header along the longitudinal axis to secure the respective yarns in respective positions relative to each other along the longitudinal axis.

Methods and devices for transporting yarn

A system and method for imparting a textured surface effect in a board. The system and method are configured to releasably secure a charge on a table; determine a random abrasion pattern for the charge with at least one programmable controller; and control at least one abrasion assembly with the at least one programmable controller in accord with the random abrasion pattern to selectively engage and remove desired portions of the upper surface of the charge with the at least one abrasion assembly to form a randomized textured surface effect thereon.

Automated hardwood texturing system and associated methods

Apparatus, methods, and textile materials created thereby or there from, in which the approximate location of a color shift along a run of textile material is determined. In one aspect, a plurality of color measure data points from the textile material is acquired and processed to determine color difference measures, which are compared to a predetermined threshold value in order to determine the approximate location of the color shift on the textile material.

Process and apparatus for detecting the approximate location of a color shift in a textile material

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Dalton, GA, United States of America

Conrad Layson Fernandez