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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Avishai Nevel, Providence, RI (US);
Kendall W Gordon, Jr, North Kingston, RI (US);
Assignee:
Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., Central Falls, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
377-6 ; 377-3 ;
Abstract
A method of automatically determining the number of filaments making up a synthetic yarn, or other yarn such as staple natural fibers comprising removing a small cross-section of the yarn to create a plurality of small filament pieces, and automatically counting the small filament pieces to determine the number of filaments in the yarn.