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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brad L. Stewart, Talking Rock, GA (US);
Doyle Thomas, Crandall, GA (US);
Shane King, Crandall, GA (US);
Assignee:
Shaw Industries, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 1/12 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for texturing yarns that encompasses, after stopping the moving yarns during normal operations, increasing the opening size of the outlet of the stuffer box, and injecting a fluid through the interior of the stuffer box. The fluid entrains some of the yarns remaining within the interior of the stuffer box to move at least a portion of the yarns outside of the stuffer box.