Carl R Holzer

20020092469, Jul 18, 2002

Jan 12, 2001

09/758950

Carl Holzer - Anderson SC, US
Richard Phelps - Greenville SC, US
Gary Hanwell - Anderson SC, US

B05D001/18
B05D001/28

118/420000, 427/428000, 427/434600

Liquid finish is applied to a travelling filament by bringing the travelling filament into contact with an arcuate surface portion associated with a normally stationary, but rotatable, annular finish applicator, and thereafter periodically rotating the annular finish applicator to bring at least one other arcuate surface portion thereof into contact with the travelling filament. Most preferably, an actuator assembly is provided having first and second actuator fingers which are capable of relative separable rectilinear movements towards and away from one another. These actuator fingers, in an especially preferred embodiment, are each pivotally moveable and magnetically coupled to one another. As such, separable movement will in turn cause that one of the actuator fingers connected to the annular finish applicator to pivot thereby rotating the later to expose a “fresh” arcuate surface region in contact with the filament.

59617349, Oct 5, 1999

Jun 4, 1997

8/868535

Daniel H. Kight - Anderson SC
Carl R. Holzer - Anderson SC
Dan R. Yon - Anderson SC

BASF Corporation - Mt. Olive NJ

B08B 704
B08B 906

134 10

Methods are provided whereby additive for thermoplastic materials may be recovered in a primary additive supply system simultaneously with the supply of an additive from a secondary additive supply system to a molten thermoplastic stream. Each of the primary and secondary additive supply systems is provided with respective recirculation lines so as to prevent sedimentation of the additive. According to the present invention, therefore, a protocol is employed whereby substantially all of the additive in the additive supply system, including that quantity of additive in the recirculation lines, may be recovered so that a fresh supply of additive (which oftentimes is different from the previous additive) may be connected for injection into the molten thermoplastic stream at the appropriate time.

6067928, May 30, 2000

Oct 2, 1997

8/942480

Carl R. Holzer - Anderson SC
Richard T. Phelps - Greenville SC
Gary W. Hanwell - Anderson SC
David L. Caldwell - Easley SC

BASF Corporation - Mt. Olive NJ

B05C 900

118 33

A filament guide assembly is provided with a support rod carrying a plurality of filament guides each for guiding a respective one of a plurality of filaments. A pair of support blocks mount the support rod at each end thereof to allow for (i) rotational movements between a raised position, wherein the filament guides are spaced from a respective one of the filaments, and a lowered position wherein the guides are in contact with the respective one of the filaments, and (ii) lateral shifting movements between an operative position, wherein the guides are aligned with the respective one of the filaments, and a rest position wherein the guides are laterally misaligned with the respective one of the filaments. Most preferably, the guide assembly is employed in combination with a finish oil applicator so that the guides bias the individual filaments into contact with finish oil nozzles thereof, and in so doing, ensure that positive contact between the finish oil nozzles and the filaments occurs.

56652933, Sep 9, 1997

Mar 8, 1996

8/613143

Theodore G. Karageorgiou - Arden NC
Gary W. Hanwell - Anderson SC
David L. Caldwell - Greenville SC
Jewell D. Purvis - Anderson SC
Jerry M. Walker - Pendleton SC
Freddie L. Banks - Belton SC
Charles E. Eatmon - Mars Hill NC
Otto M. Ilg - Asheville NC
Eugene Carnes - Star SC
James A. Hucks - Anderson SC
James F. Coker - Anderson SC
Carl R. Holzer - Anderson SC
John E. Emery - Anderson SC
David M. Pendley - Anderson SC
Dennis W. Pomeroy - Westminster SC
Richard Arnold - Greenville SC
Billy K. Osborne - Hartwell GA
Philip T. Earley - Anderson SC
John M. Temples - Hartwell GA
Larry D. Blackston - Pendleton SC
Thomas M. Toney - Anderson SC

BASF Corporation - Mt. Olive NJ

C01D 512
D02J 108

264103

A generally cylindrical yarn package having multiple yarn ends is formed by converging the multiple yarn ends to form a substantially planar yarn end ribbon having the multiple yarn ends in a side-by-side untwisted contacting relationship with one another. The yarn end ribbon formed of the converged yarn ends is then wound about a continuously rotating yarn package core by reciprocally traversing the yarn end ribbon parallel to the longitudinal axis of the yarn package core while maintaining the side-by-side untwisted contacting relationship between the multiple yarn ends of the yarn end ribbon. In such a manner, a generally cylindrical yarn package is formed having multiple yarn ends which may later be separated into individual yarn ends for downstream processing by tangentially unwinding and separating the individual yarn ends from the yarn package. As a result, the present invention allows an increase in spinning capacity to be achieved (i. e. , since a greater number of yarn ends may be produced) without the need for additional substantial capital investment for new individual winders.

59642319, Oct 12, 1999

Sep 15, 1998

9/153449

Daniel H. Kight - Anderson SC
Carl R. Holzer - Anderson SC
Dan R. Yon - Anderson SC

BASF Corporation - Mt. Olive NJ

B08B 304

134169R

Systems and methods are provided whereby additive for thermoplastic materials may be recovered in a primary additive supply system simultaneously with the supply of an additive from a secondary additive supply system to a molten thermoplastic stream. Each of the primary and secondary additive supply systems is provided with respective recirculation lines so as to prevent sedimentation of the additive. According to the present invention, therefore, a protocol is employed whereby substantially all of the additive in the additive supply system, including that quantity of additive in the recirculation lines, may be recovered so that a fresh supply of additive (which oftentimes is different from the previous additive) may be connected for injection into the molten thermoplastic stream at the appropriate time.

56791585, Oct 21, 1997

Mar 19, 1996

8/616478

Carl R. Holzer - Anderson SC
Walter L. Shaw - Canon GA
Bobby L. Tinsley - Anderson SC
Gary Hanwell - Anderson SC

BASF Corporation - Mount Olive NJ

B05C 302
B05C 312
B05C 1902
B05B 1302

118407

A finish applicator mounting unit includes an apertured member having a plurality of apertures shaped to receive a corresponding plurality of finish applicator nozzles, and a locking mechanism that selectively obstructs the plurality of apertures such that when the corresponding plurality of finish applicator nozzles are received in the plurality of apertures, the finish applicator nozzles are selectively locked in the finish applicator mounting unit. The mounting unit preferably includes an alignment pin that ensures both proper alignment and proper insertion of the finish applicator nozzles. The finish applicator nozzles include a ceramic applicator head fictionally received in an elastic connector. A filament slot is configured to cooperate with the alignment pin to ensure the proper alignment and insertion of the nozzles. The nozzles operate more effectively and efficiently than conventional nozzles, and the mounting unit enables easy access to the nozzles for cleaning, repair and/or replacement.

60100923, Jan 4, 2000

Nov 6, 1998

9/187896

Carl R. Holzer - Anderson SC
Richard T. Phelps - Greenville SC
David L. Caldwell - Weaverville NC
Gary W. Hanwell - Anderson SC
Theodore G. Karageorgiou - Arden NC

BASF Corporation - Mt. Olive NJ

B65H 1606
B65H 4900

2425993

Materials are off-wound from a package by magnetically levitating the package about a centerline, such that the package remains relatively free from rotation; and removing the material from the package in a direction that is approximately parallel to the centerline.

39737640, Aug 10, 1976

Aug 8, 1975

5/602926

Carl R. Holzer - Horseheads NY

Corning Glass Works - Corning NY

B23Q 300

269 26

Apparatus for clamping a length of a brittle material in preparation for severing thereof into shorter lengths without chipping thereof towards the end of such severing. A pair of bifurcated clamps or clamping members are correspondingly actuated toward each other by a pressurized fluid cylinder and associated piston rod, such cylinder being attached to a clamp support member to which one of the clamps is attached and the otherwise free end of the piston rod being attached to a second clamp support member to which the other of the clamps is attached. A pair of coil springs supports the clamp suppprt members in a vertically floating manner, such clamp support members slidably surrounding guide shafts for vertical alignment of the support members and the attached clamps.