David Eugene Howell

51671972, Dec 1, 1992

May 20, 1991

7/702339

Edward R. Lavelle - Staley NC
Charles M. Funderburk - East Bend NC
John C. McEwen - Mocksville NC
David C. Howell - Clemmons NC

D05B 3504

1122623

A system is disclosed for continuously, sequentially, fabricating garment components from fabric blanks by orienting the blanks and sequentially advancing them to a first station where they are aligned with a continuous extending fusible interfacing tape. A heated plate folds a marginal edge of the blank at the first station into engagement with the interfacing tape and selectively applies heat and pressure to adhesively bond the fabric folded portion to the interfacing tape. The fabric blank and tape are advanced to a sewing machine where the blank is hemmed to define the garment component. A cutter removes the tape intermediate adjacent components and the components are subsequently collected.

53159462, May 31, 1994

Jun 6, 1991

7/711659

David C. Howell - Clemmons NC
John C. McEwen - Mocksville NC

Sara Lee Corporation - Chicago IL

D05B 3506
D05B 1900

1122651

A method and apparatus for attaching a collarette, display, and label incorporating the use of a sewing machine having a sewing head, a collarette feed means, a display feeder, a label feeder, leading and trailing edge detectors, a stitch counter, and a controller to control each device and perform necessary calculations is disclosed.

54619980, Oct 31, 1995

Apr 5, 1993

8/042547

C. Michael Funderburk - East Bend NC
P. Kurt Jordan - Kernersville NC
John A. Newman - Austinville VA
J. C. McEwen - Mocksville NC
David C. Howell - Clemmons NC

Sara Lee Corporation - Winston-Salem NC

D05B 3500

112306

An apparatus for automatically feeding one edge of a textile article to a sewing machine. The apparatus includes a first gripper adjacent to the sewing machine for gripping the leading portion of the edge of the textile article. A feed dog is adjacent to the first gripper for advancing the edge of the textile article with respect to the sewing machine. A second gripper grips the trailing portion of the edge of the textile article. A positioner supporting the second gripper means moves the second gripper with respect to the feed means. Finally, a programmable controller controls the movement of the positioner to advance the trailing portion of the edge of the textile article in response to the movement of the leading portion of the edge of the textile article.

55821227, Dec 10, 1996

May 19, 1995

8/444711

C. Michael Funderburk - East Bend NC
P. Kurt Jordan - Kernersville NC
John A. Newman - Austinville VA
J. C. McEwen - Mocksville NC
David C. Howell - Clemmons NC

Sara Lee Corporation - Winston-Salem NC

D05B 2100

11247007

An apparatus for automatically feeding one edge of a textile article to a sewing machine. The apparatus includes a first gripper adjacent to the sewing machine for gripping the leading portion of the edge of the textile article. A feed dog is adjacent to the first gripper for advancing the edge of the textile article with respect to the sewing machine. A second gripper grips the trailing portion of the edge of the textile article. A positioner supporting the second gripper means moves the second gripper with respect to the feed means. Finally, a programmable controller controls the movement of the positioner to advance the trailing portion of the edge of the textile article in response to the movement of the leading portion of the edge of the textile article.

50705423, Dec 10, 1991

Aug 1, 1990

7/561199

Edward R. LaVelle - Staley NC
John C. McEwen - Mocksville NC
Tyler L. Cole - Asheboro NC
David C. Howell - Clemmons NC

Sara Lee Corporation - Winston-Salem NC

A41B 906

2129

A collar edge construction for a knitted garment. The construction includes a garment body provided with a finished lower edge and sleeves suitably attached opposite side of the upper end of the garment body. The body is cut away in the usual manner at its upper extremity to form a neck opening. The neck opening is visibly framed by a strip of collarette material which is folded longitudinally to form inner and outer layers. The lower portion of the outer layer is preferably folded inwardly to form a folded portion. The lower edge of the inner layer is also preferably folded to form a second folded portion. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the edge of the body extends upwardly between the layers substantially to the longitudinal fold in the collarette. Preferably, at least two parallel lines of stitching pass through the lower portions of the collarette strip and the body fabric to complete the assembly. Because both edges of the collarette are folded inwardly, no raw edges show.

20180355994, Dec 13, 2018

Jun 12, 2017

15/619592

- Elyria OH, US
David W Howell - Oak Ridge NC, US
Thanh Ho - Brunswick OH, US
Tarah L Peabody - Elyria OH, US

F16K 31/06
B60T 13/26
B60T 8/34
F15B 13/04

A solenoid valve with an integrated check valve functionality is provided. The solenoid valve comprises first, second, and third ports. The solenoid valve further comprises an armature movable between a first position in which fluid flow from the second port to the third port is blocked and fluid flow from the first port to the third port is unblocked and a second position in which fluid flow from the second port to the third port is unblocked and fluid flow from the first port to the third port is blocked until fluid pressure at the first port exceeds fluid pressure at the third port by a predetermined amount of fluid pressure to thereby provide the check valve functionality. The check valve functionality is integral to the armature. The solenoid valve also comprises an energizeable solenoid for, when energized, moves the armature from the first position to the second position.

20170355357, Dec 14, 2017

Aug 28, 2017

15/687662

- Elyria OH, US
David W. Howell - Oak Ridge NC, US

B60T 8/36
F16K 15/00
B60T 15/18
B60T 15/02
F16K 31/06

A valve module is provided for enabling a vehicle to control an autonomous event of the vehicle. The valve module comprises a relay valve, a first solenoid valve, and a second solenoid valve. A first control pressure can be delivered through the first solenoid valve and applied to a control port of the relay valve. In one embodiment, a second control pressure can be delivered through the second solenoid valve and combined with the first control pressure. The combined first and second control pressures are applied to the control port of the relay valve.