Donald S Rose

US Patent:

53884981, Feb 14, 1995

Filed:

Jan 6, 1993

Appl. No.:

7/961885

Inventors:

Robin Dent - Foxboro MA
Donald J. Rose - Sharon MA

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

D04C 322

US Classification:

87 50

Abstract:

A braiding machine for braiding a three-dimensional braid formed of interlocked layers includes a plurality of yarn carriers with packages of yarn, tracks defining serpentine paths and a drive mechanism for driving the carriers along the paths. The drive mechanism includes a two-dimensional array of braiding horn-gears arranged in rows. At the ends of each rows turnaround horn gears are provided for turning the carriers around. Advantageously, a small turnaround horngear is provided at one end of each row and two turnaround horngears are provided at the other end, each horngear having less number of slots than the braiding horngears.

US Patent:

55011330, Mar 26, 1996

Filed:

May 24, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/248577

Inventors:

David Brookstein - Wellesley MA
Donald Rose - Sharon MA
Robin Dent - Foxboro MA
John Dent - Foxboro MA
John Skelton - Sharon MA

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

D04C 306

US Classification:

87 33

Abstract:

The invention concerns a braid structure comprising a plurality of braided layers of stranded material in which the layers are laid down in a single pass of a braiding machine, with at least one strand of each layer extending into a contiguous layer to form an interlock between the layers. The invention also concerns a machine and a method of making the structure by supplying groups of strands, (R, B, G, O, W), to a braid forming station, whereby each group of strands forms a braid layer. A strand (R) from one of the groups passes into or through the strands (B) of a group of an adjacent layer to form an interlock therebetween.

US Patent:

51922878, Mar 9, 1993

Filed:

Apr 5, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/681577

Inventors:

Donald J. Fournier - North Providence RI
Donald Rose - New Rochelle NY

Assignee:

American Cyanamid Company - Stamford CT

International Classification:

A61B 1700

US Classification:

606139

Abstract:

A surgical device (20) used to tie knots in sutures is disclosed. The device has a stationary leading member (42) and a sliding trailing member (44), together with a mechanism (26, 102) for sliding the trailing member relative to the leading member. One knot (90) of the suture is placed against the end of the leading member (42) and a second knot (92) is placed against the end of the trailing member (44). The two knots are slid into place with the first knot being held in position against the tissue and the device (20) is acutuated to slide the trailing member together with the second knot into position tightly against the first knot.

US Patent:

53578392, Oct 25, 1994

Filed:

Sep 23, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/126093

Inventors:

David S. Brookstein - Wellesley MA
John Skelton - Sharon MA
John R. Dent - Foxboro MA
Robin W. Dent - Foxboro MA
Donald J. Rose - Sharon MA

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

D04C 100

US Classification:

87 1

Abstract:

A solid braid structure comprising a plurality of interlocked layers is created by causing a plurality of package carriers of yarn to move along a plurality of defined serpentine paths by track modules. The track modules extend in a first direction to define a longitudinally extending path corresponding to a first layer of the braid structure and in a second direction to provide at least one crossover path between adjacent serpentine paths. The package carriers which move in the first direction create a first layer of braid and, at a crossover path, move between adjacent serpentine paths to cause the yarn forming the first layer of braid to interlock with the braid of an adjacent layer.