Patents by Inventor Harald KALLENBACH

Harald KALLENBACH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11952692
    Abstract: A stitch-forming tool assembly for a sewing machine is used to produce a double-chain stitch seam. A sewing needle of the assembly can be driven up and down in a needle stitching direction perpendicular to a material to be sewn and is designed to guide a needle thread. A looper of the assembly is designed to guide a looper thread and for oscillating movement in an oscillating movement plane. The latter is spanned by the needle stitching direction and by a sewing direction along the double chain stitch seam. During an entire double chain stitch a path of movement of the looper lies completely in the oscillating movement plane. This results in a stitch-forming tool assembly in which in particular a looper drive is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kallenbach, Berthold Becker, Stefan Samstag
  • Publication number: 20230077246
    Abstract: A sewing machine has seam-forming tools, comprising a needle for guiding an upper thread and a looper. The needle is designed as a curved needle which is pivotable about a needle pivot axis. This embodiment is such that a distance of the curved needle from the pivot axis is equal to a radius of a curve of the curved needle about the pivot axis. The looper is designed as a looper which is rotatable about a looper rotational axis and has a lower thread reserve. The looper rotational axis runs parallel to a sewing material support region. The sewing machine can be used to produce a durable seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald KALLENBACH, Berthold BECKER, Stefan SAMSTAG
  • Publication number: 20230013197
    Abstract: A stitch-forming tool assembly for a sewing machine is used to produce a double-chain stitch seam. A sewing needle of the assembly can be driven up and down in a needle stitching direction perpendicular to a material to be sewn and is designed to guide a needle thread. A looper of the assembly is designed to guide a looper thread and for oscillating movement in an oscillating movement plane. The latter is spanned by the needle stitching direction and by a sewing direction along the double chain stitch seam. During an entire double chain stitch a path of movement of the looper lies completely in the oscillating movement plane. This results in a stitch-forming tool assembly in which in particular a looper drive is simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald KALLENBACH, Berthold BECKER, Stefan SAMSTAG
  • Publication number: 20220178062
    Abstract: A thread finger assembly for a sewing machine has at least one thread finger. The latter can be actuated between a loop engagement position and a loop pull-out position. The loop engagement position serves for the engagement of the thread finger in a thread loop generated by the sewing machine in a stitch forming region. The loop pull-out position is displaced relative to the loop engagement position for pulling out the thread loop with the thread finger, away from the stitch forming area. A thread finger drive serves for actuating the thread finger between the loop engagement position and the loop pull-out position. This results in an assembly of a sewing machine with which an appealing seam pattern is generated in a reproducible manner at a seam beginning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald KALLENBACH, Berthold BECKER, Stefan SAMSTAG
  • Patent number: 11268225
    Abstract: Sewing machine with a sewing machine housing (2) comprising a lower housing part (3), an upper housing part (4) with a sewing head (6) and a stand (5), which connects the lower housing part (3) to the upper housing part (4), wherein the upper housing part (4) comprises a stand-side arm housing section (7), a head-side arm housing section (8) and a joint (23), wherein the joint (23) is arranged in such a manner that the head-side arm housing section (8) can be swiveled between a preparation position for the picking up/delivering of a sewing material and a sewing position for sewing the sewing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kallenbach, Berthold Becker, Stefan Samstag
  • Publication number: 20200399806
    Abstract: Sewing machine with a sewing machine housing (2) comprising a lower housing part (3), an upper housing part (4) with a sewing head (6) and a stand (5), which connects the lower housing part (3) to the upper housing part (4), wherein the upper housing part (4) comprises a stand-side arm housing section (7), a head-side arm housing section (8) and a joint (23), wherein the joint (23) is arranged in such a manner that the head-side arm housing section (8) can be swiveled between a preparation position for the picking up/delivering of a sewing material and a sewing position for sewing the sewing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald KALLENBACH, Berthold BECKER, Stefan SAMSTAG
  • Patent number: 10851483
    Abstract: A sewing system serves for sewing seams which the multi-dimensionally in space. A needle-bar upper part of a sewing head is mounted so as to be pivotable in a driven manner about a needle-bar longitudinal axis. A gripper lower part is mounted so as to be pivotable in a driven manner, and in a manner synchronous with the needle-bar upper part, about the needle-bar longitudinal axis, in the sewing-head lower part. Motor components for driving the movement of a needle bar, for pivoting the needle-bar upper part, for driving a gripper in a manner synchronous with the needle bar and for pivoting the gripper lower part are disposed outside the needle-bar upper part and outside the gripper lower part. Parts to be sewn that are topographically non-uniform are also rendered accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kallenbach, Robert Keilmann
  • Publication number: 20180313012
    Abstract: A sewing system serves for sewing seams which the multi-dimensionally in space. A needle-bar upper part of a sewing head is mounted so as to be pivotable in a driven manner about a needle-bar longitudinal axis. A gripper lower part is mounted so as to be pivotable in a driven manner, and in a manner synchronous with the needle-bar upper part, about the needle-bar longitudinal axis, in the sewing-head lower part. Motor components for driving the movement of a needle bar, for pivoting the needle-bar upper part, for driving a gripper in a manner synchronous with the needle bar and for pivoting the gripper lower part are disposed outside the needle-bar upper part and outside the gripper lower part. Parts to be sewn that are topographically non-uniform are also rendered accessible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Harald KALLENBACH, Robert KEILMANN