Patents by Inventor Herbert Schwane
Herbert Schwane 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).
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Patent number: 10385493Abstract: A loop gripper (10) for a tufting machine has a gripper body (11) with a gripper finger (12) extending in an extension direction E from a retained end (13) to a free end (14). On the gripper finger (12) underside (16), a cutting region (20) transitions into a sliding surface (19) at a transition point (21). A retaining element (35) near the transition point (21) is mounted to be pivotable about a pivot axis S relative to the gripper finger (12). The pivot axis S extends in a transverse direction Q at right angles to the extension direction E. The retaining element (35) is urged into a starting position A by a force, for example a spring force and/or a weight force. In the starting position A, a retaining surface (37) of the retaining element (35) extends obliquely or at right angles away from the sliding surface (19).Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Groz-Beckert KGInventors: Herbert Schwane, Bernd Hillenbrand
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Publication number: 20180023233Abstract: A loop gripper (10) for a tufting machine has a gripper body (11) with a gripper finger (12) extending in an extension direction E from a retained end (13) to a free end (14). On the gripper finger (12) underside (16), a cutting region (20) transitions into a sliding surface (19) at a transition point (21). A retaining element (35) near the transition point (21) is mounted to be pivotable about a pivot axis S relative to the gripper finger (12). The pivot axis S extends in a transverse direction Q at right angles to the extension direction E. The retaining element (35) is urged into a starting position A by a force, for example a spring force and/or a weight force. In the starting position A, a retaining surface (37) of the retaining element (35) extends obliquely or at right angles away from the sliding surface (19).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Herbert Schwane, Bernd Hillenbrand
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Patent number: 9739002Abstract: The pile cutter 10 according to the invention allows tufted goods to be produced using materials which, for example, have a friction-reducing coating for forming a dirt-repellant surface that is soft to the touch. Such materials are known to be problematic in the production of pile and occasionally irregular pile is produced. Adjacent to the narrow cutting edge 25 of the pile cutter 10 according to the invention is a comparatively broader step 27 and 33, which prevents the loop from slipping, without cutting into the latter.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: GROZ-BECKERT KGInventors: Timothy Beach, Herbert Schwane, Michael Klein
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Publication number: 20170058439Abstract: The pile cutter 10 according to the invention allows tufted goods to be produced using materials which, for example, have a friction-reducing coating for forming a dirt-repellant surface that is soft to the touch. Such materials are known to be problematic in the production of pile and occasionally irregular pile is produced. Adjacent to the narrow cutting edge 25 of the pile cutter 10 according to the invention is a comparatively broader step 27 and 33, which prevents the loop from slipping, without cutting into the latter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Timothy Beach, Herbert Schwane, Michael Klein
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Patent number: 7617844Abstract: A novel corner connector for heddle shafts has detent means with which it can be retained in a shaft rod. The load-related locking is effected independently of the detent means by a clamping device that acts between the struts of the shaft rod.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Groz-Beckert KGInventors: Herbert Schwane, Richard Steffen, Andre Olbing, Karl-Heinz Gesing
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Patent number: 7493921Abstract: A heald having a heald body (8), whose thickness increases toward the yarn eyelet (6). The lateral surfaces of the heald body (8) constitute guiding surfaces which are oriented in the warp yarn direction and which, adjacent the yarn eyelet (6), serve as spacers (35, 36) for holding at a distance adjoining yarn eyelets (6) of adjoining healds.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Groz-Beckert KGInventors: Franz Mettler, Herbert Schwane
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Publication number: 20070000552Abstract: The heald according to the invention has a heald body (8), whose thickness-increases toward the yarn eyelet (6). The lateral surfaces of the heald body (8) constitute guiding surfaces which are oriented in the warp yarn direction and which, adjacent the yarn eyelet (6), serve as spacer means (35, 36) for holding at a distance adjoining yarn eyelets (6) of adjoining healds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: Groz-Beckert KGInventors: Franz Mettler, Herbert Schwane
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Patent number: 7017620Abstract: In a heddle (6), the slender heddle shank (21) has been lengthened, at the cost of the end eyelets (7, 8) and the yarn eyelet region (29). This is accomplished on the one hand by shortening the end eyelet regions (7, 8) to their absolute minimum length and on the other by placing the auxiliary openings (38), which serve to transport the heddles, closer to the end eyelets (7, 8). The radii R in the region of the end eyelets (7, 8) are reduced. Instead of the usual 2 mm width, the heddle shank (21) still has a maximum width of 1.6 mm. The regions (14, 13) of the heddle (6) that protrude past the end openings still have, instead of the usual length of 4 mm, a length of 2.5 mm to 3 mm. Directly around the yarn eyelet (33), the heddle has a width which, as before, is equivalent to twice the width of the yarn eyelet (33). However, the length of this region is shortened to a maximum of twice to three times the yarn eyelet width.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Groz-Beckert KGInventors: Franz Mettler, Herbert Schwane
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Publication number: 20050081942Abstract: A novel corner connector for heddle shafts has detent means with which it can be retained in a shaft rod. The load-related locking is effected independently of the detent means by a clamping device that acts between the struts of the shaft rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Applicant: Groz-Beckert KGInventors: Herbert Schwane, Richard Steffen, Andre Olbing, Karl-Heinz Gesing
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Publication number: 20050016613Abstract: In a heddle (6), the slender heddle shank (21) has been lengthened, at the cost of the end eyelets (7, 8) and the yarn eyelet region (29). This is accomplished on the one hand by shortening the end eyelet regions (7, 8) to their absolute minimum length and on the other by placing the auxiliary openings (38), which serve to transport the heddles, closer to the end eyelets (7, 8). The radii R in the region of the end eyelets (7, 8) are reduced. Instead of the usual 2 mm width, the heddle shank (21) still has a maximum width of 1.6 mm. The regions (14, 13) of the heddle (6) that protrude past the end openings still have, instead of the usual length of 4 mm, a length of 2.5 mm to 3 mm. Directly around the yarn eyelet (33), the heddle has a width which, as before, is equivalent to twice the width of the yarn eyelet (33). However, the length of this region is shortened to a maximum of twice to three times the yarn eyelet width.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Applicant: Groz-Beckert KGInventors: Franz Mettler, Herbert Schwane