Patents by Inventor Jos Rijpstra

Jos Rijpstra 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).

  • Device for holding and centering textile yarn tubes
    Patent number: 6279213
    Abstract: A device (6) for holding and centering yam tubes (3) for processing while in a vertical orientation on transport disks (2), e.g., for removing a yam remnant (4) at a tube cleaning station. During such processing, the tubes are fixed in place by means of a height-displaceable centering arbor (12) coupled with a circuit arrangement which causes the operating height (h) of the centering arbor (12) to be automatically matched to the length of the respectively provided tube (3). An arresting arrangement (20) assure that the centering arbor (12) is securely fixed in place at each of its operating heights (h).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: W. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
    Inventors: Helmut Kohlen, Bernhard Schmitz, Manfred Mund, Jos Rijpstra