Patents by Inventor Juergen Ploppa

Juergen Ploppa 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).

  • Flat knitting machine with data processing apparatus
    Patent number: 4774819
    Abstract: Data processing apparatus for a flat knitting machine having several cam systems usable in both travel directions and having needles or needle jacks disengageable from the cam tracks of the cam systems, contains an optimisation circuit (15) with at least one microprocessor, with which circuit is achieved, with the data available from several store areas (16-20), whatever is the optimal limitation of the carriage stroke and at the same time an adjustment and pre-adjustment of the yarn guides (24) corresponding thereto, via thread guide carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: H. Stoll GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Ernst Goller, Juergen Ploppa