Patents by Inventor Karl E. Schmale

Karl E. Schmale 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: 5371924
    Abstract: A hinge for use with a picture frame and a set-up base, includes first and second hinge leaves, each hinge leaf having claws, the claws of the first hinge leaf for fastening the first hinge leaf to a picture frame and the claws of the second hinge leaf for fastening the second hinge leaf to a set-up base. A hinge joint is disposed at first ends of the hinge leaves, configured of knuckles through which a hinge wire passes for connecting the first and second hinge leaves to one another. A connecting web is movably articulated to the first hinge leaf at an end edge of the first hinge leaf opposite the hinge joint. When the hinge is in an opened position, the connecting web is arranged at an angle to the first hinge leaf and is supported on the second hinge leaf. When the hinge is in a closed position, the connecting web is pivoted into a position essentially parallel to the first hinge leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Schmale GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Karl E. Schmale
  • Patent number: 5291635
    Abstract: The device serves to delimit a set-up angle between two planar components which are connected with one another by means of a hinge (1, 2), for example between the picture cover (3) of a picture frame and a supporting base (4). The device is characterized by a connecting web (8) which at one end is provided with one half of a hinge base joint (54) and at the other end is configured as a T-shaped member (89). The other half of the hinge base joint can be fastened to one of the two planar components--the picture cover (3). The T-shaped member (89) grips behind a cutout (23) in a plate that can be fastened to the other planar component--the supporting base (4). The width of the cutout (23) in the region facing the hinge (1, 2) is greater than the width of the transverse portion (80) of the T-shaped member (89). A step (30) is provided at the transition from the narrower to the broader region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Schmale GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Karl E. Schmale
  • Patent number: 4403694
    Abstract: A guide strip for holding a succession of fittings which are to be hammered into box-shaped containers in a studding machine and for conveying such fittings into the machine, the strip being constituted by a tape-like foil presenting a succession of nests for holding such fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Schmale & Co.
    Inventor: Karl E. Schmale