Patents by Inventor Volker Jehle

Volker Jehle 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: 10392735
    Abstract: A clothing carrier (1) for flexible or semi-rigid clothings is formed from a random fiber sheet consolidated by needling. The random fiber sheet is formed from PES or PA fibers (10) and is impregnated with a polymer (11). The random fiber sheet is laminated with a PUR film (12) to structurally compensate at least one surface of the random fiber sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Graf + Cie AG
    Inventors: Peter Artzt, Günter Steinbach, Volker Jehle
  • Patent number: 9845220
    Abstract: A method improves a winding process of a textile machine and a winding station of a textile machine having a machine controller (11), a yarn sensor (4), a yarn quality monitor, in particular a yarn clearer (5), and a yarn connecting device, in particular a splicing device (3). A yarn (1) is wound onto a bobbin (2). The yarn (1) is analyzed with regard to its length, quality, and/or speed, and is cut if necessary in order to clear a quality defect and two yarn ends are connected to one another by means of the yarn connecting device after the quality defect has been removed. The yarn (1) is analyzed with regard to foreign material, yarn speed, and/or yarn length by means of a capacitive yarn sensor (4), and is analyzed with regard to the yarn body and the yarn characteristic by means of an optical yarn quality monitor. The yarn (1) is subsequently optionally cleared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Mathias Burchert, Volker Jehle
  • Patent number: 9804143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the quality of a yarn on a textile machine, wherein the yarn passes a monitoring unit of the textile machine, with the aid of which at least one measured variable (M) which is dependent on a physical parameter of the yarn is determined, and wherein the measured variable (M), or a variable derived therefrom, is evaluated with respect to the position thereof with regard to at least one reference value (R). According to the invention, it is proposed that the selection of the reference value(s) (R) takes place taking into account one or more characteristic variables of the yarn, said characteristic variables being yarn-specific and defined prior to evaluating the measured variable (M). Furthermore, a textile machine is proposed which comprises at least one monitoring unit for monitoring at least one physical parameter of the yarn, and at least one controller which is operatively connected to the monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Mathias Burchert, Volker Jehle
  • Publication number: 20170306532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clothing for processing textile fibers, with a clothing carrier (1) and clothing tips (2), with the clothing tips (2) being formed by wire hooks (4). The wire hooks (4) are pushed through the clothing carrier (1) in a punching process. The clothing carrier (1) is a random, paneled nonwoven formed from continuous fibers or staple fibers (10) that has been consolidated by needling and impregnated with a polymer (11) having a defined specific weight per unit area and a functional layer (12) applied to a side of the clothing carrier (1) facing toward the clothing tips (2). The polymer (1) has a proportion by weight of 20 to 70 percent of the specific weight per unit area of the random nonwoven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Graf + Cie AG
    Inventors: Peter Artzt, Günter Steinbach, Volker Jehle
  • Publication number: 20160273138
    Abstract: A clothing carrier (1) for flexible or semi-rigid clothings is formed from a random fiber sheet consolidated by needling. The random fiber sheet is formed from PES or PA fibers (10) and is impregnated with a polymer (11). The random fiber sheet is laminated with a PUR film (12) to structurally compensate at least one surface of the random fiber sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Artzt, Gunter Steinbach, Volker Jehle
  • Publication number: 20160145067
    Abstract: In a method for improving a winding process of a textile machine and a winding station of a textile machine, comprising a machine controller (11), a yarn sensor (4), a yarn quality monitor, in particular a yarn clearer (5), and a yarn connecting device, in particular a splicing device (3), a yarn (1) is wound onto a bobbin (2). The yarn (1) is analyzed with regard to its length, quality, and/or speed, and is cut if necessary in order to clear a quality defect, in particular by means of a yarn clearer (5), and two yarn ends are connected to one another by means of the yarn connecting device after the quality defect has been removed. The yarn (1) is analyzed with regard to foreign material, yarn speed, and/or yarn length by means of a capacitive yarn sensor (4), and is analyzed with regard to the yarn body and the yarn characteristic by means of an optical yarn quality monitor, in particular an optical yarn clearer (5). The yarn (1) is subsequently optionally cleared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Mathias Burchert, Volker Jehle
  • Publication number: 20150033843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the quality of a yarn on a textile machine, wherein the yarn passes a monitoring unit of the textile machine, with the aid of which at least one measured variable (M) which is dependent on a physical parameter of the yarn is determined, and wherein the measured variable (M), or a variable derived therefrom, is evaluated with respect to the position thereof with regard to at least one reference value (R). According to the invention, it is proposed that the selection of the reference value(s) (R) takes place taking into account one or more characteristic variables of the yarn, said characteristic variables being yarn-specific and defined prior to evaluating the measured variable (M). Furthermore, a textile machine is proposed which comprises at least one monitoring unit for monitoring at least one physical parameter of the yarn, and at least one controller which is operatively connected to the monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mathias Burchert, Volker Jehle
  • Patent number: 8943654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clothing carrier (3) for flexible or semi-rigid clothings (2) for processing fiber material, wherein the clothing carrier (3) has a longitudinal direction (6) and a transverse direction (7). The transverse direction (6) corresponds to a working direction (A) of the clothing (2). The clothing carrier (3) exhibits a maximum tensile force (FL) in the longitudinal direction (6) which is greater than a maximum tensile force (FQ) in the transverse direction (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Graf + Cie AG
    Inventors: Günter Steinbach, Peter Artzt, Volker Jehle
  • Publication number: 20140020211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clothing carrier (3) for flexible or semi-rigid clothings (2) for processing fiber material, wherein the clothing carrier (3) has a longitudinal direction (6) and a transverse direction (7). The transverse direction (6) corresponds to a working direction (A) of the clothing (2). The clothing carrier (3) exhibits a maximum tensile force (FL) in the longitudinal direction (6) which is greater than a maximum tensile force (FQ) in the transverse direction (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Günter Steinbach, Peter Artzt, Volker Jehle
  • Publication number: 20080276594
    Abstract: An air jet aggregate for an air jet spinning apparatus for producing a spun thread from a staple fiber strand includes a vortex chamber and a number of fluid-feeding injector channels running into the vortex chamber. At least two injector channels are provided, which have differing angles of inclination in relation to a parallel to the axis of the spun thread. The at least two injector channels having differing angles of inclination are connectable to at least one pressurized air source. The injector channels with differing angles of inclination are, preferably, connectable to separately adjustable pressurized air sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Volker Jehle
  • Patent number: 6996878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, such as a carding machine, for processing fibers, said device comprising a cylinder, which is provided with a lining, and at least two carding segments which are arranged one after the other in the direction of rotation at least over an area of the circumference of said cylinder, each of said carding segments being provided with a toothed lining. The present invention aims at improving the efficiency of such a device especially in terms of fiber parallelization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hollingsworth GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Maidel, Peter Artzt, Volker Jehle, Bernhard Bocht
  • Publication number: 20040010890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, such as a carding machine, for processing fibres, said device comprising a cylinder, which is provided with a lining, and at least two carding segments which are arranged one after the other in the direction of rotation at least over an area of the circumference of said cylinder, each of said carding segments being provided with a toothed lining. The present invention aims at improving the efficiency of such a device especially in terms of fibre parallelization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Hermann Maidel, Peter Artzt, Volker Jehle, Bernhard Bocht
  • Patent number: 6611994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of fiber length measurement in the blowroom or carding room of a spinning mill. A method and an apparatus in a textile processing machine are described in which before and/or after a working element of the textile processing machine the nep count and/or the fiber length (staple) is determined, with an open-loop/closed-loop control unit being provided which receives the values for the fiber length and/or the nep count as input and determines therefrom the optimized machine setting data and outputs the same to at least one actuator of a working element which influences the nep count and/or the staple of the textile processing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Jürg Bischofberger, Götz Theodor Gresser, Olivier Wüest, Christian Sauter, Jürg Faas, Peter Artzt, Volker Jehle, Hermann Maidel
  • Publication number: 20020152583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of fiber length measurement in the blowroom or carding room of a spinning mill. A method and an apparatus in a textile processing machine are described and claimed in which before and/or after a working element of the textile processing machine the nep count and/or the fiber length (staple) is determined, with an open-loop/closed-loop control unit being provided which receives the said values for the fiber length and/or the nep count as input values and determines therefrom the optimized machine setting data and outputs the same to at least one actuator of a working element which influences the nep count and/or the staple of the textile processing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Maschinefabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Jurg Bischofberger, Gotz Theodor Gresser, OLivier Wuest, Christian Sauter, Jurg Faas, Peter Artzt, Volker Jehle, Hermann Maidel