Patents Assigned to Groz-Beckert KG
  • Patent number: 8302520
    Abstract: A selection plate (39) is provided on a punch device (1) for activating or deactivating individual punch holding bars (13, 14). The plate has a coupling device (40) associated with a positive-locking coupling between a punch holding bar (13, 14) and the selection plate (39). Associated with the positive-locking coupling is an edge of the selection plate (39), that is provided with a recess (42), an extension (43) of the punch holding bar (13, 14) that extends around said edge, and/or a rib (41), which is located on the underside of the selection plate (39) and is associated with the punch holding bar (13, 14). As a result, it is possible to selectively establish or eliminate a positive-locking connection between the punch holding bar (13, 14) and the selection plate (39). Via the rib (41), the punch stroke of the selection plate (39) is merely transmitted to the punch holding bar (13 or 14), which is in positive-locking engagement with the lateral edge or the projections of the selection plate (39).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Kuno Horn, Ernst Heinemann
  • Patent number: 8302546
    Abstract: A tufting gripper (16) comprises a pocket (26) with an insert (25) that is associated with a spring means (34) in order to at least temporarily clamp and secure said insert in place in the pocket in a prespecified position. The spring means (34) pushes the insert (25) preferably in the direction of the tip of the gripper and creates a particularly smooth transition at this location between the base body (19) of the tufting gripper (16) and the insert (25), in particular the tip (33) of said insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Ingo Bitzer, Andreas Englmeier
  • Publication number: 20120263928
    Abstract: For the production of spatial textile articles (12) a base material with two or more layers is used, the two layers (16, 17) of said material exhibiting at least locally different shrinkage potentials. Then, during a suitable process, the shrinkage potential is released fully or in part due to thermal action, other physical action or chemical action, thus causing a spatial arching of the starting material and, in doing so, resulting in the manufacture of the desired textile article (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Eric Schöller, Gustav Wizemann, Christopher Hichung Moon
  • Patent number: 8281477
    Abstract: A semi-automatic loader for needle boards (2) includes a filling device (51)that presents felting needles (17) arranged at a ratio that is consistent with the ratio of holes of a needle board. A machine operator can then grasp the felting 5 needles (17) by use of a multiple collet chuck (45) and set them in groups in the rows of holes of the needle board (2). This provides a loading method featuring extremely high productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Münster, Gustav Wizemann, Johannes Bruske
  • Patent number: 8257626
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of spatial objects of a fleece or felt, wherein the fibers are deposited on a mold that is preferably air-permeable. The fibers may be attracted to the mold by a vacuum applied to the underside of said mold. Preferably, the mold has several spatial structures that define the shape of the fiber web that is being formed and that correspond at least approximately to the desired final shape. By subsequent compacting of the thusly obtained fiber web, a spatially three-dimensional felt object is obtained. In this method, subsequent deforming steps are unnecessary or reduced to a minimum, so that the material to be produced does not experience any substantial distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventor: Thomas Kühl
  • Patent number: 8251102
    Abstract: A heddle frame (1) is driven via drive rods (15), which pass through its lateral sampsons (13). To that end, the lateral sampsons (13) each have a corresponding channel (19). The play between the circumferential face (22) of the drive rods (15) and the channel wall face (21) of the respective channel (19) has an intermediate layer (24), which extends over the full length, or portions, of the drive rod (15). The intermediate layer (24) preferably comprises an impact-proof, permanent-elastic, damping material. A slight residual play allows the introduction of the drive rods (15) and the intermediate layer (24) into the channel (19) without force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventor: Franz Mettler
  • Patent number: 8245373
    Abstract: A needle holder 45 for a textile machine comprising a needle board (46), in which are provided—on an upper side (44)—several grooves (48) extending parallel to each other. Arranged along each groove (48), there are several bores (51) at a distance from each other and completely extending through the needle board (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans Haussler, Gustav Wizemann, Christian Gerth, Reinhold Eydner
  • Patent number: 8245372
    Abstract: A needle (15) for a textile machine, in particular, to a felting needle or a fork needle. A working section (17) extends along a longitudinal axis (16) and has a needle point (18). Adjoining the working section (17) are a lower shank section (20) and an upper shank section (25), both being arranged so as to extend coaxially relative to each other along the longitudinal axis (16). Adjoining the upper shank section (25), a needle foot (30) is provided, said needle foot comprising a holding means (32). The holding means (32) extends in a transverse direction (31) and comprises two legs (38, 39), said legs extending from the longitudinal axis (16) and away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans Haussler, Gustav Wizemann, Christian Gerth, Reinhold Eydner
  • Patent number: 8196743
    Abstract: A needle-holding device (1) suitable in particular as a package comprises a flat needle carrier section (4) and an adjoining section that has a clamping lip (5) that is resiliently biased against the needle carrier section (4). The clamping lip (5) reaches around the stitch-forming sections of the needles (2) which are held lying next to each in contact with each other on the needle carrier section (4). The resiliently yielding clamping lip (5) permits the insertion and the pull-out of one, several or of all the needles (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Uwe Stingel, Johannes Bruske, Hans-Joachim Halamoda
  • Patent number: 8191452
    Abstract: A punching tool for green sheets or similar sheet-like work-pieces having a support plate with punched holes (7), and a holding-down plate disposed above the support plate and containing stripper openings (24). Operative portions (23) of dies (8) extend through the stripper openings (24) and are guided therein. The operative portions (23) are formed in graduated form with a punching portion (26) of reduced diameter. Each punching portion (26) has a length that is less than the length of the stripper opening (24), and is located entirely in the stripper opening (24) when the die (8) is at its top dead center. A part (25) of the operative portion (23) protrudes into the stripper opening (24) to guide the die (8). The punching portion (26) is only approximately as long as required for the punching stroke of the die (8). The slight length of the punching portion (26) makes possible an especially slender punching portion, and thus the creation of especially small punched holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Halamoda, Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Publication number: 20120103239
    Abstract: An improved tufting knife (20) has, at a distance from its cutting edge (36), a bending joint (27) from which extends one leg (26) to the cutting edge (36) and another leg (25) to a knife bar (21). The bending joint (27) ensures that the tufting knife (20) is highly flexible and that a desired contact pressure between the tufting knife (20) and the gripper (18) is maintained largely independently of the degree of lateral flexion and/or bending of the tufting knife (20). This has a strongly wear-reducing effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Bernd Hillenbrand, Roland Vogler
  • Patent number: 8161774
    Abstract: A crochet galloon machine needle (26) in accordance with the invention is provided on its hook outside (39) with a guide projection (40) having a tip (43) that is preferably located above the center axis (A) of the needle (26). This needle (26) has an enlarged weft thread capture range and is thus particularly suitable for the manufacture of dense knitted goods. In addition, said needle enables the operation with reduced take-off tension and, optionally, also with reduced weft thread tension. This helps increase the service life of all system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Uwe Stingel, Andreas Kuntsmann
  • Patent number: 8146621
    Abstract: A heddle shaft (1) with heddles (3) that are supported with little play or free of play has at least one heddle support rail (7), which is supported movably for elastically tensing the heddles (3) as a whole, or has at least one movably supported part (55). A spring means (16, 56) serves to exert a tensing force on the heddle head (5) of each heddle (3) for supporting that heddle without play. This makes a high operating speed of a power loom, provided with such a heddle shaft, possible without the heddles digging into the heddle support rails and without producing excessive noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Johannes Bruske, Günther Büchle
  • Publication number: 20120024209
    Abstract: A tufting gripper (16) comprises a pocket (26) with an insert (25) that is associated with a spring means (34) in order to at least temporarily clamp and secure said insert in place in the pocket in a prespecified position. The spring means (34) pushes the insert (25) preferably in the direction of the tip of the gripper and creates a particularly smooth transition at this location between the base body (19) of the tufting gripper (16) and the insert (25), in particular the tip (33) of said insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Ingo Bitzer, Andreas Englmeier
  • Publication number: 20120024208
    Abstract: In order to reduce or to prevent wear on the tufting gripper (16) at the contact point with the tufting needle (18), an additional insert 28 is provided in addition to a wear-resistant cutting insert (27), said additional insert (28) being directed at interacting with the tufting needle (18). Said additional insert consists of a material that, paired with the tufting needle (18), forms an optimal sliding combination. Preferably, the additional insert (28) is a soft needle-saving insert. Preferably, the cutting insert (27) is a hard wear-resistant insert. The two inserts (27, 28) may be accommodated separately in different pockets (36, 37) or together in one pocket (31). They may be connected with each other or be made in one piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Günther BÜCHLE, Reinhold EYDNER, Karl VOSSLER
  • Publication number: 20120006064
    Abstract: A knitting device (10) comprising a needle bed (12) and knitting tools (16), wherein the needle bed (12) is designed so as to be without joints and seams in view of the configuration of its channel walls (18, 19) as well as perpendicularly to the floor (23) of the channel through the base body (20) of the needle bed (12). The channel depth of the individual guide channels (13, 14, 15) is preferably less than three times the channel width. Consequently, in particular in the case of extremely fine needle divisions, the resultant channel walls (18, 19) are robust and stable and can be subjected to a hardening or coating treatment. The reduced overall weight, the smaller friction surfaces, and the sturdier design of the knitting device enable the operation at greater knitting speeds and with greater rotational accelerations, in particular in reciprocating mode, and an overall savings of lubricants and energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen HAUG, Eric Jürgens, Johannes Bruske, Jörg Sauter, Martin Wörnle, Frank Durst, Eckard Fehrenbacher
  • Patent number: 8087133
    Abstract: The transport carriage (1) for the accommodation of a needle board (2) comprises a console (21) that is preferably supported so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis (22). Clamping jaws (24, 25) are provided on the console (21), with the clamping jaws clamping the needle board (2)—preferably in a force-limited manner—between each other and thus holding said needle board in a frictionally engaged manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Franz Jerger, Bernhard Münster, Thomas Maier
  • Patent number: 8082862
    Abstract: A gripper (3) for a tufting machine comprises a gripper body (9) having a cutout (22) for a cutting insert (10), said cutting insert preferably consisting of a hard metal. Connecting means acting in a form-closed manner are provided for the connection of the cutting insert (10) with the gripper body (9). In their simplest embodiment, said connecting means are formed by the deformation regions (37, 38) that are provided on the gripper body (9) and that reach around matching cutouts (33, 34) of the cutting insert (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Bernd Hillenbrand, Timo Kaas, Klaus Kirchmair, Andrea Maute
  • Patent number: 8056372
    Abstract: A knitting head (11) for a circular knitting machine (1), with the knitting head comprising the complete main bearing (29) of the cylinder and being provided, on its lower end, with a standardized interface (34) for accommodation with a carrier ring (35) located on the side of the machine frame. The carrier ring (35) supports the head ring (30) along the entire circumference of said head ring, preferably by means of a continuous seating surface (36) extending around the entire circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Eric Jürgens, Kurt Weiss
  • Patent number: D661326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventor: Jörg Sauter