Patents Examined by Chi Kee
  • Heater device, particularly for ski boots
    Patent number: 4507877
    Abstract: A heater device particularly for ski boots, which comprises, located on the inner shoe of a ski boot, an electric resistance heater positioned at the user's foot sole and connected to a storage battery accommodated inside said inner shoe. The storage battery is connected to a recharge socket located at the top portion of said shoe and is connected to the resistance heater through a switch. Also provided is a voltage limiter adapted to prevent the storage battery from being discharged to below a preset voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Vaccari, Renzo Balbinot
  • Process and loom for the production of pile fabrics
    Patent number: 4294290
    Abstract: The production of pile fabrics in which the stroke of the batten of a loom during operation is periodically decreased from the value corresponding to a full stroke of the batten by a value for partial strokes which is referred to as the pre-beating distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Ruti Machinery Works Ltd.
    Inventor: Erhard Freisler