Patents by Inventor Beat Vollenweider

Beat Vollenweider 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).

  • Linear motor weft presenting apparatus
    Patent number: 6230760
    Abstract: The apparatus contains a linear motor (1) with a stator (4) which has two permanent magnets (7) and with an armature (5) which has a winding (22), and a thread server finger (2) for the weft thread which is connected to the linear motor in order to present the weft thread to a rapier. The linear motor (1) and the thread server finger (2) are designed as a modular assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Sulzer Textil AG
    Inventors: Gianfranco Di Natale, Beat Vollenweider