Patents by Inventor Bernd Loos

Bernd Loos 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).

  • Publication number: 20230257915
    Abstract: An open-end spinning device for an open-end spinning machine includes an individually drivable spinning rotor having a rotor cup accommodated in a rotor housing. An individual drive for the spinning rotor arranged in a drive housing. A receptacle for a cover element that closes the rotor housing during spinning operations is provided. The rotor housing defines a central support part fixable to a machine frame of the open-end spinning machine. The rotor housing is formed as one piece with the drive housing and the receptacle for the cover element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Lauer, Markus Kuebler, Siegfried Krohmer, Bernd Loos, Constantin Rieger, Alexander Fuchs, Constanze Gebauer
  • Publication number: 20230257916
    Abstract: An open-end spinning device for an open-end spinning machine includes a rotor housing and a spinning rotor having a rotor cup accommodated in the rotor housing. A drive for the spinning rotor is arranged in a drive housing. At least one receptacle for a cover element that closes the rotor housing during spinning operations is provided. The rotor housing includes an adjustable stop for the cover element, the stop positioning the cover element in an axial direction of the spinning rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Lauer, Markus Kuebler, Siegfried Krohmer, Bernd Loos, Constantin Rieger, Alexander Fuchs, Constanze Gebauer
  • Publication number: 20230008607
    Abstract: An opening roller housing (1) for an opening roller (2) of an open-end spinning machine (3) has a feed opening (4) for feeding a fiber material (5) into the opening roller housing (1), a delivery opening (6) for drawing opened individual fibers (7) out of the opening roller housing (1), a trash removal opening (8) for extracting trash (9) out of the fiber material (5), and an inner circumferential wall (10), which surrounds the opening roller (2) during operation and has a fiber-guiding area (11), which extends from the feed opening (4), over the trash removal opening (8), and up to the delivery opening (6). The opening roller housing (1) includes a hollow cylindrical ring (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Kuebler, Siegfried Krohmer, Bernd Loos, Frank Riedel, Helmut Wollinger, Constantin Rieger
  • Patent number: 10753013
    Abstract: A method for producing a rotor cup for an open-end spinning rotor includes forming separating structures on a front-side rim of the rotor cup for breaking up and preparing a yarn end for piecing. The separating structures are formed by a non-mechanical manufacturing method without contact between the front-side rim and a mechanical forming tool. A rotor cup formed in accordance with the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG
    Inventors: Markus Kuebler, Bernd Loos, Andreas Frank
  • Patent number: 10544522
    Abstract: A thread draw-off nozzle for an open-end spinning device includes a nozzle insert configured to deflect a yarn produced by the open-end spinning device. A nozzle frame fixes the thread draw-off nozzle in the open-end spinning device. The nozzle frame includes a cylindrical shank, which has a centering diameter and a length that is shorter than half the centering diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Loos, Frank Riedel
  • Publication number: 20180355522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a rotor cup (10) for an open-end spinning rotor (1), with which a front-side edge (16) of the rotor cup (10) is provided with separating structures (17) for breaking up and preparing a yarn end (5a) for spinning in, whereas the separating structures (17) are deposited by a non-mechanical manufacturing method, in particular by a non-mechanical ablation method. The invention also relates to a rotor cup (10) for an open-end spinning rotor (1) with an inner rotor wall (12) and an outer rotor wall (13), a rotor bottom (14) and a front-side edge (16) opposite the rotor bottom (14), which is provided with separating structures (17) for breaking up and preparing a yarn end (5a) for spinning in, whereas the separating structures (17) feature a surface with a micro-profile (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Markus Kuebler, Bernd Loos, Andreas Frank
  • Publication number: 20180142736
    Abstract: A rotor cup for spinning a fiber material includes a coupling device to detachably connect the rotor cup to a rotor shaft. The coupling device includes a connecting means for transfer of torque from the rotor shaft to the rotor cup and for axial securing of the rotor cup on the rotor shaft, and a centering means for centering the rotor cup on the rotor shaft. The centering means may include a cone-shaped extension or cone-shaped receiver defined on the rotor cup. The connecting means may include an extension on the rotor cup, with the centering means being a centering element separate from the connecting means and defined as one of a cylinder pin fixed in the rotor cup or a centering bore arranged in the rotor cup. An open end spinning rotor may include the rotor cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Markus Kuebler, Bernd Loos, Constantin Rieger
  • Publication number: 20170342605
    Abstract: A thread draw-off nozzle (1) for an open-end spinning device (2) features a nozzle insert (3) for deflecting a produced yarn (5) and a nozzle frame (4), by means of which the thread draw-off nozzle (1) can be fixed in the open-end spinning device (2). The nozzle frame (4) features a cylindrical shank (6). The shank (6) of the nozzle frame (4) is provided with a centering diameter (ZD) and the cylindrical shank (6) of the nozzle frame (4) is shorter than half the centering diameter (ZD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd Loos, Frank Riedel
  • Patent number: 9689090
    Abstract: In an open-end spinning rotor with a rotor cup, and with a rotor shaft, through which the spinning rotor is supported in a bearing, the rotor shaft and the rotor cup are detachably connected to each other through a coupling device. The coupling device includes a positive-locking connection for the transmission of the turning moment between the rotor cup and the rotor shaft, along with a magnetic device for the axial connection of the rotor shaft and the rotor cup. The rotor shaft features at least one projection with a one turning moment-transmitting area, which engages in a recess of the rotor cup with a turning moment-transmitting counter-area. A socket for a permanent magnet is arranged on the rotor cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Bernd Loos, Hans Kustermann
  • Publication number: 20150033695
    Abstract: In an open-end spinning rotor with a rotor cup, and with a rotor shaft, through which the spinning rotor is supported in a bearing, the rotor shaft and the rotor cup are detachably connected to each other through a coupling device. The coupling device includes a positive-locking connection for the transmission of the turning moment between the rotor cup and the rotor shaft, along with a magnetic device for the axial connection of the rotor shaft and the rotor cup. The rotor shaft features at least one projection with a one turning moment-transmitting area, which engages in a recess of the rotor cup with a turning moment-transmitting counter-area. A socket for a permanent magnet is arranged on the rotor cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Bernd Loos, Hans Kustermann
  • Patent number: 7013629
    Abstract: The hollow interior of an open-end spinning rotor is defined by an inner contour, which comprises a fiber sliding surface and a fiber collecting groove. The front surface of the open-end spinning rotor may have an opening width of between 19 and 23 mm, the fiber sliding surface may have a tapering of a maximum of 10°, and while the diameter of the fiber collecting groove may measure less than 30 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Mathias Burchert, Bernd Loos
  • Publication number: 20050247041
    Abstract: The hollow interior of an open-end spinning rotor is defined by an inner contour, which comprises a fiber sliding surface and a fiber collecting groove. The front surface of the open-end spinning rotor may have an opening width of between 19 and 23 mm, the fiber sliding surface may have a tapering of a maximum of 10°, and while the diameter of the fiber collecting groove may measure less than 30 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Mathias Burchert, Bernd Loos