Patents by Inventor Ekkehard Mantz

Ekkehard Mantz 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).

  • Automatic adjusting selvedge control device for a textile web using multiple sensors
    Patent number: 5067215
    Abstract: A device for the recognition and readjustment of variations in the cylindrical yarn deposit at the insides of flanges (23,23') of warp beams or sectional warp beams (24) in warping machines has two sensor heads (4,4') with three sensors (1,2,3;1',2',3') at each flange (22,22') and the corresponding switching and control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Norddeutsche Faserwerke GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Behl, Karl-Heinz Erren, Ekkehard Mantz
  • Creel
    Patent number: 4852824
    Abstract: A warping creel with bobbins of threads to be warped arranged side-by-side and one-above-the-other having swing-out creel gates 9 carrying thread guides 14, 14', 14" which provide access to the individual bobbins 10. Guiding elements 12 for each thread 4 guide the threads 4 to the warping machine 6 initially vertically over the creel, than horizontally above the creel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Norddeutsche Faserwerke GMBH
    Inventors: Jurgen Beitz, Karl-Heinz Erren, Ekkehard Mantz