Patents by Inventor Erich Jornot

Erich Jornot 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).

  • Patent number: 8070149
    Abstract: An arrangement for gathering or assembling printed sheets into semi-finished products for producing bound printed products, the arrangement including a conveying device and a plurality of replaceable feeder units arranged side-by-side along the conveying device. Each replaceable feeder unit includes at least two feeders for supplying the printed sheets to the conveying device and an undercarriage. The plurality of replaceable feeder units are arranged on the undercarriage. The undercarriage includes interface sections assigned, respectively, to the replaceable feeder units and the interface sections each include a first interface configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schober, Erich Jornot
  • Publication number: 20090234492
    Abstract: An arrangement for gathering or assembling printed sheets into semi-finished products for producing bound printed products, the arrangement including a conveying device and a plurality of replaceable feeder units arranged side-by-side along the conveying device. Each replaceable feeder unit includes at least two feeders for supplying the printed sheets to the conveying device and an undercarriage. The plurality of replaceable feeder units are arranged on the undercarriage. The undercarriage includes interface sections assigned, respectively, to the replaceable feeder units and the interface sections each include a first interface configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Schober, Erich Jornot
  • Patent number: 5509179
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a fiber processing plant including a series of processing stages in order to supply fibrous material as a product with predetermined qualities, whereby the qualities of the product can be influenced by suitable, selectively adjustable treatment of fibrous material during its passage through the plant and whereby in at least one of the intermediate stages of the plant an ascertainable quality of the product of this stage is determined. In this intermediate stage a signal is obtained which is equivalent to the ascertainable quality and which is used for controlling the previous stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Inventors: Giancarlo Mondini, Urs Meyer, Robert Moser, Jurg Bischofberger, Urs Keller, Erich Jornot
  • Patent number: 5412301
    Abstract: An individual regulation circuit is provided for each position-regulated drive motor for a textile machine, such as drafting arrangement. It is contemplated by the invention to have each such regulation circuit encompass a position sensor which also can deliver a position signal during standstill of the motor shaft of the associated drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Erich Jornot, Urs Keller
  • Patent number: 5394591
    Abstract: The autoleveller drafting arrangement comprises measuring elements for the throughpassing quantity of textile fibers both at the inlet end and the outlet end thereof. There is provided a system which at least in part is self-adjusting, in order to take account of measuring errors, and thus, to obtain an improved self-adjusting optimization of control and regulation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Erich Jornot, Urs Keller
  • Patent number: 5377385
    Abstract: An autoleveller draw frame achieves changes in the draft by changing the supply speed. The can press nevertheless works evenly. A storage device between the sliver calenders and the can press compensates for changes in the amount of supplied sliver. The storage device can be arranged in such a way that it allows a "flying change of cans." In one aspect, between the sliver calenders and the can press, the sliver forms a hanging loop which varies in depth, depending upon any changes in the supply speed of the sliver, while the can press operates relatively evenly and is not required to be accelerated or braked in response to changes in the supply speed. In another aspect, the storage device includes a conveyor belt arrangement between the supply of the sliver and the can press. Sliver loops are formed on an upper conveyor belt strand, whereafter they are deflected to a lower conveyor belt strand and then fed to the can press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Reiter AG
    Inventors: Erich Jornot, Raphael Wicki, Urs Keller
  • Patent number: 5248925
    Abstract: A draw frame with a main control for a drafting arrangement having at least one independent drive group for at least one drafting zone. Each independent drive group has an auxiliary closed loop control system having a controller. Fiber slivers are drawn through the drafting arrangement through the drafting zones. When the control the range of a certain controller is exceeded, a nominal adjustment of at least one drive group is effected through a control connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Erich Jornot
  • Patent number: 5134755
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a drafting unit for textile slivers. The driving apparatus for the drafting unit is controlled by a main control and at least one auxiliary control. The drafting unit includes an upstream measuring element and a downstream measuring element which deliver measured signals to a central computer unit. A signal representing the inlet sliver cross-section is determined by means of an identification field parameter and by using the downstream measured signal. The identification field parameter is continuously adjusted during operation. A threshold switch is used to control the compensation for irregularities in the incoming sliver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Erich Jornot, Michael Leu
  • Patent number: 4996748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning can creel for the feeding of textile fiber slivers to a processing machine with which several spinning cans are arranged along a spinning can creel, and a take-off mechanism is assigned to every textile fiber sliver for the transport of the textile fiber slivers. The textile fiber slivers are brought to a processing machine over a transport unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Erich Jornot