Patents by Inventor Fritz Knabenhaus

Fritz Knabenhaus 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: 4648754
    Abstract: An arrangement for pneumatically transporting fiber material flocks through respective chutes to individual carding machines includes a duct which bounds an internal passage that communicates with the chutes, the chutes extending downwardly from the duct. A plurality of control elements is arranged in the passage, respective two of such control elements being situated between each adjacent two of the chutes. Each of the control elements has a substantially plate-shaped control member which is pivotally mounted at the bottom region of the duct, and a block member that extends substantially at a right angle to the control member remotely from the pivot axis and extends toward and into the respective chute. The control element can be pivoted into and arrested in any selected pivoted position, including a closed position in which the block member thereof substantially completely prevents the flow of the transporting medium past the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter A.G.
    Inventors: Paul Staheli, Urs Stahli, Fritz Knabenhaus