Patents by Inventor Gerd Gschliesser

Gerd Gschliesser 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).

  • Combing machine with an autoleveller drafting arrangement
    Patent number: 5943740
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for forming a sliver with a first regulated drafting arrangement (10) with several pairs of rollers (11, 12, 14) for the regulated drafting of the fibre mass (8) supplied to the drafting arrangement, with the fibre fleece (28) delivered by the drafting arrangement being joined and supplied to a measuring member (32) from where the measured fibre material is thereafter supplied to a second drafting arrangement (40) and with the autoleveller device (35, 52, 21) of the first drafting arrangement (10) intervening in a regulating manner in the drive of the first drafting arrangement (40) in order to compensate fluctuations in mass on the basis of the signals issued by the measuring member (32) by including a predetermined setpoint value.Various regulating and control devices are known in practice in order to obtain a high-quality sliver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter Slavik, Gerd Gschliesser, Viktor Pietrini, Thomas Sigrist, Roland Fischer