Patents by Inventor Gernot Schäffler

Gernot Schäffler 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: 20140237985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning unit of the air-jet spinning machine, which serves the purpose of producing a yarn (2) from a fiber composite (3), whereas the spinning unit (1) possesses a spinning nozzle (4) with a vortex chamber (6) featuring an inlet opening (5) for the fiber composite (3), whereas the spinning unit (1) features air jets (21) directed into the vortex chamber (6), which flow into the vortex chamber (6) in the area of a wall (7) surrounding the vortex chamber (6) and through which air jets, during operation of the spinning unit (1), compressed air can be introduced into the vortex chamber (6) in a given direction of rotation, in order to confer upon the fiber composite (3) a rotation in the specified direction of rotation, and whereas the air jets (21) are connected to a source of compressed air (9) with the assistance of at least one fluid connection (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Gernot Schäffler
  • Patent number: 8695169
    Abstract: A drawing frame (1) is described for drawing a fiber slubbing (14) of a workstation of a textile machine having two roller pairs (2, 3) which are arranged behind one another in the transport direction (A) and in each case contain a drafting roller (4, 6) which can be driven, wherein the first drafting roller (4) in the transport direction (A) is assigned a guide apron (8) which wraps around this drafting roller (4) and a guide table (10) which is arranged between the first (4) and the second (6) drafting roller. It is provided according to the invention that the first drafting roller (4) is mounted in a bearing slide (19) which can be displaced in the transport direction (A), and the second drafting roller (6) is mounted in a bearing block (22), and that the guide table (10) is fixed on the bearing block (22) of the second drafting roller (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gernot Schäffler, Manfred Bauer
  • Publication number: 20130333347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operation for an air jet spinning machine, which is characterized in that the spinning process is interrupted when a yarn fault (18) is detected, and subsequent to the interruption of the spinning process a piecing process is initiated which is at least partly carried out by the spinning station (2) and in which a number of yarn process and handling devices directly assigned to the spinning station (2) are applied. Furthermore, an air jet spinning machine is proposed which permits such a piecing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Adalbert Stephan, Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schäffler
  • Publication number: 20130067878
    Abstract: A method for interrupting yarn production on a spinning machine interrupts yarn production upon detecting a defined deviation of a monitored yarn parameter from a target value, upon changing bobbins at the winding device, and/or prior to switching off the spinning machine. Feed speeds of the delivery device, the take-off device, and the winding device are gradually reduced to a stop in order to interrupt the yarn production, wherein the reducing takes place such that the end of the produced yarn is located between the outlet of the spinning point and the winding device after the reducing is completed. The invention further relates to a spinning machine having a control and/or regulation device designed for operating the spinning machine according to the disclosed method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: RIETER INGOLSTADT GMBH
    Inventors: Adalbert Stephan, Gernot Schäffler, Evzen Pilar, Martin Novak, Vítezslav Kubes, Josef Ludvícek, Vladimir Krycner
  • Publication number: 20130067879
    Abstract: A spinning machine has a spinning point, that includes a spinning device with an entry for a fibre material and an outlet for a produced yarn, as well as a feeding device for feeding the fibre material to the spinning device and a winding device for winding on the produced yarn. The spinning point includes a yarn end disposal means partly arranged between the outlet of the spinning device and the winding device, and with the aid of which an end section of the produced yarn is able to be separated from the rest of the yarn and eliminated. Furthermore, a process for removing an end section of a yarn at a spinning point of a spinning machine prior to the subsequent piecing process is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Adalbert Stephan, Josef Ludvicek, Gernot Schäffler
  • Publication number: 20130067880
    Abstract: A method for interrupting yarn production on a spinning machine is provided. The spinning machine has a spinning point having an inlet for a fiber material and an outlet for the yarn made from the fiber material, as well as a delivery device for feeding the fiber material into the spinning point, a take-off device for drawing off the yarn out of the spinning point, a winding device for winding up the produced yarn, and a yarn monitoring unit for monitoring at least one yarn parameter. The yarn production is interrupted upon detecting a defined deviation of the monitored yarn parameter from a target value, upon changing bobbins at the winding device, and/or prior to switching off the spinning machine. The feed speeds of the delivery device, the take-off device, and the winding device are gradually reduced to a stop in order to interrupt the yarn production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH
    Inventors: Adalbert Stephan, Gernot Schäffler, Evzen Pilar, Martin Novak, Vitezslav Kubes, Josef Ludvicek, Vladimir Krycner
  • Publication number: 20130000081
    Abstract: A drawing frame (1) is described for drawing a fibre slubbing (14) of a workstation of a textile machine having two roller pairs (2, 3) which are arranged behind one another in the transport direction (A) and in each case contain a drafting roller (4; 6) which can be driven, wherein the first drafting roller (4) in the transport direction (A) is assigned a guide apron (8) which wraps around this drafting roller (4) and a guide table (10) which is arranged between the first (4) and the second (6) drafting roller. It is provided according to the invention that the first drafting roller (4) is mounted in a bearing slide (19) which can be displaced in the transport direction (A), and the second drafting roller (6) is mounted in a bearing block (22), and that the guide table (10) is fixed on the bearing block (22) of the second drafting roller (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG
    Inventors: Gernot Schäffler, Manfred Bauer
  • Patent number: 7665682
    Abstract: An overend take-off crosswound bobbin and a method for its production are designed in such a way that the density of the finished crosswound bobbin is increased and the run-off characteristics during further processing are optimized. For this purpose, in one variant parallel windings are introduced at intervals. In another variant, when the bobbin diameter is small the yarn is wound on at a smaller pitch angle than for a larger diameter. Furthermore, a traversing stroke which is reduced by comparison with the bobbin width is displaced along the bobbin width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Deutsche Institute fuer Textil- und Faserforschung Stuttgart Stiftung des oeffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schäffler, Christoph Riethmüller
  • Patent number: 7628005
    Abstract: An air jet spinning machine for producing spun threads from staple fiber strands includes a number of spinning positions, to each of which compressed air nozzles are arranged for the purpose of generating the spinning twist. A joint compressed air regulator is connected upstream of the spinning positions, which regulator includes a pressure sensor and a regulating device. The compressed air regulator is set at a reference pressure, which corresponds to the unregulated static pressure prevailing when all spinning positions are in operation. In the case of a change in the static pressure, the compressed air regulator re-adjusts to the reference pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Gernot Schaeffler
  • Patent number: 7516606
    Abstract: A process is provided for optimizing the production performance of a spinning machine. Each individual spinning position is separately monitored in relation to the number of end breaks and is adjusted to an optimal production speed. When this process is applied to an air jet spinning machine, the compressed air fed to the spinning positions is adjusted depending on the respective production speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Gernot Schaeffler
  • Patent number: 7464529
    Abstract: A process and an arrangement for re-starting a previously interrupted spinning process in a spinning arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a drafting unit which can be shut down and also an airjet unit including a vacuum chamber. For the purpose of removing an initially inhomogeneous fiber stream, a staple fiber strand, delivered by the re-operating drafting unit, is temporarily suctioned as waste via a deflecting device after it has left the drafting unit. Only then, when a homogeneous fiber stream has formed, is the staple fiber strand joined with a thread which is transported through the airjet unit. The inhomogeneous fiber stream is removed with the aid of the low pressure in the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schaeffler, Peter Schweier
  • Patent number: 7464530
    Abstract: A process for preparing a piecing operation in an air jet spinning arrangement is described. The air jet spinning arrangement comprises a drafting device, whose main drafting zone is bordered on its entry side by an apron roller pair and on its exit side by a delivery roller pair. The apron roller pair is connected to a first drive, the delivery roller pair to a second drive. When the spinning process is interrupted, the delivery of a closed staple fiber strand is stopped in the main drafting zone and a new starting end of the staple fiber strand is created. This new starting end is to be pieced together with an end of a thread already spun. To create a new starting end of the staple fiber strand suitable for piecing, the apron roller pair and the delivery roller pair are each controlled separately when the spinning process is interrupted and are shut down one after the other, in such a way that in the main drafting zone a new starting end of the staple fiber strand is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schaeffler
  • Publication number: 20080190090
    Abstract: An air jet spinning machine for producing spun threads from staple fiber strands includes a number of spinning positions, to each of which compressed air nozzles are arranged for the purpose of generating the spinning twist. A joint compressed air regulator is connected upstream of the spinning positions, which regulator includes a pressure sensor and a regulating device. The compressed air regulator is set at a reference pressure, which corresponds to the unregulated static pressure prevailing when all spinning positions are in operation. In the case of a change in the static pressure, the compressed air regulator re-adjusts to the reference pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Maschinefabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Gernot Schaeffler
  • Publication number: 20080190089
    Abstract: An airjet spinning arrangement includes a fiber feed channel, which runs into a vortex chamber, and a fiber withdrawal channel, which exits out of the vortex chamber. The fiber withdrawal channel is arranged in a spindle-shaped component, which can be moved away from the fiber feed channel by a moving device. In order to clean the area of the entry opening of the thread withdrawal channel, a cleaning channel is provided, which is directed against the spindle-shaped component and is connected to a pressurized air source. The cleaning channel runs into a ring channel, which surrounds the spindle-shaped component. A first exit opening of this ring channel is designed so that it forms a ring opening surrounding the spindle-shaped component and is directed against the spindle shaped component when the spindle-shaped component is moved away from the fiber feed channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schaeffler, Peter Schweier
  • Publication number: 20080066442
    Abstract: A process for preparing a piecing operation in an air jet spinning arrangement is described. The air jet spinning arrangement comprises a drafting device, whose main drafting zone is bordered on its entry side by an apron roller pair and on its exit side by a delivery roller pair. The apron roller pair is connected to a first drive, the delivery roller pair to a second drive. When the spinning process is interrupted, the delivery of a closed staple fibre strand is stopped in the main drafting zone and a new starting end of the staple fibre strand is created. This new starting end is to be pieced together with an end of a thread already spun. To create a new starting end of the staple fibre strand suitable for piecing, the apron roller pair and the delivery roller pair are each controlled separately when the spinning process is interrupted and are shut down one after the other, namely in such a way that in the main drafting zone a new starting end of the staple fibre strand is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schaeffler
  • Publication number: 20080041029
    Abstract: A process is provided for optimizing the production performance of a spinning machine. Each individual spinning position is separately monitored in relation to the number of end breaks and is adjusted to an optimal production speed. When this process is applied to an air jet spinning machine, the compressed air fed to the spinning positions is adjusted depending on the respective production speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Gernot Schaeffler
  • Patent number: 7325390
    Abstract: A twin unit has two drafting devices for drafting fiber strands and is applicable in a spinning machine. The twin unit includes a common housing for the two drivable drafting devices, whereby the housing is detachably mounted in a machine frame. The drafting devices include a number of drivable bottom rollers and are arranged essentially mirror-symmetrical to one another. Each bottom roller has an area which drafts the fiber strand and is characterized in that the bottom roller has two bearing points. The two bearing points of each bottom roller are arranged one on either side of the area which drafts the fiber strand. In one variation, at least two opposite bottom rollers may form a bottom roller pair, in which the bearing points facing to the plane of symmetry of the twin unit are taken up in a joint bearing take-up. In addition, a top roller in the form of a twin pressure roller may be assigned to a bottom roller pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schaeffler
  • Publication number: 20070175200
    Abstract: A process and an arrangement for re-starting a previously interrupted spinning process in a spinning arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a drafting unit which can be shut down and also an airjet unit including a vacuum chamber. For the purpose of removing an initially inhomogeneous fiber stream, a staple fiber strand, delivered by the re-operating drafting unit, is temporarily suctioned as waste via a deflecting device after it has left the drafting unit. Only then, when a homogeneous fiber stream has formed, is the staple fiber strand joined with a thread which is transported through the airjet unit. The inhomogeneous fiber stream is removed with the aid of the low pressure in the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schaeffler, Peter Schweier
  • Publication number: 20070125062
    Abstract: An airjet spinning arrangement includes a fiber feed channel and a thread withdrawal channel arranged downstream therefrom, which thread withdrawal channel is movable away from the fiber feed channel. An injector channel runs into the thread withdrawal channel, which injector channel is connectable to a compressed air source. The injector channel is arranged in a piston-like component, which piston-like component is movable away from the fiber feed channel by the compressed air fed to the injector channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Gernot Schaeffler
  • Publication number: 20070125061
    Abstract: A process and an arrangement are described for a spinning arrangement comprising an airjet aggregate relating to the preparation for re-starting the spinning process after an interruption of the spinning process. An end of an already spun thread is hereby fed back through the airjet aggregate in the opposite direction to the operational direction of motion to a thread storer. The end of the thread is cut off in the thread storer as waste, by means of which a new thread end is created, which is prepared for the re-starting of the spinning process. The point of separation is prepared by means of blowing compressed air thereon, and the end to be discharged as waste is subsequently separated from the thread by means of pulling the thread apart. The thread storer is preferably designed as a suction tube, to which a nipping line for temporarily holding the thread, and a compressed air nozzle for blowing air the thread are assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: MASCHIENFARIK RIETER AG
    Inventor: Gernot Schaeffler