Patents by Inventor Guenther Reinhardt

Guenther Reinhardt 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: 10240262
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a textile machine having a plurality of work stations includes issuing a cleaning request for a first one of the work stations. In response to the cleaning request, the first work station is approached and cleaned by a mobile cleaning device that travels alongside of the textile machine. The cleaning requests are issued for the work stations depending on specifically identified contamination-generating events that have occurred at or near the respective work station since a last cleaning process at the work station. A textile machine configured in accordance with the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Braun, Adalbert Stephan, Guenther Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20170226665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cleaning a textile machine (21) consisting of a multiple number of identical work stations (2), whereas a cleaning request is issued for a work station (2) and the work station (2) to be cleaned is approached and cleaned by a mobile cleaning device (1). In accordance with the invention, it is proposed that the cleaning request is issued depending on the events that have occurred at the respective work stations (2) since the last cleaning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Ludwig Braun, Adalbert Stephan, Guenther Reinhardt