Patents by Inventor Hans Knopfel

Hans Knopfel 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: 9682852
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a tube (54) of pocket material (22) for manufacturing a pocket spring string includes a cartridge (30) for guiding the pocket material (22). The cartridge (30) has at least one first element (61) and at least one second element (62). A relative position between the at least one first element (61) and the at least one second element (62) may be set in a direction (60) perpendicular to an axis (50) of the cartridge (30), in order to adjust a spacing between sides of the cartridge (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Spuhl AG
    Inventor: Hans Knöpfel
  • Publication number: 20140318081
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a tube (54) of pocket material (22) for manufacturing a pocket spring string includes a cartridge (30) for guiding the pocket material (22). The cartridge (30) has at least one first element (61) and at least one second element (62). A relative position between the at least one first element (61) and the at least one second element (62) may be set in a direction (60) perpendicular to an axis (50) of the cartridge (30), in order to adjust a spacing between sides of the cartridge (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Spuhl AG
    Inventor: Hans Knöpfel
  • Patent number: 5575460
    Abstract: Described is a spring core for a mattress, consisting of a multiplicity of identically shaped spiral springs with in each case two end rings lying diametrically opposite each other, which change to a spring coil part arranged centered between them, whereby the end rings are shaped approximately circular and consist essentially of two assembly legs, one transition leg and one additional leg and are opened on one side, whereby the leg lying opposite the respective open side of the upper or lower end ring is bent radially outward with respect to the longitudinal axis of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Spuehl AG
    Inventor: Hans Knopfel
  • Patent number: 5042124
    Abstract: A machine in which butterfly clips are prebent and then punched out of steel strip and simultaneously finally bent, such that they fasten together a spring and the frame of a spring core. Thus, both the punching out of the clip and the final bending process, i.e. the connecting process between the frame and spring parts, are carried out in a single tool. The machine therefore operates particularly cost-effectively, because, in comparison with the prior art, the separately punched butterfly clips do not have to be inserted into a separate bending machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Spuhl AG
    Inventor: Hans Knopfel