Patents by Inventor Hans Martin Eppler

Hans Martin Eppler 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).

  • Sinker for a knitting machine operating according to the relative technique and knitting machine equipped with such a sinker
    Patent number: 6401495
    Abstract: A sinker (50) for a knitting machine operating according to the relative technique is described. The sinker (50) contains a front (32), a back (33), a head (34) arranged on one end and having a sinker throat (35) and a knock-over edge (36), a control butt (38) intended to make possible movements in a longitudinal direction (v) and protruding from the front (32), and at least one rocking element (39, 40) designed to make possible pivot movements transverse to the longitudinal direction (v) and provided on the front (32). According to the invention, the sinker (50) also has a spring element (41) intended to compensate for manufacturing inaccuracies, acting transverse to the longitudinal direction (v) (FIG. 4). A knitting machine equipped with such a sinker (50) is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: SIPRA Patententwicklungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Hans-Martin Eppler, Dietmar Traenkle
  • Circular knitting machine
    Patent number: 6393870
    Abstract: A circular knitting machine with support disk (2) and a needle cylinder (4) fixed onto it with screws is described. According to the invention, an intermediate ring (17), elastically deformable in the radial direction, is arranged between support disk (2) and needle cylinder (4), through which the stresses that develop from different heat expansions are avoided between these two components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Sipra Patententwicklungs-und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Hans Martin Eppler, Stefan Seeger, Dietmar Traenkle
  • Circular knitting machine
    Publication number: 20010035030
    Abstract: A circular knitting machine with support disk (2) and a needle cylinder (4) fixed onto it with screws is described. According to the invention, an intermediate ring (17), elastically deformable in the radial direction, is arranged between support disk (2) and needle cylinder (4), through which the stresses that develop from different heat expansions are avoided between these two components (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Hans Martin Eppler, Stefan Seeger, Dietmar Traenkle
  • Sinker for a knitting machine operating according to the relative technique and knitting machine equipped with such a sinker
    Publication number: 20010025513
    Abstract: A sinker (50) for a knitting machine operating according to the relative technique is described. The sinker (50) contains a front (32), a back (33), a head (34) arranged on one end and having a sinker throat (35) and a knock-over edge (36), a control butt (38) intended to make possible movements in a longitudinal direction (v) and protruding from the front (32), and at least one rocking element (39, 40) designed to make possible pivot movements transverse to the longitudinal direction (v) and provided on the front (32). According to the invention, the sinker (50) also has a spring element (41) intended to compensate for manufacturing inaccuracies, acting transverse to the longitudinal direction (v) (FIG. 4). A knitting machine equipped with such a sinker (50) is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Hans-Martin Eppler, Dietmar Traenkle