Patents by Inventor Harold Knetsch

Harold Knetsch 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: 5588576
    Abstract: A Feeder for elongate components, in particular components designed with a head, has a feed tube with an inlet orifice which can be connected to a feed line and an orifice in the top region thereof and a gripper with at least two gripping arms (1) which are provided with a front gripping region (2) and a rear pivot axis region (3).The gripper is arranged in the feed tube which has, in its top region, a lower plane surface and an upper plane surface opposed to it;The gripping arms (1) each have a guide step (6) which preferably tapers and extends from the pivot axis region to the gripping region (2) on a longitudinal end face (5) turned toward the upper plane surface, the guide step (6) serving to guide the head of an elongate component; andThe gripping arms (1) have, in the gripping region (2), a recess (7) adapted to the external shape of the elongate components to be gripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Emhart Inc.
    Inventor: Harold Knetsch